Immunocytochemical Analysis of Endogenous Frizzled-(Co-)Receptor Interactions and Rapid Wnt Pathway Activation in Mammalian Cells.

ABSTRACT: The differential activation of Wnt pathways (canonical: Wnt/β-catenin; non-canonical: planar cell polarity (PCP), Wnt/Ca²⁺) depends on the cell-specific availability and regulation of Wnt receptors, called Frizzled (FZD). FZDs selectively recruit co-receptors to activate various downstream effectors. We established a proximity ligation assay (PLA) for the detection of endogenous FZD-co-receptor interactions and analyzed time-dependent Wnt pathway activation in cultured cells. Prostate cancer cells (PC-3) stimulated by Wnt ligands (Wnt5A, Wnt10B) were analyzed by Cy3-PLA for the co-localization of FZD6 and co-receptors (canonical: LRP6, non-canonical: ROR1) at the single-cell level. Downstream effector activation was assayed by immunocytochemistry. PLA allowed the specific (siRNA

SUBMITTER: Neuhaus J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8584856 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature