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EpCAM Is an Endoderm-Specific Wnt Derepressor that Licenses Hepatic Development

Authors
Lu, H., Ma, J., Yang, Y., Shi, W., and Luo, L.
ID
ZDB-PUB-130403-19
Date
2013
Source
Developmental Cell   24(5): 543-553 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Luo, Lingfei
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
  • Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Animals
  • RNA, Messenger/genetics
  • Signal Transduction
  • Animals, Genetically Modified
  • Endoderm/physiology*
  • Liver/cytology*
  • Liver/metabolism
  • Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-6/genetics
  • Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-6/metabolism*
  • Immunoprecipitation
  • Cell Membrane/metabolism
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Wnt Proteins/genetics
  • Wnt Proteins/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
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PubMed
23484855 Full text @ Dev. Cell
Abstract

Mechanisms underlying cell-type-specific response to morphogens or signaling molecules during embryonic development are poorly understood. To learn how response to the liver-inductive Wnt2bb signal is achieved, we identify an endoderm-enriched, single transmembrane protein, epithelial-cell-adhesion-molecule (EpCAM), as an endoderm-specific Wnt derepressor in zebrafish. hi2151/epcam mutants exhibit defective liver development similar to prt/wnt2bb mutants. EpCAM directly binds to Kremen1 and disrupts the Kremen1-Dickkopf2 (Dkk2) interaction, which prevents Kremen1-Dkk2-mediated removal of Lipoprotein-receptor-related protein 6 (Lrp6) from the cell surface. These data lead to a model in which EpCAM derepresses Lrp6 and cooperates with Wnt ligand to activate Wnt signaling through stabilizing membrane Lrp6 and allowing Lrp6 clustering into active signalosomes. Thus, EpCAM cell autonomously licenses and cooperatively activates Wnt2bb signaling in endodermal cells. Our results identify EpCAM as the key molecule and its functional mechanism to confer endodermal cells the competence to respond to the liver-inductive Wnt2bb signal.

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Sequence Targeting Reagents
Target Reagent Reagent Type
dkk2MO1-dkk2MRPHLNO
epcamMO1-epcamMRPHLNO
kremen1MO1-kremen1MRPHLNO
lrp5MO1-lrp5MRPHLNO
wnt2bbMO1-wnt2bbMRPHLNO
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Engineered Foreign Genes
Marker Marker Type Name
EGFPEFGEGFP
GFPEFGGFP
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