Functional interactions between anthrax toxin receptors and the WNT signalling protein LRP6

Abrami, Laurence, Kunz, Béatrice, Deuquet, Julie, Bafico, Anna, Davidson, Gary and van der Goot, F. Gisou 2008. Functional interactions between anthrax toxin receptors and the WNT signalling protein LRP6. Cellular Microbiology 10 (12) , pp. 2509-2519. 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01226.x

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Abstract

To exert its activity, anthrax toxin must be endocytosed and its enzymatic toxic subunits delivered to the cytoplasm. It has been proposed that, in addition to the anthrax toxin receptors (ATRs), lipoprotein-receptor-related protein 6 (LRP6), known for its role in Wnt signalling, is also required for toxin endocytosis. These findings have however been challenged. We show that LRP6 can indeed form a complex with ATRs, and that this interaction plays a role both in Wnt signalling and in anthrax toxin endocytosis. We found that ATRs control the levels of LRP6 in cells, and thus the Wnt signalling capacity. RNAi against ATRs indeed led to a drastic decrease in LRP6 levels and a subsequent drop in Wnt signalling. Conversely, LRP6 plays a role in anthrax toxin endocytosis, but is not essential. We indeed found that toxin binding triggered tyrosine phosphorylation of LRP6, induced its redistribution into detergent-resistant domains, and its subsequent endocytosis. RNAis against LRP6 strongly delayed toxin endocytosis. As the physiological role of ATRs is probably to interact with the extracellular matrix, our findings raise the interesting possibility that, through the ATR–LRP6 interaction, adhesion to the extracellular matrix could locally control Wnt signalling.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	1462-5814
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:46
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/26813

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