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Li, V. FZD4 Gene. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/5606 (accessed on 26 December 2024).
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FZD4 Gene
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This entry is adapted from the peer-reviewed paper https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/fzd4

Frizzled class receptor 4

genes

1. Normal Function

The FZD4 gene provides instructions for making a protein called frizzled-4. This protein is embedded in the outer membrane of many types of cells, where it is involved in transmitting chemical signals from outside the cell to the cell's nucleus. Specifically, frizzled-4 participates in the Wnt signaling pathway, a series of steps that affect the way cells and tissues develop. Wnt signaling is important for cell division (proliferation), attachment of cells to one another (adhesion), cell movement (migration), and many other cellular activities.

Studies suggest that, at the cell surface, the frizzled-4 protein interacts with a protein called norrin (produced from the NDP gene). The two proteins fit together like a key in a lock. Researchers suspect that when norrin attaches (binds) to frizzled-4, it initiates a multi-step process that regulates the activity of certain genes. During early development, signaling by norrin and frizzled-4 plays a critical role in the specialization of cells in the retina, which is the light-sensing tissue at the back of the eye. This signaling pathway is also involved in the establishment of a blood supply to the retina and the inner ear.

2. Health Conditions Related to Genetic Changes

2.1 Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy

More than 20 mutations in the FZD4 gene have been identified in people with an eye disorder called familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Some of these mutations change single protein building blocks (amino acids) in frizzled-4, while others insert or delete genetic material in the FZD4 gene. Most FZD4 mutations reduce the amount of frizzled-4 that is produced within cells. Other mutations are thought to result in the production of an unstable protein that cannot bind to norrin.

A reduction in the amount of frizzled-4 disrupts chemical signaling in the developing eye, which interferes with the formation of blood vessels at the edges of the retina. The resulting abnormal blood supply to this tissue leads to retinal damage and vision loss in some people with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy.

3. Other Names for This Gene

  • CD344

  • EVR1

  • FEVR

  • frizzled 4

  • frizzled family receptor 4

  • frizzled homolog 4 (Drosophila)

  • Fz-4

  • FZD4_HUMAN

  • FZD4S

  • FzE4

  • GPCR

  • MGC34390

  • WNT receptor frizzled-4

References

  1. Kondo H, Hayashi H, Oshima K, Tahira T, Hayashi K. Frizzled 4 gene (FZD4)mutations in patients with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy with variableexpressivity. Br J Ophthalmol. 2003 Oct;87(10):1291-5.
  2. Nallathambi J, Shukla D, Rajendran A, Namperumalsamy P, Muthulakshmi R,Sundaresan P. Identification of novel FZD4 mutations in Indian patients withfamilial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Mol Vis. 2006 Sep 21;12:1086-92.
  3. Qin M, Hayashi H, Oshima K, Tahira T, Hayashi K, Kondo H. Complexity of thegenotype-phenotype correlation in familial exudative vitreoretinopathy withmutations in the LRP5 and/or FZD4 genes. Hum Mutat. 2005 Aug;26(2):104-12.
  4. Qin M, Kondo H, Tahira T, Hayashi K. Moderate reduction of Norrin signalingactivity associated with the causative missense mutations identified in patients with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Hum Genet. 2008 Jan;122(6):615-23.
  5. Toomes C, Bottomley HM, Jackson RM, Towns KV, Scott S, Mackey DA, Craig JE,Jiang L, Yang Z, Trembath R, Woodruff G, Gregory-Evans CY, Gregory-Evans K,Parker MJ, Black GC, Downey LM, Zhang K, Inglehearn CF. Mutations in LRP5 or FZD4underlie the common familial exudative vitreoretinopathy locus on chromosome 11q.Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Apr;74(4):721-30.
  6. Toomes C, Bottomley HM, Scott S, Mackey DA, Craig JE, Appukuttan B, Stout JT, Flaxel CJ, Zhang K, Black GC, Fryer A, Downey LM, Inglehearn CF. Spectrum andfrequency of FZD4 mutations in familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. InvestOphthalmol Vis Sci. 2004 Jul;45(7):2083-90.
  7. Warden SM, Andreoli CM, Mukai S. The Wnt signaling pathway in familialexudative vitreoretinopathy and Norrie disease. Semin Ophthalmol. 2007Oct-Dec;22(4):211-7. Review.
  8. Xu Q, Wang Y, Dabdoub A, Smallwood PM, Williams J, Woods C, Kelley MW, JiangL, Tasman W, Zhang K, Nathans J. Vascular development in the retina and innerear: control by Norrin and Frizzled-4, a high-affinity ligand-receptor pair.Cell. 2004 Mar 19;116(6):883-95.
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