β-Arrestin interacts with the beta/gamma subunits of trimeric G-proteins and Dishevelled in the Wnt/Ca2+pathway in Xenopus gastrulation

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Contributors

  • Katharina Seitz - , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)
  • Verena Dürsch - , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)
  • Jakub Harnoš - , Masaryk University (Author)
  • Vitezslav Bryja - , Masaryk University, Institute of the Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Marc Gentzel - , Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (Author)
  • Alexandra Schambony - , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)

Abstract

β-Catenin independent, non-canonical Wnt signaling pathways play a major role in the regulation of morphogenetic movements in vertebrates. The term non-canonical Wnt signaling comprises multiple, intracellularly divergent, Wnt-activated and β-Catenin independent signaling cascades including the Wnt/Planar Cell Polarity and the Wnt/Ca2+ cascades. Wnt/Planar Cell Polarity and Wnt/Ca2+ pathways share common effector proteins, including the Wnt ligand, Frizzled receptors and Dishevelled, with each other and with additional branches of Wnt signaling. Along with the aforementioned proteins, β-Arrestin has been identified as an essential effector protein in the Wnt/β-Catenin and the Wnt/Planar Cell Polarity pathway. Our results demonstrate that β-Arrestin is required in the Wnt/Ca2+ signaling cascade upstream of Protein Kinase C (PKC) and Ca2+/ Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II (CamKII). We have further characterized the role of β-Arrestin in this branch of non-canonical Wnt signaling by knock-down and rescue experiments in Xenopus embryo explants and analyzed protein-protein interactions in 293T cells. Functional interaction of β-Arrestin, the β subunit of trimeric G-proteins and Dishevelled is required to induce PKC activation and membrane translocation. In Xenopus gastrulation, β-Arrestin function in Wnt/Ca2+ signaling is essential for convergent extension movements. We further show that β-Arrestin physically interacts with the β subunit of trimeric G-proteins and Dishevelled, and that the interaction between β-Arrestin and Dishevelled is promoted by the beta/gamma subunits of trimeric G-proteins, indicating the formation of a multiprotein signaling complex.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere87132
JournalPloS one
Volume9
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jan 2014
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

PubMed 24489854
ORCID /0000-0002-4482-6010/work/142251028