Gpr177/mouse Wntless is essential for Wnt-mediated craniofacial and brain development.
We have previously demonstrated that Gpr177, the mouse orthologue of Drosophila Wls/Evi/Srt, is required for establishment of the anterior-posterior axis. The Gpr177 null phenotype is highly reminiscent to the loss of Wnt3, the earliest abnormality among all Wnt knockouts in mice. The expression of Gpr177 in various cell types and tissues lead us to hypothesize that reciprocal regulation of Wnt and Gpr177 is essential for the Wnt-dependent developmental and pathogenic processes. Here, we create a new mouse strain permitting conditional inactivation of Gpr177. The loss of Gpr177 in the Wnt1-expressing cells causes mid/hindbrain and craniofacial defects which are far more severe than the Wnt1 knockout, but resemble the double knockout of Wnt1 and Wnt3a as well as β-catenin deletion in the Wnt1-expressing cells. Our findings demonstrate the importance of Gpr177 in Wnt1-mediated development of the mouse embryo, suggesting an overlapping function of Wnt family members in the Wnt1-expressing cells.
Department of Biomedical Genetics, Center for Oral Biology, James Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
Jiang
J
Fu
Hsiao-Man
HM
Ivy Yu
Takamitsu
T
Maruyama
Anthony J
AJ
Mirando
Wei
W
Hsu
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C545200:Gpr177 protein, mouse; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D051155:Wnt1 Protein; C495246:Wnt1 protein, mouse; D060508:Wnt3 Protein; C555508:Wnt3 protein, mouse; D060509:Wnt3A Protein; C555511:Wnt3a protein, mouse
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