PMID:15796911

Citation	Kanazawa, A, Tsukada, S, Kamiyama, M, Yanagimoto, T, Nakajima, M and Maeda, S (2005) Wnt5b partially inhibits canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway and promotes adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 330:505-10
Abstract	To elucidate the functional roles of Wnt5b in adipogenesis, we characterized gene expression profiles in Wnt5b overexpressing 3T3-L1 cells using microarray analysis. Of the approximately 20,000 genes screened, we found that 85 genes were up-regulated and 211 genes were down-regulated in 3T3-L1 cells overexpressing Wnt5b. Among the genes regulated by Wnt5b, the expressions of insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C), and WNT1 inducible signaling pathway protein 1 (WISP-1), which were known to be up-regulated by Wnt1/beta-catenin signaling, were decreased in the Wnt5b overexpressing cells. This result was subsequently confirmed by real-time quantitative RT-PCR (IGF-1; 0.74+/-0.08 and 0.56+/-0.08, WISP-1; 0.71+/-0.03 and 0.56+/-0.08, and VEGF-C; 0.67+/-0.01 and 0.80+/-0.07, mean+/-SEM, compared with the control at zero and two days after induction of differentiation, respectively). We also found that Wnt5b overexpression in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes was able to partially prevent the inhibitory effect of Wnt3a on adipogenesis. Furthermore, the overexpression of Wnt5b was able to inhibit Wnt3a-induced activation of the canonical Wnt/beta-catenin pathway as evidenced by the reduced translocation of beta-catenin into the nucleus. These findings indicate that Wnt5b may promote adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells, at least in part, by antagonizing the canonical Wnt/beta-catenin pathway.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.03.007
Keywords	3T3-L1 Cells; Adipocytes/metabolism; Animals; Base Sequence; Cytoskeletal Proteins/metabolism; DNA Primers; Mice; Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors; Proteins/physiology; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/physiology; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Signal Transduction; Trans-Activators/metabolism; Wnt Proteins; Wnt3 Protein; Wnt3A Protein; beta Catenin
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Annotations

Gene product	Qualifier	GO Term	Evidence Code	with/from	Aspect	Extension	Notes	Status
MOUSE:WNT5B	involved_in	GO:0090090: negative regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway	ECO:0000316: genetic interaction evidence used in manual assertion	MGI:MGI:98956	P		Seeded From UniProt	complete
MOUSE:WNT5B	involved_in	GO:0045600: positive regulation of fat cell differentiation	ECO:0000316: genetic interaction evidence used in manual assertion	MGI:MGI:98956	P		Seeded From UniProt	complete
MOUSE:WNT3A	involved_in	GO:0045599: negative regulation of fat cell differentiation	ECO:0000314: direct assay evidence used in manual assertion		P		Seeded From UniProt	complete
MOUSE:WNT3A	involved_in	GO:0060070: canonical Wnt signaling pathway	ECO:0000314: direct assay evidence used in manual assertion		P		Seeded From UniProt	complete
MOUSE:WNT3A	acts_upstream_of_or_within	GO:0045599: negative regulation of fat cell differentiation	ECO:0000314: direct assay evidence used in manual assertion		P	occurs_in:(CL:0002334)	Seeded From UniProt	complete
MOUSE:WNT3A	involved_in	GO:0060070: canonical Wnt signaling pathway	ECO:0000314: direct assay evidence used in manual assertion		P	occurs_in:(CL:0002334)	Seeded From UniProt	complete

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