A frizzled homolog functions in a vertebrate Wnt signaling pathway

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J Yang-SnyderR T Moon

Abstract

Wnts are secreted proteins implicated in cell-cell interactions during embryogenesis and tumorigenesis, but receptors involved in transducing Wnt signals have not yet been definitively identified. Members of a large family of putative transmembrane receptors homologous to the frizzled protein in Drosophila have been identified recently in both vertebrates and invertebrates, raising the question of whether they are involved in transducing signals for any known signaling factors. To test the potential involvement of frizzled homologs in Wnt signaling, we examined the effects of overexpressing rat frizzled-1 (Rfz-1) on the subcellular distribution of Wnts and of dishevelled, a cytoplasmic component of the Wnt signalling pathway. We demonstrate that ectopic expression of Rfz-1 recruits the dishevelled proten-as well as Xenopus Wnt-8 (Xwnt-8), but not the functionally distinct Xwnt-5A-to the plasma membrane. Moreover, Rfz-1 is sufficient to induce the expression of two Xwnt-8-responsive genes, siamois and Xnr-3, in Xenopus explants in a manner which is antagonized by glycogen synthase kinase-3, which also antagonizes Wnt signaling. When Rfz-1 and Xwnt-8 are expressed together in this assay, we observe greater induction of these gene...Continue Reading

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