Daple is a novel non-receptor GEF required for trimeric G protein activation in Wnt signaling

  1. Nicolas Aznar
  2. Krishna K Midde
  3. Ying Dunkel
  4. Inmaculada Lopez-Sanchez
  5. Yelena Pavlova
  6. Arthur Marivin
  7. Jorge Barbazán
  8. Fiona Murray
  9. Ulrich Nitsche
  10. Klaus-Peter Janssen
  11. Karl Willert
  12. Ajay Goel
  13. Miguel Abal
  14. Mikel Garcia-Marcos  Is a corresponding author
  15. Pradipta Ghosh  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, San Diego, United States
  2. Boston University School of Medicine, United States
  3. Servizo Galego de Saúde, Spain
  4. Technische Universität München, Germany
  5. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
  6. Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Figure 1 with 1 supplement
Daple contains a GBA motif.

(A) Phylogenetic sequence analysis reveals a conserved motif in Daple similar to GIV's Gα-binding and activating (GBA) motif within an otherwise highly divergent C-terminal domain. Sequences of GIV …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.003
Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Daple binds mutants of Gαi3 that do not bind GIV (W258F) or Calnuc (K248M).

Purified, recombinant GST-Gαi3 (WT and mutants) preloaded with GDP and immobilized on glutathione-agarose beads was incubated with purified His-Daple-CT (aa 1650–2028) as indicated. Resin-bound …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.004
Figure 2 with 1 supplement
Daple binds and activates Gαi3 in vitro and in vivo via its GBA motif.

(A) Prediction of molecular contacts critical for the Daple-Gαi interaction. Homology-based model of Daple's GBA motif (Red) bound to Gαi3 (green = Switch II, blue = ras-like domain, yellow, …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.005
Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Binding of Daple to Gαi triggers activation of Gi at the PM after Wnt5a stimulation.

(A, B) Daple competes for binding to Gαi3 with peptides/proteins that dock onto the switchII/α3 cleft of the G protein. (A) Purified, recombinant GST-Gαi3 preloaded with GDP and immobilized on …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.006
Daple's GBA motif triggers the release of ‘free’ Gβγ subunits, which in turn enhance Rac1 and PI3K-Akt signaling.

(A) Daple's GBA motif and Gβγ subunits are predicted to dock onto an overlapping binding site on Gαi. Binding areas (in red) for Daple (left) or Gβγ (right) on Gαi (solid gray) were extracted from a …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.007
Figure 4 with 2 supplements
The C-terminus of Daple directly binds ligand-activated FZDRs and triggers the assembly of FZDR-Gαi complexes at the PM.

(A) Daple and Gαi3 co-immunoprecipitate with FZD7R after Wnt5a stimulation. HeLa cells cotransfected with myc-Daple WT and HA-FZD7 were starved and stimulated with Wnt5a as in 3G. Equal aliquots of …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.008
Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Daple preferentially binds the cytoplasmic tail of the FZD7R.

(A) A sequence homology-based cluster tree of vertebrate Frizzled receptors (FZDRs) is shown. The FZD (IUPHAR nomenclature) family roughly clusters into four distinct families based on sequence …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.009
Figure 4—figure supplement 2
Daple binds to the C-terminus of FZD7R and links Gαi to ligand-activated receptors.

(A) HEK cells expressing HA-tagged FZD7R were starved for 24 hr (0% FBS) and stimulated with Wnt5a for 5 min as indicated prior to lysis. IP was carried out on lysates with anti-HA or control mouse …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.010
Figure 5 with 2 supplements
Daple competes with Dvl for binding to FZD7R and inhibits the canonical β-catenin/TCF/LEF signaling pathway via the GBA motif.

(A) Dishevelled (Dvl)–Daple complexes are disrupted upon Wnt5a stimulation. HeLa cells cotransfected with myc-Daple-WT and Dvl were incubated in a 0.2% serum media overnight, and treated (+) or not …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.011
Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Daple competes with Dvl for binding to FZD7R and inhibits the canonical β-caenin/TCF/LEF signaling pathway.

