PMID- 30794657 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191121 LR - 20200309 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 2 DP - 2019 TI - Wnt traffic from endoplasmic reticulum to filopodia. PG - e0212711 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0212711 [doi] LID - e0212711 AB - Wnts are a family of secreted palmitoleated glycoproteins that play key roles in cell to cell communication during development and regulate stem cell compartments in adults. Wnt receptors, downstream signaling cascades and target pathways have been extensively studied while less is known about how Wnts are secreted and move from producing cells to receiving cells. We used the synchronization system called Retention Using Selective Hook (RUSH) to study Wnt trafficking from endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi and then to plasma membrane and filopodia in real time. Inhibition of porcupine (PORCN) or knockout of Wntless (WLS) blocked Wnt exit from the ER. Wnt-containing vesicles paused at sub-cortical regions of the plasma membrane before exiting the cell. Wnt-containing vesicles were associated with filopodia extending to adjacent cells. These data visualize and confirm the role of WLS and PORCN in ER exit of Wnts and support the role of filopodia in Wnt signaling. FAU - Moti, Naushad AU - Moti N AD - Program in Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore. FAU - Yu, Jia AU - Yu J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7004-9104 AD - Program in Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore. FAU - Boncompain, Gaelle AU - Boncompain G AD - Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Universite, CNRS UMR144 "Cell Biology and Cancer", Paris, France. FAU - Perez, Franck AU - Perez F AD - Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Universite, CNRS UMR144 "Cell Biology and Cancer", Paris, France. FAU - Virshup, David M AU - Virshup DM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6976-850X AD - Program in Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore. AD - Department of Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190222 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Wnt Proteins) SB - IM MH - Cell Membrane/genetics/*metabolism MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum/genetics/*metabolism MH - HEK293 Cells MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Protein Transport/genetics MH - Pseudopodia/genetics/*metabolism MH - Secretory Vesicles/genetics/*metabolism MH - Wnt Proteins/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC6386245 COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2019/02/23 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/22 06:00 PMCR- 2019/02/22 CRDT- 2019/02/23 06:00 PHST- 2018/11/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/02/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/02/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/02/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-18-33812 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0212711 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2019 Feb 22;14(2):e0212711. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212711. eCollection 2019.