| Structural highlights
Disease
[LRP6_HUMAN] Coronary artery disease - hyperlipidemia - hypertension - diabetes - osteoporosis. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Function
[LRP6_HUMAN] Component of the Wnt-Fzd-LRP5-LRP6 complex that triggers beta-catenin signaling through inducing aggregation of receptor-ligand complexes into ribosome-sized signalsomes. Cell-surface coreceptor of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling, which plays a pivotal role in bone formation. The Wnt-induced Fzd/LRP6 coreceptor complex recruits DVL1 polymers to the plasma membrane which, in turn, recruits the AXIN1/GSK3B-complex to the cell surface promoting the formation of signalsomes and inhibiting AXIN1/GSK3-mediated phosphorylation and destruction of beta-catenin. Required for posterior patterning of the epiblast during gastrulation (By similarity).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Wnt-induced beta-catenin-mediated transcription is a driving force for stem cell self-renewal during adult tissue homeostasis. Enhanced Wnt receptor expression due to mutational inactivation of the ubiquitin ligases RNF43/ZNRF3 recently emerged as a leading cause for cancer development. Consequently, targeting canonical Wnt receptors such as LRP5/6 holds great promise for treatment of such cancer subsets. Here, we employ CIS display technology to identify single-domain antibody fragments (VHH) that bind the LRP6 P3E3P4E4 region with nanomolar affinity and strongly inhibit Wnt3/3a-induced beta-catenin-mediated transcription in cells, while leaving Wnt1 responses unaffected. Structural analysis reveal that individual VHHs variably employ divergent antigen-binding regions to bind a similar surface in the third beta-propeller of LRP5/6, sterically interfering with Wnt3/3a binding. Importantly, anti-LRP5/6 VHHs block the growth of Wnt-hypersensitive Rnf43/Znrf3-mutant intestinal organoids through stem cell exhaustion and collective terminal differentiation. Thus, VHH-mediated targeting of LRP5/6 provides a promising differentiation-inducing strategy for treatment of Wnt-hypersensitive tumors.
Anti-LRP5/6 VHHs promote differentiation of Wnt-hypersensitive intestinal stem cells.,Fenderico N, van Scherpenzeel RC, Goldflam M, Proverbio D, Jordens I, Kralj T, Stryeck S, Bass TZ, Hermans G, Ullman C, Aastrup T, Gros P, Maurice MM Nat Commun. 2019 Jan 21;10(1):365. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08172-z. PMID:30664649[11]
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References
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- ↑ Fenderico N, van Scherpenzeel RC, Goldflam M, Proverbio D, Jordens I, Kralj T, Stryeck S, Bass TZ, Hermans G, Ullman C, Aastrup T, Gros P, Maurice MM. Anti-LRP5/6 VHHs promote differentiation of Wnt-hypersensitive intestinal stem cells. Nat Commun. 2019 Jan 21;10(1):365. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08172-z. PMID:30664649 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08172-z
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