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Science 317 (5836): 372-376

Copyright © 2007 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Patched1 Regulates Hedgehog Signaling at the Primary Cilium

Rajat Rohatgi,1,2* Ljiljana Milenkovic,1* Matthew P. Scott1{dagger}

Abstract: Primary cilia are essential for transduction of the Hedgehog (Hh) signal in mammals. We investigated the role of primary cilia in regulation of Patched1 (Ptc1), the receptor for Sonic Hedgehog (Shh). Ptc1 localized to cilia and inhibited Smoothened (Smo) by preventing its accumulation within cilia. When Shh bound to Ptc1, Ptc1 left the cilia, leading to accumulation of Smo and activation of signaling. Thus, primary cilia sense Shh and transduce signals that play critical roles in development, carcinogenesis, and stem cell function.

1 Departments of Developmental Biology, Genetics, and Bioengineering and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
2 Department of Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

* These authors contributed equally to this work. Back

{dagger} To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mscott{at}stanford.edu

The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway plays an important role both in embryonic development and in adult stem cell function (1, 2). Dysregulation of the pathway causes birth defects and human cancer (2). Despite the importance of Hh signaling in mammals, there are gaps in our understanding of early events in this pathway. In the absence of signal, the transmembrane protein Patched1 (Ptc1) keeps the pathway turned off by inhibiting the function of a second transmembrane protein, Smoothened (Smo). The secreted protein Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) binds and inactivates Ptc1, allowing activation of Smo. Smo then triggers target gene transcription through the Gli family of transcription factors. The mechanism by which Shh inhibits Ptc1 and Ptc1 inhibits Smo is not understood in mammals.

In Drosophila, Ptc inhibits the movement of Smo to the plasma membrane. Binding of Hh causes the internalization of Ptc from the plasma membrane to vesicles, allowing Smo to translocate to the plasma membrane and activate downstream signaling (3, 4). The discovery that protein components of primary cilia are required for Hh signaling suggested that subcellular localization has an important role in mammalian Hh signaling (5). Primary cilia are cell surface projections found on most vertebrate cells that function as sensory "antennae" for signals (6). Several components of the Hh pathway, including Smo and the Gli proteins, accumulate in primary cilia, and Smo is enriched in cilia upon stimulation with Shh (7, 8).

We examined the dynamic subcellular localization of Ptc1 and Smo in mammalian cells with the use of novel antibodies to the two proteins (fig. S1). These antibodies allowed detection of endogenous Ptc1 and Smo in cultured mouse fibroblasts (NIH 3T3 cells) and mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), two Hh-responsive cell types (9). Hh signaling was activated in NIH 3T3 cells by treatment with either Shh or SAG (Shh-agonist), a small molecule that directly binds and activates Smo (10). Because ptc1 is itself a transcriptional target of Hh signaling, increases in Ptc1 protein levels can serve as a metric for pathway activation. Ptc1 protein levels began to rise by 4 hours and continued to increase until 24 hours after addition of Shh (Fig. 1A). After stimulation of cells with Shh or SAG, endogenous Smo was enriched in primary cilia (Fig. 1B). The mean fluorescence intensity of Smo in cilia began to increase as early as 1 hour after stimulation of cells with Shh or SAG (Fig. 1C and fig. S2). This likely represented relocalization from a cytoplasmic pool, because the total amount of Smo protein did not increase at this time point (Fig. 1A).


Figure 1 Fig. 1.. Rapid localization of Smo in primary cilia after activation of the Hh pathway and regulation by Ptc1. (A) Immunoblots with antibodies to Ptc1, Smo, and actin were used to assess amounts of endogenous proteins in extracts from NIH 3T3 cells treated with Shh or SAG (100 nM). (B) Enrichment of Smo in primary cilia of NIH 3T3 cells left untreated (control) or treated with Shh or SAG (100 nM) for 24 hours. (C) Mean intensity of Smo fluorescence in cilia of NIH 3T3 cells treated with Shh or SAG (100 nM). Each point shows the mean ± SEM of fluorescence from 10 to 20 cilia. (D and E) Constitutive presence of Smo in the cilia of unstimulated ptc1–/– MEFs and reversal by retrovirally transduced Ptc1-YFP. In (B) and (D), confocal images of the ciliary marker acetylated tubulin (red) and Smo (green) were detected by immunofluorescence; nuclei (blue) were stained with 4',6'-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI). [View Larger Version of this Image (75K GIF file)]
 

