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Molecular Endocrinology, doi:10.1210/me.2007-0268
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Submitted on May 23, 2007
Accepted on August 13, 2007

Nuclear Stabilization of {beta}-catenin and Inactivation of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3{beta} by Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone: Targeting Wnt Signaling in the Pituitary Gonadotrope

Samantha Gardner, Stuart Maudsley, Robert P. Millar, and Adam J. Pawson*

Medical Research Council Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, The Queens Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, Scotland, United Kingdom

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: a.pawson{at}hrsu.mrc.ac.uk.

The gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), and its ligand GnRH is the central regulator of the reproductive system. GnRH receptors are known to target a wide variety of signal transduction pathways. Several recent studies have shown that activation of GPCRs can impact on {beta}-catenin signaling. {beta}-catenin is the main effecter of the Wnt signaling pathway where it acts with the transcription factors TCF/LEF to mediate the transcription of Wnt target genes. We show that GnRH treatment promotes the nuclear accumulation of {beta}-catenin, activation of TCF-dependent transcription and up-regulation of Wnt target genes, c-Jun, Fra-1 and c-Myc. These results are observed in HEK293/GnRH receptor expressing cells and have been recapitulated in L{beta}T2 and {alpha}T3–1 mouse gonadotrope cells. In addition to these findings, we show that GnRH treatment mediates the inactivation of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 (GSK-3), a protein serine/threonine kinase that regulates {beta}-catenin degradation within the Wnt signaling pathway. Our findings extend the number of GPCRs that can target {beta}-catenin signaling through diverse pathways. Furthermore, this is the first demonstration of the targeting of Wnt/{beta}-catenin signaling by a peptide hormone GPCR.


Key words: GnRH • Wnt • {beta}-catenin • GSK-3{beta} • GPCR




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