The β isoform of the β-subunits of voltage-gated calcium channel regulates cell proliferation and cell cycle progression. Herein we show that coexpression of the β-subunit with actors of the canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in a hepatoma cell line inhibits Wnt-responsive gene transcription and decreases cell division, in agreement with the role of the Wnt pathway in cell proliferation. β-subunit-mediated inhibition of Wnt signaling is observed in the presence of LiCl, an inhibitor of glycogen synthase kinase (GSK3) that promotes β-catenin translocation to the nucleus. Expression of β-subunit mutants that lost the ability to translocate to the nucleus has no effect on Wnt signaling, suggesting that β-subunit inhibition of Wnt signaling occurs downstream from GSK3 and requires targeting of β-subunit to the nucleus. β-subunit coimmunoprecipitates with the TCF4 transcription factor and overexpression of TCF4 reverses the effect of β-subunit on the Wnt pathway. We thus propose that the interaction of nuclear β-subunit with TCF4 prevents β-catenin binding to TCF4 and leads to the inhibition of the Wnt-responsive gene transcription. Thereby, our results show that β-subunit is a TCF4 repressor and therefore appears as an interesting candidate for the regulation of this pathway in neurons where β-subunit is specifically expressed.

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