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  • Title: Balancing cell adhesion and Wnt signaling, the key role of beta-catenin.
    Author: Brembeck FH, Rosário M, Birchmeier W.
    Journal: Curr Opin Genet Dev; 2006 Feb; 16(1):51-9. PubMed ID: 16377174.
    Abstract:
    Controlled regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation is essential for embryonic development and requires the coordinated regulation of cell-cell adhesion and gene transcription. The armadillo repeat protein beta-catenin is an important integrator of both processes. Beta-catenin acts in the Wnt signaling pathway, activating the transcription of crucial target genes responsible for cellular proliferation and differentiation. Beta-catenin also controls E-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion at the plasma membrane and mediates the interplay of adherens junction molecules with the actin cytoskeleton. Both functions of beta-catenin are de-regulated in human malignancies, thereby leading both to the loss of cell-cell adhesion and to the increased transcription of Wnt target genes.
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