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Rojas Molina R, Liese S, Alimohamadi H, Rangamani P, Carlson A. Diffuso-kinetic membrane budding dynamics. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:10889-10899. [PMID: 33125025 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01028f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A wide range of proteins are known to create shape transformations of biological membranes, where the remodelling is a coupling between the energetic costs from deforming the membrane, the recruitment of proteins that induce a local spontaneous curvature C0 and the diffusion of proteins along the membrane. We propose a minimal mathematical model that accounts for these processes to describe the diffuso-kinetic dynamics of membrane budding processes. By deploying numerical simulations we map out the membrane shapes, the time for vesicle formation and the vesicle size as a function of the dimensionless kinetic recruitment parameter K1 and the proteins sensitivity to mean curvature. We derive a time for scission that follows a power law ∼K1-2/3, a consequence of the interplay between the spreading of proteins by diffusion and the kinetic-limited increase of the protein density on the membrane. We also find a scaling law for the vesicle size ∼1/([small sigma, Greek, macron]avC0), with [small sigma, Greek, macron]av the average protein density in the vesicle, which is confirmed in the numerical simulations. Rescaling all the membrane profiles at the time of vesicle formation highlights that the membrane adopts a self-similar shape.
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- Rossana Rojas Molina
- Mechanics Division, Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway.
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Stassen OMJA, Ristori T, Sahlgren CM. Notch in mechanotransduction - from molecular mechanosensitivity to tissue mechanostasis. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:133/24/jcs250738. [PMID: 33443070 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.250738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Tissue development and homeostasis are controlled by mechanical cues. Perturbation of the mechanical equilibrium triggers restoration of mechanostasis through changes in cell behavior, while defects in these restorative mechanisms lead to mechanopathologies, for example, osteoporosis, myopathies, fibrosis or cardiovascular disease. Therefore, sensing mechanical cues and integrating them with the biomolecular cell fate machinery is essential for the maintenance of health. The Notch signaling pathway regulates cell and tissue fate in nearly all tissues. Notch activation is directly and indirectly mechanosensitive, and regulation of Notch signaling, and consequently cell fate, is integral to the cellular response to mechanical cues. Fully understanding the dynamic relationship between molecular signaling, tissue mechanics and tissue remodeling is challenging. To address this challenge, engineered microtissues and computational models play an increasingly large role. In this Review, we propose that Notch takes on the role of a 'mechanostat', maintaining the mechanical equilibrium of tissues. We discuss the reciprocal role of Notch in the regulation of tissue mechanics, with an emphasis on cardiovascular tissues, and the potential of computational and engineering approaches to unravel the complex dynamic relationship between mechanics and signaling in the maintenance of cell and tissue mechanostasis.
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- Oscar M J A Stassen
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, 20500 Turku, Finland.,Turku Bioscience Centre, Åbo Akademi University and University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.,Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, 20500 Turku, Finland .,Turku Bioscience Centre, Åbo Akademi University and University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.,Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Frey F, Schwarz US. Competing pathways for the invagination of clathrin-coated membranes. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:10723-10733. [PMID: 33107553 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01375g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Clathrin-mediated endocytosis is the major pathway by which eukaryotic cells take up extracellular material, but it is still elusive which physical pathways are being taken during membrane invagination. From a continuum point of view, it can be driven by increases in coat stiffness, preferred curvature or line tension. Here we develop a comprehensive theoretical framework that can be solved analytically and that predicts the consequences of these different scenarios. We find that for the case of increasing stiffness or preferred curvature, curvature will be acquired gradually with growth, while for increasing line tension, the lattice must have grown to a certain size before a flat-to-curved transition can occur. At low membrane tension, the critical value for coat stiffness is 30 kBT, for preferred curvature it is 200 nm, and for line tension it is 6 pN. For high membrane tension, critical coat stiffness is 150 kBT and critical preferred curvature is 70 nm. In the mixed case when a coat with finite rigidity but increasing line tension is considered, a cup-to-sphere transition can occur for a line tension of 6 pN. The flat-to-curved and the cup-to-sphere transitions driven by line tension are both suppressed by high membrane tension.
