Ciani, L., Krylova, O., Smalley, Matthew John  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9540-1146, Dale, Trevor Clive ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4880-9963 and Salinas, P.
2004.
A divergent canonical WNT-signaling pathway regulates microtubule dynamics: Dishevelled signals locally to stabilize microtubules.
Journal of Cell Biology
164
(2)
, pp. 243-253.
10.1083/jcb.200309096
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Abstract
Dishevelled (DVL) is associated with axonal microtubules and regulates microtubule stability through the inhibition of the serine/threonine kinase, glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β). In the canonical WNT pathway, the negative regulator Axin forms a complex with β-catenin and GSK-3β, resulting in β-catenin degradation. Inhibition of GSK-3β by DVL increases β-catenin stability and TCF transcriptional activation. Here, we show that Axin associates with microtubules and unexpectedly stabilizes microtubules through DVL. In turn, DVL stabilizes microtubules by inhibiting GSK-3β through a transcription- and β-catenin–independent pathway. More importantly, axonal microtubules are stabilized after DVL localizes to axons. Increased microtubule stability is correlated with a decrease in GSK-3β–mediated phosphorylation of MAP-1B. We propose a model in which Axin, through DVL, stabilizes microtubules by inhibiting a pool of GSK-3β, resulting in local changes in the phosphorylation of cellular targets. Our data indicate a bifurcation in the so-called canonical WNT-signaling pathway to regulate microtubule stability.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Biosciences Research Institutes & Centres > European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute (ECSCRI) |
| Publisher: | Rockefeller University Press, |
| ISSN: | 0021-9525 |
| Funders: | Cancer Research UK |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2023 10:01 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/61739 |
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