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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-19
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
In Drosophila, two Frizzled proteins, Frizzled and Dfrizzled-2, have been reported to serve as receptors of Wingless. Here, we identified the third member of the Drosophila Frizzled family (Dfrizzled-3). In contrast to Dfrizzled-2, Dfrizzled-3 was transcriptionally upregulated by Wingless signaling. Although Dfrizzled-3 was capable of binding to Wingless in vitro, Wingless-dependent Armadillo/beta -catenin stabilization occurred much less effectively in Drosophila cells transfected with Dfrizzled-3 than in those with Dfrizzled-2. Flies lacking Dfrizzled-3 activity were viable and fertile, with few morphological defects. Genetic and immunochemical analysis indicated that the absence of Dfrizzled-3 activity suppresses the effects of hypomorphic wingless mutations such as failure of wing and antenna formation and restores target gene expression to the normal levels without change in wingless expression. Wingless signaling may thus be attenuated by Dfrizzled-3 at least in wingless hypomorphic mutants.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4421-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Caenorhabditis elegans, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Fertility, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Frizzled Receptors, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Wing, pubmed-meshheading:10498678-Wnt1 Protein
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Dfrizzled-3, a new Drosophila Wnt receptor, acting as an attenuator of Wingless signaling in wingless hypomorphic mutants.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't