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- Felix Frey
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, Philosophenweg 19, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Wayt J, Cartagena-Rivera A, Dutta D, Donaldson JG, Waterman CM. Myosin II isoforms promote internalization of spatially distinct clathrin-independent endocytosis cargoes through modulation of cortical tension downstream of ROCK2. Mol Biol Cell 2020; 32:226-236. [PMID: 33326251 PMCID: PMC8098828 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-07-0480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Although the actomyosin cytoskeleton has been implicated in clathrin-mediated endocytosis, a clear requirement for actomyosin in clathrin-independent endocytosis (CIE) has not been demonstrated. We discovered that the Rho-associated kinase ROCK2 is required for CIE of MHCI and CD59 through promotion of myosin II activity. Myosin IIA promoted internalization of MHCI and myosin IIB drove CD59 uptake in both HeLa and polarized Caco2 intestinal epithelial cells. In Caco2 cells, myosin IIA localized to the basal cortex and apical brush border and mediated MHCI internalization from the basolateral domain, while myosin IIB localized at the basal cortex and apical cell–cell junctions and promoted CD59 uptake from the apical membrane. Atomic force microscopy demonstrated that myosin IIB mediated apical epithelial tension in Caco2 cells. Thus, specific cargoes are internalized by ROCK2-mediated activation of myosin II isoforms to mediate spatial regulation of CIE, possibly by modulation of local cortical tension.
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- Jessica Wayt
- Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD 20814
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- Section on Mechanobiology, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD 20814
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20850
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD 20814
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD 20814
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Joseph JG, Osorio C, Yee V, Agrawal A, Liu AP. Complimentary action of structured and unstructured domains of epsin supports clathrin-mediated endocytosis at high tension. Commun Biol 2020; 3:743. [PMID: 33293652 PMCID: PMC7722716 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01471-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Membrane tension plays an inhibitory role in clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) by impeding the transition of flat plasma membrane to hemispherical clathrin-coated structures (CCSs). Membrane tension also impedes the transition of hemispherical domes to omega-shaped CCSs. However, CME is not completely halted in cells under high tension conditions. Here we find that epsin, a membrane bending protein which inserts its N-terminus H0 helix into lipid bilayer, supports flat-to-dome transition of a CCS and stabilizes its curvature at high tension. This discovery is supported by molecular dynamic simulation of the epsin N-terminal homology (ENTH) domain that becomes more structured when embedded in a lipid bilayer. In addition, epsin has an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) C-terminus domain which induces membrane curvature via steric repulsion. Insertion of H0 helix into lipid bilayer is not sufficient for stable epsin recruitment. Epsin's binding to adaptor protein 2 and clathrin is critical for epsin's association with CCSs under high tension conditions, supporting the importance of multivalent interactions in CCSs. Together, our results support a model where the ENTH and unstructured IDP region of epsin have complementary roles to ensure CME initiation and CCS maturation are unimpeded under high tension environments.
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- Jophin G Joseph
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
- Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Park CE, Cho Y, Cho I, Jung H, Kim B, Shin JH, Choi S, Kwon SK, Hahn YK, Chang JB. Super-Resolution Three-Dimensional Imaging of Actin Filaments in Cultured Cells and the Brain via Expansion Microscopy. ACS NANO 2020; 14:14999-15010. [PMID: 33095573 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c04915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Actin is an essential protein in almost all life forms. It mediates diverse biological functions, ranging from controlling the shape of cells and cell movements to cargo transport and the formation of synaptic connections. Multiple diseases are closely related to the dysfunction of actin or actin-related proteins. Despite the biological importance of actin, super-resolution imaging of it in tissue is still challenging, as it forms very dense networks in almost all cells inside the tissue. In this work, we demonstrate multiplexed super-resolution volumetric imaging of actin in both cultured cells and mouse brain slices via expansion microscopy (ExM). By introducing a simple labeling process, which enables the anchoring of an actin probe, phalloidin, to a swellable hydrogel, the multiplexed ExM imaging of actin filaments was achieved. We first showed that this technique could visualize the nanoscale details of actin filament organizations in cultured cells. Then, we applied this technique to mouse brain slices and visualized diverse actin organizations, such as the parallel actin filaments along the long axis of dendrites and dense actin structures in postsynaptic spines. We examined the postsynaptic spines in the mouse brain and showed that the organizations of actin filaments are highly diverse. This technique, which enables the high-throughput 60 nm resolution imaging of actin filaments and other proteins in cultured cells and thick tissue slices, would be a useful tool to study the organization of actin filaments in diverse biological circumstances and how they change under pathological conditions.
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- Chan E Park
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
- Center for Functional Connectomics, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
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- Center for Functional Connectomics, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea
- Division of Bio-Medical Science & Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul 02792, Korea
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- Biomedical Convergence Science & Technology, Industrial Technology Advances, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea
- KI for Health Science and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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Pedersen RTA, Hassinger JE, Marchando P, Drubin DG. Spatial regulation of clathrin-mediated endocytosis through position-dependent site maturation. J Cell Biol 2020; 219:211446. [PMID: 33053166 PMCID: PMC7545360 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202002160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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During clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME), over 50 different proteins assemble on the plasma membrane to reshape it into a cargo-laden vesicle. It has long been assumed that cargo triggers local CME site assembly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae based on the discovery that cortical actin patches, which cluster near exocytic sites, are CME sites. Quantitative imaging data reported here lead to a radically different view of which CME steps are regulated and which steps are deterministic. We quantitatively and spatially describe progression through the CME pathway and pinpoint a cargo-sensitive regulatory transition point that governs progression from the initiation phase of CME to the internalization phase. Thus, site maturation, rather than site initiation, accounts for the previously observed polarized distribution of actin patches in this organism. While previous studies suggested that cargo ensures its own internalization by regulating either CME initiation rates or frequency of abortive events, our data instead identify maturation through a checkpoint in the pathway as the cargo-sensitive step.
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- Ross T A Pedersen
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.,Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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Kell MJ, Ang SF, Pigati L, Halpern A, Fölsch H. Novel function for AP-1B during cell migration. Mol Biol Cell 2020; 31:2475-2493. [PMID: 32816642 PMCID: PMC7851849 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-04-0256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The epithelial cell-specific clathrin adaptor protein (AP)-1B has a well-established role in polarized sorting of cargos to the basolateral membrane. Here we show that β1 integrin was dependent on AP-1B and its coadaptor, autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia protein (ARH), for sorting to the basolateral membrane. We further demonstrate an unprecedented role for AP-1B at the basal plasma membrane during collective cell migration of epithelial sheets. During wound healing, expression of AP-1B (and ARH in AP–1B-positive cells) slowed epithelial-cell migration. We show that AP-1B colocalized with β1 integrin in focal adhesions during cell migration using confocal microscopy and total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy on fixed specimens. Further, AP-1B labeling in cell protrusions was distinct from labeling for the endocytic adaptor complex AP-2. Using stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy we identified numerous AP–1B-coated structures at or close to the basal plasma membrane in cell protrusions. In addition, immunoelectron microscopy showed AP-1B in coated pits and vesicles at the plasma membrane during cell migration. Lastly, quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR analysis of human epithelial-derived cell lines revealed a loss of AP-1B expression in highly migratory metastatic cancer cells suggesting that AP-1B’s novel role at the basal plasma membrane during cell migration might be an anticancer mechanism.
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- Margaret Johnson Kell
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611
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Complementary mesoscale dynamics of spectrin and acto-myosin shape membrane territories during mechanoresponse. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5108. [PMID: 33037189 PMCID: PMC7547731 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18825-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The spectrin-based membrane skeleton is a major component of the cell cortex. While expressed by all metazoans, its dynamic interactions with the other cortex components, including the plasma membrane or the acto-myosin cytoskeleton, are poorly understood. Here, we investigate how spectrin re-organizes spatially and dynamically under the membrane during changes in cell mechanics. We find spectrin and acto-myosin to be spatially distinct but cooperating during mechanical challenges, such as cell adhesion and contraction, or compression, stretch and osmolarity fluctuations, creating a cohesive cortex supporting the plasma membrane. Actin territories control protrusions and contractile structures while spectrin territories concentrate in retractile zones and low-actin density/inter-contractile regions, acting as a fence that organize membrane trafficking events. We unveil here the existence of a dynamic interplay between acto-myosin and spectrin necessary to support a mesoscale organization of the lipid bilayer into spatially-confined cortical territories during cell mechanoresponse.