To determine whether Ptc1 regulates the localization of Smo, we examined Smo localization in MEFs from ptc1–/– mice (9). These cells showed constitutive activation of Hh target gene transcription (fig. S3). Consistent with a role of Ptc1 in regulating Smo trafficking, Smo was constitutively localized to primary cilia in these cells even in the absence of Shh or SAG (Fig. 1, D and E). Reintroduction of Ptc1 into these cells by means of a retrovirus suppressed Hh-pathway activity (fig. S3) and prevented Smo accumulation in primary cilia (Fig. 1, D and E). Thus, the regulation of Smo localization by Ptc1 is conserved from flies to mammals.

To understand how Ptc1 may regulate entry of Smo into the cilium, we examined the localization of Ptc1 in MEFs and mouseembryos. Endogenous Ptc1 was present in small amounts in MEFs, near the limit of detection by immunofluorescence. We therefore increased the amounts of Ptc1 protein by stimulating cells with SAG. Under these conditions, Ptc1 was highly enriched in primary cilia (Fig. 2A). The ciliary localization of Ptc1 was confirmed in three additional ways. First, Ptc1 fused to yellow fluorescent protein (Ptc1-YFP) was found around the base and in the shaft of cilia in unstimulated ptc1–/– cells infected with a retrovirus encoding Ptc1-YFP (Figs. 2B and fig. S12). Second, Ptc1-YFP overproduced in ptc1–/– cells by transfection showed clear ciliary localization in both live and fixed cells (Fig. 3A and figs. S10 and S14). Third and most important, endogenous Ptc1 was found in the cilia of mouse embryo mesoderm cells responsive to Shh (Fig. 2D and figs. S4 and S5) (1).


Figure 2 Fig. 2.. Localization of Ptc1 in primary cilia. (A) Concentration of endogenous Ptc1 in cilia of NIH 3T3 cells stimulated with 100 nM SAG. (B) Localization of Ptc1-YFP in ptc1–/– MEFs infected with a retrovirus carrying an empty vector or the ptc1-YFP coding sequence. In (A) and (B), cilia (red) and Ptc1 (green) were visualized by immunofluorescence; nuclei (blue) were stained with DAPI. (C) Ptc1 staining in Shh-responsive cells of the neural tube (nt), notochord (nc), floor plate (fp), and paraxial mesoderm (m). Cross sections of wild-type (top row) or control ptc1–/– (bottom row) mouse embryos (E9.5) were imaged with a 40x objective. (D) Asymmetric, ciliary localization of Ptc1 in paraxial mesoderm cells. The cell boxed in white is magnified in the bottom panel; arrows indicate Ptc1 staining (red) around the base and in the shaft of cilia (green). [View Larger Version of this Image (80K GIF file)]
 

Figure 3 Fig. 3.. Interactions between Shh and Ptc1 at primary cilia. (A) Colocalization of Shh and Ptc1 at the cilium shown in a confocal image of a live ptc1–/– cell transfected with Ptc1-YFP (green) and incubated with ShhN-A594 (red, 300 ng/ml) for 45 min. Inversin-CFP (cyan) marks the cilium, the dotted line demarcates the cell border, and insets show magnified views of the cilia. (B) Mean Ptc1 fluorescence in cilia of NIH 3T3 cells treated with SAG (100 nM), Shh, or both. (C) Disappearance of Ptc1 from primary cilia after Shh treatment. NIH 3T3 cells preincubated with SAG for 24 hours were switched to control medium (untreated) or into Shh-containing medium. The red dashed baseline shows the amount of ciliary Ptc1 in cells treated with Shh for 4 hours without a 24-hour SAG pulse. [View Larger Version of this Image (42K GIF file)]
 

