PUBLICATION
Dickkopf-1 regulates gastrulation movements by coordinated modulation of Wnt/betacatenin and Wnt/PCP activities, through interaction with the Dally-like homolog Knypek
- Authors
- Caneparo, L., Huang, Y.L., Staudt, N., Tada, M., Ahrendt, R., Kazanskaya, O., Niehrs, C., and Houart, C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-070303-33
- Date
- 2007
- Source
- Genes & Development 21(4): 465-480 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Ahrendt, Reiner, Caneparo, Luca, Houart, Corinne, Staudt, Nicole, Tada, Masazumi
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Body Patterning/genetics
- Cell Polarity/genetics
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/chemistry
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Gastrula/chemistry
- Gastrula/metabolism*
- Glypicans/metabolism
- Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans/analysis
- Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans/genetics
- Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans/metabolism*
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/analysis
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism*
- Transfection
- Wnt Proteins/metabolism
- Xenopus/embryology*
- Xenopus/genetics
- Xenopus/metabolism
- Xenopus Proteins/analysis
- Xenopus Proteins/genetics
- Xenopus Proteins/metabolism*
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/analysis
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- beta Catenin/metabolism
- PubMed
- 17322405 Full text @ Genes & Dev.
Citation
Caneparo, L., Huang, Y.L., Staudt, N., Tada, M., Ahrendt, R., Kazanskaya, O., Niehrs, C., and Houart, C. (2007) Dickkopf-1 regulates gastrulation movements by coordinated modulation of Wnt/betacatenin and Wnt/PCP activities, through interaction with the Dally-like homolog Knypek. Genes & Development. 21(4):465-480.
Abstract
Dickkopf-1 (Dkk1) is a secreted protein that negatively modulates the Wnt/betacatenin pathway. Lack of Dkk1 function affects head formation in frog and mice, supporting the idea that Dkk1 acts as a "head inducer" during gastrulation. We show here that lack of Dkk1 function accelerates internalization and rostral progression of the mesendoderm and that gain of function slows down both internalization and convergence extension, indicating a novel role for Dkk1 in modulating these movements. The motility phenotype found in the morphants is not observed in embryos in which the Wnt/betacatenin pathway is overactivated, and that dominant-negative Wnt proteins are not able to rescue the gastrulation movement defect induced by absence of Dkk1. These data strongly suggest that Dkk1 is acting in a betacatenin independent fashion when modulating gastrulation movements. We demonstrate that the glypican 4/6 homolog Knypek (Kny) binds to Dkk1 and that they are able to functionally interact in vivo. Moreover, Dkk1 regulation of gastrulation movements is kny dependent. Kny is a component of the Wnt/planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway. We found that indeed Dkk1 is able to activate this pathway in both Xenopus and zebrafish. Furthermore, concomitant alteration of the betacatenin and PCP activities is able to mimic the morphant accelerated cell motility phenotype. Our data therefore indicate that Dkk1 regulates gastrulation movement through interaction with LRP5/6 and Kny and coordinated modulations of Wnt/betacatenin and Wnt/PCP pathways.
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