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Omar YAD, Sahu A, Sauer RA, Mandadapu KK. Nonaxisymmetric Shapes of Biological Membranes from Locally Induced Curvature. Biophys J 2020; 119:1065-1077. [PMID: 32860742 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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In various biological processes such as endocytosis and caveolae formation, the cell membrane is locally deformed into curved morphologies. Previous models to study membrane morphologies resulting from locally induced curvature often only consider the possibility of axisymmetric shapes-an indeed unphysical constraint. Past studies predict that the cell membrane buds at low resting tensions and stalls at a flat pit at high resting tensions. In this work, we lift the restriction to axisymmetry to study all possible membrane morphologies. Only if the resting tension of the membrane is low, we reproduce axisymmetric membrane morphologies. When the resting tension is moderate to high, we show that 1) axisymmetric membrane pits are unstable and 2) nonaxisymmetric ridge-shaped structures are energetically favorable. Furthermore, we find the interplay between intramembrane viscous flow and the rate of induced curvature affects the membrane's ability to transition into nonaxisymmetric ridges and axisymmetric buds. In particular, we show that axisymmetric buds are favored when the induced curvature is rapidly increased, whereas nonaxisymmetric ridges are favored when the curvature is slowly increased. Our results hold relevant implications for biological processes such as endocytosis and physical phenomena like phase separation in lipid bilayers.
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- Yannick A D Omar
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California.
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- Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California; Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California.
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Rueda-Gensini L, Cifuentes J, Castellanos MC, Puentes PR, Serna JA, Muñoz-Camargo C, Cruz JC. Tailoring Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Efficient Cellular Internalization and Endosomal Escape. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E1816. [PMID: 32932957 PMCID: PMC7559083 DOI: 10.3390/nano10091816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 09/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONs) have been widely explored for biomedical applications due to their high biocompatibility, surface-coating versatility, and superparamagnetic properties. Upon exposure to an external magnetic field, IONs can be precisely directed to a region of interest and serve as exceptional delivery vehicles and cellular markers. However, the design of nanocarriers that achieve an efficient endocytic uptake, escape lysosomal degradation, and perform precise intracellular functions is still a challenge for their application in translational medicine. This review highlights several aspects that mediate the activation of the endosomal pathways, as well as the different properties that govern endosomal escape and nuclear transfection of magnetic IONs. In particular, we review a variety of ION surface modification alternatives that have emerged for facilitating their endocytic uptake and their timely escape from endosomes, with special emphasis on how these can be manipulated for the rational design of cell-penetrating vehicles. Moreover, additional modifications for enhancing nuclear transfection are also included in the design of therapeutic vehicles that must overcome this barrier. Understanding these mechanisms opens new perspectives in the strategic development of vehicles for cell tracking, cell imaging and the targeted intracellular delivery of drugs and gene therapy sequences and vectors.
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- Laura Rueda-Gensini
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia; (L.R.-G.); (J.C.); (M.C.C.); (P.R.P.); (J.A.S.)
- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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Chen Z, Schmid SL. Evolving models for assembling and shaping clathrin-coated pits. J Cell Biol 2020; 219:e202005126. [PMID: 32770195 PMCID: PMC7480099 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202005126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Clathrin-mediated endocytosis occurs via the assembly of clathrin-coated pits (CCPs) that invaginate and pinch off to form clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs). It is well known that adaptor protein 2 (AP2) complexes trigger clathrin assembly on the plasma membrane, and biochemical and structural studies have revealed the nature of these interactions. Numerous endocytic accessory proteins collaborate with clathrin and AP2 to drive CCV formation. However, many questions remain as to the molecular events involved in CCP initiation, stabilization, and curvature generation. Indeed, a plethora of recent evidence derived from cell perturbation, correlative light and EM tomography, live-cell imaging, modeling, and high-resolution structural analyses has revealed more complexity and promiscuity in the protein interactions driving CCP maturation than anticipated. After briefly reviewing the evidence supporting prevailing models, we integrate these new lines of evidence to develop a more dynamic and flexible model for how redundant, dynamic, and competing protein interactions can drive endocytic CCV formation and suggest new approaches to test emerging models.
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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Baschieri F, Le Devedec D, Tettarasar S, Elkhatib N, Montagnac G. Frustration of endocytosis potentiates compression-induced receptor signaling. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:jcs239681. [PMID: 32788230 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.239681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cells experience mechanical stresses in different physiological and pathological settings. Clathrin-coated structures (CCSs) are sensitive to such perturbations in a way that often results in a mechanical impairment of endocytic budding. Compressive stress is a mechanical perturbation that leads to increased membrane tension and promotes proliferative signals. Here, we report that compression leads to frustration of CCSs and that CCSs are required to potentiate receptor-mediated signaling in these conditions. We show that cell compression stalled CCS dynamics and slowed down the dynamic exchange of CCS components. As previously reported, compression-induced paracrine activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) was the primary cause of ERK (ERK1 and ERK2, also known as MAPK3 and MAPK1, respectively) activation in these conditions. We observed that EGFR was efficiently recruited at CCSs upon compression and that CCSs were required for full ERK activation. In addition, we demonstrated that compression-induced frustrated CCSs could also increase ligand-dependent signaling of other receptors. We thus propose that CCS frustration resulting from mechanical perturbations can potentiate signaling through different receptors, with potential important consequences for the adaptation of the cell to its environment.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Francesco Baschieri
- Inserm U1279, Gustave Roussy Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805 Villejuif, France
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- Inserm U1279, Gustave Roussy Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805 Villejuif, France
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- Inserm U1279, Gustave Roussy Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805 Villejuif, France
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- Inserm U1279, Gustave Roussy Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805 Villejuif, France
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- Inserm U1279, Gustave Roussy Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805 Villejuif, France
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Mazheika I, Voronko O, Kamzolkina O. Early endocytosis as a key to understanding mechanisms of plasma membrane tension regulation in filamentous fungi. Biol Cell 2020; 112:409-426. [PMID: 32860722 DOI: 10.1111/boc.202000066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION Two main systems regulate plasma membrane tension (PMT) and provide a close connection between the protoplast and the cell wall in fungi: turgor pressure and the actin cytoskeleton. These systems work together with the plasma membrane focal adhesion to the cell wall and their contribution to fungal cell organization and physiology has been partially studied. However, it remains controversial in model filamentous ascomycetes and oomycetes and even less investigated in filamentous basidiomycetes. Early endocytosis can be used to research the mechanisms regulating PMT since the dynamics of early endocytosis is largely dependent on this tension. RESULTS This study examined the effects of actin polymerization inhibitors and hyperosmotic shock on early endocytosis and cell morphology in two filamentous basidiomycetes. The main obtained results are: (i) the depolymerisation of F-actin leads to the fast formation of endocytic pits while inhibiting of their scission from the plasma membrane and (ii) the moderate hyperosmotic shock does not affect the dynamics of early endocytosis. These and our other results have allowed suggesting a curtain model for the regulation of PMT in basidiomycetes. CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE According to the proposed curtain model, the PMT in many non-apical cells of hyphae is more often regulated not by turgor pressure but by a system of actin driver cables that are associated with the proteins of the focal adhesion sites. The change in PMT occurs similar to the movement of a curtain along the curtain rod using the curtain drivers. This model addresses the fundamental properties of the fungal structure and physiology. It requires confirmation including the currently technically unavailable high-quality labelling of the actin cytoskeleton of the basidiomycetes.
