SFRP1: Soluble frizzled-related proteins (sFRPS) function as modulators of Wnt signaling through direct interaction with Wnts. They have a role in regulating cell growth and differentiation in specific cell types. SFRP1 decreases intracellular beta-catenin levels. Has antiproliferative effects on vascular cells, in vitro and in vivo, and can induce, in vivo, an angiogenic response. In vascular cell cycle, delays the G1 phase and entry into the S phase. In kidney development, inhibits tubule formation and bud growth in metanephroi. Inhibits WNT1/WNT4-mediated TCF-dependent transcription. Interacts with WNT1, WNT2 and FRZD6. Interacts with WNT4 and WNT8. Down-regulated in colorectal and breast tumors. Up- regulated in uterine leiomyomas under high estrogenic conditions. Expression, in leiomyomal cells, also increased both under hypoxic and serum deprivation conditions. Widely expressed. Absent from lung, liver and peripheral blood leukocytes. Highest levels in heart and fetal kidney. Also expressed in testis, ovary, fetal brain and lung, leiomyomal cells, myometrial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells. Expressed in foreskin fibroblasts and in keratinocytes. Belongs to the secreted frizzled-related protein (sFRP) family.
Protein type: Secreted, signal peptide; Secreted
Cellular Component: extracellular matrix; proteinaceous extracellular matrix; extracellular space; cell surface; extracellular region; plasma membrane; intracellular; cytosol
Molecular Function: heparin binding; Wnt-protein binding; identical protein binding; protein binding; frizzled binding; cysteine-type endopeptidase activity; drug binding
Biological Process: neural tube development; negative regulation of osteoclast differentiation; negative regulation of Wnt receptor signaling pathway; somatic stem cell maintenance; positive regulation of apoptosis; positive regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; multicellular organismal development; dorsal/ventral axis specification; Wnt receptor signaling pathway through beta-catenin; proteolysis; response to organic cyclic substance; negative regulation of insulin secretion; negative regulation of BMP signaling pathway; anterior/posterior pattern formation; negative regulation of cell proliferation; positive regulation of cell proliferation; negative regulation of ossification; positive regulation of smoothened signaling pathway; hemopoiesis; negative regulation of osteoblast differentiation; cell differentiation; negative regulation of cell migration; positive regulation of Wnt receptor signaling pathway; female gonad development; negative regulation of epithelial cell proliferation; response to drug; negative regulation of B cell differentiation; negative regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation; negative regulation of JNK activity; somitogenesis; Wnt receptor signaling pathway; Wnt receptor signaling pathway, planar cell polarity pathway; male gonad development; digestive tract morphogenesis; positive regulation of cell growth; development of primary male sexual characteristics; negative regulation of fibroblast proliferation; negative regulation of bone remodeling; neural tube closure; positive regulation of fat cell differentiation; neural crest cell fate commitment; negative regulation of osteoblast proliferation; hemopoietic progenitor cell differentiation; negative regulation of cell growth; negative regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; actin cytoskeleton organization and biogenesis; regulation of ossification; positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation; negative regulation of apoptosis
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