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Genes & Dev. 16 (9): 1055-1059

Copyright © 2002 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

Vol. 16, No. 9, pp. 1055-1059, May 1, 2002

RESEARCH COMMUNICATION
Wingful, an extracellular feedback inhibitor of Wingless

Offer Gerlitz, and Konrad Basler1

Institut für Molekularbiologie, Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland

Secreted peptide signals control many fundamental processes during animal development. Proper responses to these signals require cognate inducible feedback antagonists. Here we report the identification of a novel Drosophila Wingless (Wg) target gene, wingful (wf), and show that it encodes a potent extracellular feedback inhibitor of Wg. In contrast to the cytoplasmic protein Naked cuticle (Nkd), the only known Wg feedback antagonist, Wf functions during larval stages, when Nkd function is dispensable. We propose that Wf may provide feedback control for the long-range morphogen activities of Wg.

[Key Words: Negative feedback control; Wingless signaling; pattern formation]

1 Corresponding author.

GENES & DEVELOPMENT 16:1055-1059 © 2002 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press  ISSN 0890-9369/02 $5.00

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