title: The LRP5 high-bone-mass G171V mutation disrupts LRP5 interaction with Mesd.
abstract: The mechanism by which the high-bone-mass (HBM) mutation (G171V) of the Wnt coreceptor LRP5 regulates canonical Wnt signaling was investigated. The mutation was previously shown to reduce DKK1-mediated antagonism, suggesting that the first YWTD repeat domain where G171 is located may be responsible for DKK-mediated antagonism. However, we found that the third YWTD repeat, but not the first repeat domain, is required for DKK1-mediated antagonism. Instead, we found that the G171V mutation disrupted the interaction of LRP5 with Mesd, a chaperone protein for LRP5/6 that is required for transport of the coreceptors to cell surfaces, resulting in fewer LRP5 molecules on the cell surface. Although the reduction in the number of cell surface LRP5 molecules led to a reduction in Wnt signaling in a paracrine paradigm, the mutation did not appear to affect the activity of coexpressed Wnt in an autocrine paradigm. Together with the observation that osteoblast cells produce autocrine canonical Wnt, Wnt7b, and that osteocytes produce paracrine DKK1, we think that the G171V mutation may cause an increase in Wnt activity in osteoblasts by reducing the number of targets for paracrine DKK1 to antagonize without affecting the activity of autocrine Wnt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, CT 06410, USA.
authors.forename: Yazhou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jianhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Junhao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Dianqing
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000818:Animals; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D026502:LDL-Receptor Related Proteins; D060492:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-5; D051379:Mice; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011973:Receptors, LDL / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: C501127:Dkk1 protein, mouse; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D026502:LDL-Receptor Related Proteins; D060492:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-5; C555483:Lrp5 protein, mouse; C472170:MESD protein, mouse; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D011506:Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011973:Receptors, LDL; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C501128:dkk1b protein, zebrafish