scholarly journals AP-2/Eps15 Interaction Is Required for Receptor-mediated Endocytosis

1998 ◽  
Vol 140 (5) ◽  
pp. 1055-1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Benmerah ◽  
Christophe Lamaze ◽  
Bernadette Bègue ◽  
Sandra L. Schmid ◽  
Alice Dautry-Varsat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Fusion Protein ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Coated Vesicle ◽  
Mutant Form ◽  
A431 Cells ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Receptor Mediated Endocytosis ◽  
Terminal Domain

We have previously shown that the protein Eps15 is constitutively associated with the plasma membrane adaptor complex, AP-2, suggesting its possible role in endocytosis. To explore the role of Eps15 and the function of AP-2/Eps15 association in endocytosis, the Eps15 binding domain for AP-2 was precisely delineated. The entire COOH-terminal domain of Eps15 or a mutant form lacking all the AP-2–binding sites was fused to the green fluorescent protein (GFP), and these constructs were transiently transfected in HeLa cells. Overexpression of the fusion protein containing the entire COOH-terminal domain of Eps15 strongly inhibited endocytosis of transferrin, whereas the fusion protein in which the AP-2–binding sites had been deleted had no effect. These results were confirmed in a cell-free assay that uses perforated A431 cells to follow the first steps of coated vesicle formation at the plasma membrane. Addition of Eps15-derived glutathione-S-transferase fusion proteins containing the AP-2–binding site in this assay inhibited not only constitutive endocytosis of transferrin but also ligand-induced endocytosis of epidermal growth factor. This inhibition could be ascribed to a competition between the fusion protein and endogenous Eps15 for AP-2 binding. Altogether, these results show that interaction of Eps15 with AP-2 is required for efficient receptor-mediated endocytosis and thus provide the first evidence that Eps15 is involved in the function of plasma membrane–coated pits.

Inhibition of clathrin-coated pit assembly by an Eps15 mutant

1999 ◽  
Vol 112 (9) ◽  
pp. 1303-1311 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Benmerah ◽  
M. Bayrou ◽  
N. Cerf-Bensussan ◽  
A. Dautry-Varsat
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Fusion Protein ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Specific Marker ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Receptor Mediated Endocytosis ◽  
Gfp Fusion Protein ◽  
Protein Encoding ◽  
Homology Domains

Recent data have shown that Eps15, a newly identified component of clathrin-coated pits constitutively associated with the AP-2 complex, is required for receptor-mediated endocytosis. However, its precise function remains unknown. Interestingly, Eps15 contains three EH (Eps15-Homology) domains also found in proteins required for the internalization step of endocytosis in yeast. Results presented here show that EH domains are required for correct coated pit targeting of Eps15. Furthermore, when cells expressed an Eps15 mutant lacking EH domains, the plasma membrane punctate distribution of both AP-2 and clathrin was lost, implying the absence of coated pits. This was further confirmed by the fact that dynamin, a GTPase found in coated pits, was homogeneously redistributed on the plasma membrane and that endocytosis of transferrin, a specific marker of clathrin-dependent endocytosis, was strongly inhibited. Altogether, these results strongly suggest a role for Eps15 in coated pit assembly and more precisely a role for Eps15 in the docking of AP-2 onto the plasma membrane. This hypothesis is supported by the fact that a GFP fusion protein encoding the ear domain of (alpha)-adaptin, the AP-2 binding site for Eps15, was efficiently targeted to plasma membrane coated pits.

scholarly journals Cytosol- and clathrin-dependent stimulation of endocytosis in vitro by purified adaptors.

