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ArticleBMC developmental biology2020

Wingless and Archipelago, a fly E3 ubiquitin ligase and a homolog of human tumor suppressor FBW7, show an antagonistic relationship in wing development.

Sujin Nam, Kyung-Ok Cho

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Sujin NamDepartment of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea.
Kyung-Ok ChoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea. kocho@kaist.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0002-0760-2560

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National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2017R1A2B4009254, NRF-2019R1H1A2039726
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Abstract

backgroundArchipelago (Ago) is a Drosophila homolog of mammalian F-box and WD repeat domain-containing 7 (FBW7, also known as FBXW7). In previous studies, FBW7 has been addressed as a tumor suppressor mediating ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis of several oncogenic proteins. Ubiquitination is a type of protein modification that directs protein for degradation as well as sorting. The level of beta-catenin (β-cat), an intracellular signal transducer in Wnt signaling pathway, is reduced upon overexpression of FBW7 in human cancer cell lines. Loss of function mutations in FBW7 and overactive Wnt signaling have been reported to be responsible for human cancers.

resultsWe found that Ago is important for the formation of shafts in chemosensory bristles at wing margin. This loss of shaft phenotype by knockdown of ago was rescued by knockdown of wingless (wg) whereas wing notching phenotype by knockdown of wg was rescued by knockdown of ago, establishing an antagonistic relationship between ago and wg. In line with this finding, knockdown of ago increased the level of Armadillo (Arm), a homolog of β-cat, in Drosophila tissue. Furthermore, knockdown of ago increased the level of Distal-less (Dll) and extracellular Wg in wing discs. In S2 cells, the amount of secreted Wg was increased by knockdown of Ago but decreased by Ago overexpression. Therefore, Ago plays a previously unidentified role in the inhibition of Wg secretion. Ago-overexpressing clones in wing discs exhibited accumulation of Wg in endoplasmic reticulum (ER), suggesting that Ago prevents Wg protein from moving to Golgi from ER.

conclusionsWe concluded that Ago plays dual roles in inhibiting Wg signaling. First, Ago decreases the level of Arm, by which Wg signaling is downregulated in Wg-responding cells. Second, Ago decreases the level of extracellular Wg by inhibiting movement of Wg from ER to Golgi in Wg-producing cells.

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AnimalsDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsF-Box ProteinsF-Box-WD Repeat-Containing Protein 7HumansUbiquitin-Protein LigasesWings, AnimalWnt1 Proteinago protein, DrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsF-Box ProteinsF-Box-WD Repeat-Containing Protein 7FBXW7 protein, humanUbiquitin-Protein Ligaseswg protein, DrosophilaWnt1 ProteinAgoArchipelagoChemosensory bristlesE3 ubiquitin ligaseFBW7ShaftWg secretionWg signaling

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