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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 7, Pages 752-+Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncb3363
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- NSFC [81270098]
- NIH [DK080745, DK59599]
- Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology
- Oklahoma Center for Adult Stem Cell Research
- John S. Gammill Endowed Chair in Polycystic Kidney Disease
- NIDDK [P30DK090868]
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WNT ligands induce Ca2+ signalling on target cells. PKD1 (polycystin 1) is considered an orphan, atypical G-protein-coupled receptor complexed with TRPP2 (polycystin 2 or PKD2), a Ca2+-permeable ion channel. Inactivating mutations in their genes cause autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), one of the most common genetic diseases. Here, we show that WNTs bind to the extracellular domain of PKD1 and induce whole-cell currents and Ca2+ influx dependent on TRPP2. Pathogenic PKD1 or PKD2 mutations that abrogate complex formation, compromise cell surface expression of PKD1, or reduce TRPP2 channel activity suppress activation by WNTs. Pkd2(-/-) fibroblasts lack WNT-induced Ca2+ currents and are unable to polarize during directed cell migration. In Xenopus embryos, pkd1, Dishevelled 2 (dvl2) and wnt9a act within the same pathway to preserve normal tubulogenesis. These data define PKD1 as a WNT (co) receptor and implicate defective WNT/Ca2+ signalling as one of the causes of ADPKD.
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