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WNT Activates the AAK1 Kinase to Promote Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis of LRP6 and Establish a Negative Feedback Loop.

Cell reports | 2019

β-Catenin-dependent WNT signal transduction governs development, tissue homeostasis, and a vast array of human diseases. Signal propagation through a WNT-Frizzled/LRP receptor complex requires proteins necessary for clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME). Paradoxically, CME also negatively regulates WNT signaling through internalization and degradation of the receptor complex. Here, using a gain-of-function screen of the human kinome, we report that the AP2 associated kinase 1 (AAK1), a known CME enhancer, inhibits WNT signaling. Reciprocally, AAK1 genetic silencing or its pharmacological inhibition using a potent and selective inhibitor activates WNT signaling. Mechanistically, we show that AAK1 promotes clearance of LRP6 from the plasma membrane to suppress the WNT pathway. Time-course experiments support a transcription-uncoupled, WNT-driven negative feedback loop; prolonged WNT treatment drives AAK1-dependent phosphorylation of AP2M1, clathrin-coated pit maturation, and endocytosis of LRP6. We propose that, following WNT receptor activation, increased AAK1 function and CME limits WNT signaling longevity.

Pubmed ID: 30605688 RIS Download

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Associated grants

  • Agency: Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
    Id: 106169/ZZ14/Z
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 GM007040
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 CA071341
  • Agency: Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
  • Agency: Cancer Research UK, United Kingdom
    Id: C7379/A15291
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U24 DK116204
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 CA187799
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 AI050410
  • Agency: Cancer Research UK, United Kingdom
    Id: C7379/A24639
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 CA009156
  • Agency: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 CA016086
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R25 GM055336
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: F31 CA228289

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