Ptc1 staining in cross sections of embryonic day 9.5 (E9.5) embryos was detected in cells of the ventral neural tube, notochord, splanchnic mesoderm, and paraxial mesoderm, precisely the regions where Hh signaling is known to be active and Shh target genes such as ptc1 are highly expressed (Fig. 2C and fig. S4B) (1). We focused on mesoderm cells because they are likely the cells that gave rise to the MEFs that we have analyzed in culture. Endogenous Ptc1 showed asymmetric localization to a domain surrounding the base of the cilium and in particles along the shaft of the cilium (Fig. 2D and figs. S4C and S5). This localization pattern around the base and in a particulate pattern along the shaft of the cilium is similar to that seen in cultured fibroblasts (compare Fig. 2D and fig. S12). In embryo cells, there was more variability in the amount of Ptc1 in the shaft of cilia, a finding likely related to differences in the amount of Shh signal received by cells in the complex milieu of embryonic tissue. The concentration of Ptc1 at the base of primary cilia suggests a mechanism for how it may inhibit Smo activation. Transport of proteins in and out of primary cilia is thought to be regulated at their base, and Ptc1 could function at this location to inhibit a protein-trafficking step critical for Smo activation (11).

Shh could inactivate Ptc1 by binding to it at the cilium and inducing its internalization, degradation, or movement to other regions of the plasma membrane. To determine whether Ptc1 at the cilium can bind to Shh, we produced a fluorescently labeled version of the N-terminal signaling fragment of Shh (ShhN-A594). Minute amounts of ShhN-A594, one-hundredth of those required to activate signaling, were added to live ptc1–/– cells transfected with Ptc1-YFP and a marker for cilia, inversin fused to cyan fluorescent protein (inversin-CFP) (12). Live cells were used because the interaction between Shh and Ptc1 does not survive fixation. ShhN-A594 concentrated at cilia containing Ptc1-YFP and colocalized with puncta of Ptc1-YFP (Fig. 3A and fig. S7). Ptc1–/– cells expressing inversin-CFP alone did not bind ShhN-A594, and an excess of unlabeled ShhN prevented binding of ShhN-A594 (fig. S7).

We next asked whether the interaction of Shh with Ptc1 influences the localization of Ptc1. Ptc1 was concentrated at cilia after treatment of cells with SAG alone but not after treatment with Shh or a combination of Shh and SAG (Fig. 3B). This suggested that Shh binding might trigger the removal of the Ptc1-Shh complex from the cilium, or that new Ptc1 produced in response to Shh was not localized in the cilium. To distinguish these possibilities, we induced the production of large amounts of Ptc1 in the cilia of NIH 3T3 cells with SAG treatment and then switched the cells to control medium or medium containing Shh (Fig. 3C). Ptc1 levels in the cilium remained stable in the control, but Shh treatment caused a time-dependent disappearance of Ptc1 from the primary cilium (Fig. 3C and fig. S8). The loss of Ptc1 from cilia was not associated with a decrease in total Ptc1 protein levels (fig. S11) and thus implied movement of Ptc1 from cilia to another location in the cell. This delocalization was only evident with the endogenous protein and not upon examination of transfected Ptc1-YFP, a far more abundant protein (fig. S7B).

We measured Ptc1 and Smo localization (Figs. 1 and 3) in the same experiment. Because the localization changes for Ptc1 and Smo described above were each seen in >80% of the cilia visualized, the levels of Ptc1 and Smo in cilia were inversely correlated. The reciprocal time courses of Ptc1 disappearance and Smo appearance at cilia after Shh addition (Figs. 1C and 3C) support a model in which Shh triggers the removal of Ptc1 from the cilium, allowing Smo to enter and activate signaling. Consistent with this idea, cells of the ventral neural tube and floor plate, which receive large amounts of Shh, showed high levels of Smo and low levels of Ptc1 in cilia (fig. S13). The movement of Ptc1 and Smo at the cilium is analogous to the situation in Drosophila, where pathway activation is associated with Smo movement to the plasma membrane and movement of Ptc away (3).

Ptc1 may regulate Smo localization through a small molecule (13). Because Smo translocation to the primary cilium appears to be a critical step in its activation, a regulatory small molecule would be predicted to control this step. Naturally occurring oxysterols are good candidates for endogenous small molecules that regulate Smo function. Cellular sterol concentrations are important determinants of a cell's responsiveness to Shh, and oxysterols can activate Hh signaling (14–16). When we treated NIH 3T3 cells with activating concentrations of the oxysterol 20{alpha}-hydroxycholesterol, Smo rapidly translocated to the primary cilium with kinetics that were identical to those seen in cells treated with SAG or Shh (Fig. 4, A and B, and fig. S9). Treatment with 7{alpha}-hydroxycholesterol, an oxysterol that does not activate the Hh pathway, did not induce translocation of Smo. This result provides a specific molecular mechanism—Smo translocation to cilia—to explain how oxysterols regulate Hh signaling.


Figure 4 Fig. 4.. Accumulation of Smo and Ptc1 at cilia of NIH 3T3 cells exposed to 20{alpha}-hydroxycholesterol. (A and C) Localization of cilia (red) and Smo or Ptc1 (green) in cells treated with 10 µM 20{alpha}-hydroxycholesterol or 7{alpha}-hydroxycholesterol for 24 hours. (B) Time course of Smo accumulation at the primary cilium in NIH 3T3 cells treated with 20{alpha}-hydroxycholesterol. (D) Increase in Ptc1 fluorescence in primary cilia after treatment with 20{alpha}-hydroxycholesterol. In (B) and (D), each point shows the mean ± SEM of fluorescence from 10 to 20 cilia. [View Larger Version of this Image (90K GIF file)]
 

Cells treated with 20{alpha}-hydroxycholesterol also retained Ptc1 in cilia in a pattern similar to that seen in cells treated with SAG (Fig. 4, C and D). Thus, oxysterols appear to function not like Shh, by causing the removal of Ptc1 from cilia, but at a more downstream step to make Smo insensitive to the inhibitory effects of Ptc1. However, oxysterols function differently from SAG because they likely do not directly bind to Smo (16).

Our results suggest that Ptc1 localization to primary cilia inhibits the Hh pathway by excluding Smo and also allows cilia to function as chemosensors for the detection of extracellular Shh. Binding of Shh to Ptc1 at primary cilia is coupled to pathway activation by the reciprocal movement of Ptc1 out of the cilia and Smo into the cilia, a process that may be mediated by oxysterols. Elucidating the molecular machinery that controls Ptc1 and Smo trafficking at primary cilia will likely provide new targets for modulation of this important pathway.

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Supporting Online Material

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Materials and Methods

Figs. S1 to S14

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Received for publication 9 January 2007. Accepted for publication 30 May 2007.

