The β-catenin destruction complex

JL Stamos, WI Weis - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The Wnt/β-catenin pathway is highly regulated to insure the correct temporal and spatial
activation of its target genes. In the absence of a Wnt stimulus, the transcriptional coactivator …

Frizzled and LRP5/6 receptors for Wnt/β-catenin signaling

BT MacDonald, X He - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2012 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Frizzled and LRP5/6 are Wnt receptors that upon activation lead to stabilization of
cytoplasmic β-catenin. In this study, we review the current knowledge of these two families of …

Wnt signaling requires sequestration of glycogen synthase kinase 3 inside multivesicular endosomes

VF Taelman, R Dobrowolski, JL Plouhinec… - Cell, 2010 - cell.com
Canonical Wnt signaling requires inhibition of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 (GSK3) activity,
but the molecular mechanism by which this is achieved remains unclear. Here, we report …

Dishevelled: The hub of Wnt signaling

C Gao, YG Chen - Cellular signalling, 2010 - Elsevier
Wnt signaling controls a variety of developmental and homeostatic events. As a key
component of Wnt signaling, Dishevelled (Dvl/Dsh) protein relays Wnt signals from receptors …

LDL receptor-related proteins 5 and 6 in Wnt/β-catenin signaling: arrows point the way

X He, M Semenov, K Tamai, X Zeng - 2004 - journals.biologists.com
Wnt signaling through the canonical β-catenin pathway plays essential roles in development
and disease. L ow-density-lipoprotein receptor-r elated p roteins 5 and 6 (Lrp5 and Lrp6) in …

Dishevelled: A masterful conductor of complex Wnt signals

M Sharma, I Castro-Piedras, GE Simmons Jr, K Pruitt - Cellular signalling, 2018 - Elsevier
The Dishevelled gene was first identified in Drosophila mutants with disoriented hair and
bristle polarity [[1],[2],[3]]. The Dsh gene (Dsh/Dvl, in Drosophila and vertebrates …

Wnt/Beta-catenin signaling regulation and a role for biomolecular condensates

KN Schaefer, M Peifer - Developmental cell, 2019 - cell.com
Wnt/β-Catenin signaling plays key roles in tissue homeostasis and cell fate decisions in
embryonic and post-embryonic development across the animal kingdom. As a result …

Wnt induces LRP6 signalosomes and promotes dishevelled-dependent LRP6 phosphorylation

J Bilic, YL Huang, G Davidson, T Zimmermann… - Science, 2007 - science.org
Multiple signaling pathways, including Wnt signaling, participate in animal development,
stem cell biology, and human cancer. Although many components of the Wnt pathway have …

Liquid–liquid phase separation in cellular signaling systems

PA Chong, JD Forman-Kay - Current opinion in structural biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Protein liquid-liquid phase separation has implications for cellular
signaling.•Multivalent interactions give liquid, non-membrane-contained phase-separated …

The Wnt signaling pathway and its role in tumor development

B Lustig, J Behrens - Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2003 - Springer
Cancer development depends on the aberrant activation of signal transduction pathways
that control cell growth and survival and play important roles in normal embryonic …