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Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathways01:41

Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathways

Wnt is a zygotic effect gene that is expressed during very early embryonic development. It regulates various processes in animals starting from early development through the adult stage, such as organogenesis in the embryo and maintenance of neuronal and blood stem cells. Wnt proteins can induce a wide variety of intracellular pathways depending upon the specific abilities of different Wnt ligands to form a complex with shared and cognate receptors in the presence of different co-receptors. The...
Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathways01:41

Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathways

Wnt is a zygotic effect gene that is expressed during very early embryonic development. It regulates various processes in animals starting from early development through the adult stage, such as organogenesis in the embryo and maintenance of neuronal and blood stem cells. Wnt proteins can induce a wide variety of intracellular pathways depending upon the specific abilities of different Wnt ligands to form a complex with shared and cognate receptors in the presence of different co-receptors. The...
Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway02:54

Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway

The gene encoding the main signaling molecules of the Wnt signaling pathways (the Wnt proteins) was discovered almost four decades ago by Nüsslein-Volhard and Wieschaus. They identified and originally named the gene "wingless" (wg) after a phenotype discovered during their landmark genetic screen in Drosophila for body pattern defects. At around the same time, another researcher named Harold Varmus found that a murine tumor virus activates the mammalian wg homolog, Int-1, which results in tumor...
Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway02:54

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The gene encoding the main signaling molecules of the Wnt signaling pathways (the Wnt proteins) was discovered almost four decades ago by Nüsslein-Volhard and Wieschaus. They identified and originally named the gene "wingless" (wg) after a phenotype discovered during their landmark genetic screen in Drosophila for body pattern defects. At around the same time, another researcher named Harold Varmus found that a murine tumor virus activates the mammalian wg homolog, Int-1, which results in tumor...
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Interactions Between Signaling Pathways

Signaling cascades usually lack linearity. Multiple pathways interact and regulate one another, allowing cells to integrate and respond to diverse environmental stimuli.
Convergence and divergence, and cross-talk between signaling pathways
Two distinct signaling pathways can converge on a single functional unit, which may either be a single protein or a complex of proteins. The response is either functionally distinct or synergistic between the two pathways but different from the response...
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Diversity in Cell Signaling Responses

The physiological function of a cell and cellular communication are outcomes of a range of extrinsic signals, intracellular signaling pathways, and cellular responses. No two cell types express the same repertoire of signaling components. Receptors are highly selective for their cognate ligands, but once activated, they can alter multiple cellular processes such as DNA transcription, protein synthesis, and metabolic activity. 
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Modeling Paracrine Noncanonical Wnt Signaling In Vitro
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Modeling Paracrine Noncanonical Wnt Signaling In Vitro

Published on: December 10, 2021

From individual Wnt pathways towards a Wnt signalling network.

Hans A Kestler1, Michael Kühl

  • 1Clinic for Internal Medicine I, Medical Centre Ulm University, Robert-Koch-Strasse 8, 89081 Ulm, Germany.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
|January 15, 2008
PubMed
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Wnt proteins activate complex intracellular signaling networks, not just individual pathways. Understanding these networks requires mathematical models to predict cellular responses.

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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Biology
  • Cell Signaling
  • Systems Biology

Background:

  • Wnt proteins are crucial for development in vertebrates and invertebrates.
  • Wnt signaling activates distinct pathways: Wnt/beta-catenin, Wnt/calcium, and Wnt/Jun N-terminal kinase (planar cell polarity).
  • These pathways were historically viewed as independent signaling branches.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose that Wnt proteins activate a complex intracellular signaling network.
  • To suggest a graph representation for this Wnt signaling network.
  • To discuss methods for predicting Wnt network activation outcomes in specific cell types.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and conceptualization of Wnt signaling as a network.
  • Graph representation for modeling protein interactions.
  • Discussion of mathematical modeling approaches, including deterministic and qualitative methods.

Main Results:

  • Wnt signaling involves a complex, interconnected network rather than isolated pathways.
  • A graph representation can depict the Wnt signaling network structure.
  • Predicting network behavior necessitates mathematical modeling.

Conclusions:

  • Wnt signaling operates as an integrated network.
  • Mathematical models are essential for understanding Wnt network dynamics and predicting cellular outcomes.
  • Qualitative modeling approaches may be suitable for large protein interaction networks.