(A) Equal aliquots of lysates from Cos7 cells expressing Dvl1 alone (lane 2), myc-Daple alone (lane 3), or coexpressing both (lanes 1, 4) were used as source of Daple and Dvl in GST pulldown assays …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.012
Figure 5—figure supplement 2
Daple and its GBA motif do not affect canonical Wnt signaling.

(AD) Daple does not activate Gi after Wnt3 stimulation. (A, B) Control (Luc shRNA) or Daple-depleted (Daple shRNA) HeLa cells were cotransfected with Gαi1-YFP, Gβ-CFP, and untagged Gγ, serum …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.013
Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Daple enhances cell migration and invasion via its GBA motif.

(A) Daple WT, but not FA triggers chemotactic migration towards Wnt5a. Daple-depleted HeLa cells (sh Daple 1) stably expressing Daple-WT or Daple-FA were analyzed for their ability to migrate …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.014
Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Daple enhances cell migration, promotes formation of actin stress-fibers, and triggers invasion, all via its GBA motif.

(A) Daple-FA, but not Daple-WT inhibits 2-D cell migration. Confluent monolayers of HeLa cells transiently transfected with myc-Daple WT or FA (∼90% efficacy of transfection confirmed by …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.015
Figure 7 with 1 supplement
Daple suppresses proliferation and tumorigenesis via its GBA motif.

(A) Daple's GBA motif is required for inhibition of cell transformation induced by oncogenic KRas. NIH3T3 cells stably expressing HA-KRas G12V alone or coexpressing HA-KRas G12V with myc-Daple-WT or …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.016
Figure 7—figure supplement 1
Daple suppresses cell proliferation via its GBA motif.

(A) Compared to cells expressing Daple-WT, those expressing Daple-FA have higher mitotic index, as determined by nuclear localization of phosphorylated histone H3. HeLa cells expressing myc-Daple WT …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.017
Figure 8 with 1 supplement
Expression of Daple mRNA is suppressed during oncogenesis by copy number loss, but expressed later during metastasis.

(A) Daple mRNA is downregulated in colorectal cancers. A meta-analysis was performed using all the available high-throughput microarray data from Genomic Spatial Event (GSE) database (see Figure …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.018
Figure 8—source data 1

Meta-analysis of Daple mRNA expression in colorectal cancer vs matched normal controls.

The publicly available GSE database, a system to store, retrieve, and analyze all types of high-throughput microarray data was used to compare the levels of expression of Daple mRNA in colorectal cancer vs matched normal controls. From left to right, the columns indicate the GSE series ID, the PMID number for the respective source manuscripts, total samples analyzed in each study, fold change in Daple mRNA observed, and the significance (p-value) of any changes observed. A meta-analysis combining the p-values from these studies was analyzed by Fisher's method and displayed as bar graphs in Figure 8A.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.019
Figure 8—source data 2

Meta-analysis of Daple mRNA expression in microsatellite unstable (MSI) vs stable (MSS) colorectal cancers.

The publicly available GSE database was used to compare the levels of expression of Daple mRNA in MSI vs MSS colorectal cancers. From left to right, the columns indicate the GSE series ID, the PMID number for the respective source manuscripts, total samples analyzed in each study, fold change in Daple mRNA observed, and the significance (p-value) of any changes observed. A meta-analysis combining the p-values from these studies was analyzed by Fisher's method and displayed as bar graphs in Figure 8C.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.020
Figure 8—source data 3

Daple expression in CTCs correlates with markers of EMT.

Expression of Daple, ZEB2, and LOXL3 mRNA were analyzed in CTCs immunoisolated from 50 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. An analysis of the Pearson's correlation coefficient for each pair of genes shows that higher expression of Daple is significantly associated with higher expression of ZEB2 and LOXL3, two genes implicated in triggering EMT.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.021
Figure 8—figure supplement 1
Expression of Daple mRNA is suppressed in colorectal cancers, in part by copy number loss.

(A, B) Publicly available Kaiser Colon database was analyzed for Daple mRNA expression in adenocarcinomas of the colon (A) and rectum (B) and their respective normal controls. Daple mRNA expression …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07091.022

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