1992 ◽  
Vol 119 (5) ◽  
pp. 1163-1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Smythe ◽  
L L Carter ◽  
S L Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Coated Vesicle ◽  
A431 Cells ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Vesicle Budding ◽  
Membrane Fission ◽  
Cytosolic Factors ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Stimulation Of

Using stage-specific assays for receptor-mediated endocytosis of transferrin (Tfn) into perforated A431 cells we show that purified adaptors stimulate coated pit assembly and ligand sequestration into deeply invaginated coated pits. Late events in endocytosis involving membrane fission and coated vesicle budding which lead to the internalization of Tfn are unaffected. AP2, plasma membrane adaptors, are active at physiological concentrations, whereas AP1, Golgi adaptors, are inactive. Adaptor-dependent stimulation of Tfn sequestration requires cytosolic clathrin, but is unaffected by clathrin purified from coated vesicles suggesting that soluble and assembled clathrin pools are functionally distinct. In addition to adaptors and cytosolic clathrin other, as yet unidentified, cytosolic factors are also required for efficient coated pit invagination. These results provide new insight into the mechanisms and regulation of coated pit assembly and invagination.

scholarly journals Direct Visualization of the Translocation of the γ-Subspecies of Protein Kinase C in Living Cells Using Fusion Proteins with Green Fluorescent Protein

1997 ◽  
Vol 139 (6) ◽  
pp. 1465-1476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norio Sakai ◽  
Keiko Sasaki ◽  
Natsu Ikegaki ◽  
Yasuhito Shirai ◽  
Yoshitaka Ono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Green Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Nmda Receptor ◽  
Fusion Protein ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Gfp Fusion Protein ◽  
Green Fluorescent

We expressed the γ-subspecies of protein kinase C (γ-PKC) fused with green fluorescent protein (GFP) in various cell lines and observed the movement of this fusion protein in living cells under a confocal laser scanning fluorescent microscope. γ-PKC–GFP fusion protein had enzymological properties very similar to that of native γ-PKC. The fluorescence of γ-PKC– GFP was observed throughout the cytoplasm in transiently transfected COS-7 cells. Stimulation by an active phorbol ester (12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate [TPA]) but not by an inactive phorbol ester (4α-phorbol 12, 13-didecanoate) induced a significant translocation of γ-PKC–GFP from cytoplasm to the plasma membrane. A23187, a Ca2+ ionophore, induced a more rapid translocation of γ-PKC–GFP than TPA. The A23187-induced translocation was abolished by elimination of extracellular and intracellular Ca2+. TPA- induced translocation of γ-PKC–GFP was unidirected, while Ca2+ ionophore–induced translocation was reversible; that is, γ-PKC–GFP translocated to the membrane returned to the cytosol and finally accumulated as patchy dots on the plasma membrane. To investigate the significance of C1 and C2 domains of γ-PKC in translocation, we expressed mutant γ-PKC–GFP fusion protein in which the two cysteine rich regions in the C1 region were disrupted (designated as BS 238) or the C2 region was deleted (BS 239). BS 238 mutant was translocated by Ca2+ ionophore but not by TPA. In contrast, BS 239 mutant was translocated by TPA but not by Ca2+ ionophore. To examine the translocation of γ-PKC–GFP under physiological conditions, we expressed it in NG-108 cells, N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor–transfected COS-7 cells, or CHO cells expressing metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (CHO/mGluR1 cells). In NG-108 cells , K+ depolarization induced rapid translocation of γ-PKC–GFP. In NMDA receptor–transfected COS-7 cells, application of NMDA plus glycine also translocated γ-PKC–GFP. Furthermore, rapid translocation and sequential retranslocation of γ-PKC–GFP were observed in CHO/ mGluR1 cells on stimulation with the receptor. Neither cytochalasin D nor colchicine affected the translocation of γ-PKC–GFP, indicating that translocation of γ-PKC was independent of actin and microtubule. γ-PKC–GFP fusion protein is a useful tool for investigating the molecular mechanism of γ-PKC translocation and the role of γ-PKC in the central nervous system.

scholarly journals Multi-modal adaptor-clathrin contacts drive coated vesicle assembly

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah M Smith ◽  
Gabrielle Larocque ◽  
Katherine M Wood ◽  
Kyle L Morris ◽  
Alan M Roseman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Fundamental Property ◽  
Structural Knowledge ◽  
Coated Vesicle ◽  
Functional Importance ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Interaction Sites ◽  
Cross Links

