title: Axin and Frat1 interact with dvl and GSK, bridging Dvl to GSK in Wnt-mediated regulation of LEF-1.
abstract: Wnt proteins transduce their signals through dishevelled (Dvl) proteins to inhibit glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK), leading to the accumulation of cytosolic beta-catenin and activation of TCF/LEF-1 transcription factors. To understand the mechanism by which Dvl acts through GSK to regulate LEF-1, we investigated the roles of Axin and Frat1 in Wnt-mediated activation of LEF-1 in mammalian cells. We found that Dvl interacts with Axin and with Frat1, both of which interact with GSK. Similarly, the Frat1 homolog GBP binds Xenopus Dishevelled in an interaction that requires GSK. We also found that Dvl, Axin and GSK can form a ternary complex bridged by Axin, and that Frat1 can be recruited into this complex probably by Dvl. The observation that the Dvl-binding domain of either Frat1 or Axin was able to inhibit Wnt-1-induced LEF-1 activation suggests that the interactions between Dvl and Axin and between Dvl and Frat may be important for this signaling pathway. Furthermore, Wnt-1 appeared to promote the disintegration of the Frat1-Dvl-GSK-Axin complex, resulting in the dissociation of GSK from Axin. Thus, formation of the quaternary complex may be an important step in Wnt signaling, by which Dvl recruits Frat1, leading to Frat1-mediated dissociation of GSK from Axin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Weaver
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Farr
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sussman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jonkers
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kimelman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D060466:Axin Protein; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072261:Dishevelled Proteins; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D038341:Glycogen Synthase Kinases; D051821:Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D051155:Wnt1 Protein; D014981:Xenopus; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D060466:Axin Protein; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C000606586:DVL1 protein, Xenopus; D000072261:Dishevelled Proteins; D051821:Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C495249:WNT1 protein, Xenopus; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D051155:Wnt1 Protein; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C555454:axin1 protein, Xenopus; D038341:Glycogen Synthase Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3