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Wnt and Shh signalling in invertebrates Flashcards

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Where were Shh and WNT signalling discovered and what was SHH labelled as?

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-Drosophila
- SHH labelled a segment polarity gene

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How are SHH and WNT connected in terms of feedback?

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Shh induces WNT expression and WNT signals back and reinduces Shh
- Shh expressed in posterior embryo and WNT expressed in anterior

***SO, if you lose one signalling you use the other and when they aren’t expressed there is no segmentation/polarity

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How did the name WNT come about?

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Int1 in mice was discovered at the same time as WNT and SHH,
The name comes from the morphing of Wg (wingless) in drosophila with Int1 in mice - making WNT

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What are the three orthologues of the SHH genes that vertebrates have?

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Shh
Desert hedgehog
Indian hedgehog

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How is the signal generated in the producing cell regarding SHH?

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  • SHH protein is produced with signalling peptide which enters secretory pathway and is then cleaved off
  • C terminus is a proteolytic enzyme which then cleaves itself
  • This causes cholesterol modification (cholesterol added on)
  • Fatty acid is then attached to N terminus making it hydrophobic
  • Hydrophobic means it cant move from the membrane so proteins such as ‘Dispatched’ and Scube help it to travel its signl
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How is the signal generated in the producing cell regarding WNT?

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  • Two fatty acids added, one to the cysteine and one to the serine (fatty acid modification)
  • Wnt = hydrophobic , cant move
  • Wntless is a gene which then lets Wnt get on to the outer membrane
  • Cytonemes + HSPGs known to be important to let Wnt detach from the membrane
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What are cytonemes and what do they do?

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  • Long cellular protrusions which grow out from the cell and at the tip the Wnt ligand is positioned
  • Reaches out and sends a signal so the Wnt signalling can get far away from the producing cell
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What is the use of HSPGs?

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  • WNT can bind to HSPGs at the polysaccharides but also has a binding pocket for palmitate
  • Palmitate allows WNT to be handed over from molecule to molecule and also to other cells
  • Facilitated diffusion vibes
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What are the downstream signalling evens involved with SHH, patched and smoothened?

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Patched= SHH receptor
- When SHH is not there, patched is inhibiting Smoothened which is involved in the downstream cascade
- When SHH binds, patched is inactivated and smoothened becomes activated + relocates to membrane and accumulates

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How many patched genes are there in vertebrates?

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2:
Patched 1 and Patched 2

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What are cilia important for in vertebrates regarding SHH signalling?

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  • They are a ‘focal point’ for signalling
  • Smo and Patched are only present at the cilia, this was discovered in mouse mutants where they had no cilia
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How does Patched work?

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  • In the absence of Hh ligands, PTCH restricts SMO by depleting cholesterol from the membrane where SMO is.
  • Inhibition prevents SMO from propagating the Hedgehog signal.
  • When Hh ligands bind to PTCH, restriction is lifted
  • PTCH no longer depletes cholesterol, allowing itl to accumulate in the membrane , activating SMO.
  • So one molecule of patched can activate multiple Smo because if one Patched is keeping cholesterol out of the membrane then no Smo will be turned on
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What is happening downstream when SHH is not bound?

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  • Ci is the transcriptional activator which in its full length leads to hh signalling effects
  • Two complexes stop it from being able to perform:
    1. Complex containing Cos2 (kinesin) and Fuse (kinase) This is the first complex bound to smoothened
    2. Contains the Ci and supressor of fused gene
  • Under the influence of the first complex, a complex containing CKI, GSK3 and PKA can act on Ci
  • This then means Ci is processed to its shorter form via Slimb via ubiquitination
  • The shorter form acts as a transcriptional repressor and is called CiR, repressing hedgehog genes
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What is Ci called in vertebrates?

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Gli 1,2 and 3

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What is the downstream signalling of hh when there is a ligand present?

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  • The interaction of Ci with the three kinases (CKI,PKA, GSK3) is blocked
  • Full Ci length is released that will actively promote transcription of target genes
  • This active formation is thought that the supressor of fusion
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What is the Wnt signalling pathway when Wnt is not bound?

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  • Two receptors called Frizzles and Arrow
  • Important TF is bcatenin
  • When it is produced, it binds a destruction complex (consisting of APC, Axin, CK1, GSK3)
  • Bcatenin is bound by this complex, is phosphorylated by GSK3 meaning it is then recognised by Slimb which is a ubiquitination complex leading to ubiquitination of Bcatenin
  • This means it cannot enter the nucleus
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What is the Wnt signalling pathway when Wnt is bound?

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  • It brings together arrow and frizzled creating a complex
  • This leads to Dsh being phosphorylated on arrow receptor
  • This leads to the lost of Slimb
  • Bcatenin is produced and binds to destructive but it gets stuck due to no slimb, no destruction
  • This means more B catenin is produced meaning it enters the nucleus and binds to TCF which is promoter of Wnt
  • B catenin acts as an activating complex for Wnt
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What is the role of WNT signalling in drosophila?

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Drosophila-segmentation and expressed at D/V boundary of the wing required for patterning and outgrowth

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How is Wnt signalling important in C-elegans?

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  • Required for neuron expression - doesnt have Shh
20
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How is Wnt signalling important in vertebrate intestines?

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maintains the stem cells of the gut -> lost of signalling leads to loss of stem cells

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How is Wnt signalling relevant in cancer causing?

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  • Ectopic Wnt signalling can occur by loss of APC (part of destruction complex) which leads to a cancer called familial adenomatous polyposis (colon and rectum cancer)
  • Sporadic colon cancer due to gain of function of Wnt signalling
  • Also important in breast cancer, prostate cancer and melanomas
22
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Give two examples of diseases caused by Wnt?

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  • Tetra-amelia, Wnt3 mutated leading to absence of limbs
  • More Wnt signalling can lead to increased bone density
23
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Give examples of the non-canonical pathways of Hh

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  • Smo-Ca2+ - AMPK pathway
  • Metabolic reprogramming towards aerobic glycolysis - shh induces lactate at higher level
  • Certain inhibitors of canonical Hh singalling pathway activated non-canonical AMPK signalling
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Give examples of the non-canonical Wnt pathway

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  • Planar cell polarity/conversion extension pathway
  • Polarises cells in a particular sheet, seen in hairs on drosophila wings

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