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arrow encodes an LDL-receptor-related protein essential for Wingless signalling

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  • Marcel Wehrli

    (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, BRB II Room 1223
    Columbia University)

  • Scott T. Dougan

    (Rockefeller University)

  • Kim Caldwell

    (Rockefeller University)

  • Louise O'Keefe

    (Rockefeller University)

  • Stephanie Schwartz

    (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, BRB II Room 1223
    Rockefeller University)

  • Dalit Vaizel-Ohayon

    (Weizmann Institute of Science)

  • Eyal Schejter

    (Weizmann Institute of Science)

  • Andrew Tomlinson

    (Columbia University)

  • Stephen DiNardo

    (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, BRB II Room 1223
    Rockefeller University)

Abstract

The Wnt family of secreted molecules functions in cell-fate determination and morphogenesis during development in both vertebrates and invertebrates (reviewed in ref. 1). Drosophila Wingless is a founding member of this family, and many components of its signal transduction cascade have been identified, including the Frizzled class of receptor. But the mechanism by which the Wingless signal is received and transduced across the membrane is not completely understood. Here we describe a gene that is necessary for all Wingless signalling events in Drosophila. We show that arrow gene function is essential in cells receiving Wingless input and that it acts upstream of Dishevelled. arrow encodes a single-pass transmembrane protein, indicating that it may be part of a receptor complex with Frizzled class proteins. Arrow is a low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-receptor-related protein (LRP), strikingly homologous to murine and human LRP5 and LRP6. Thus, our data suggests a new and conserved function for this LRP subfamily in Wingless/Wnt signal reception.

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  • Marcel Wehrli & Scott T. Dougan & Kim Caldwell & Louise O'Keefe & Stephanie Schwartz & Dalit Vaizel-Ohayon & Eyal Schejter & Andrew Tomlinson & Stephen DiNardo, 2000. "arrow encodes an LDL-receptor-related protein essential for Wingless signalling," Nature, Nature, vol. 407(6803), pages 527-530, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:407:y:2000:i:6803:d:10.1038_35035110
    DOI: 10.1038/35035110
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    1. Zachary T. Spencer & Victoria H. Ng & Hassina Benchabane & Ghalia Saad Siddiqui & Deepesh Duwadi & Ben Maines & Jamal M. Bryant & Anna Schwarzkopf & Kai Yuan & Sara N. Kassel & Anant Mishra & Ashley P, 2023. "The USP46 deubiquitylase complex increases Wingless/Wnt signaling strength by stabilizing Arrow/LRP6," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-17, December.

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