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Published on: December 14, 2017
LRP6 is internalized by Dkk1 to suppress its phosphorylation in the lipid raft and is recycled for reuse
Hiroshi Sakane1, Hideki Yamamoto, Akira Kikuchi
1Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Abstract:
Beta-catenin-mediated Wnt signaling is crucial in animal development and tumor progression. The phosphorylation of low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6 (LRP6), a single-span transmembrane Wnt receptor, plays a vital role in this signaling. Dickkopf1 (Dkk1) has been shown to inhibit the Wnt-beta-catenin pathway, but the mechanism is not yet clear. Here, evidence is presented that Wnt3a-dependent phosphorylation of LRP6 occurs in the lipid raft and that Dkk1 inhibits the formation of a complex between LRP6 and casein kinase 1gamma (CK1gamma) by removing LRP6 from the lipid raft. Dkk1 internalized LRP6 in a Rab5-dependent mechanism to prevent phosphorylation mediated by CK1gamma. The internalized LRP6 was recycled back in a Rab11-dependent mechanism to the cell-surface membrane, and the recycled LRP6 again responded to Wnt3a and Dkk1. Internalized Dkk1 was trafficked in a Rab7-mediated route and degraded in the lysosome. These results suggest that Dkk1 induces the internalization of LRP6 to suppress its phosphorylation in the lipid raft and allows subsequent recycling of LRP6 so that it can be reused for signaling.
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