PRICKLE1 explained

Prickle planar cell polarity protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PRICKLE1 gene.^[1]

Function

This gene encodes a nuclear receptor that may be a negative regulator of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway. The encoded protein localizes to the nuclear membrane and has been implicated in the nuclear trafficking of the transcription repressors REST/NRSF and REST4. Mutations in this gene have been linked to progressive myoclonus epilepsy. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. A pseudogene of this gene is found on chromosome 3.

Further reading

• Katoh M, Katoh M . Identification and characterization of human PRICKLE1 and PRICKLE2 genes as well as mouse Prickle1 and Prickle2 genes homologous to Drosophila tissue polarity gene prickle . Int. J. Mol. Med. . 11 . 2 . 249–56 . 2003 . 12525887 . 10.3892/ijmm.11.2.249.
• Jenny A, Darken RS, Wilson PA, Mlodzik M . Prickle and Strabismus form a functional complex to generate a correct axis during planar cell polarity signaling . EMBO J. . 22 . 17 . 4409–20 . 2003 . 12941693 . 202366 . 10.1093/emboj/cdg424 .
• Shimojo M, Hersh LB . REST/NRSF-interacting LIM domain protein, a putative nuclear translocation receptor . Mol. Cell. Biol. . 23 . 24 . 9025–31 . 2003 . 14645515 . 309669 . 10.1128/mcb.23.24.9025-9031.2003.
• Kim SM, Yang JW, Park MJ, Lee JK, Kim SU, Lee YS, Lee MA . Regulation of human tyrosine hydroxylase gene by neuron-restrictive silencer factor . Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. . 346 . 2 . 426–35 . 2006 . 16764822 . 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.05.142 .
• Chan DW, Chan CY, Yam JW, Ching YP, Ng IO . Prickle-1 negatively regulates Wnt/beta-catenin pathway by promoting Dishevelled ubiquitination/degradation in liver cancer . Gastroenterology . 131 . 4 . 1218–27 . 2006 . 17030191 . 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.07.020 . free .
• Greco SJ, Smirnov SV, Murthy RG, Rameshwar P . Synergy between the RE-1 silencer of transcription and NFkappaB in the repression of the neurotransmitter gene TAC1 in human mesenchymal stem cells . J. Biol. Chem. . 282 . 41 . 30039–50 . 2007 . 17709376 . 10.1074/jbc.M703026200 . free .
• Bassuk AG, Wallace RH, Buhr A, Buller AR, Afawi Z, Shimojo M, Miyata S, Chen S, Gonzalez-Alegre P, Griesbach HL, Wu S, Nashelsky M, Vladar EK, Antic D, Ferguson PJ, Cirak S, Voit T, Scott MP, Axelrod JD, Gurnett C, Daoud AS, Kivity S, Neufeld MY, Mazarib A, Straussberg R, Walid S, Korczyn AD, Slusarski DC, Berkovic SF, El-Shanti HI . A homozygous mutation in human PRICKLE1 causes an autosomal-recessive progressive myoclonus epilepsy-ataxia syndrome . Am. J. Hum. Genet. . 83 . 5 . 572–81 . 2008 . 18976727 . 2668041 . 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.10.003 .
• Perry JR, McCarthy MI, Hattersley AT, Zeggini E, Weedon MN, Frayling TM . Interrogating type 2 diabetes genome-wide association data using a biological pathway-based approach . Diabetes . 58 . 6 . 1463–7 . 2009 . 19252133 . 2682674 . 10.2337/db08-1378 .
• Wheeler HE, Metter EJ, Tanaka T, Absher D, Higgins J, Zahn JM, Wilhelmy J, Davis RW, Singleton A, Myers RM, Ferrucci L, Kim SK . Sequential use of transcriptional profiling, expression quantitative trait mapping, and gene association implicates MMP20 in human kidney aging . PLOS Genet. . 5 . 10 . e1000685 . 2009 . 19834535 . 2752811 . 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000685 . free .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: Prickle planar cell polarity protein 1. 2017-08-08.