We are currently defining the mechanistic role of Numb in
the endocytosis of Notch.
We are also investigating
endocytosis of the cell surface receptor, Notch, a protein involved in cell fate specification (6).
We have established that clathrin - dependent
endocytosis of the type - I interferon (IFN - α / β) receptor (IFNAR) is required for JAK / STAT signalling.
Endocytosis of Ligand - Activated Sphingosine 1 - Phosphate Receptor 1 Mediated by the Clathrin - Pathway.
Sphingosine 1 - phosphate - induced motility and
endocytosis of dendritic cells is regulated by SWAP - 70 through RhoA.
How carrier size and valency modulate receptor - mediated signaling: understanding the link between binding and
endocytosis of ICAM -1-targeted carriers.
Protein kinase C - dependent ubiquitination and clathrin - mediated
endocytosis of the cationic amino acid transporter CAT - 1.
Three ubiquitin conjugation sites in the amino terminus of the dopamine transporter mediate protein kinase C — dependent
endocytosis of the transporter.
Multiple mechanisms collectively regulate clathrin - mediated
endocytosis of the epidermal growth factor receptor.
These findings provide a previously unrecognized mechanism for receptor recruitment of β - arrestin and demonstrate that Dvl plays an important role in
the endocytosis of frizzled, as well as in promoting signaling.
Wnt proteins, regulators of development in many organisms, bind to seven transmembrane — spanning (7TMS) receptors called frizzleds, thereby recruiting the cytoplasmic molecule dishevelled (Dvl) to the plasma membrane.Frizzled - mediated
endocytosis of Wg (a Drosophila Wnt protein) and lysosomal degradation may regulate the formation of morphogen gradients.
Endocytosis of Frizzled 4 (Fz4) in human embryonic kidney 293 cells was dependent on added Wnt5A protein and was accomplished by the multifunctional adaptor protein β - arrestin 2 (βarr2), which was recruited to Fz4 by binding to phosphorylated Dvl2.
β - Arrestins are required for
endocytosis of Smo and signaling to Gli transcription factors.
Not exact matches
Among all the genes that control
endocytosis, the authors
of the study focused specifically on one, called RAB7; this gene is highly expressed in melanoma cells.
Chao also showed that excess choline inhibited
endocytosis, mimicking the effects
of CTL1 loss and suggesting that a critical CTL1 function is to sequester choline into endosomes.
Dr. Taraska's lab studies the structural cell biology
of exocytosis and
endocytosis with advanced imaging methods including live cell microscopy, superresolution fluorescence, and electron microscopy.
To initiate
endocytosis, adaptor proteins need to recognize specific areas
of the membrane to be internalized.
While proteins involved in
endocytosis, such as clathrin, are conserved across the animal and plant kingdoms, the members
of the TPLATE complex appears specially designed for plants.
While working on his Ph.D., Dr. Taraska investigated the processes
of triggered exocytosis and
endocytosis in neuroendocrine cells with high - resolution microscopy methods.
Using state -
of - the - art techniques, researchers
of VIB, Ghent University and the Max - Planck - Institute in Potsdam - Golm have now identified an adaptor protein complex which is essential for
endocytosis and which only exists in plants.
The new method will allow cell biologists to accurately study the timing
of endocytosis and what proteins are required.
A team at Warwick Medical School, University
of Warwick, has managed to trigger clathrin - mediated
endocytosis in the lab.
The latest frontier in this search for cancer telltales is the cellular process
of endocytosis, which is the way cells take outside materials like proteins inside.
Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National University
of Singapore, report that
endocytosis, which was previously thought to be a random process, actually occurs in a coordinated manner through collective dynamics.
There are multiple modes
of endocytosis, of which Clathrin - Mediated Endocytosis (CME) is a maj
endocytosis,
of which Clathrin - Mediated
Endocytosis (CME) is a maj
Endocytosis (CME) is a major example.
But by hierarchical clustering
of observed alterations in
endocytosis, the researchers identified two distinct cancer phenotype clusters, one marked by mutations in the oncogene KRAS in mesenchymal cells and the other by changes in epithelial cells.
A cell can change the amount
of these cell surface proteins by internalizing small portions
of the membrane through
endocytosis.
The UT Southwestern researchers monitored
endocytosis in NSCLCs and found significant heterogeneity among the various cell lines, underlining the astounding variety and personal nature
of cancer types.
The link between
endocytosis and generation
of cortical actin waves may provide deeper insight into how cells maintain the composition and dynamics
of the plasma membrane.
This study reports for the first time the occurrence
of collective dynamics
of endocytosis and shows how this regulates the onset
of cortical actin waves.
Endocytosis is not normal in cancer cells but how dysregulated the process is in cancer cells has just been revealed by Sarah Elkin and colleagues in the University
of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center lab
of Sandra Schmid.
A solution to the problem
of creating
endocytosis on demand is being compared to «hotwiring» a car.
The team also solved the problem
of knowing where
endocytosis will happen on the cell.
In particular, this study demonstrates the capability to track structural dynamics and remodeling
of the cell surface, such as morphogenesis
of filopodia, membrane ruffles, pit formation or
endocytosis, in response to environmental stimulants.
Moreover, examination
of the role
of Mcf1 can be dissected genetically using mutants that either interfere with its
endocytosis into target cells, or Rac signalling mutants that hint at early and unexpected Mcf1 mediated effects on the phagocyte cytoskeleton.
Apparently, too much alpha - synuclein in the nerve terminal causes microtubules to over-assemble and somehow get in the way
of endocytosis.
The retrieval
of an emptied vesicle membrane is called «
endocytosis,» and it is this process that an overabundance
of alpha - synuclein disrupts.
A deeper look into the mechanism by which alpha - synuclein inhibits
endocytosis revealed toxic effects
of the over-assembly
of microtubules.
«If you inhibit [
endocytosis in the nerve terminal], then the vesicle recycling becomes slower and the supply
of the vesicles is inhibited,» OIST Professor Tomoyuki Takahashi from the Cellular and Molecular Synaptic Function Unit explains.
Researchers at the Okinawa Institute
of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have found that the protein hinders a key step involved in the transmission
of neuronal signals, which is essential for higher - brain functioning: vesicle
endocytosis at the nerve terminal.
As all yeast integral PM components that we observed exhibit very slow lateral mobility we expect that delivery and removal
of membrane components via exo - and
endocytosis have a major influence on the final lateral localization patterns.
Endocytosis by random initiation and stabilization
of clathrin - coated pits.
Our studies on the molecular mechanisms
of endocytosis led to the discovery that the small GTPase Rab5 is a master regulator
of early endosome biogenesis.
Giovanni Marsico (Zerial, MPG)-- «Analysis
of the interplay between
endocytosis and cell morphology through the development
of computational methods» (2011)
Altered cortical GABAA receptor composition, physiology, and
endocytosis in a mouse model
of a human genetic absence epilepsy syndrome.
High advanced glycation end - products overwhelm innate defenses
of enzymes and receptor - mediated
endocytosis and promote cell damage via the pro-inflammatory and pro-oxidant receptor for advanced glycation end - products.
RNA interference screen reveals an essential role
of Nedd4 — 2 in dopamine transporter ubiquitination and
endocytosis.
Use
of dynasore, the small molecule inhibitor
of dynamin, in the regulation
of endocytosis.
Live - cell fluorescence imaging reveals high stoichiometry
of Grb2 binding to the EGF receptor sustained during
endocytosis.
Clathrin light chain directs
endocytosis by influencing the binding
of the yeast Hip1R homologue, Sla2, to F - actin.