SnapShot: Wnt/β-catenin signaling

BT MacDonald, MV Semenov, X He - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
Molecules labeled in green and blue play positive and negative roles in Wnt/β-catenin
signaling, respectively. Molecules that are labeled in both colors have dual roles.(Top left) …

Initiation of Wnt signaling: control of Wnt coreceptor Lrp6 phosphorylation/activation via frizzled, dishevelled and axin functions

X Zeng, H Huang, K Tamai, X Zhang, Y Harada… - 2008 - journals.biologists.com
Canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling has central roles in development and diseases, and is
initiated by the action of the frizzled (Fz) receptor, its coreceptor LDL receptor-related protein …

[HTML][HTML] Caveolin is necessary for Wnt-3a-dependent internalization of LRP6 and accumulation of β-catenin

H Yamamoto, H Komekado, A Kikuchi - Developmental cell, 2006 - cell.com
Summary β-catenin-mediated Wnt signaling is critical in animal development and tumor
progression. The single-span transmembrane Wnt receptor, low-density lipoprotein receptor …

Intracellular signals activated by canonical Wnt ligands independent of GSK3 inhibition and β-catenin stabilization

A Garcia de Herreros, M Duñach - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
In contrast to non-canonical ligands, canonical Wnts promote the stabilization of β-catenin,
which is a prerequisite for formation of the TCF4/β-catenin transcriptional complex and …

When you come to a fork in the road, take it: wnt signaling activates multiple pathways through the APC/Axin/GSK-3 complex

C Li, EE Furth, AK Rustgi, PS Klein - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Wnt signaling pathway is a highly conserved regulator of metazoan development and
stem cell maintenance. Activation of Wnt signaling is an early step in diverse malignancies …

Wnt–β-catenin signaling

KM Cadigan - Current Biology, 2008 - cell.com
Figure 1. Wnt secretion. Wnt is palmitoylated by the Porc acyltransferase, which may
facilitate its exit from the ER. In the trans-Golgi, Wls directs Wnt to the cell surface where it …

Wnt proteins synergize to activate β-catenin signaling

A Alok, Z Lei, NS Jagannathan, S Kaur… - Journal of cell …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Wnt ligands are involved in diverse signaling pathways that are active during development,
maintenance of tissue homeostasis and in various disease states. While signaling regulated …

Wnt signaling: complexity at the surface

KM Cadigan, YI Liu - Journal of cell science, 2006 - journals.biologists.com
Wnts are secreted proteins that are essential for a wide array of developmental and
physiological processes. They signal across the plasma membrane by interacting with …

Purified Wnt5a protein activates or inhibits β-catenin–TCF signaling depending on receptor context

AJ Mikels, R Nusse - PLoS biology, 2006 - journals.plos.org
The Wnts comprise a large class of secreted proteins that control essential developmental
processes such as embryonic patterning, cell growth, migration, and differentiation. In the …

LRP6 transduces a canonical Wnt signal independently of Axin degradation by inhibiting GSK3's phosphorylation of β-catenin

CS Cselenyi, KK Jernigan, E Tahinci… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Wnt/β-catenin signaling controls various cell fates in metazoan development and is
misregulated in several cancers and developmental disorders. Binding of a Wnt ligand to its …