Clathrin-coated pits are formed by the recognition of membrane and cargo by the heterotetrameric AP2 complex and the subsequent recruitment of clathrin triskelia. A potential role for AP2 in coated-pit assembly beyond initial clathrin recruitment has not been explored. Clathrin binds the b2 subunit of AP2, and several binding sites on b2 and on the clathrin heavy chain have been identified, but our structural knowledge of these interactions is incomplete and their functional importance during endocytosis is unclear. Here, we analysed the cryo-EM structure of clathrin cages assembled in the presence of b2 hinge and appendage (b2HA) domains. We find that the b2-appendage binds in at least two positions in the cage, demonstrating that multi-modal binding is a fundamental property of clathrin-AP2 interactions. In one position, b2-appendage cross-links two adjacent terminal domains from different triskelia below the vertex. Functional analysis of b2HA-clathrin interactions reveals that endocytosis requires two clathrin interaction sites: a clathrin-box motif on the hinge and the ''sandwich site'' on the appendage, with the appendage ''platform site'' having less importance. From these studies and the work of others, we propose that b2-appendage binding to more than one clathrin triskelion is a key feature of the system and likely explains why clathrin assembly is driven by AP2.

Disruption of dynamic cell surface architecture of NIH3T3 fibroblasts by the N-terminal domains of moesin and ezrin: in vivo imaging with GFP fusion proteins

1999 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.R. Amieva ◽  
P. Litman ◽  
L. Huang ◽  
E. Ichimaru ◽  
H. Furthmayr
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Cultured Cells ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Cell Behavior ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Terminal Domain ◽  
Carboxy Terminal Domain ◽  
Carboxy Terminal

Lamellipodia, filopodia, microspikes and retraction fibers are characteristic features of a dynamic and continuously changing cell surface architecture and moesin, ezrin and radixin are thought to function in these microextensions as reversible links between plasma membrane proteins and actin microfilaments. Full-length and truncated domains of the three proteins were fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP), expressed in NIH3T3 cells, and distribution and behaviour of cells were analysed by using digitally enhanced differential interference contrast (DIC) and fluorescence video microscopy. The amino-terminal (N-)domains of all three proteins localize to the plasma membrane and fluorescence recordings parallel the dynamic changes in cell surface morphology observed by DIC microscopy of cultured cells. Expression of this domain, however, significantly affects cell surface architecture by the formation of abnormally long and fragile filopodia that poorly attach and retract abnormally. Even more striking are abundant irregular, branched and motionless membraneous structures that accumulate during retraction of lamellipodia. These are devoid of actin, endogenous moesin, ezrin and radixin, but contain the GFP-labeled domain. While a large proportion of endogenous proteins can be extracted with non-ionic detergents as in untransfected control cells, >90% of N-moesin and >60% of N-ezrin and N-radixin remain insoluble. The minimal size of the domain of moesin required for membrane localization and change in behavior includes residues 1–320. Deletions of amino acid residues from either end result in diffuse intracellular distribution, but also in normal cell behavior. Expression of GFP-fusions of full-length moesin or its carboxy-terminal domain has no effect on cell behavior during the observation period of 6–8 hours. The data suggest that, in the absence of the carboxy-terminal domain, N-moesin, -ezrin and -radixin interact tightly with the plasma membrane and interfere with normal functions of endogeneous proteins mainly during retraction.

scholarly journals Adaptor and Clathrin Exchange at the Plasma Membrane andtrans-Golgi Network

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 516-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xufeng Wu ◽  
Xiaohong Zhao ◽  
Rosa Puertollano ◽  
Juan S. Bonifacino ◽  
Evan Eisenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching ◽  
Fluorescence Recovery ◽  
Coated Vesicle ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Trans Golgi Network ◽  
Rapid Exchange ◽  
Dynamic Structures ◽  
Golgi Network ◽  
Network Exchange

We previously demonstrated, using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, that clathrin in clathrin-coated pits at the plasma membrane exchanges with free clathrin in the cytosol, suggesting that clathrin-coated pits are dynamic structures. We now investigated whether clathrin at the trans-Golgi network as well as the clathrin adaptors AP2 and AP1 in clathrin-coated pits at the plasma membrane and trans-Golgi network, respectively, also exchange with free proteins in the cytosol. We found that when the budding of clathrin-coated vesicle is blocked without significantly affecting the structure of clathrin-coated pits, both clathrin and AP2 at the plasma membrane and clathrin and AP1 at thetrans-Golgi network exchange rapidly with free proteins in the cytosol. In contrast, when budding of clathrin-coated vesicles was blocked at the plasma membrane or trans-Golgi network by hypertonic sucrose or K+ depletion, conditions that markedly affect the structure of clathrin-coated pits, clathrin exchange was blocked but AP2 at the plasma membrane and both AP1 and the GGA1 adaptor at the trans-Golgi network continue to rapidly exchange. We conclude that clathrin-coated pits are dynamic structures with rapid exchange of both clathrin and adaptors and that adaptors are able to exchange independently of clathrin when clathrin exchange is blocked.

scholarly journals Receptor-mediated endocytosis of transferrin and recycling of the transferrin receptor in rat reticulocytes.

1983 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Harding ◽  
J Heuser ◽  
P Stahl
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Transferrin Receptor ◽  
Intracellular Membrane ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Surface Receptors ◽  
Receptor Mediated Endocytosis ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Inner Surface ◽  
Multivesicular Endosomes ◽  
Rat Reticulocytes

At 4 degrees C transferrin bound to receptors on the reticulocyte plasma membrane, and at 37 degrees C receptor-mediated endocytosis of transferrin occurred. Uptake at 37 degrees C exceeded binding at 4 degrees C by 2.5-fold and saturated after 20-30 min. During uptake at 37 degrees C, bound transferrin was internalized into a trypsin-resistant space. Trypsinization at 4 degrees C destroyed surface receptors, but with subsequent incubation at 37 degrees C, surface receptors rapidly appeared (albeit in reduced numbers), and uptake occurred at a decreased level. After endocytosis, transferrin was released, apparently intact, into the extracellular space. At 37 degrees C colloidal gold-transferrin (AuTf) clustered in coated pits and then appeared inside various intracellular membrane-bounded compartments. Small vesicles and tubules were labeled after short (5-10 min) incubations at 37 degrees C. Larger multivesicular endosomes became heavily labeled after longer (20-35 min) incubations. Multivesicular endosomes apparently fused with the plasma membrane and released their contents by exocytosis. None of these organelles appeared to be lysosomal in nature, and 98% of intracellular AuTf was localized in acid phosphatase-negative compartments. AuTf, like transferrin, was released with subsequent incubation at 37 degrees C. Freeze-dried and freeze-fractured reticulocytes confirmed the distribution of AuTf in reticulocytes and revealed the presence of clathrin-coated patches amidst the spectrin coating the inner surface of the plasma membrane. These data suggest that transferrin is internalized via coated pits and vesicles and demonstrate that transferrin and its receptor are recycled back to the plasma membrane after endocytosis.

scholarly journals Immunofluorescent localization of 100K coated vesicle proteins.

1986 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
M S Robinson ◽  
B M Pearse
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Limited Proteolysis ◽  
Bovine Brain ◽  
Coated Vesicles ◽  
Cell Protein ◽  
Coated Vesicle ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Double Labeling ◽  
Vesicle Proteins

A family of coated vesicle proteins, with molecular weights of approximately 100,000 and designated 100K, has been implicated in both coat assembly and the attachment of clathrin to the vesicle membrane. These proteins were purified from extracts of bovine brain coated vesicles by gel filtration, hydroxylapatite chromatography, and preparative SDS PAGE. Peptide mapping by limited proteolysis indicated that the polypeptides making up the three major 100K bands have distinct amino acid sequences. When four rats were immunized with total 100K protein, each rat responded differently to the different bands, although all four antisera cross-reacted with the 100K proteins of human placental coated vesicles. After affinity purification, two of the antisera were able to detect a 100K band on blots of whole 3T3 cell protein and were used for immunofluorescence, double labeling the cells with either rabbit anti-clathrin or with wheat germ lectin as a Golgi apparatus marker. Both antisera gave staining that was coincident with anti-clathrin, with punctate labeling of the plasma membrane and perinuclear Golgi apparatus labeling. Thus, the 100K proteins are present on endocytic as well as Golgi-derived coated pits and vesicles. The punctate patterns were nearly identical with anti-100K and anti-clathrin, indicating that when vesicles become uncoated, the 100K proteins are removed as well as clathrin. One of the two antisera gave stronger plasma membrane labeling than Golgi apparatus labeling when compared with the anti-clathrin antiserum. The other antiserum gave stronger Golgi apparatus labeling. Although we have as yet no evidence that these two antisera label different proteins on blots of 3T3 cells, they do show differences on blots of bovine brain 100K proteins. This result, although preliminary, raises the possibility that different 100K proteins may be associated with different pathways of membrane traffic.

