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LGR6 Is a High Affinity Receptor of R-Spondins and Potentially Functions as a Tumor Suppressor
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BACKGROUND: LGR6 (leucine-rich repeat containing, G protein-coupled receptor 6) is a member of the rhodopsin-like seven transmembrane domain receptor superfamily with the highest homology to LGR4 and LGR5. LGR6 was found as one of the novel genes mutated in colon cancer through total exon sequencing and its promoter region is hypermethylated in 20-50% of colon cancer cases. In the skin, LGR6 marks a population of stem cells that can give rise to all cell lineages. Recently, we and others demonstrated that LGR4 and LGR5 function as receptors of R-spondins to potentiate Wnt/β-catenin signaling. However, the binding affinity and functional response of LGR6 to R-spondins, and the activity of colon cancer mutants of LGR6 have not been determined. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We found that LGR6 also binds and responds to R-spondins 1-3 with high affinity to enhance Wnt/β-catenin signaling through increased LRP6 phosphorylation. Similar to LGR4 and LGR5, LGR6 is not coupled to heterotrimeric G proteins or to β-arrestin following R-spondin stimulation. Functional and expression analysis of three somatic mutations identified in colon cancer samples indicates that one mutant fails to bind and respond to R-spondin (loss-of-function), but the other two have no significant effect on receptor function. Overexpression of wild-type LGR6 in HeLa cells leads to increased cell migration following co-treatment with R-spondin1 and Wnt3a when compared to vector control cells or cells overexpressing the loss-of-function mutant. CONCLUSIONS: LGR6 is a high affinity receptor for R-spondins 1-3 and potentially functions as a tumor suppressor despite its positive effect on Wnt/β-catenin signaling.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gong, X., Carmon, K. S., Lin, Q., Thomas, A., Yi, J., & Liu, Q.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
- Corresponding author
- Liu, Qingyun
- Venue
- PLoS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2012-05-17
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- e37137
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3355120
- OpenAlex
- W2110651281
- Cited by
- 129
- References
- 61
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- FWCI
- 3.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (RP100678)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
- Keywords
- LGR6, R-spondin, Wnt/β-catenin signaling, LRP6 phosphorylation, colon cancer, tumor suppressor, loss-of-function mutations, cell migration, Wnt3a, G protein-coupled receptors, skin stem cells, promoter hypermethylation
- MeSH terms
- Cell Movement, Colonic Neoplasms, HeLa Cells, Humans, Mutation, Protein Binding, Signal Transduction, GTP-Binding Proteins, Thrombospondins, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, Wnt Proteins, beta Catenin
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