title: Dual single-scission event analysis of constitutive transferrin receptor (TfR) endocytosis and ligand-triggered β2-adrenergic receptor (β2AR) or Mu-opioid receptor (MOR) endocytosis.
abstract: The dynamic relationship between constitutive and ligand-triggered clathrin-mediated endocytosis is only poorly characterized, and it remains controversial whether clathrin-coated pits specialize to internalize particular receptor cargo. Here we analyzed the ligand-triggered endocytosis of the model G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) β2-adrenergic receptor (β2AR) and Mu-opioid receptor (MOR) at the level of individual endocytic events using a total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM)-based assay. Similar to the constitutive endocytosis of transferrin receptor (TfR), ligand- triggered endocytosis of β2AR occurs via quantized scission events hosted by clathrin spots and plaques of variable size and persistence. To address whether clathrin-coated structures (CCSs) specialize to internalize particular GPCRs, we adapted the TIRFM imaging assay to simultaneously quantify the internalization of TfR and the ligand- triggered endocytosis of the β2AR or MOR. Agonist-triggered β2AR or MOR endocytosis extended the maturation time of CCSs, as shown previously, but did not affect the rate of constitutive TfR endocytosis or loading of TfR into individual endocytic vesicles. Both the β2AR and the MOR receptors entered cells in the same vesicles as TfR, and the overall evidence for CCS specialization was weak. These data support a simple model in which different cargoes internalize through common CCSs.
authors: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany Translational Lung Research Center, Department of Translational Pulmonology, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: Marko
authors: M
authors: Lampe
authors: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UPR3082, Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et de Biochimie Structurales, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
authors: Fabienne
authors: F
authors: Pierre
authors: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, 13110 Safat, Kuwait.
authors: Suleiman
authors: S
authors: Al-Sabah
authors: Fachbereich Pharmazie, Institut für Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmazie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35033 Marburg, Germany.
authors: Cornelius
authors: C
authors: Krasel
authors: Fachbereich Pharmazie, Institut für Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmazie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35033 Marburg, Germany christien.merrifield@lebs.cnrs-gif.fr.
authors: Christien J
authors: CJ
authors: Merrifield
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D022163:Clathrin-Coated Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D003034:Coated Pits, Cell-Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D006801:Humans; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000378:metabolism*; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin