title: Novel proteins mediate an interaction between clathrin-coated vesicles and polymerizing actin filaments.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody, A-7C11, was generated which reacts with two polypeptides of 40 kDa and 80 kDa associated with the coat proteins of purified brain clathirn-coated vesicles. The 40-kDa antigen was purified and found to display actin-binding properties. Negative-staining electron microscopy showed that one of the antigens reactive with A-7C11 appears to mediate the association of isolated clathrin-coated vesicles with assembling actin filaments in vitro. Immunofluorescence microscopy of cultured fibroblasts with A-7C11 revealed the antigens aligned with both actin filaments and as punctate structures near the plasma membrane. The data suggest that the interaction between clathrin-coated vesicles and the actin cytoskeleton is mediated by antigens identified by monoclonal antibody A-7C11.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kohtz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puszkin
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D002966:Clathrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D003034:Coated Pits, Cell-Membrane / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002966:Clathrin; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins