WNT-β Catenin Signaling as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Neurodegenerative Diseases: Current Status and Future Perspective

• Published in: Diseases Vol. 11; no. 3; p. 89
• Main Authors: Ramakrishna, Kakarla, Nalla, Lakshmi Vineela, Naresh, Dumala, Venkateswarlu, Kojja, Viswanadh, Matte Kasi, Nalluri, Buchi N, Chakravarthy, Guntupalli, Duguluri, Sajusha, Singh, Payal, Rai, Sachchida Nand, Kumar, Ashish, Singh, Veer, Singh, Santosh Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 25-06-2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Alzheimer's disease; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cell migration; Cell proliferation; Chromosomes; Developmental stages; Homeostasis; Huntington's disease; Huntingtons disease; Kinases; Movement disorders; Multiple sclerosis; Neurodegeneration; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurogenesis; Parkinson's disease; Review; Signal transduction; Spinal muscular atrophy; Therapeutic applications; Therapeutic targets; WNT; Wnt protein; β-Catenin; neurogenesis; homeostasis; neurodegenerative diseases; β-catenin; WNT
• ISSN: 2079-9721; 2079-9721
• DOI: 10.3390/diseases11030089

Wnt/β-catenin (WβC) signaling pathway is an important signaling pathway for the maintenance of cellular homeostasis from the embryonic developmental stages to adulthood. The canonical pathway of WβC signaling is essential for neurogenesis, cell proliferation, and neurogenesis, whereas the noncanonical pathway (WNT/Ca
and WNT/PCP) is responsible for cell polarity, calcium maintenance, and cell migration. Abnormal regulation of WβC signaling is involved in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), Huntington's disease (HD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis (MS), and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Hence, the alteration of WβC signaling is considered a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease. In the present review, we have used the bibliographical information from PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus to address the current prospects of WβC signaling role in the abovementioned neurodegenerative diseases.