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Aberrant Cholesterol Metabolism and Wnt/β‐Catenin Signaling Coalesce via Frizzled5 in Supporting Cancer Growth
Frizzled (Fzd) proteins are Wnt receptors and play essential roles in development, homeostasis, and oncogenesis. How Wnt/Fzd signaling is coupled to physiological regulation remains unknown. Cholesterol is reported as a signaling molecule regulating morphogen such as Hedgehog signaling. Despite the...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9534957/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35975457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202200750 |
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author | Zheng, Shaoqin Lin, Jiahui Pang, Zhongqiu Zhang, Hui Wang, Yinuo Ma, Lanjing Zhang, Haijiao Zhang, Xi Chen, Maorong Zhang, Xinjun Zhao, Chao Qi, Jun Cao, Liu Wang, Min He, Xi Sheng, Ren |
author_facet | Zheng, Shaoqin Lin, Jiahui Pang, Zhongqiu Zhang, Hui Wang, Yinuo Ma, Lanjing Zhang, Haijiao Zhang, Xi Chen, Maorong Zhang, Xinjun Zhao, Chao Qi, Jun Cao, Liu Wang, Min He, Xi Sheng, Ren |
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description | Frizzled (Fzd) proteins are Wnt receptors and play essential roles in development, homeostasis, and oncogenesis. How Wnt/Fzd signaling is coupled to physiological regulation remains unknown. Cholesterol is reported as a signaling molecule regulating morphogen such as Hedgehog signaling. Despite the elusiveness of the in‐depth mechanism, it is well‐established that pancreatic cancer specially requires abnormal cholesterol metabolism levels for growth. In this study, it is unexpectedly found that among ten Fzds, Fzd5 has a unique capacity to bind cholesterol specifically through its conserved extracellular linker region. Cholesterol‐binding enables Fzd5 palmitoylation, which is indispensable for receptor maturation and trafficking to the plasma membrane. In Wnt‐addicted pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), cholesterol stimulates tumor growth via Fzd5‐mediated Wnt/β‐catenin signaling. A natural oxysterol, 25‐hydroxylsterol competes with cholesterol and inhibits Fzd5 maturation and Wnt signaling, thereby alleviating PDAC growth. This cholesterol‐receptor interaction and ensuing receptor lipidation uncover a novel mechanism by which Fzd5 acts as a cholesterol sensor and pivotal connection coupling lipid metabolism to morphogen signaling. These findings further suggest that cholesterol‐targeting may provide new therapeutic opportunities for treating Wnt‐dependent cancers. |
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spelling | pubmed-95349572022-10-11 Aberrant Cholesterol Metabolism and Wnt/β‐Catenin Signaling Coalesce via Frizzled5 in Supporting Cancer Growth Zheng, Shaoqin Lin, Jiahui Pang, Zhongqiu Zhang, Hui Wang, Yinuo Ma, Lanjing Zhang, Haijiao Zhang, Xi Chen, Maorong Zhang, Xinjun Zhao, Chao Qi, Jun Cao, Liu Wang, Min He, Xi Sheng, Ren Adv Sci (Weinh) Research Articles Frizzled (Fzd) proteins are Wnt receptors and play essential roles in development, homeostasis, and oncogenesis. How Wnt/Fzd signaling is coupled to physiological regulation remains unknown. Cholesterol is reported as a signaling molecule regulating morphogen such as Hedgehog signaling. Despite the elusiveness of the in‐depth mechanism, it is well‐established that pancreatic cancer specially requires abnormal cholesterol metabolism levels for growth. In this study, it is unexpectedly found that among ten Fzds, Fzd5 has a unique capacity to bind cholesterol specifically through its conserved extracellular linker region. Cholesterol‐binding enables Fzd5 palmitoylation, which is indispensable for receptor maturation and trafficking to the plasma membrane. In Wnt‐addicted pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), cholesterol stimulates tumor growth via Fzd5‐mediated Wnt/β‐catenin signaling. A natural oxysterol, 25‐hydroxylsterol competes with cholesterol and inhibits Fzd5 maturation and Wnt signaling, thereby alleviating PDAC growth. This cholesterol‐receptor interaction and ensuing receptor lipidation uncover a novel mechanism by which Fzd5 acts as a cholesterol sensor and pivotal connection coupling lipid metabolism to morphogen signaling. These findings further suggest that cholesterol‐targeting may provide new therapeutic opportunities for treating Wnt‐dependent cancers. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9534957/ /pubmed/35975457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202200750 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Advanced Science published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Zheng, Shaoqin Lin, Jiahui Pang, Zhongqiu Zhang, Hui Wang, Yinuo Ma, Lanjing Zhang, Haijiao Zhang, Xi Chen, Maorong Zhang, Xinjun Zhao, Chao Qi, Jun Cao, Liu Wang, Min He, Xi Sheng, Ren Aberrant Cholesterol Metabolism and Wnt/β‐Catenin Signaling Coalesce via Frizzled5 in Supporting Cancer Growth |
title | Aberrant Cholesterol Metabolism and Wnt/β‐Catenin Signaling Coalesce via Frizzled5 in Supporting Cancer Growth |
title_full | Aberrant Cholesterol Metabolism and Wnt/β‐Catenin Signaling Coalesce via Frizzled5 in Supporting Cancer Growth |
title_fullStr | Aberrant Cholesterol Metabolism and Wnt/β‐Catenin Signaling Coalesce via Frizzled5 in Supporting Cancer Growth |
title_full_unstemmed | Aberrant Cholesterol Metabolism and Wnt/β‐Catenin Signaling Coalesce via Frizzled5 in Supporting Cancer Growth |
title_short | Aberrant Cholesterol Metabolism and Wnt/β‐Catenin Signaling Coalesce via Frizzled5 in Supporting Cancer Growth |
title_sort | aberrant cholesterol metabolism and wnt/β‐catenin signaling coalesce via frizzled5 in supporting cancer growth |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9534957/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35975457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202200750 |
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