MerlinS13 phosphorylation regulates meningioma Wnt signaling and magnetic resonance imaging features

Charlotte D. Eaton, Lauro Avalos, S. John Liu, Zhenhong Chen, Naomi Zakimi, Tim Casey-Clyde, Paola Bisignano, Calixto Hope G. Lucas, Erica Stevenson, Abrar Choudhury, Harish N. Vasudevan, Stephen T. Magill, Jacob S. Young, Nevan J. Krogan, Javier E. Villanueva-Meyer, Danielle L. Swaney, David R. Raleigh*

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Abstract

The molecular mechanisms underlying merlin-intact meningioma growth remain to be explored. Here, the authors show that merlin activates Wnt signalling and tumour growth through its dephosphorylation on serine 13 attenuating the inhibitory interactions with β-catenin.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number7873
JournalNature communications
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2024

Funding

The authors thank Ken Probst and Noel Sirivansanti for Illustrations and Kyla Foster for comments. This study was supported by NIH grants P50 CA097257 (DRR), R01 CA262311 (DRR), F32 CA213944 (STM), F30 CA246808 and T32 GM007618 (AC), U54 CA209891 (NJK), the Northwestern Medicine Malnati Brain Tumor Institute of the Lurie Cancer Center (STM), the UCSF Wolfe Meningioma Program Project (STM, DRR), and the Trenchard Family Charitable Fund (DRR). Sequencing reactions were performed at the UCSF Center for Advanced Technology with support from the UCSF PBBR, RRP IMIA, and NIH grant S10 OD028511.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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