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- Igor Mazheika
- Department of mycology and algology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.,Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Department of mycology and algology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Department of mycology and algology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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Briant K, Redlingshöfer L, Brodsky FM. Clathrin's life beyond 40: Connecting biochemistry with physiology and disease. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2020; 65:141-149. [PMID: 32836101 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2020.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Understanding of the range and mechanisms of clathrin functions has developed exponentially since clathrin's discovery in 1975. Here, newly established molecular mechanisms that regulate clathrin activity and connect clathrin pathways to differentiation, disease and physiological processes such as glucose metabolism are reviewed. Diversity and commonalities of clathrin pathways across the tree of life reveal species-specific differences enabling functional plasticity in both membrane traffic and cytokinesis. New structural information on clathrin coat formation and cargo interactions emphasises the interplay between clathrin, adaptor proteins, lipids and cargo, and how this interplay regulates quality control of clathrin's function and is compromised in infection and neurological disease. Roles for balancing clathrin-mediated cargo transport are defined in stem cell development and additional disease states.
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- Kit Briant
- Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck and University College London, 14 Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck and University College London, 14 Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck and University College London, 14 Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK.
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López-Hernández T, Haucke V, Maritzen T. Endocytosis in the adaptation to cellular stress. Cell Stress 2020; 4:230-247. [PMID: 33024932 PMCID: PMC7520666 DOI: 10.15698/cst2020.10.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cellular life is challenged by a multitude of stress conditions, triggered for example by alterations in osmolarity, oxygen or nutrient supply. Hence, cells have developed sophisticated stress responses to cope with these challenges. Some of these stress programs such as the heat shock response are understood in great detail, while other aspects remain largely elusive including potential stress-dependent adaptations of the plasma membrane proteome. The plasma membrane is not only the first point of encounter for many types of environmental stress, but given the diversity of receptor proteins and their associated molecules also represents the site at which many cellular signal cascades originate. Since these signaling pathways affect virtually all aspects of cellular life, changes in the plasma membrane proteome appear ideally suited to contribute to the cellular adaptation to stress. The most rapid means to alter the cell surface proteome in response to stress is by alterations in endocytosis. Changes in the overall endocytic flux or in the endocytic regulation of select proteins conceivably can help to counteract adverse environmental conditions. In this review we summarize recent data regarding stress-induced changes in endocytosis and discuss how these changes might contribute to the cellular adaptation to stress in different systems. Future studies will be needed to uncover the underlying mechanisms in detail and to arrive at a coherent picture.
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- Tania López-Hernández
- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Freie Universität Berlin, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Alkalinization of the Synaptic Cleft during Excitatory Neurotransmission. J Neurosci 2020; 40:6267-6269. [PMID: 32801127 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0914-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Endosomal membrane tension regulates ESCRT-III-dependent intra-lumenal vesicle formation. Nat Cell Biol 2020; 22:947-959. [PMID: 32753669 PMCID: PMC7612185 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-020-0546-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Plasma membrane tension strongly affects cell surface processes, such as migration, endocytosis and signalling. However, it is not known whether membrane tension of organelles regulates their functions, notably intracellular traffic. The ESCRT-III complex is the major membrane remodelling complex that drives Intra-Lumenal Vesicle (ILV) formation on endosomal membranes. Here, we made use of a fluorescent membrane tension probe to show that ESCRT-III subunits are recruited onto endosomal membranes when membrane tension is reduced. We find that tension-dependent recruitment is associated with ESCRT-III polymerization and membrane deformation in vitro, and correlates with increased ILV formation in ESCRT-III decorated endosomes in vivo. Finally, we find that endosomal membrane tension decreases when ILV formation is triggered by EGF under physiological conditions. These results indicate that membrane tension is a major regulator of ILV formation and of endosome trafficking, leading us to conclude that membrane tension can control organelle functions.
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Day KJ, Stachowiak JC. Biophysical forces in membrane bending and traffic. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2020; 65:72-77. [PMID: 32229366 PMCID: PMC7529674 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2020.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Intracellular trafficking requires extensive changes in membrane morphology. Cells use several distinct molecular factors and physical cues to remodel membranes. Here, we highlight recent advances in identifying the biophysical mechanisms of membrane curvature generation. In particular, we focus on the cooperation of molecular and physical drivers of membrane bending during three stages of vesiculation: budding, cargo selection, and scission. Taken together, the studies reviewed here emphasize that, rather than a single dominant mechanism, several mechanisms typically work in parallel during each step of membrane remodeling. Important challenges for the future of this field are to understand how multiple mechanisms work together synergistically and how a series of stochastic events can be combined to achieve a deterministic result-assembly of the trafficking vesicle.
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- Kasey J Day
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, 107 W. Dean Keeton St., C0800, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, 107 W. Dean Keeton St., C0800, Austin, TX, 78712, USA; Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Norman Hackerman Building, 100 East 24th St., NHB 4500, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
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Bhave M, Mettlen M, Wang X, Schmid SL. Early and nonredundant functions of dynamin isoforms in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Mol Biol Cell 2020; 31:2035-2047. [PMID: 32579424 PMCID: PMC7543069 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-06-0363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Dynamin GTPases (Dyn1 and Dyn2) are indispensable proteins of the core clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) machinery. Best known for their role in fission at the late stages of CME, many studies have suggested that dynamin also plays a regulatory role during the early stages of CME; however, detailed studies regarding isoform-specific early regulatory functions of the dynamins are lacking. With a recent understanding of the regulation of Dyn1 in nonneuronal cells and improved algorithms for highly sensitive and quantitative analysis of clathrin-coated pit (CCP) dynamics, we have evaluated the differential functions of dynamin isoforms in CME using domain swap chimeras. We report that Dyn1 and Dyn2 play nonredundant, early regulatory roles during CME in nonneuronal cells. The proline/arginine-rich domain of Dyn2 is important for its targeting to nascent and growing CCPs, whereas the membrane-binding and curvature-generating pleckstrin homology domain of Dyn1 plays an important role in stabilizing nascent CCPs. We confirm the enhanced ability of dephosphorylated Dyn1 to support CME, even at substoichiometric levels compared with Dyn2. Domain swap chimeras also revealed previously unknown functional differences in the GTPase and stalk domains. Our study significantly extends the current understanding of the regulatory roles played by dynamin isoforms during early stages of CME.
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- Madhura Bhave
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX 75390
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX 75390
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX 75390.,Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX 75390
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX 75390
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Oliveira MMS, Westerberg LS. Cytoskeletal regulation of dendritic cells: An intricate balance between migration and presentation for tumor therapy. J Leukoc Biol 2020; 108:1051-1065. [PMID: 32557835 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.1mr0520-014rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are the main players in many approaches for cancer therapy. The idea with DC tumor therapy is to promote activation of tumor infiltrating cytotoxic T cells that kill tumor cells. This requires that DCs take up tumor Ag and present peptides on MHC class I molecules in a process called cross-presentation. For this process to be efficient, DCs have to migrate to the tumor draining lymph node and there activate the machinery for cross-presentation. In this review, we will discuss recent progress in understanding the role of actin regulators for control of DC migration and Ag presentation. The potential to target actin regulators for better DC-based tumor therapy will also be discussed.
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- Mariana M S Oliveira
- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell Biology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell Biology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Baschieri F, Porshneva K, Montagnac G. Frustrated clathrin-mediated endocytosis – causes and possible functions. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:133/11/jcs240861. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.240861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Clathrin-mediated endocytosis is the main entry route for most cell surface receptors and their ligands. It is regulated by clathrin-coated structures that are endowed with the ability to cluster receptors and to locally bend the plasma membrane, resulting in the formation of receptor-containing vesicles that bud into the cytoplasm. This canonical role of clathrin-coated structures has been shown to play a fundamental part in many different aspects of cell physiology. However, it has recently become clear that the ability of clathrin-coated structures to deform membranes can be perturbed. In addition to chemical or genetic alterations, numerous environmental conditions can physically prevent or slow down membrane bending and/or budding at clathrin-coated structures. The resulting ‘frustrated endocytosis’ is emerging as not merely a passive consequence, but one that actually fulfils some very specific and important cellular functions. In this Review, we provide an historical and defining perspective on frustrated endocytosis in the clathrin pathway of mammalian cells, before discussing its causes and highlighting the possible functional consequences in physiology and diseases.
