Nucleoredoxin is required for the maintenance of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in mice embryo
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ABSTRACT: We previously showed that nucleoredoxin (NRX) suppresses Wnt/β-catenin signaling through its binding to Dishevelled (Dvl) (Nat Cell Biol 8, 501-508 (2006)). To clarify the in vivo role of NRX in mammals, we here generate NRX gene-knockout mice (NRX-/- mice) by homologous recombination. NRX-/- mice die around birth. Therefore, we performed microarray analyses with NRX+/+ and NRX-/- embryos of E9.5 and E11.5 stages. Surprisingly, in the genes commonly upregulated at both stages, we could not observe Wnt/β-catenin targets. Rather, several target genes for Wnt/β-catenin pathway, such as Frizzled2 and Occludin, are downregulated in NRX-/- whole embryos. Frizzled2 is a gene reportedly expressed in developmental heart. Indeed, by RT-PCR analyses we confirmed that the expression of Frizzled2, as well as other Wnt/β-catenin target genes, was downregulated in embryonic heart of NRX-/- mice. We also found that the amount of unphosphorylated (i.e. activated) form of β-catenin was downregulated in NRX-/- embryonic heart. These results reveal that NRX plays another role which was unidentified in culture cell studies; it is required for the maintenance of Wnt/β-catenin signaling activity.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE21954 | GEO | 2010/10/26
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA127245
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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