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L. S. Jacob, X. Wu, M. E. Dodge, C.-W. Fan, O. Kulak, B. Chen, W. Tang, B. Wang, J. F. Amatruda, and L. Lum (2011)
Science Signaling 4, ra4
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Intraflagellar transport protein 122 antagonizes Sonic Hedgehog signaling and controls ciliary localization of pathway components.
J. Qin, Y. Lin, R. X. Norman, H. W. Ko, and J. T. Eggenschwiler (2011)
PNAS 108, 1456-1461
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Disruption of Mks1 localization to the mother centriole causes cilia defects and developmental malformations in Meckel-Gruber syndrome.
C. Cui, B. Chatterjee, D. Francis, Q. Yu, J. T. SanAgustin, R. Francis, T. Tansey, C. Henry, B. Wang, B. Lemley, et al. (2011)
Dis. Model. Mech. 4, 43-56
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Foxj1 regulates floor plate cilia architecture and modifies the response of cells to sonic hedgehog signalling.
C. Cruz, V. Ribes, E. Kutejova, J. Cayuso, V. Lawson, D. Norris, J. Stevens, M. Davey, K. Blight, F. Bangs, et al. (2010)
Development 137, 4271-4282
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A mechanism for vertebrate Hedgehog signaling: recruitment to cilia and dissociation of SuFu-Gli protein complexes.
H. Tukachinsky, L. V. Lopez, and A. Salic (2010)
J. Cell Biol. 191, 415-428
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Interactions between Hedgehog proteins and their binding partners come into view.
P. A. Beachy, S. G. Hymowitz, R. A. Lazarus, D. J. Leahy, and C. Siebold (2010)
Genes & Dev. 24, 2001-2012
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Frequent Deregulations in the Hedgehog Signaling Network and Cross-Talks with the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Pathway Involved in Cancer Progression and Targeted Therapies.
M. Mimeault and S. K. Batra (2010)
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Rab10 associates with primary cilia and the exocyst complex in renal epithelial cells.
C. M. Babbey, R. L. Bacallao, and K. W. Dunn (2010)
Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 299, F495-F506
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Zic1 transcription factor in bone: neural developmental protein regulates mechanotransduction in osteocytes.
M. Kalogeropoulos, S. S. Varanasi, O. K. Olstad, P. Sanderson, V. T. Gautvik, S. Reppe, R. M. Francis, K. M. Gautvik, M. A. Birch, and H. K. Datta (2010)
FASEB J 24, 2893-2903
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Primary cilium-dependent mechanosensing is mediated by adenylyl cyclase 6 and cyclic AMP in bone cells.
R. Y. Kwon, S. Temiyasathit, P. Tummala, C. C. Quah, and C. R. Jacobs (2010)
FASEB J 24, 2859-2868
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Arsenic antagonizes the Hedgehog pathway by preventing ciliary accumulation and reducing stability of the Gli2 transcriptional effector.
J. Kim, J. J. Lee, J. Kim, D. Gardner, and P. A. Beachy (2010)
PNAS 107, 13432-13437
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A Septin Diffusion Barrier at the Base of the Primary Cilium Maintains Ciliary Membrane Protein Distribution.
Q. Hu, L. Milenkovic, H. Jin, M. P. Scott, M. V. Nachury, E. T. Spiliotis, and W. J. Nelson (2010)
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Mechanism and evolution of cytosolic Hedgehog signal transduction.
C. W. Wilson and P.-T. Chuang (2010)
Development 137, 2079-2094
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Targeting Hedgehog -- a Cancer Stem Cell Pathway.
A. A. Merchant and W. Matsui (2010)
Clin. Cancer Res. 16, 3130-3140
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Differential role of Rab proteins in ciliary trafficking: Rab23 regulates Smoothened levels.
C. Boehlke, M. Bashkurov, A. Buescher, T. Krick, A.-K. John, R. Nitschke, G. Walz, and E. W. Kuehn (2010)
J. Cell Sci. 123, 1460-1467
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Common Botanical Compounds Inhibit the Hedgehog Signaling Pathway in Prostate Cancer.
A. Slusarz, N. S. Shenouda, M. S. Sakla, S. K. Drenkhahn, A. S. Narula, R. S. MacDonald, C. L. Besch-Williford, and D. B. Lubahn (2010)
Cancer Res. 70, 3382-3390
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A primary cilia-dependent etiology for midline facial disorders.
S. A. Brugmann, N. C. Allen, A. W. James, Z. Mekonnen, E. Madan, and J. A. Helms (2010)
Hum. Mol. Genet. 19, 1577-1592
