Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Department of Cytokinetics, Institute of Biophysics CAS, Brno, Czech Republic.
Elife. 2021 Oct 27;10:e65759. doi: 10.7554/eLife.65759.
RNF43 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase and known negative regulator of WNT/β-catenin signaling. We demonstrate that RNF43 is also a regulator of noncanonical WNT5A-induced signaling in human cells. Analysis of the RNF43 interactome using BioID and immunoprecipitation showed that RNF43 can interact with the core receptor complex components dedicated to the noncanonical Wnt pathway such as ROR1, ROR2, VANGL1, and VANGL2. RNF43 triggers VANGL2 ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation and clathrin-dependent internalization of ROR1 receptor and inhibits ROR2 activation. These activities of RNF43 are physiologically relevant and block pro-metastatic WNT5A signaling in melanoma. RNF43 inhibits responses to WNT5A, which results in the suppression of invasive properties of melanoma cells. Furthermore, RNF43 prevented WNT5A-assisted development of resistance to BRAF V600E and MEK inhibitors. Next, RNF43 acted as melanoma suppressor and improved response to targeted therapies in vivo. In line with these findings, expression decreases during melanoma progression and RNF43-low patients have a worse prognosis. We conclude that RNF43 is a newly discovered negative regulator of WNT5A-mediated biological responses that desensitizes cells to WNT5A.
RNF43 是一种 E3 泛素连接酶,也是 WNT/β-连环蛋白信号的已知负调控因子。我们证明,RNF43 也是人细胞中非典型 WNT5A 诱导信号的调节剂。使用 BioID 和免疫沉淀分析 RNF43 的相互作用组表明,RNF43 可以与专门用于非典型 Wnt 途径的核心受体复合物成分相互作用,如 ROR1、ROR2、VANGL1 和 VANGL2。RNF43 触发 VANGL2 泛素化和蛋白酶体降解,以及 ROR1 受体的网格蛋白依赖性内化,并抑制 ROR2 的激活。RNF43 的这些活性在生理上是相关的,并阻断黑色素瘤中的促转移 WNT5A 信号。RNF43 抑制对 WNT5A 的反应,从而抑制黑色素瘤细胞的侵袭特性。此外,RNF43 防止了 WNT5A 辅助对 BRAF V600E 和 MEK 抑制剂的耐药性发展。接下来,RNF43 作为黑色素瘤抑制因子,在体内改善了对靶向治疗的反应。与这些发现一致,RNF43 的表达在黑色素瘤进展过程中减少,RNF43 低表达的患者预后较差。我们得出结论,RNF43 是一种新发现的 WNT5A 介导的生物学反应的负调节剂,使细胞对 WNT5A 脱敏。
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