TY - JOUR
T1 - TMEM59 potentiates Wnt signaling by promoting signalosome formation
AU - Gerlach, Jan P
AU - Jordens, Ingrid
AU - Tauriello, Daniele V F
AU - van 't Land-Kuper, Ineke
AU - Bugter, Jeroen M
AU - Noordstra, Ivar
AU - van der Kooij, Johanneke
AU - Low, Teck Y
AU - Pimentel-Muiños, Felipe X
AU - Xanthakis, Despina
AU - Fenderico, Nicola
AU - Rabouille, Catherine
AU - Heck, Albert J R
AU - Egan, David A
AU - Maurice, Madelon M
N1 - Copyright © 2018 the Author(s). Published by PNAS.
PY - 2018/4/24
Y1 - 2018/4/24
N2 - Wnt/β-catenin signaling controls development and adult tissue homeostasis by regulating cell proliferation and cell fate decisions. Wnt binding to its receptors Frizzled (FZD) and low-density lipoprotein-related 6 (LRP6) at the cell surface initiates a signaling cascade that leads to the transcription of Wnt target genes. Upon Wnt binding, the receptors assemble into large complexes called signalosomes that provide a platform for interactions with downstream effector proteins. The molecular basis of signalosome formation and regulation remains elusive, largely due to the lack of tools to analyze its endogenous components. Here, we use internally tagged Wnt3a proteins to isolate and characterize activated, endogenous Wnt receptor complexes by mass spectrometry-based proteomics. We identify the single-span membrane protein TMEM59 as an interactor of FZD and LRP6 and a positive regulator of Wnt signaling. Mechanistically, TMEM59 promotes the formation of multimeric Wnt-FZD assemblies via intramembrane interactions. Subsequently, these Wnt-FZD-TMEM59 clusters merge with LRP6 to form mature Wnt signalosomes. We conclude that the assembly of multiprotein Wnt signalosomes proceeds along well-ordered steps that involve regulated intramembrane interactions.
AB - Wnt/β-catenin signaling controls development and adult tissue homeostasis by regulating cell proliferation and cell fate decisions. Wnt binding to its receptors Frizzled (FZD) and low-density lipoprotein-related 6 (LRP6) at the cell surface initiates a signaling cascade that leads to the transcription of Wnt target genes. Upon Wnt binding, the receptors assemble into large complexes called signalosomes that provide a platform for interactions with downstream effector proteins. The molecular basis of signalosome formation and regulation remains elusive, largely due to the lack of tools to analyze its endogenous components. Here, we use internally tagged Wnt3a proteins to isolate and characterize activated, endogenous Wnt receptor complexes by mass spectrometry-based proteomics. We identify the single-span membrane protein TMEM59 as an interactor of FZD and LRP6 and a positive regulator of Wnt signaling. Mechanistically, TMEM59 promotes the formation of multimeric Wnt-FZD assemblies via intramembrane interactions. Subsequently, these Wnt-FZD-TMEM59 clusters merge with LRP6 to form mature Wnt signalosomes. We conclude that the assembly of multiprotein Wnt signalosomes proceeds along well-ordered steps that involve regulated intramembrane interactions.
KW - Animals
KW - HEK293 Cells
KW - Humans
KW - Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-6/genetics
KW - Membrane Proteins/genetics
KW - Mice
KW - Multiprotein Complexes/genetics
KW - Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
KW - Wnt Signaling Pathway/physiology
KW - Wnt3A Protein/genetics
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1721321115
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1721321115
M3 - Article
C2 - 29632210
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 115
SP - E3996-E4005
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 17
ER -