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First published online 6 May 2003
doi: 10.1242/jcs.00451

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Journal of Cell Science 116, 2541-2550 (2003)
doi: 10.1242/jcs.00451

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Frizzled receptor dimerization is sufficient to activate the Wnt/ß-catenin pathway

Clémence Carron, Aude Pascal, Alexandre Djiane, Jean-Claude Boucaut, De-Li Shi and Muriel Umbhauer*

Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement, Groupe de Biologie Expérimentale, UMR CNRS 7622, Université Paris VI, 9 quai Saint-Bernard, 75005, Paris, France

* Author for correspondence (e-mail: umbhauer{at}ccr.jussieu.fr)

Accepted 4 March 2003

Wnt signaling has an important role in cell-fate determination, tissue patterning and tumorigenesis. Wnt proteins signal through seven-pass transmembrane receptors of the frizzled family to activate ß-catenin-dependent transcription of target genes. Using early Xenopus embryos, we show that frizzled receptors can dimerize and that dimerization is correlated with activation of the Wnt/ß-catenin pathway. Co-immunoprecipitation studies revealed that the receptor Xfz3 exists as a dimer when expressed in Xenopus embryos, and it has been shown to activate the Wnt/ß-catenin pathway as revealed by expression of the target gene siamois. Xfz3 dimerization requires intramolecular and/or intermolecular disulfide linkages, and the N-terminal extracellular region of the receptor, including the cysteine-rich domain (CRD), is sufficient for dimerization. The receptor Xfz7 behaves differently from Xfz3 when overexpressed in the embryo as Xfz7 is monomeric and is unable to directly activate the Wnt/ß-catenin pathway. However, activation of this pathway can be achieved by artificially forcing Xfz7 dimerization. These results provide the first direct evidence for the dimerization of frizzled receptors and suggest that dimerization contributes to transducing the Wnt/ß-catenin signal.

Key words: Frizzled, Wnt, Dimerization, Xenopus


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