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Wingless inactivates glycogen synthase kinase-3 via an intracellular signalling pathway which involves a protein kinase C.

The Drosophila gene product Wingless (Wg) is a secreted glycoprotein and a member of the Wnt gene family. Genetic analysis of Drosophila epidermal development has defined a putative paracrine Wg signalling pathway involving the zeste-white 3/shaggy (zw3/sgg) gene product. Although putative components of Wg- (and by inference Wnt-) mediated signalling pathways have been identified by genetic analysis, the biochemical significance of most factors remains unproven. Here we show that in mouse 10T1/2 fibroblasts the activity of glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3), the murine homologue of Zw3/Sgg, is inactivated by Wg. This occurs through a signalling pathway that is distinct from insulin-mediated regulation of GSK-3 in that Wg signalling to GSK-3 is insensitive to wortmannin. Additionally, Wg- induced inactivation of GSK-3 is sensitive to both the protein kinase C ( PKC) inhibitor Ro31-8220 and prolonged pre-treatment of 10T1/2 fibroblasts with phorbol ester. These findings provide the first biochemical evidence in support of the genetically defined pathway from Wg to Zw3/Sgg, and suggest a previously uncharacterized role for a PKC upstream of GSK-3/Zw3 during Wnt/Wg signal transduction.[1]

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  1. Wingless inactivates glycogen synthase kinase-3 via an intracellular signalling pathway which involves a protein kinase C. Cook, D., Fry, M.J., Hughes, K., Sumathipala, R., Woodgett, J.R., Dale, T.C. EMBO J. (1996) [Pubmed]
 
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