Defining the Roles of .BETA.-catenin and Plakoglobin in Cell-cell Adhesion: Isolation of .BETA.-catenin/plakoglobin-deficient F9 Cells
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Japan Society for Cell Biology in Cell Structure and Function
- Vol. 30 (2), 25-34
- https://doi.org/10.1247/csf.30.25
Abstract
F9 teratocarcinoma cells in which beta-catenin and/or plakoglobin genes are knocked-out were generated and investigated in an effort to define the role of beta-catenin and plakoglobin in cell adhesion. Loss of beta-catenin expression only did not affect cadherin-mediated cell adhesion activity. Loss of both beta-catenin and plakoglobin expression, however, severely affected the strong cell adhesion activity of cadherin. In beta-catenin-deficient cells, the amount of plakoglobin associated with E-cadherin dramatically increased. In beta-catenin/plakoglobin-deficient cells, the level of E-cadherin and alpha-catenin markedly decreased. In these cells, E-cadherin formed large aggregates in cytoplasm and membrane localization of alpha-catenin was barely detected. These data confirmed that beta-catenin or plakoglobin is required for alpha-catenin to form complex with E-cadherin. It was also demonstrated that plakoglobin can compensate for the absence of beta-catenin. Moreover it was suggested that beta-catenin or plakoglobin is required not only for the cell adhesion activity but also for the stable expression and cell surface localization of E-cadherin.Keywords
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