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Kinetics of Hedgehog-Dependent Full-Length Gli3 Accumulation in Primary Cilia and Subsequent Degradation.
X. Wen, C. K. Lai, M. Evangelista, J.-A. Hongo, F. J. de Sauvage, and S. J. Scales (2010)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 30, 1910-1922
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Not Lost in Space: Trafficking in the Hedgehog Signaling Pathway.
L. Milenkovic and M. P. Scott (2010)
Science Signaling 3, pe14
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The output of Hedgehog signaling is controlled by the dynamic association between Suppressor of Fused and the Gli proteins.
E. W. Humke, K. V. Dorn, L. Milenkovic, M. P. Scott, and R. Rohatgi (2010)
Genes & Dev. 24, 670-682
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Sonic-hedgehog-mediated proliferation requires the localization of PKA to the cilium base.
M. Barzi, J. Berenguer, A. Menendez, R. Alvarez-Rodriguez, and S. Pons (2010)
J. Cell Sci. 123, 62-69
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Evidence for a role of vertebrate Disp1 in long-range Shh signaling.
L. A. Etheridge, T. Q. Crawford, S. Zhang, and H. Roelink (2010)
Development 137, 133-140
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Gli2 trafficking links Hedgehog-dependent activation of Smoothened in the primary cilium to transcriptional activation in the nucleus.
J. Kim, M. Kato, and P. A. Beachy (2009)
PNAS 106, 21666-21671
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Patched regulates Smoothened trafficking using lipoprotein-derived lipids.
H. Khaliullina, D. Panakova, C. Eugster, F. Riedel, M. Carvalho, and S. Eaton (2009)
Development 136, 4111-4121
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A mouse model for Meckel syndrome reveals Mks1 is required for ciliogenesis and Hedgehog signaling.
S. D. Weatherbee, L. A. Niswander, and K. V. Anderson (2009)
Hum. Mol. Genet. 18, 4565-4575
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Cystin, Cilia, and Cysts: Unraveling Trafficking Determinants.
T. W. Hurd and B. Margolis (2009)
J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 20, 2485-2486
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The Rfx4 Transcription Factor Modulates Shh Signaling by Regional Control of Ciliogenesis.
A. M. Ashique, Y. Choe, M. Karlen, S. R. May, K. Phamluong, M. J. Solloway, J. Ericson, and A. S. Peterson (2009)
Science Signaling 2, ra70
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Lateral transport of Smoothened from the plasma membrane to the membrane of the cilium.
L. Milenkovic, M. P. Scott, and R. Rohatgi (2009)
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The subependymal zone neurogenic niche: a beating heart in the centre of the brain: How plastic is adult neurogenesis? Opportunities for therapy and questions to be addressed.
I. Kazanis (2009)
Brain 132, 2909-2921
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Regulation of primary cilia formation by ceramide.
G. Wang, K. Krishnamurthy, and E. Bieberich (2009)
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Negative Regulation of Hedgehog Signaling by Liver X Receptors.
W.-K. Kim, V. Meliton, K. W. Park, C. Hong, P. Tontonoz, P. Niewiadomski, J. A. Waschek, S. Tetradis, and F. Parhami (2009)
Mol. Endocrinol. 23, 1532-1543
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Dampened Hedgehog signaling but normal Wnt signaling in zebrafish without cilia.
P. Huang and A. F. Schier (2009)
Development 136, 3089-3098
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The primary cilium coordinates early cardiogenesis and hedgehog signaling in cardiomyocyte differentiation.
C. A. Clement, S. G. Kristensen, K. Mollgard, G. J. Pazour, B. K. Yoder, L. A. Larsen, and S. T. Christensen (2009)
J. Cell Sci. 122, 3070-3082
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Planar Cell Polarity Signaling: The Developing Cell's Compass.
E. K. Vladar, D. Antic, and J. D. Axelrod (2009)
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 1, a002964
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Small-molecule inhibitors reveal multiple strategies for Hedgehog pathway blockade.
J. M. Hyman, A. J. Firestone, V. M. Heine, Y. Zhao, C. A. Ocasio, K. Han, M. Sun, P. G. Rack, S. Sinha, J. J. Wu, et al. (2009)
PNAS 106, 14132-14137
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Variations in Hedgehog signaling: divergence and perpetuation in Sufu regulation of Gli.
