title: Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1 internalization: modulation by ligand interaction with TGF-beta receptors types I and II and a mechanism that is distinct from clathrin-mediated endocytosis.
abstract: Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) internalization was studied by monitoring the uptake of (125)I-TGF-beta1 in Mv1Lu cells, which endogenously express TGF-beta receptors types I (RI), II (RII), and III (RIII), and 293 cells transfected with RI and RII. At 37 degrees C internalization occurred rapidly, within 10 min of ligand addition. Internalization was optimal in 293 cells expressing both RI and RII. Internalization was prevented by phenylarsine oxide, a nonspecific inhibitor of receptor internalization, but was not affected by reagents that interfere with clathrin-mediated endocytosis such as monodansylcadaverine, K44A dynamin, and inhibitors of endosomal acidification. Electron microscopic examination of Mv1Lu cells treated with (125)I- TGF-beta1 at 37 degrees C indicated that internalization occurred via a noncoated vesicular mechanism. Internalization was prevented by prebinding cells with TGF-beta1 at 4 degrees C for 2 h prior to switching the cells to 37 degrees C. This was attributed to a loss of receptor binding, as indicated by a rapid decrease in the amount of TGF-beta1 bound to the cell surface at 37 degrees C and by a reduction in the labeling intensities of RI and RII in (125)I-TGF-beta1-cross-linking experiments. Mv1Lu or 293 (RI+RII) cells, prebound with TGF-beta1 at 4 degrees C and subsequently stripped of ligand by an acid wash, nevertheless initiated a signaling response upon transfer to 37 degrees C, suggesting that prebinding promotes formation of stable RI.RII complexes that can signal independently of ligand.
authors.affiliation: Cell Surface Recognition Group, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada, Montreal, Quebec H4P 2R2, Canada. john.zwaagstra@nrc.ca
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Zwaagstra
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Alfy
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: O'Connor-McCourt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002966:Clathrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D004705:Endocytosis; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008907:Mink; D011485:Protein Binding; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002966:Clathrin; D008024:Ligands; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta