Relationships between EGFR signaling-competent and endocytosis-competent membrane microdomains.
Mol Biol Cell
; 16(6): 2704-18, 2005 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-15772153
ABSTRACT
Membrane microdomains, the so-called lipid rafts, function as platforms to concentrate receptors and assemble the signal transduction machinery. Internalization, in most cases, is carried out by different specialized structures, the clathrin-coated pits. Here, we show that several endocytic proteins are efficiently recruited to morphologically identified plasma membrane lipid rafts, upon activation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR), a receptor tyrosine kinase. Analysis of detergent-resistant membrane fractions revealed that the EGF-dependent association of endocytic proteins with rafts is as efficient as that of signaling effector molecules, such as Grb2 or Shc. Finally, the EGFR, but not the nonsignaling transferrin receptor, could be localized in nascent coated pits that almost invariably contained raft membranes. Thus, specialized membrane microdomains have the ability to assemble both the molecular machineries necessary for intracellular propagation of EGFR effector signals and for receptor internalization.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transdução de Sinais
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Microdomínios da Membrana
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Endocitose
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Receptores ErbB
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mol Biol Cell
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália