In vivo analysis of formation and endocytosis of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling complex in zebrafish embryos.

ABSTRACT: After activation by Wnt/β-Catenin ligands, a multi-protein complex assembles at the plasma membrane as membrane-bound receptors and intracellular signal transducers are clustered into the so-called Lrp6-signalosome [Corrected]. However, the mechanism of signalosome formation and dissolution is yet not clear. Our imaging studies of live zebrafish embryos show that the signalosome is a highly dynamic structure. It is continuously assembled by Dvl2-mediated recruitment of the transducer complex to the activated receptors and partially disassembled by endocytosis. We find that, after internalization, the ligand-receptor complex and the transducer complex take separate routes. The Wnt-Fz-Lrp6 complex follows a Rab-positive endocytic path. However, when still bound to the transducer complex, Dvl

SUBMITTER: Hagemann AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4163645 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature