| 2015 |
DAPLE contains a Gα-binding and activating (GBA) motif that directly activates Gαi proteins, and an adjacent domain that directly binds Frizzled receptors (FZDRs), thereby linking Wnt stimulation to G protein activation. This triggers non-canonical Wnt responses: suppression of the β-catenin/TCF/LEF pathway and tumorigenesis, but enhancement of PI3K-Akt and Rac1 signals and tumor cell invasiveness. |
Biochemical binding assays, GEF activity assays, cell-based signaling assays, mutagenesis, tumor invasion models |
eLife |
High |
26126266
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| 2012 |
DAPLE interacts directly with Dishevelled (Dvl) and regulates Wnt5a-mediated activation of Rac and formation of lamellipodia. DAPLE increases the association of Dvl with an isoform of atypical protein kinase C (aPKC/PKCλ), promoting Rac activation, and is required for fibroblast and epithelial cell migration during wound healing in vivo. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, lamellipodia formation assays, Rac activation assays, siRNA knockdown, in vivo wound healing model in mice |
Nature communications |
High |
22643886
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| 2017 |
DAPLE-deficient mice develop hydrocephalus with ependymal cilia lacking coordinated orientation. DAPLE regulates microtubule dynamics at the anterior side of ependymal cells, orienting cilial basal bodies required for directional cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow, establishing a role for DAPLE in planar polarity of motile cilia. |
Daple-deficient (knockout) mouse model, cilia orientation analysis, microtubule dynamics imaging, CSF flow assay |
Cell reports |
High |
28746879
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| 2014 |
A missense mutation in CCDC88C (p.R464H) activates the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway, induces caspase-3 cleavage, and triggers apoptosis, linking DAPLE to JNK stress signaling and cerebellar neurodegeneration. |
Whole-exome sequencing, expression of mutant CCDC88C in cells, JNK pathway activation assay, caspase-3 cleavage assay, apoptosis assay |
Journal of medical genetics |
Medium |
25062847
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| 2018 |
DAPLE is a substrate of multiple receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) and non-RTKs. Phosphorylation near the Dvl-binding motif causes DAPLE/Dvl complex dissociation and augments DAPLE's ability to bind to and activate Gαi, potentiating β-catenin-independent Wnt signals and stimulating epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). |
Phosphoproteomics (mass spectrometry), Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro kinase assay, Gαi activation assay, EMT assay |
Science signaling |
High |
29487190
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| 2019 |
DAPLE directly binds the PDZ3 domain of MPDZ via its PDZ-binding motif (PBM) and colocalizes with MPDZ at apical cell junctions. MPDZ depletion blunts DAPLE-mediated apical constriction of cultured cells. Both proteins are required for apical constriction of neuroepithelial cells and neural plate bending during Xenopus neurulation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, direct binding assay (PDZ domain pulldown), colocalization imaging, Xenopus morpholino knockdown, cell constriction assay |
Molecular biology of the cell |
High |
31268831
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| 2017 |
DAPLE interacts with both PCP (planar cell polarity) and cell-intrinsic G-protein-based signals in inner-ear hair cells. DAPLE is required to maintain the polarized distribution of the core PCP protein Dishevelled and to position the primary cilium at the abneural edge of the apical surface, integrating organ-wide and cell-intrinsic polarity. |
Mouse knockout/mutant analysis, immunofluorescence localization of PCP proteins, cilium positioning assay |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
29229865
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| 2017 |
Akt phosphorylates the phosphoinositide (PI)-binding domain of DAPLE, abolishing DAPLE's ability to bind PI3-P-enriched endosomes and engage dynein motor complex for trafficking of β-catenin/E-cadherin complexes to pericentriolar recycling endosomes (PCREs). Phosphorylation compartmentalizes DAPLE/β-catenin/E-cadherin complexes to cell-cell contact sites, enhancing non-canonical Wnt signals and suppressing colony growth. |
Phosphorylation assay, endosomal fractionation, Co-immunoprecipitation, colony growth assay, mutagenesis of PI-binding domain and Akt phosphorylation site |
Molecular biology of the cell |
Medium |
29021338
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| 2020 |
DAPLE's GBA motif binds efficiently to Gαs and Gαq (in addition to Gαi) and inhibits nucleotide exchange on Gαs and Gαq, in contrast to the nucleotide-exchange acceleration it causes for Gαi. Met-1669 in the GBA motif was identified as the residue that enables better binding to Gαs and Gαq. |
In vitro nucleotide exchange assay, binding assay, site-directed mutagenesis (M1669 substitution) |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
31949046
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| 2020 |
TRIM11 associates with DAPLE and promotes its ubiquitin-mediated degradation via a p62-selective autophagic pathway, thereby upregulating β-catenin and inducing ABCC9 expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma drug-resistant cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assay, selective autophagy assay, β-catenin reporter assay |
Oncogenesis |
Medium |
32382014
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| 2020 |
DAPLE forms a trimeric complex with Dvl2 and CK1ε. Daple overexpression induces CK1ε-mediated phosphorylation of Dvl2 at Thr224, which is required for full activation of β-catenin transcriptional activity. A Daple mutant lacking the C-terminal GCV motif (Dvl-binding) retains CK1ε interaction but fails to induce Dvl phosphorylation. Wnt3a stimulation increases membrane localization of DAPLE and its association with Dvl. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, site-directed mutagenesis (ΔGCV, Dvl2-T224A), β-catenin reporter assay, membrane fractionation |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
32888647
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| 2020 |
DAPLE localizes to epithelial cell junctions via its PDZ-binding motif (PBM) binding the third PDZ domain of PARD3. Tyrosine phosphorylation of DAPLE's PBM by receptor and non-receptor tyrosine kinases (including Src) regulates the interaction: hypophosphorylation strengthens DAPLE–PARD3 interaction, while hyperphosphorylation disrupts it, controlling contact-triggered planar polarity. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, direct binding assay (PDZ domain pulldown), tyrosine kinase assay (Src), immunofluorescence localization, phosphomimetic/phosphonull mutagenesis |
iScience |
Medium |
32058970
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| 2022 |
The PAR polarity complex (PAR3-PAR6-aPKC) at apical cell junctions recruits DAPLE, which in turn triggers a two-pronged mechanism for assembly of the apical actomyosin network: (1) direct recruitment of the actin-stabilizing protein CD2AP to apical junctions, and (2) GPCR-independent activation of heterotrimeric G protein signaling to favor RhoA-myosin activation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence, DAPLE knockdown/overexpression, Rho activation assay, actomyosin assembly assay |
The Journal of cell biology |
High |
35389423
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| 2024 |
DAPLE (CCDC88C) is a substrate of GALNT6, which promotes O-linked GalNAc glycosylation of DAPLE, maintaining its protein stability. This O-GalNAc modification is required for DAPLE's pro-metastatic function. DAPLE promotes breast cancer metastasis via c-JUN-mediated transcriptional activation of CEMIP. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, O-glycosylation assay, GALNT6 knockdown/overexpression, CCDC88C gain/loss-of-function, c-JUN reporter assay, in vivo metastasis model |
Cancer cell international |
Medium |
38971758
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| 2015 |
DAPLE depletion suppresses Wnt5a-induced Rac and JNK activation, laminin γ2 expression, and cell migration/invasion in gastric cancer cells. Daple depletion also suppressed liver metastasis in a mouse xenograft model, positioning DAPLE downstream of Wnt5a/Dvl to activate Rac and JNK in gastric cancer. |
siRNA knockdown, Rac activation assay, JNK phosphorylation assay, laminin γ2 expression assay, Transwell migration/invasion assay, mouse xenograft metastasis model |
Cancer science |
Medium |
26577606
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| 2005 |
CCDC88C (KIAA1509) contains a coiled-coil oligomerization domain with homology to the HOOK family of proteins. The KIAA1509-PDGFRβ fusion protein resulting from t(5;14)(q33;q32) retains the KIAA1509 coiled-coil domain fused to the cytoplasmic kinase domain of PDGFRβ, producing a constitutively active tyrosine kinase that transforms hematopoietic cells. |
Inverse PCR cloning, sequencing, imatinib treatment (clinical response), domain analysis |
Leukemia |
Medium |
15496975
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| 2025 |
The CCDC88C-FLT3 (Daple-FLT3) fusion oncoprotein contains a constitutively active FLT3 kinase domain that activates STAT5a, AKT, and MAPK signaling without ligand stimulation. The coiled-coil domain of DAPLE is dispensable for kinase activation but necessary for maximal activation and pericentrosomal localization of the fusion protein. Sorafenib (and to a lesser degree imatinib) can modulate this signaling. |
Cell-based kinase activity assay, STAT5/AKT/MAPK phosphorylation assay, subcellular localization imaging, coiled-coil domain deletion mutagenesis, TKI treatment |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
41256517
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| 2025 |
DAPLE and its paralog Girdin-L bear unique extended C-terminal PDZ-binding motifs that bind to the PDZ domain of DVL2 with exceptionally high affinity, as revealed by proximity labeling combined with structural and biophysical analysis. Deletion of these motifs or the DVL2 PDZ domain results in elongated primary cilia and renders cilia unresponsive to Wnt5a-stimulated disassembly, establishing that the DVL2 PDZ–DAPLE interaction mediates primary cilia disassembly in response to Wnt5a. |
Proximity labeling (BioID), structural analysis, biophysical binding assay, PDZ motif deletion mutagenesis, primary cilia length measurement, Wnt5a stimulation assay in HEK293T cells |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
bio_10.1101_2025.09.26.678488
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| 2019 |
Two isoforms of DAPLE/CCDC88C both suppress tumor growth via their GBA motif, but only the full-length isoform triggers EMT and invasion. Both isoforms are suppressed during colon cancer progression, and their reduced expression carries additive prognostic significance. |
Isoform cloning, GBA motif mutagenesis, colony formation assay, invasion assay |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
31431650
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| 2021 |
Adult Daple-knockout mice exhibit hearing disturbances across a broad frequency range. In these mice, apical microtubules in cochlear hair cells are irregularly aggregated and the number of microtubules attached to plasma membranes is decreased, causing distorted hair bundle arrangement. Nocodazole treatment in wild-type cochlea culture phenocopied these microtubule defects, establishing DAPLE's role in apical microtubule organization and hair bundle patterning. |
Daple knockout mouse audiometry (auditory brainstem response), immunofluorescence of hair bundles, electron/confocal microscopy of apical microtubules, nocodazole pharmacological experiment |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
34642354
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| 2010 |
A homozygous splice-site mutation in CCDC88C (intron 29) causes loss of DAPLE protein. In blood from the affected patient, CTNNB1 (β-catenin) and LEF1 mRNA levels were increased compared to controls, consistent with loss of DAPLE's inhibitory role on canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling. |
Western blotting (protein loss), quantitative RT-PCR of Wnt pathway genes, positional cloning |
Molecular syndromology |
Low |
21031079
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| 2012 |
Mutations truncating the extreme C-terminus of DAPLE, including the GCV PDZ-binding motif, cause autosomal recessive congenital hydrocephalus, indicating that the PDZ domain-binding motif (which mediates Dishevelled binding) is functionally essential for DAPLE's role in brain development. |
Homozygosity mapping, whole exome sequencing, protein domain analysis of truncating mutations |
Journal of medical genetics |
Low |
23042809
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