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First published online 21 January 2009
doi: 10.1242/dev.025577

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The interaction of xKaiso with xTcf3: a revised model for integration of epigenetic and Wnt signalling pathways

¹ Human Genetics Unit, MRC, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK.
² Center `Bioengineering', 60-let Oktyabrya 7-1, Moscow, 117312, Russian Federation.
³ Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK.

^* Author for correspondence (e-mail: r.meehan{at}hgu.mrc.ac.uk)

Accepted 9 December 2008

SUMMARY

We demonstrate that a direct interaction between the methyl-CpG-dependent transcription repressor Kaiso and xTcf3, a transducer of the Wnt signalling pathway, results in their mutual disengagement from their respective DNA-binding sites. Thus, the transcription functions of xTcf3 can be inhibited by overexpression of Kaiso in cell lines and Xenopus embryos. The interaction of Kaiso with xTcf3 is highly conserved and is dependent on its zinc-finger domains (ZF1-3) and the corresponding HMG DNA-binding domain of TCF3/4 factors. Our data rule out a model suggesting that xKaiso is a direct repressor of Wnt signalling target genes in early Xenopus development via binding to promoter-proximal CTGCNA sequences as part of a xTcf3 repressor complex. Instead, we propose that mutual inhibition by Kaiso/TCF3 of their DNA-binding functions may be important in developmental or cancer contexts and acts as a regulatory node that integrates epigenetic and Wnt signalling pathways.

Key words: Cancer, DNA methylation, Kaiso, Siamois, TCF3, Chromatin

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