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1.
Skin Res Technol ; 29(5): e13326, 2023 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37231925

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: When Wnt binds to the N-terminal of Frizzled, a conformational change occurs in the C-terminal of Frizzled, which binds to Dishevelled1 (Dvl1), a Wnt signaling component protein. When Dvl1 binds to the C-terminal of Frizzled, the concentration of ß-catenin increases and it enters the nucleus to transmit cell proliferation signals. CXXC-type zinc finger protein 5 (CXXC5) binds to the Frizzled binding site of Dvl1 and interferes with Dvl1-Frizzled binding. Therefore, blocking CXXC5-Dvl1 binding may induce Wnt signal transduction. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used WD-aptamer, a DNA aptamer that specifically binds to Dvl1 and interferes with CXXC5-Dvl1 interaction. We confirmed the penetration of WD-aptamer into human hair follicle dermal papilla cells (HFDPCs) and measured ß-catenin expression following treatment with WD-aptamer in HFDPCs, wherein Wnt signaling was activated by Wnt3a. In addition, MTT assay was performed to investigate the effect of WD-aptamer on cell proliferation. RESULTS: WD-aptamer penetrated the cell, affected Wnt signaling, and increased ß-catenin expression, which plays an important role in signaling. Additionally, WD-aptamer induced HFDPC proliferation. CONCLUSION: CXXC5-associated negative feedback of Wnt/ß-catenin signaling can be regulated by interfering with CXXC5-Dvl1 interaction.


Assuntos
Aptâmeros de Nucleotídeos , Via de Sinalização Wnt , Humanos , Via de Sinalização Wnt/fisiologia , Folículo Piloso/metabolismo , beta Catenina/metabolismo , beta Catenina/farmacologia , Aptâmeros de Nucleotídeos/farmacologia , Aptâmeros de Nucleotídeos/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/genética , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Proliferação de Células , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/farmacologia , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição/farmacologia
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Mol Hum Reprod ; 27(1)2021 01 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33543289

RESUMO

Accumulating evidence has shown that Wnt signaling is deeply involved in male reproductive physiology, and malfunction of the signal path can cause pathological changes in genital organs and sperm cells. These abnormalities are diverse in manifestation and have been constantly found in the knockout models of Wnt studies. Nevertheless, most of the research solely focused on a certain factor in the Wnt pathway, and there are few reports on the overall relation between Wnt signals and male reproductive physiology. In our review, Wnt findings relating to the reproductive system were sought and summarized in terms of Wnt ligands, Wnt receptors, Wnt intracellular signals and Wnt regulators. By sorting out and integrating relevant functions, as well as underlining the controversies among different reports, our review aims to offer an overview of Wnt signaling in male reproductive physiology and pathology for further mechanistic studies.


Assuntos
Reprodução/fisiologia , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Via de Sinalização Wnt/fisiologia , Animais , Humanos , Infertilidade Masculina/metabolismo , Masculino , Receptores Wnt/fisiologia
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Transgenic Res ; 30(6): 739-750, 2021 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34347236

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Our study was aimed to investigate the effects of lgals3a (Gal-3 encoding gene) on the development of zebrafish embryo and its underlying mechanisms. Morpholino (MO) technology was used to inhibit the expression of zebrafish lgals3a, and the effect of lgals3a gene knockdown on zebrafish embryo development and the number of monocyte macrophages was observed. Effect of lgals3a-e3i3-MO on apoptosis of zebrafish was detected by acridine orange staining. In addition, the mRNA expression levels of Wnt/ß-catenin signaling pathway-related genes were detected by RT-qPCR. Compared with control-MO group, the zebrafish embryos injected with lgals3a-e3i3-MO had obvious defects in the head, eyes, and tail, and pericardial edema. Lgals3a-e3i3-MO significantly reduced the number of mononuclear macrophages in zebrafish embryos compared with the control-MO group. The results of acridine orange staining showed that compared with the control-MO group, lgals3a-e3i3-MO promoted cardiomyocyte apoptosis in zebrafish. Furthermore, lgals3a-e3i3-MO significantly up-regulated the expression of dkk1b, wnt9a, lrp5, fzd7a, ß-catenin, Gsk-3ß, mycn, myca in the Wnt/ß-catenin pathway, and decreased the expression of lef1. These results indicate that lgals3a-e3i3-MO inhibits zebrafish embryo development, reduces the number of mononuclear macrophages, activates Wnt/ß-catenin signaling pathway and promotes cardiomyocyte apoptosis.


Assuntos
Peixe-Zebra , beta Catenina , Laranja de Acridina/metabolismo , Laranja de Acridina/farmacologia , Animais , Embrião não Mamífero/metabolismo , Desenvolvimento Embrionário/genética , Glicogênio Sintase Quinase 3 beta/metabolismo , Glicogênio Sintase Quinase 3 beta/farmacologia , Receptores de Superfície Celular , Proteínas Wnt/genética , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Via de Sinalização Wnt/genética , Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra/genética , beta Catenina/genética , beta Catenina/metabolismo
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J Physiol ; 597(24): 5899-5914, 2019 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31650562

RESUMO

KEY POINTS: Wnt ligands belonging to both canonical and non-canonical Wnt pathways regulate membrane potential signifying a very early event in the signal transduction. Wnts activate K+ currents by elevating intracellular Ca2+ and trigger Ca2+ release from intracellular stores. Control of potential by Wnt ligands has significant implications for gene transcription and opens up a novel avenue to interfere with this critical pathway. ABSTRACT: The Wnt signalling network determines gene transcription with free intracellular Ca2+ ( Cai2+ ) and ß-catenin as major intracellular signal transducers. Despite its critical importance during development and disease, many of the basic mechanisms of Wnt signal activation remain unclear. Here we show by single cell recording and simultaneous Cai2+ imaging in mammalian prostate cancer cells that an early step in the signal cascade is direct action on the cell membrane potential. We show that Wnt ligands 5A, 9B and 10B rapidly hyperpolarized the cells by activating K+ current by Ca2+ release from intracellular stores. Medium-throughput multi-well recordings showed responses to Wnts at concentrations of 2 nm. We identify a putative target for early events as a TRPM channel. Wnts thus act as ligands for ion channel activation in mammalian cells and membrane potential is an early indicator of control of transcription.


Assuntos
Sinalização do Cálcio , Potenciais da Membrana , Via de Sinalização Wnt , Membrana Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Membrana Celular/fisiologia , Humanos , Células MCF-7 , Canais de Potássio/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPM/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia
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PLoS Genet ; 12(12): e1006494, 2016 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27959917

RESUMO

Deregulation of the Wnt signal transduction pathway underlies numerous congenital disorders and cancers. Axin, a concentration-limiting scaffold protein, facilitates assembly of a "destruction complex" that prevents signaling in the unstimulated state and a plasma membrane-associated "signalosome" that activates signaling following Wnt stimulation. In the classical model, Axin is cytoplasmic under basal conditions, but relocates to the cell membrane after Wnt exposure; however, due to the very low levels of endogenous Axin, this model is based largely on examination of Axin at supraphysiological levels. Here, we analyze the subcellular distribution of endogenous Drosophila Axin in vivo and find that a pool of Axin localizes to cell membrane proximal puncta even in the absence of Wnt stimulation. Axin localization in these puncta is dependent on the destruction complex component Adenomatous polyposis coli (Apc). In the unstimulated state, the membrane association of Axin increases its Tankyrase-dependent ADP-ribosylation and consequent proteasomal degradation to control its basal levels. Furthermore, Wnt stimulation does not result in a bulk redistribution of Axin from cytoplasmic to membrane pools, but causes an initial increase of Axin in both of these pools, with concomitant changes in two post-translational modifications, followed by Axin proteolysis hours later. Finally, the ADP-ribosylated Axin that increases rapidly following Wnt stimulation is membrane associated. We conclude that even in the unstimulated state, a pool of Axin forms membrane-proximal puncta that are dependent on Apc, and that membrane association regulates both Axin levels and Axin's role in the rapid activation of signaling that follows Wnt exposure.


Assuntos
Proteína da Polipose Adenomatosa do Colo/genética , Proteína Axina/genética , Proteínas de Drosophila/genética , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional/genética , Via de Sinalização Wnt/genética , Fatores de Ribosilação do ADP/genética , Proteína da Polipose Adenomatosa do Colo/metabolismo , Animais , Proteína Axina/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/genética , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Proteínas de Drosophila/metabolismo , Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Drosophila melanogaster/metabolismo , Humanos , Complexo de Endopeptidases do Proteassoma/genética , Complexo de Endopeptidases do Proteassoma/metabolismo , Proteólise , Tanquirases/genética , Tanquirases/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , beta Catenina/genética
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Clin Calcium ; 29(3): 343-347, 2019.
Artigo em Japonês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30814380

RESUMO

Over the past 15 years, many studies have revealed that Wnt signaling has a strong impact on hematopoietic stem cell fate. After a controversy over the interpretation of some results, the current understanding is that an appropriate degree of canonical Wnt signaling induces hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal and that noncanonical Wnt signaling keeps the quiescence. It is also likely that the balance between canonical and noncanonical Wnt pathways regulates the stress response and aging of hematopoietic stem cells.


Assuntos
Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Via de Sinalização Wnt , Diferenciação Celular , Senescência Celular , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/fisiologia , Humanos
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BMC Dev Biol ; 18(1): 16, 2018 07 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30055575

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Alterations in maternal environment can sometimes affect embryonic development in a sexually-dimorphic manner. The objective was to determine whether preimplantation bovine embryos respond to three maternally-derived cell signaling molecules in a sex-dependent manner. RESULTS: Actions of three embryokines known to increase competence of bovine embryos to develop to the blastocyst stage, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), activin A, and WNT member 7A (WNT7A), were evaluated for actions on embryos produced in vitro with X- or Y- sorted semen from the same bull. Each embryokine was tested in embryos produced by in vitro fertilization of groups of oocytes with either pooled sperm from two bulls or with sperm from individual bulls. Embryos were treated with IGF1, activin A, or WNT7A on day 5 of culture. All three embryokines increased the proportion of cleaved zygotes that developed to the blastocyst stage and the effect was similar for female and male embryos. As an additional test of sexual dimorphism, effects of IGF1 on blastocyst expression of a total of 127 genes were determined by RT-qPCR using the Fluidigm Delta Gene assay. Expression of 18 genes was affected by sex, expression of 4 genes was affected by IGF1 and expression of 3 genes was affected by the IGF1 by sex interaction. CONCLUSION: Sex did not alter how IGF1, activin A or WNT7A altered developmental competence to the blastocyst stage. Thus, sex-dependent differences in regulation of developmental competence of embryos by maternal regulatory signals is not a general phenomenon. The fact that sex altered how IGF1 regulates gene expression is indicative that there could be sexual dimorphism in embryokine regulation of some aspects of embryonic function other than developmental potential to become a blastocyst.


Assuntos
Blastocisto/efeitos dos fármacos , Subunidades beta de Inibinas/farmacologia , Fator de Crescimento Insulin-Like I/farmacologia , Caracteres Sexuais , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Animais , Bovinos , Feminino , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento , Humanos , Masculino
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Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol ; 56(5): 575-584, 2017 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28059551

RESUMO

The signaling pathways that sustain the disease process of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) remain poorly understood. We sought to determine the expression levels of Wnt signaling genes in CRSwNP and to study the role of the Wnt pathway in inflammation and epithelial remodeling in the nasal mucosa. Microarrays and real time-quantitative polymerase chain reaction comparing gene expression in matched NPs and inferior turbinates revealed that WNT2B, WNT3A, WNT4, WNT7A, WNT7B, and FZD2 were up-regulated and that FZD1, LRP5, LRP6, and WIF1 were down-regulated in NPs. Immunolabeling showed robust expression of Wnt ligands, nuclear ß-catenin, and Axin-2 in NP tissue, suggesting that Wnt/ß-catenin signaling is activated in NPs. We used primary human nasal epithelial cell (HNEpC) cultures to test the functional consequences of Wnt pathway activation. Monolayer HNEpCs treated with recombinant human WNT (rhWNT) 3A, but not with rhWNT4, had altered epithelial morphology and decreased adhesion, without loss of viability. We found that neither rhWNT3A nor rhWNT4 treatment induced proliferation. The expression and release of inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor were increased after rhWNT3A exposure of HNEpCs. When differentiated at an air-liquid interface, rhWNT3A- and WNT agonist-, but not rhWNT4-treated HNEpCs, had abnormal epithelial architecture, failed to undergo motile ciliogenesis, and had defective noncanonical Wnt (planar cell polarity) signaling. On the basis of these results, we propose a model in which Wnt/ß-catenin signaling sustains mucosal inflammation and leads to a spectrum of changes consistent with those seen during epithelial remodeling in NPs.


Assuntos
Pólipos Nasais/complicações , Pólipos Nasais/metabolismo , Rinite/complicações , Rinite/metabolismo , Sinusite/complicações , Sinusite/metabolismo , Via de Sinalização Wnt , Doença Crônica , Cílios/efeitos dos fármacos , Cílios/metabolismo , Sistemas Computacionais , Citocinas/metabolismo , Células Epiteliais/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Epiteliais/metabolismo , Humanos , Mediadores da Inflamação/metabolismo , Pólipos Nasais/patologia , Análise de Sequência com Séries de Oligonucleotídeos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Rinite/patologia , Sinusite/patologia , Conchas Nasais/patologia , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Via de Sinalização Wnt/efeitos dos fármacos , beta Catenina/metabolismo
9.
Stem Cells ; 34(7): 1896-908, 2016 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26992132

RESUMO

The hair follicle is an ideal system to study stem cell specification and homeostasis due to its well characterized morphogenesis and stereotypic cycles of stem cell activation upon each hair cycle to produce a new hair shaft. The adult hair follicle stem cell niche consists of two distinct populations, the bulge and the more activation-prone secondary hair germ (HG). Hair follicle stem cells are set aside during early stages of morphogenesis. This process is known to depend on the Sox9 transcription factor, but otherwise the establishment of the hair follicle stem cell niche is poorly understood. Here, we show that that mutation of Foxi3, a Forkhead family transcription factor mutated in several hairless dog breeds, compromises stem cell specification. Further, loss of Foxi3 impedes hair follicle downgrowth and progression of the hair cycle. Genome-wide profiling revealed a number of downstream effectors of Foxi3 including transcription factors with a recognized function in hair follicle stem cells such as Lhx2, Runx1, and Nfatc1, suggesting that the Foxi3 mutant phenotype results from simultaneous downregulation of several stem cell signature genes. We show that Foxi3 displays a highly dynamic expression pattern during hair morphogenesis and cycling, and identify Foxi3 as a novel secondary HG marker. Absence of Foxi3 results in poor hair regeneration upon hair plucking, and a sparse fur phenotype in unperturbed mice that exacerbates with age, caused by impaired secondary HG activation leading to progressive depletion of stem cells. Thus, Foxi3 regulates multiple aspects of hair follicle development and homeostasis. Stem Cells 2016;34:1896-1908.


Assuntos
Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/deficiência , Folículo Piloso/citologia , Células-Tronco/citologia , Células-Tronco/metabolismo , Animais , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Compartimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Ciclo Celular/genética , Regulação para Baixo/efeitos dos fármacos , Regulação para Baixo/genética , Embrião de Mamíferos/metabolismo , Retroalimentação Fisiológica/efeitos dos fármacos , Fatores de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/farmacologia , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/genética , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/metabolismo , Deleção de Genes , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Folículo Piloso/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Folículo Piloso/metabolismo , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Morfogênese/efeitos dos fármacos , Morfogênese/genética , Regeneração/efeitos dos fármacos , Transdução de Sinais , Células-Tronco/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia
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FASEB J ; 30(5): 1823-35, 2016 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26849959

RESUMO

TGF-ß is important in lung injury and remodeling processes. TGF-ß and Wingless/integrase-1 (WNT) signaling are interconnected; however, the WNT ligand-receptor complexes involved are unknown. Thus, we aimed to identify Frizzled (FZD) receptors that mediate TGF-ß-induced profibrotic signaling. MRC-5 and primary human lung fibroblasts were stimulated with TGF-ß1, WNT-5A, or WNT-5B in the presence and absence of specific pathway inhibitors. Specific small interfering RNA was used to knock down FZD8. In vivo studies using bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis were performed in wild-type and FZD8-deficient mice. TGF-ß1 induced FZD8 specifically via Smad3-dependent signaling in MRC-5 and primary human lung fibroblasts. It is noteworthy that FZD8 knockdown reduced TGF-ß1-induced collagen Iα1, fibronectin, versican, α-smooth muscle (sm)-actin, and connective tissue growth factor. Moreover, bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis was attenuated in FZD8-deficient mice in vivo Although inhibition of canonical WNT signaling did not affect TGF-ß1-induced gene expression in vitro, noncanonical WNT-5B mimicked TGF-ß1-induced fibroblast activation. FZD8 knockdown reduced both WNT-5B-induced gene expression of fibronectin and α-sm-actin, as well as WNT-5B-induced changes in cellular impedance. Collectively, our findings demonstrate a role for FZD8 in TGF-ß-induced profibrotic signaling and imply that WNT-5B may be the ligand for FZD8 in these responses.-Spanjer, A. I. R., Baarsma, H. A., Oostenbrink, L. M., Jansen, S. R., Kuipers, C. C., Lindner, M., Postma, D. S., Meurs, H., Heijink, I. H., Gosens, R., Königshoff, M. TGF-ß-induced profibrotic signaling is regulated in part by the WNT receptor Frizzled-8.


Assuntos
Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta1/farmacologia , Animais , Linhagem Celular , Matriz Extracelular , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , Humanos , Pulmão/citologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Receptores de Superfície Celular/genética , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/genética , Proteína Smad3/genética , Proteína Smad3/metabolismo , Organismos Livres de Patógenos Específicos , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Proteína Wnt-5a/farmacologia
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Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol ; 36(3): 561-9, 2016 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26800561

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: Endothelial dysfunction is linked to insulin resistance, inflammatory activation, and increased cardiovascular risk in diabetes mellitus; however, the mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Recent studies have identified proinflammatory signaling of wingless-type family member (Wnt) 5a through c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) as a regulator of metabolic dysfunction with potential relevance to vascular function. We sought to gain evidence that increased activation of Wnt5a-JNK signaling contributes to impaired endothelial function in patients with diabetes mellitus. APPROACH AND RESULTS: We measured flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery and characterized freshly isolated endothelial cells by protein expression, eNOS activation, and nitric oxide production in 85 subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (n=42) and age- and sex-matched nondiabetic controls (n=43) and in human aortic endothelial cells treated with Wnt5a. Endothelial cells from patients with diabetes mellitus displayed 1.3-fold higher Wnt5a levels (P=0.01) along with 1.4-fold higher JNK activation (P<0.01) without a difference in total JNK levels. Higher JNK activation was associated with lower flow-mediated dilation, consistent with endothelial dysfunction (r=0.53, P=0.02). Inhibition of Wnt5a and JNK signaling restored insulin and A23187-mediated eNOS activation and improved nitric oxide production in endothelial cells from patients with diabetes mellitus. In endothelial cells from nondiabetic controls, rWnt5a treatment inhibited eNOS activation replicating the diabetic endothelial phenotype. In human aortic endothelial cells, Wnt5a-induced impairment of eNOS activation and nitric oxide production was reversed by Wnt5a and JNK inhibition. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate that noncanonical Wnt5a signaling and JNK activity contribute to vascular insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction and may represent a novel therapeutic opportunity to protect the vasculature in patients with diabetes mellitus.


Assuntos
Artéria Braquial/enzimologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/enzimologia , Células Endoteliais/enzimologia , Endotélio Vascular/enzimologia , Proteínas Quinases JNK Ativadas por Mitógeno/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Vasodilatação , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , Via de Sinalização Wnt , Adulto , Idoso , Artéria Braquial/efeitos dos fármacos , Artéria Braquial/fisiopatologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Células Cultivadas , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/fisiopatologia , Células Endoteliais/efeitos dos fármacos , Endotélio Vascular/efeitos dos fármacos , Endotélio Vascular/fisiopatologia , Ativação Enzimática , Feminino , Humanos , Proteínas Quinases JNK Ativadas por Mitógeno/antagonistas & inibidores , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Óxido Nítrico/metabolismo , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo III/metabolismo , Estresse Oxidativo , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/farmacologia , Vasodilatação/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas Wnt/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Via de Sinalização Wnt/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteína Wnt-5a
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Nature ; 470(7332): 105-9, 2011 Feb 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21151107

RESUMO

Studies in embryonic development have guided successful efforts to direct the differentiation of human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) into specific organ cell types in vitro. For example, human PSCs have been differentiated into monolayer cultures of liver hepatocytes and pancreatic endocrine cells that have therapeutic efficacy in animal models of liver disease and diabetes, respectively. However, the generation of complex three-dimensional organ tissues in vitro remains a major challenge for translational studies. Here we establish a robust and efficient process to direct the differentiation of human PSCs into intestinal tissue in vitro using a temporal series of growth factor manipulations to mimic embryonic intestinal development. This involved activin-induced definitive endoderm formation, FGF/Wnt-induced posterior endoderm pattering, hindgut specification and morphogenesis, and a pro-intestinal culture system to promote intestinal growth, morphogenesis and cytodifferentiation. The resulting three-dimensional intestinal 'organoids' consisted of a polarized, columnar epithelium that was patterned into villus-like structures and crypt-like proliferative zones that expressed intestinal stem cell markers. The epithelium contained functional enterocytes, as well as goblet, Paneth and enteroendocrine cells. Using this culture system as a model to study human intestinal development, we identified that the combined activity of WNT3A and FGF4 is required for hindgut specification whereas FGF4 alone is sufficient to promote hindgut morphogenesis. Our data indicate that human intestinal stem cells form de novo during development. We also determined that NEUROG3, a pro-endocrine transcription factor that is mutated in enteric anendocrinosis, is both necessary and sufficient for human enteroendocrine cell development in vitro. PSC-derived human intestinal tissue should allow for unprecedented studies of human intestinal development and disease.


Assuntos
Diferenciação Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células-Tronco Embrionárias/citologia , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes Induzidas/citologia , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intercelular/farmacologia , Intestinos/citologia , Ativinas/farmacologia , Fatores de Transcrição Hélice-Alça-Hélice Básicos/genética , Fatores de Transcrição Hélice-Alça-Hélice Básicos/metabolismo , Padronização Corporal/efeitos dos fármacos , Técnicas de Cultura de Células , Células Cultivadas , Meios de Cultura/química , Meios de Cultura/farmacologia , Células-Tronco Embrionárias/efeitos dos fármacos , Endoderma/citologia , Endoderma/efeitos dos fármacos , Endoderma/embriologia , Fator 4 de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/farmacologia , Humanos , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes Induzidas/efeitos dos fármacos , Intestinos/anatomia & histologia , Intestinos/efeitos dos fármacos , Intestinos/embriologia , Microvilosidades/efeitos dos fármacos , Morfogênese/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Organogênese/efeitos dos fármacos , Fatores de Tempo , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Proteína Wnt3 , Proteína Wnt3A
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Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol ; 54(3): 350-8, 2016 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26222011

RESUMO

We showed previously that sensitization of mice with dendritic cells (DCs) via the airways depends on activation of these cells with LPS. Allergen-pulsed DCs that were stimulated with low doses of LPS induce a strong Th2 response in vivo. Our objective was to investigate whether airway sensitization of mice by the application of DCs with a phenotype that is able to induce Th17 cells results in increased remodeling of the airways. We generated DCs from the bone marrow of mice and pulsed them with LPS-free ovalbumin. Subsequently, cells were activated with LPS with or without ATP for inflammasome activation. The activated cells were used to sensitize mice via the airways. Intranasal instillation of DCs that were activated with 0.1 ng/ml LPS induced a Th2 response with airway eosinophilia. High doses of LPS, particularly when given in combination with ATP, led to induction of a mixed Th2/Th17 response. Interestingly, we found a correlation between IL-17A production and the remodeling of the airways. Stimulation of mouse fibroblasts with purified IL-17A protein in vitro resulted in transforming growth factor-ß1 secretion and collagen transcription. Interestingly, we found enhanced secretion of transforming growth factor-ß1 by fibroblasts after costimulation with IL-17A and the profibrotic factor wingless-type MMTV integration site family, member 5A (Wnt5a). We showed that an allergen-specific Th17 response in the airway is accompanied by increased airway remodeling. Furthermore, we revealed that increased remodeling is not only based on neutrophilic inflammation, but also on the direct impact of IL-17A on airway structural cells.


Assuntos
Remodelação das Vias Aéreas , Alérgenos , Asma/imunologia , Células Dendríticas/transplante , Interleucina-17/imunologia , Pulmão/imunologia , Ovalbumina/imunologia , Células Th17/imunologia , Trifosfato de Adenosina/farmacologia , Animais , Asma/metabolismo , Asma/patologia , Asma/fisiopatologia , Células Cultivadas , Colágeno/metabolismo , Células Dendríticas/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Dendríticas/imunologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Fibroblastos/imunologia , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Interleucina-17/metabolismo , Interleucina-17/farmacologia , Lipopolissacarídeos/farmacologia , Pulmão/metabolismo , Pulmão/patologia , Pulmão/fisiopatologia , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Fenótipo , Células Th17/metabolismo , Células Th2/imunologia , Células Th2/metabolismo , Fatores de Tempo , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta1/metabolismo , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta1/farmacologia , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia
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Mol Pharmacol ; 90(4): 447-59, 2016 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27458145

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Frizzleds (FZDs) are unconventional G protein-coupled receptors that belong to the class Frizzled. They are bound and activated by the Wingless/Int-1 lipoglycoprotein (WNT) family of secreted lipoglycoproteins. To date, mechanisms of signal initiation and FZD-G protein coupling remain poorly understood. Previously, we showed that FZD6 assembles with Gαi1/Gαq (but not with Gαs, Gαo and Ga12/13), and that these inactive-state complexes are dissociated by WNTs and regulated by the phosphoprotein Dishevelled (DVL). Here, we investigated the inactive-state assembly of heterotrimeric G proteins with FZD4, a receptor important in retinal vascular development and frequently mutated in Norrie disease or familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Live-cell imaging experiments using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching show that human FZD4 assembles-in a DVL-independent manner-with Gα12/13 but not representatives of other heterotrimeric G protein subfamilies, such as Gαi1, Gαo, Gαs, and Gαq The FZD4-G protein complex dissociates upon stimulation with WNT-3A, WNT-5A, WNT-7A, and WNT-10B. In addition, WNT-induced dynamic mass redistribution changes in untransfected and, even more so, in FZD4 green fluorescent protein-transfected cells depend on Gα12/13 Furthermore, expression of FZD4 and Gα12 or Gα13 in human embryonic kidney 293 cells induces WNT-dependent membrane recruitment of p115-RHOGEF (RHO guanine nucleotide exchange factor, molecular weight 115 kDa), a direct target of Gα12/13 signaling, underlining the functionality of an FZD4-Gα12/13-RHO signaling axis. In summary, Gα12/13-mediated WNT/FZD4 signaling through p115-RHOGEF offers an intriguing and previously unappreciated mechanistic link of FZD4 signaling to cytoskeletal rearrangements and RHO signaling with implications for the regulation of angiogenesis during embryonic and tumor development.


Assuntos
Receptores Frizzled/metabolismo , Subunidades alfa G12-G13 de Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Proteínas Desgrenhadas/metabolismo , Recuperação de Fluorescência Após Fotodegradação , Transferência Ressonante de Energia de Fluorescência , Receptores Frizzled/química , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Ligação Proteica/efeitos dos fármacos , Domínios Proteicos , Fatores de Troca de Nucleotídeo Guanina Rho/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos
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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1852(5): 839-50, 2015 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25558817

RESUMO

Aberrant fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling disturbs chondrocyte differentiation in skeletal dysplasia, but the mechanisms underlying this process remain unclear. Recently, FGF was found to activate canonical WNT/ß-catenin pathway in chondrocytes via Erk MAP kinase-mediated phosphorylation of WNT co-receptor Lrp6. Here, we explore the cellular consequences of such a signaling interaction. WNT enhanced the FGF-mediated suppression of chondrocyte differentiation in mouse limb bud micromass and limb organ cultures, leading to inhibition of cartilage nodule formation in micromass cultures, and suppression of growth in cultured limbs. Simultaneous activation of the FGF and WNT/ß-catenin pathways resulted in loss of chondrocyte extracellular matrix, expression of genes typical for mineralized tissues and alteration of cellular shape. WNT enhanced the FGF-mediated downregulation of chondrocyte proteoglycan and collagen extracellular matrix via inhibition of matrix synthesis and induction of proteinases involved in matrix degradation. Expression of genes regulating RhoA GTPase pathway was induced by FGF in cooperation with WNT, and inhibition of the RhoA signaling rescued the FGF/WNT-mediated changes in chondrocyte cellular shape. Our results suggest that aberrant FGF signaling cooperates with WNT/ß-catenin in suppression of chondrocyte differentiation.


Assuntos
Cartilagem/efeitos dos fármacos , Diferenciação Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Condrócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Fatores de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/farmacologia , Receptores de Fatores de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , beta Catenina/metabolismo , Animais , Western Blotting , Cartilagem/citologia , Cartilagem/metabolismo , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Células Cultivadas , Condrócitos/metabolismo , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Fator 2 de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/farmacologia , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Botões de Extremidades/efeitos dos fármacos , Botões de Extremidades/embriologia , Botões de Extremidades/metabolismo , Proteína-6 Relacionada a Receptor de Lipoproteína de Baixa Densidade/genética , Proteína-6 Relacionada a Receptor de Lipoproteína de Baixa Densidade/metabolismo , Microscopia Confocal , Modelos Biológicos , Ratos , Receptores de Fatores de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Transcriptoma/efeitos dos fármacos , Transcriptoma/genética , Proteínas Wnt/genética , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Proteína Wnt3A/farmacologia , beta Catenina/genética
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Am J Pathol ; 185(8): 2194-205, 2015 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26100214

RESUMO

Activation of Wnt/ß-catenin signaling during liver regeneration (LR) after partial hepatectomy (PH) is observed in several species. However, how this pathway is turned off when hepatocyte proliferation is no longer required is unknown. We assessed LR in liver-specific knockouts of Wntless (Wls-LKO), a protein required for Wnt secretion from a cell. When subjected to PH, Wls-LKO showed prolongation of hepatocyte proliferation for up to 4 days compared with littermate controls. This coincided with increased ß-catenin-T-cell factor 4 interaction and cyclin-D1 expression. Wls-LKO showed decreased expression and secretion of inhibitory Wnt5a during LR. Wnt5a expression increased between 24 and 48 hours, and Frizzled-2 between 24 and 72 hours, after PH in normal mice. Treatment of primary mouse hepatocytes and liver tumor cells with Wnt5a led to a notable decrease in ß-catenin-T-cell factor activity, cyclin-D1 expression, and cell proliferation. Intriguingly, Wnt5a-LKO did not display any prolongation of LR because of compensation by other cells. In addition, Wnt5a-LKO hepatocytes failed to respond to exogenous Wnt5a treatment in culture because of a compensatory decrease in Frizzled-2 expression. In conclusion, we demonstrate Wnt5a to be, by default, a negative regulator of ß-catenin signaling and hepatocyte proliferation, both in vitro and in vivo. We also provide evidence that the Wnt5a/Frizzled-2 axis suppresses ß-catenin signaling in hepatocytes in an autocrine manner, thereby contributing to timely conclusion of the LR process.


Assuntos
Proliferação de Células/fisiologia , Hepatócitos/metabolismo , Regeneração Hepática/fisiologia , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , Via de Sinalização Wnt/fisiologia , beta Catenina/metabolismo , Animais , Receptores Frizzled/genética , Receptores Frizzled/metabolismo , Hepatócitos/citologia , Hepatócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/genética , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/metabolismo , Fígado/efeitos dos fármacos , Fígado/metabolismo , Regeneração Hepática/efeitos dos fármacos , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/genética , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/genética , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Via de Sinalização Wnt/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteína Wnt-5a
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Exp Cell Res ; 336(1): 85-93, 2015 Aug 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26112214

RESUMO

Wnt signaling regulates multiple cellular events such as cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis through ß-catenin-dependent canonical and ß-catenin-independent noncanonical pathways. Canonical Wnt/ß-catenin signaling can promote the differentiation of dental follicle cells, putative progenitor cells for cementoblasts, osteoblasts, and periodontal ligament cells, toward a cementoblast/osteoblast phenotype during root formation, but little is known about the biological significance of noncanonical Wnt signaling in this process. We identified the expression of Wnt5a, a representative noncanonical Wnt ligand, in tooth root lining cells (i.e. precementoblasts/cementoblasts) and dental follicle cells during mouse tooth root development, as assessed by immunohistochemistry. Silencing expression of the Wnt5a gene in a dental follicle cell line resulted in enhancement of the Wnt3a (a representative canonical Wnt ligand)-mediated increase in alkaline phosphatase (ALP) expression. Conversely, treatment with recombinant Wnt5a inhibited the increase in ALP expression, suggesting that Wnt5a signaling functions as a negative regulator of canonical Wnt-mediated ALP expression of dental follicle cells. Wnt5a did not affect the nuclear translocation of ß-catenin as well as ß-catenin-mediated transcriptional activation of T-cell factor (Tcf) triggered by Wnt3a, suggesting that Wnt5a inhibits the downstream part of the ß-catenin-Tcf pathway. These findings suggest the existence of a feedback mechanism between canonical and noncanonical Wnt signaling during the differentiation of dental follicle cells.


Assuntos
Fosfatase Alcalina/metabolismo , Saco Dentário/enzimologia , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Proteína Wnt3A/farmacologia , Fosfatase Alcalina/genética , Animais , Western Blotting , Células Cultivadas , Saco Dentário/citologia , Saco Dentário/efeitos dos fármacos , Imunofluorescência , Humanos , Técnicas Imunoenzimáticas , Camundongos , RNA Mensageiro/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Proteína Wnt-5a
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Exp Cell Res ; 335(1): 39-50, 2015 Jul 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25978974

RESUMO

According to the multifactorial model of cervical cancer (CC) causation, it is now recognized that other modifications, in addition to Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, are necessary for the development of this neoplasia. Among these, it has been proposed that a dysregulation of the WNT pathway might favor malignant progression of HPV-immortalized keratinocytes. The aim of this study was to identify components of the WNT pathway differentially expressed in CC vs. non-tumorigenic, but immortalized human keratinocytes. Interestingly, WNT7A expression was found strongly downregulated in cell lines and biopsies derived from CC. Restoration of WNT7A in CC-derived cell lines using a lentiviral gene delivery system or after adding a recombinant human protein decreases cell proliferation. Likewise, WNT7A silencing in non-tumorigenic cells markedly accelerates proliferation. Decreased WNT7A expression was due to hypermethylation at particular CpG sites. To our knowledge, this is the first study reporting reduced WNT7A levels in CC-derived cells and that ectopic WNT7A restoration negatively affects cell proliferation and migration.


Assuntos
Movimento Celular/genética , Proliferação de Células/genética , Metilação de DNA/genética , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/genética , Proteínas Wnt/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/genética , Meios de Cultivo Condicionados/farmacologia , Feminino , Células HeLa , Humanos , Interferência de RNA , RNA Interferente Pequeno , Proteínas Recombinantes/farmacologia , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/biossíntese , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Via de Sinalização Wnt/genética
19.
Eur J Immunol ; 44(5): 1480-90, 2014 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24643512

RESUMO

An increasing number of studies address the roles of Wnt proteins in shaping leukocyte functions. Recombinant Wnt3a and Wnt5a, prototypical activators of ß-Catenin-dependent and -independent Wnt signaling, respectively, are widely used to investigate the effects of Wnt proteins on myeloid cell functions. Recent reports describe both proinflammatory and immunemodulatory effects of Wnt3a and Wnt5a on macrophages, DCs, and microglia. The underlying molecular mechanisms for this divergence are unclear. We show here that recombinant Wnt3a- and Wnt5a-induced cytokine production from murine C57BL/6 macrophages was dependent on TLR4 and inhibited by Polymyxin B. Similarly, impairment of TLR-induced cytokine production upon preexposure to Wnt proteins was TLR4 dependent. The extent of Wnt3a- and Wnt5a-induced inflammatory gene expression greatly varied between Wnt protein lots. We conclude that cytokine responses and TLR tolerization induced by recombinant Wnt proteins are likely explained by contaminating TLR4 agonists, although we cannot fully exclude that Wnt proteins have an intrinsic capacity to signal via TLR4. This study emphasizes the need for careful, independent verification of Wnt-mediated cellular responses.


Assuntos
Citocinas/imunologia , Tolerância Imunológica , Macrófagos/imunologia , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/imunologia , Proteínas Wnt/imunologia , Via de Sinalização Wnt/imunologia , Proteína Wnt3A/imunologia , Animais , Citocinas/biossíntese , Citocinas/genética , Macrófagos/citologia , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/imunologia , Proteínas Recombinantes/farmacologia , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/genética , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/genética , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Via de Sinalização Wnt/efeitos dos fármacos , Via de Sinalização Wnt/genética , Proteína Wnt-5a , Proteína Wnt3A/genética , Proteína Wnt3A/farmacologia
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Blood ; 121(1): 188-96, 2013 Jan 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23160460

RESUMO

Wnt signaling is involved in numerous aspects of vertebrate development and homeostasis, including the formation and function of blood cells. Here, we show that canonical and noncanonical Wnt signaling pathways are present and functional in megakaryocytes (MKs), with several Wnt effectors displaying MK-restricted expression. Using the CHRF288-11 cell line as a model for human MKs, the canonical Wnt3a signal was found to induce a time and dose-dependent increase in ß-catenin expression. ß-catenin accumulation was inhibited by the canonical antagonist dickkopf-1 (DKK1) and by the noncanonical agonist Wnt5a. Whole genome expression analysis demonstrated that Wnt3a and Wnt5a regulated distinct patterns of gene expression in MKs, and revealed a further interplay between canonical and noncanonical Wnt pathways. Fetal liver cells derived from low-density-lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6-deficient mice (LRP6(-/-)), generated dramatically reduced numbers of MKs in culture of lower ploidy (2N and 4N) than wild-type controls, implicating LRP6-dependent Wnt signaling in MK proliferation and maturation. Finally, in wild-type mature murine fetal liver-derived MKs, Wnt3a potently induced proplatelet formation, an effect that could be completely abrogated by DKK1. These data identify novel extrinsic regulators of proplatelet formation, and reveal a profound role for Wnt signaling in platelet production.


Assuntos
Megacariócitos/citologia , Trombopoese/fisiologia , Via de Sinalização Wnt/fisiologia , Animais , Plaquetas/citologia , Linhagem Celular , Células Cultivadas/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intercelular/farmacologia , Fígado/embriologia , Proteína-6 Relacionada a Receptor de Lipoproteína de Baixa Densidade/deficiência , Proteína-6 Relacionada a Receptor de Lipoproteína de Baixa Densidade/genética , Megacariócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Megacariócitos/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Proteínas Recombinantes/farmacologia , Trombopoese/genética , Proteínas Wnt/farmacologia , Proteína Wnt3A/farmacologia , beta Catenina/biossíntese , beta Catenina/genética
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