Modulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton: a role for a divergent canonical Wnt pathway
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Wnts are signalling molecules implicated in normal development and in disease. Although Wnts can signal through three pathways, the canonical or beta-catenin pathway has been particularly studied because of its crucial role in embryonic patterning and cancer. It is well accepted that canonical Wnt signalling regulates gene expression by modulating the levels of beta-catenin, a co-activator of Tcf/Lef transcription factors. However, a divergent canonical Wnt pathway directly regulates the microtubule cytoskeleton. Interestingly, many components of the pathway are associated with the cytoskeleton and can act locally. Here I discuss recent evidence supporting a direct role for canonical Wnt signalling in microtubule regulation, and how this function sheds a new light into the mechanisms that regulate cell-fate determination and polarization.
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During neuronal migration and synaptogenesis, Wnt signaling regulates the microtubule cytoskeleton and this pathway relies on the activity of GSK3 and Dsh.
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- Authors
- Salinas, P. C.
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- University College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Salinas, Patricia C.
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- Salinas, Patricia C.
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- Trends in Cell Biology
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- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-07
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- 17
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- 333-342
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- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Keywords
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling, microtubule cytoskeleton, β-catenin, TCF/LEF transcription factors, cell polarity, cell fate determination, cytoskeleton regulation
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Axons, Cell Division, Cytoskeletal Proteins, Cytoskeleton, Drosophila, Epithelium, Microtubules, Mitosis, Spindle Apparatus, Models, Biological, Signal Transduction, Cell Lineage, Wnt Proteins
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