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@ARTICLE{Ziegler:169159,
author = {B. Ziegler and I. Yiallouros and B. Trageser and S. Kumar
and M. Mercker and S. Kling and M. Fath and U. Warnken$^*$
and M. Schnölzer$^*$ and T. W. Holstein and M. Hartl and A.
Marciniak-Czochra and J. Stetefeld and W. Stöcker and S.
Özbek},
title = {{T}he {W}nt-specific astacin proteinase {HAS}-7 restricts
head organizer formation in {H}ydra.},
journal = {BMC biology},
volume = {19},
number = {1},
issn = {1741-7007},
address = {Heidelberg},
publisher = {Springer},
reportid = {DKFZ-2021-01293},
pages = {120},
year = {2021},
abstract = {The Hydra head organizer acts as a signaling center that
initiates and maintains the primary body axis in steady
state polyps and during budding or regeneration.
Wnt/beta-Catenin signaling functions as a primary cue
controlling this process, but how Wnt ligand activity is
locally restricted at the protein level is poorly
understood. Here we report a proteomic analysis of Hydra
head tissue leading to the identification of an astacin
family proteinase as a Wnt processing factor.Hydra astacin-7
(HAS-7) is expressed from gland cells as an apical-distal
gradient in the body column, peaking close beneath the
tentacle zone. HAS-7 siRNA knockdown abrogates HyWnt3
proteolysis in the head tissue and induces a robust double
axis phenotype, which is rescued by simultaneous HyWnt3
knockdown. Accordingly, double axes are also observed in
conditions of increased Wnt activity as in transgenic
actin::HyWnt3 and HyDkk1/2/4 siRNA treated animals.
HyWnt3-induced double axes in Xenopus embryos could be
rescued by coinjection of HAS-7 mRNA. Mathematical modelling
combined with experimental promotor analysis indicate an
indirect regulation of HAS-7 by beta-Catenin, expanding the
classical Turing-type activator-inhibitor model.We show the
astacin family protease HAS-7 maintains a single head
organizer through proteolysis of HyWnt3. Our data suggest a
negative regulatory function of Wnt processing astacin
proteinases in the global patterning of the oral-aboral axis
in Hydra.},
keywords = {Astacin (Other) / Axis formation (Other) / Hydra (Other) /
Proteinase (Other) / Wnt signaling (Other)},
cin = {B100},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)B100-20160331},
pnm = {312 - Funktionelle und strukturelle Genomforschung
(POF4-312)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-312},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:34107975},
doi = {10.1186/s12915-021-01046-9},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/169159},
}