L. Ruel and P. P. Therond (2009)
Genes & Dev. 23, 1843-1848
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Cilium-independent regulation of Gli protein function by Sufu in Hedgehog signaling is evolutionarily conserved.
M.-H. Chen, C. W. Wilson, Y.-J. Li, K. K. L. Law, C.-S. Lu, R. Gacayan, X. Zhang, C.-c. Hui, and P.-T. Chuang (2009)
Genes & Dev. 23, 1910-1928
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Mouse Kif7/Costal2 is a cilia-associated protein that regulates Sonic hedgehog signaling.
K. F. Liem Jr, M. He, P. J. R. Ocbina, and K. V. Anderson (2009)
PNAS 106, 13377-13382
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Growth arrest induces primary-cilium formation and sensitizes IGF-1-receptor signaling during differentiation induction of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes.
D. Zhu, S. Shi, H. Wang, and K. Liao (2009)
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Tubby-like protein 3 (TULP3) regulates patterning in the mouse embryo through inhibition of Hedgehog signaling.
R. X. Norman, H. W. Ko, V. Huang, C. M. Eun, L. L. Abler, Z. Zhang, X. Sun, and J. T. Eggenschwiler (2009)
Hum. Mol. Genet. 18, 1740-1754
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Mouse hitchhiker mutants have spina bifida, dorso-ventral patterning defects and polydactyly: identification of Tulp3 as a novel negative regulator of the Sonic hedgehog pathway.
V. L. Patterson, C. Damrau, A. Paudyal, B. Reeve, D. T. Grimes, M. E. Stewart, D. J. Williams, P. Siggers, A. Greenfield, and J. N. Murdoch (2009)
Hum. Mol. Genet. 18, 1719-1739
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Primary cilia regulate Shh activity in the control of molar tooth number.
A. Ohazama, C. J. Haycraft, M. Seppala, J. Blackburn, S. Ghafoor, M. Cobourne, D. C. Martinelli, C.-M. Fan, R. Peterkova, H. Lesot, et al. (2009)
Development 136, 897-903
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Hedgehog signal transduction by Smoothened: Pharmacologic evidence for a 2-step activation process.
R. Rohatgi, L. Milenkovic, R. B. Corcoran, and M. P. Scott (2009)
PNAS 106, 3196-3201
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Selective translocation of intracellular Smoothened to the primary cilium in response to Hedgehog pathway modulation.
Y. Wang, Z. Zhou, C. T. Walsh, and A. P. McMahon (2009)
PNAS 106, 2623-2628
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The Talpid3 gene (KIAA0586) encodes a centrosomal protein that is essential for primary cilia formation.
Y. Yin, F. Bangs, I. R. Paton, A. Prescott, J. James, M. G. Davey, P. Whitley, G. Genikhovich, U. Technau, D. W. Burt, et al. (2009)
Development 136, 655-664
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Characterization of PKD Protein-Positive Exosome-Like Vesicles.
M. C. Hogan, L. Manganelli, J. R. Woollard, A. I. Masyuk, T. V. Masyuk, R. Tammachote, B. Q. Huang, A. A. Leontovich, T. G. Beito, B. J. Madden, et al. (2009)
J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 20, 278-288
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Pancreatic Cancer and Precursor Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia Lesions Are Devoid of Primary Cilia.
E. S. Seeley, C. Carriere, T. Goetze, D. S. Longnecker, and M. Korc (2009)
Cancer Res. 69, 422-430
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C2cd3 is required for cilia formation and Hedgehog signaling in mouse.
A. N. Hoover, A. Wynkoop, H. Zeng, J. Jia, L. A. Niswander, and A. Liu (2008)
Development 135, 4049-4058
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Smoothened Signaling in Vertebrates Is Facilitated by a G Protein-coupled Receptor Kinase.
M. Philipp, G. B. Fralish, A. R. Meloni, W. Chen, A. W. MacInnes, L. S. Barak, and M. G. Caron (2008)
Mol. Biol. Cell 19, 5478-5489
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Kinome siRNA Screen Identifies Regulators of Ciliogenesis and Hedgehog Signal Transduction.
M. Evangelista, T. Y. Lim, J. Lee, L. Parker, A. Ashique, A. S. Peterson, W. Ye, D. P. Davis, and F. J. de Sauvage (2008)
Science Signaling 1, ra7
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Hedgehog: functions and mechanisms.
M. Varjosalo and J. Taipale (2008)
Genes & Dev. 22, 2454-2472
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Hedgehog signalling in endocrine development and disease.
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