ArticleeLife2018
Wnt/PCP controls spreading of Wnt/β-catenin signals by cytonemes in vertebrates.
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- The Drosophila epidermal growth factor receptor pathway regulates Hedgehog signalling and cytoneme behaviour.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Amyloid-β can activate JNK signalling via WNT5A-ROR2 to reduce synapse formation in Alzheimer's disease.Journal of cell science · 2025Article
- Morphogens and Cell-Derived Structures (Exosomes and Cytonemes) as Components of the Communication Between Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Live imaging of paracrine signaling: Advances in visualization and tracking techniques.Cell structure and function · 2025Review
- Identification of the Wnt signal peptide that directs secretion on extracellular vesicles.Science advances · 2024Article
- WNT7A-positive dendritic cytonemes control synaptogenesis in cortical neurons.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- The origin and evolution of Wnt signalling.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2024Review
- Non-canonical non-genomic morphogen signaling in anucleate platelets: a critical determinant of prothrombotic function in circulation.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024Review
- The cellular protrusions for inter-cellular material transfer: similarities between filopodia, cytonemes, tunneling nanotubes, viruses, and extracellular vesicles.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Review
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- Myosin XV is a negative regulator of signaling filopodia during long-range lateral inhibition.Developmental biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Signaling filopodia, termed cytonemes, are dynamic actin-based membrane structures that regulate the exchange of signaling molecules and their receptors within tissues. However, how cytoneme formation is regulated remains unclear. Here, we show that Wnt/planar cell polarity (PCP) autocrine signaling controls the emergence of cytonemes, and that cytonemes subsequently control paracrine Wnt/β-catenin signal activation. Upon binding of the Wnt family member Wnt8a, the receptor tyrosine kinase Ror2 becomes activated. Ror2/PCP signaling leads to the induction of cytonemes, which mediate the transport of Wnt8a to neighboring cells. In the Wnt-receiving cells, Wnt8a on cytonemes triggers Wnt/β-catenin-dependent gene transcription and proliferation. We show that cytoneme-based Wnt transport operates in diverse processes, including zebrafish development, murine intestinal crypt and human cancer organoids, demonstrating that Wnt transport by cytonemes and its control via the Ror2 pathway is highly conserved in vertebrates.
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