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GPR124是大腦內皮細胞中WNT7-βcatenin信號通路的一個共激活因子
關於GPR124/WNT7的遺傳相互作用研究在體內證實兩者共同激活經典βcatenin信號通路
GPR124 C端的四個胺基酸和N端的富含亮氨酸重複結構對於激活WNT7/βcatenin信號通路十分重要
近日來自美國NIH的研究人員在國際期刊cell reports發表了他們一項最新研究成果。他們通過研究發現,在大腦內皮細胞中,GPR124能夠作為共激活因子與WNT7共同激活經典WNT/βcatenin信號通路。這一發現對於擴展WNT/βcatenin信號通路新成員又添濃重一筆。
文章指出,中樞神經系統中血管生成與非神經系統不同,中樞神經系統血管生成與血腦屏障的特性緊密相關,了解清楚中樞神經系統血管生成和屏障生成機制對合理治療腦部腫瘤以及其他腦血管和神經退行性疾病具有重要意義。在之前研究中發現,WNT7A/WNT7B雙敲除小鼠會出現前腦和腹側面脊髓血管生成障礙,並且不能夠建立血腦屏障,而GPR124敲除小鼠也出現類似WNT7敲除小鼠的表型。
因此,Posokhova等研究人員通過體外報告基因,突變分析和體內遺傳相互作用分析等多種實驗方法證明,在大腦內皮細胞中,GPR124能夠作為WNT7特異性的共激活因子激活經典βcatenin信號通路,這一發現對於我們理解和調控中樞神經系統特異性血管生成和屏障生成具有重要啟示。(生物谷Bioon.com)
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GPR124 Functions as a WNT7-Specific Coactivator of Canonical b-Catenin Signaling
Ekaterina Posokhova,1 Animesh Shukla,1 Steven Seaman,1 Suresh Volate,1 Mary Beth Hilton,1 ,2 Bofan Wu,1 Holly Morris,3 Deborah A. Swing,3 Ming Zhou,4 Enrique Zudaire,1 Jeffrey S. Rubin,5 and Brad St. Croix1 ,*
G protein-coupled receptor 124 (GPR124) is an orphan receptor in the adhesion family of GPCRs, and previous global or endothelial-specific disruption of Gpr124 in mice led to defective CNS angiogenesis and blood-brain barriergenesis. Similar developmental defects were observed following dual deletion of Wnt7a/Wnt7b or deletion of b-catenin in endothelial cells, suggesting a possible relationship between GPR124 and canonical WNT signaling. Here, we show using in vitro reporter assays, mutation analysis, and genetic interaction studies in vivo that GPR124 functions as a WNT7A/ WNT7B-specific costimulator of b-catenin signaling in brain endothelium. WNT7-stimulated b-catenin signaling was dependent upon GPR124's intracellular PDZ binding motif and a set of leucine-rich repeats in its extracellular domain. This study reveals a vital role for GPR124 in potentiation of WNT7- induced canonical b-catenin signaling with important implications for understanding and manipulating CNS-specific angiogenesis and blood-brain barriergenesis.