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ArticleNeuron2017

Reck and Gpr124 Are Essential Receptor Cofactors for Wnt7a/Wnt7b-Specific Signaling in Mammalian CNS Angiogenesis and Blood-Brain Barrier Regulation.

Chris Cho, Philip M Smallwood, Jeremy Nathans

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Article in Neuron, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 120 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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120citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

120 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 249 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chris ChoDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Philip M SmallwoodDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Jeremy NathansDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: jnathans@jhmi.edu.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007309 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI COX, ANDREA L · 1985 to 2019
$43.2M
The control of retinal vascular development by Norrin and Frizzled4R01EY018637 · NEI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI NATHANS, JEREMY · 2008 to 2021
$5.5M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNEI NIH HHS R01 EY018637NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007309
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reck, a GPI-anchored membrane protein, and Gpr124, an orphan GPCR, have been implicated in Wnt7a/Wnt7b signaling in the CNS vasculature. We show here that vascular endothelial cell (EC)-specific reduction in Reck impairs CNS angiogenesis and that EC-specific postnatal loss of Reck, combined with loss of Norrin, impairs blood-brain barrier (BBB) maintenance. The most N-terminal domain of Reck binds to the leucine-rich repeat (LRR) and immunoglobulin (Ig) domains of Gpr124, and weakening this interaction by targeted mutagenesis reduces Reck/Gpr124 stimulation of Wnt7a signaling in cell culture and impairs CNS angiogenesis. Finally, a soluble Gpr124(LRR-Ig) probe binds to cells expressing Frizzled, Wnt7a or Wnt7b, and Reck, and a soluble Reck(CC1-5) probe binds to cells expressing Frizzled, Wnt7a or Wnt7b, and Gpr124. These experiments indicate that Reck and Gpr124 are part of the cell surface protein complex that transduces Wnt7a- and Wnt7b-specific signals in mammalian CNS ECs to promote angiogenesis and regulate the BBB.

Indexed as

Wnt Signaling PathwayAnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierCells, CulturedEndothelial CellsEye ProteinsFrizzled ReceptorsGPI-Linked ProteinsMiceMice, TransgenicNeovascularization, PhysiologicNerve Tissue ProteinsPeptide FragmentsProtein BindingProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledEye ProteinsFrizzled ReceptorsFzd1 protein, mouseGPI-Linked ProteinsGPR124 protein, mouseNdph protein, mouseNerve Tissue ProteinsPeptide FragmentsProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReck protein, mouseWnt7a protein, mouseWnt7b protein, mouseWnt Proteinsblood-brain barriercanonical Wnt signalingCNS angiogenesismouse geneticsvascular endothelial cellsWnt reporter

Identifiers

PMID28803732
PMCPMC5586543
OpenAlexW2745064659

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