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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 287, 期 27, 页码 23246-23254出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.372029
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- National Institutes of Health [5R21HD061303, R01DK080004, P30DK079328]
- Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas [RP100119]
- Welch Foundation [I-1665]
- CARIPARO grant
- Ministry of Health [GR-2008-1139743]
- Mary Kay Ash Foundation
Secreted Wnt proteins constitute one of the largest families of intercellular signaling molecules in vertebrates with essential roles in embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis. The functional redundancy of Wnt genes and the many forms of cellular responses they elicit, including some utilizing the transcriptional co-activator beta-catenin, has limited the ability of classical genetic strategies to uncover their roles in vivo. We had previously identified a chemical compound class termed Inhibitor of Wnt Production (or IWP) that targets Porcupine (Porcn), an acyltransferase catalyzing the addition of fatty acid adducts onto Wnt proteins. Here we demonstrate that diverse chemical structures are able to inhibit Porcn by targeting its putative active site. When deployed in concert with small molecules that modulate the activity of Tankyrase enzymes and glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3 beta), additional transducers of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling, the IWP compounds reveal an essential role for Wnt protein fatty acylation in eliciting beta-catenin-dependent and -independent forms of Wnt signaling during zebrafish development. This collection of small molecules facilitates rapid dissection of Wnt gene function in vivo by limiting the influence of redundant Wnt gene functions on phenotypic outcomes and enables temporal manipulation of Wnt-mediated signaling in vertebrates.
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