scholarly journals Structure-based inhibitors reveal roles for the clathrin terminal domain and its W-box binding site in CME

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiming Chen ◽  
Rosa Mino ◽  
Marcel Mettlen ◽  
Peter Michaely ◽  
Madhura Bhave ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binding Sites ◽  
Fluid Phase ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Bulk Fluid ◽  
Lysosomal Trafficking ◽  
Terminal Domain ◽  
Binding Surface ◽  
Fluid Phase Endocytosis ◽  
Late Stages

AbstractClathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) occurs via the formation of clathrin-coated vesicles from clathrin-coated pits (CCPs). Clathrin is recruited to CCPs through interactions between the AP2 complex and its N-terminal domain (TD), which in turn recruits endocytic accessory proteins. Inhibitors of CME that interfere with clathrin function have been described, but their specificity and mechanisms of action are unclear. Here we show that overexpression of the TD with or without the distal leg specifically inhibits CME and CCP dynamics by perturbing clathrin interactions with AP2 and SNX9. We designed small membrane-penetrating peptides that mimic the four known binding sites on the TD. A peptide, Wbox2, designed to mimic to the W-box motif binding surface on TD binds to SNX9 and AP2, and potently and acutely inhibits CME, while not perturbing AP1-dependent lysosomal trafficking from the Golgi or bulk, fluid phase endocytosis.SummaryChen et al define the role the N-terminal domain (TD) of clathrin heavy chain in early and late stages of clathrin-mediated endocytosis, and guided by its structure, design a membrane-penetrating peptide, Wbox2, that acutely and potently inhibits CME.

scholarly journals Three-dimensional visualization of coated vesicle formation in fibroblasts.

1980 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 560-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Heuser
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Coated Vesicles ◽  
Coated Vesicle ◽  
Vesicle Formation ◽  
Receptor Mediated Endocytosis ◽  
Replication Method ◽  
Complete Contraction ◽  
Partial Contraction ◽  
Selective Mechanism

Fibroblasts apparently ingest low density lipoproteins (LDL) by a selective mechanism of receptor-mediated endocytosis involving the formation of coated vesicles from the plasma membrane. However, it is not known exactly how coated vesicles collect LDL receptors and pinch off from the plasma membrane. In this report, the quick-freeze, deep-etch, rotary-replication method has been applied to fibroblasts; it displays with unusual clarity the coats that appear under the plasma membrane at the start of receptor-mediated endocytosis. These coats appear to be polygonal networks of 7-nm strands or struts arranged into 30-nm polygons, most of which are hexagons but some of which are 5- and 7-sided rings. The proportion of pentagons in each network increases as the coated area of the plasma membrane puckers up from its planar configuration (where the network is mostly hexagons) to its most sharply curved condition as a pinched-off coated vesicle. Coats around the smallest vesicles (which are icosahedrons of hexagons and pentagons) appear only slightly different from "empty coats" purified from homogenized brain, which are less symmetrical baskets containing more pentagons than hexagons. A search for structural intermediates in this coat transformation allows a test of T. Kanaseki and K. Kadota's (1969. J. Cell Biol. 42:202--220.) original idea that an internal rearrangement in this basketwork from hexagons to pentagons could "power" coated vesicle formation. The most noteworthy variations in the typical hexagonal honeycomb are focal juxtapositions of 5- and 7-sided polygons at points of partial contraction and curvature in the basketwork. These appear to precede complete contraction into individual pentagons completely surrounded by hexagons, which is the pattern that characterizes the final spherical baskets around coated vesicles.

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