Reactome | Repression of WNT target genes

Repression of WNT target genes

Stable Identifier

R-HSA-4641265

DOI

10.3180/REACT_228106.1

Type

Pathway

Species

Homo sapiens

Compartment

nucleoplasm

ReviewStatus

5/5

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In the absence of a WNT signal, many WNT target genes are repressed by Groucho/TLE. Groucho was initially identified in Drosophila, where it has been shown to interact with a variety of proteins to repress transcription (reviewed in Turki-Judeh and Courey, 2012). Groucho proteins, including the 4 human homologues (transducin-like enhancer of split (TLE) 1-4), do not bind DNA directly but instead are recruited to target genes through interaction with DNA-binding transcription factors including TCF/LEF (Brantjes et al, 2001; reviewed in Chen and Courey, 2000). Groucho proteins are believed to oligomerize in a manner that depends on an N-terminal glutamine-rich Q domain, and oligomerization may be important for function (Song et al, 2004; Pinto and Lobe, 1996). Groucho/TLE proteins affect levels of gene expression by interacting with the core transcriptional machinery as well as by modfiying chromatin structure through direct interaction with histones and recruitment of histone deacetylases, among other mechanisms (reviewed in Turki-Judeh and Courey, 2012). In addition to the four TLE proteins, human cells also include a truncated TLE-like protein called amino-terminal enhancer of split (AES) which contains the N-terminal Q domain but lacks much of the C-terminal sequence of TLE proteins, including the WD domain which is important for many protein-protein interactions. AES is believed to act as a dominant negative, since it is able to heter-oligomerize with full-length TLE proteins to form non-functional complexes (Brantjes et al, 2001; reviewed in Beagle and Johnson, 2010).

Literature References

PubMed ID	Title	Journal	Year
15121853	Groucho oligomerization is required for repression in vivo Song, H, Hasson, P, Paroush, Z, Courey, AJ	Mol. Cell. Biol.	2004
20925119	AES/GRG5: more than just a dominant-negative TLE/GRG family member Beagle, B, Johnson, GV	Dev. Dyn.	2010
11266540	All Tcf HMG box transcription factors interact with Groucho-related co-repressors Brantjes, H, Roose, J, van De Wetering, M, Clevers, HC	Nucleic Acids Res.	2001
22305159	Groucho: a corepressor with instructive roles in development Turki-Judeh, W, Courey, AJ	Curr. Top. Dev. Biol.	2012
8955148	Products of the grg (Groucho-related gene) family can dimerize through the amino-terminal Q domain Pinto, M, Lobe, CG	J. Biol. Chem.	1996
10831834	Groucho/TLE family proteins and transcriptional repression Chen, G, Courey, AJ	Gene	2000