PMID- 27492485 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170515 LR - 20210109 IS - 1090-2422 (Electronic) IS - 0014-4827 (Print) IS - 0014-4827 (Linking) VI - 347 IP - 1 DP - 2016 Sep 10 TI - Divergent effects of Porcupine and Wntless on WNT1 trafficking, secretion, and signaling. PG - 171-183 LID - S0014-4827(16)30217-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.yexcr.2016.07.028 [doi] AB - Loss-of-function studies have identified Porcupine (PORCN) and Wntless (WLS) as essential mediators of Wnt secretion and signaling. Whereas PORCN is thought to palmitoylate Wnt proteins, WLS is believed to transport palmitoylated Wnt proteins to the cell surface. However, little is known about how these two proteins cooperate to regulate Wnt palmitoylation, trafficking, secretion, and signaling. We first investigated possible interactions between PORCN, WLS, and WNT1, by carrying out co-immunoprecipitation studies. These studies demonstrate the existence of a complex containing PORCN and WLS. They further show that PORCN and WLS compete for binding to WNT1. Then, we used gain-of-function studies to investigate the cooperation between PORCN and WLS as well as possible biochemical interactions between PORCN, WLS, and WNT1. Consistent with the proposed roles for PORCN and WLS, we show that overexpression of PORCN promotes palmitoylation of WNT1 while overexpression of WLS does not. Overexpression of PORCN enhances the ability of WLS to promote WNT1 trafficking to the cell surface as well as secretion, but decreases the ability of WLS to activate WNT1 signaling in target cell. These observations suggest that the levels of WNT1 on the cell surface and in the media are not the sole determinants of the activation of Wnt signaling in target cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Galli, Lisa M AU - Galli LM AD - Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA. FAU - Zebarjadi, Navid AU - Zebarjadi N AD - Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA. FAU - Li, Lydia AU - Li L AD - Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA. FAU - Lingappa, Vishwanath R AU - Lingappa VR AD - Prosetta Biosciences, Inc., 670 5th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. FAU - Burrus, Laura W AU - Burrus LW AD - Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA. Electronic address: LBurrus@sfsu.edu. LA - eng GR - P20 MD000262/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - R15 HD070206/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160801 PL - United States TA - Exp Cell Res JT - Experimental cell research JID - 0373226 RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Wnt1 Protein) RN - EC 2.3.- (Acyltransferases) RN - EC 2.3.1.- (Porcn protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Acyltransferases MH - Animals MH - Autocrine Communication/drug effects MH - COS Cells MH - Chickens MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions MH - Immunoprecipitation MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*metabolism MH - Lipoylation/drug effects MH - Membrane Microdomains/drug effects/metabolism MH - Membrane Proteins/*metabolism MH - Paracrine Communication/drug effects MH - Protein Binding/drug effects MH - Protein Transport/drug effects MH - *Wnt Signaling Pathway MH - Wnt1 Protein/*metabolism PMC - PMC5032901 MID - NIHMS809341 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Palmitoylation OT - Porcupine OT - Secretion OT - WNT1 OT - Wntless OT - beta-catenin dependent signaling EDAT- 2016/08/06 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/16 06:00 PMCR- 2017/09/10 CRDT- 2016/08/06 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/07/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/08/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/08/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/09/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0014-4827(16)30217-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.yexcr.2016.07.028 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Cell Res. 2016 Sep 10;347(1):171-183. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2016.07.028. Epub 2016 Aug 1.