Novel mechanism of Wnt signalling inhibition mediated by Dickkopf-1 interaction with LRP6/Arrow (original) (raw)

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Wnt signalling has an important role in cell fate determination, tissue patterning and tumorigenesis1,2,3,4. Secreted antagonists of Wnt include Frizzled (Fz)-related proteins (FRPs)5,6,7, Cerberus8, Wnt inhibitory factor (WIF)9 and Dickkopf (Dkk)10,11. FRPs, Cerberus and WIF have all been shown to act by binding and sequestering Wnt. We report a novel mechanism of Wnt-signalling inhibition by human Dkk-1. Dkk-1 demonstrated no interaction with Wnt but bound a single cell surface site with high affinity (_K_D = 0.39 nM). Its receptor was detectable in a complex with a relative molecular mass of 240,000 (_M_r 240K) with [125I] Dkk-1 by covalent affinity cross-linking. Wnt signalling through β-catenin is mediated by the Fz receptor12 and a recently identified low-density-lipoprotein-receptor-related co-receptor, LRP6/Arrow13,14,15. Overproduction of the 200K LRP6 protein, but not of Fz, strikingly increased Dkk-1 binding as well as the amount of the 240K cross-linked complex, which was shown to be composed of Dkk-1 and LRP6. Moreover, Dkk-1 function was completely independent of Fz but LRP6 dramatically interfered with the Dkk-1 inhibition of Wnt signalling. Thus, unlike Wnt antagonists, which exert their effects by molecular mimicry of Fz5,6,7 or Wnt sequestration through other mechanisms8,9, Dkk-1 specifically inhibits canonical Wnt signalling by binding to the LRP6 component of the receptor complex.

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This work has been supported by an NCI grant (CA71672-04). We thank F. Hess for generously providing LRP5 and LRP6 cDNAs, and R. Kohansky and T. Moran for helpful advice.

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  1. Derald H. Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1130, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, 10029, New York, USA
    Anna Bafico, Guizhong Liu & Stuart A. Aaronson
  2. Department of Human Microbiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel
    Abraham Yaniv & Arnona Gazit

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Bafico, A., Liu, G., Yaniv, A. et al. Novel mechanism of Wnt signalling inhibition mediated by Dickkopf-1 interaction with LRP6/Arrow.Nat Cell Biol 3, 683–686 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35083081

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