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- Francesco Baschieri
- Inserm U1279, Gustave Roussy Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif 94805, France
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- Inserm U1279, Gustave Roussy Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif 94805, France
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- Inserm U1279, Gustave Roussy Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif 94805, France
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Gao C, Li Z, Zou J, Cheng J, Jiang K, Liu C, Gu G, Tao W, Song J. Mechanical Effect on Gene Transfection Based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuator. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:2617-2625. [PMID: 35025395 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b01199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Gene transfection has been widely applied in genome function and gene therapy. Although many efforts have been focused on designing carrier materials and transfection methods, the influence of mechanical stimulation on gene transfection efficiency has rarely been studied. Herein, dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA)-based stimulation bioreactors are designed to generate tensile and contractile stress on cells simultaneously. With the example of the EGFP transfection, cells with high membrane tension in the stretching stimulation regions had lower transfection efficiency, while the transfection efficiency of cells in the compressing regions tended to increase. Besides, the duty cycle and loading frequency of the applied stress on cells were also important factors that affect gene transfection efficiency. Furthermore, the pathways of cell endocytosis with the effect of mechanical stimulation were explored on the mechanism for the change of EGFP transfection efficiency. This design of the DEA-based bioreactor, as a strategy to study gene transfection efficiency, could be helpful for developing efficient transfection methods.
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- Chao Gao
- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Cancer and Basic Medicine (ICBM), Chinese Academy of Sciences; The Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, People's Republic of China
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Pezeshkian W, König M, Wassenaar TA, Marrink SJ. Backmapping triangulated surfaces to coarse-grained membrane models. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2296. [PMID: 32385270 PMCID: PMC7210967 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16094-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Many biological processes involve large-scale changes in membrane shape. Computer simulations of these processes are challenging since they occur across a wide range of spatiotemporal scales that cannot be investigated in full by any single current simulation technique. A potential solution is to combine different levels of resolution through a multiscale scheme. Here, we present a multiscale algorithm that backmaps a continuum membrane model represented as a dynamically triangulated surface (DTS) to its corresponding molecular model based on the coarse-grained (CG) Martini force field. Thus, we can use DTS simulations to equilibrate slow large-scale membrane conformational changes and then explore the local properties at CG resolution. We demonstrate the power of our method by backmapping a vesicular bud induced by binding of Shiga toxin and by transforming the membranes of an entire mitochondrion to near-atomic resolution. Our approach opens the way to whole cell simulations at molecular detail. Computer simulations of large-scale changes in membrane shape are challenging since they occur across a wide range of spatiotemporal scales. Here, authors present a multiscale algorithm that backmaps a continuum membrane model represented as a dynamically triangulated surface to its corresponding molecular model based on the coarse-grained Martini force field.
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- Weria Pezeshkian
- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
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- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
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A myosin-7B-dependent endocytosis pathway mediates cellular entry of α-synuclein fibrils and polycation-bearing cargos. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:10865-10875. [PMID: 32366666 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1918617117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Cell-to-cell transmission of misfolding-prone α-synuclein (α-Syn) has emerged as a key pathological event in Parkinson's disease. This process is initiated when α-Syn-bearing fibrils enter cells via clathrin-mediated endocytosis, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Using a CRISPR-mediated knockout screen, we identify SLC35B2 and myosin-7B (MYO7B) as critical endocytosis regulators for α-Syn preformed fibrils (PFFs). We show that SLC35B2, as a key regulator of heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) biosynthesis, is essential for recruiting α-Syn PFFs to the cell surface because this process is mediated by interactions between negatively charged sugar moieties of HSPGs and clustered K-T-K motifs in α-Syn PFFs. By contrast, MYO7B regulates α-Syn PFF cell entry by maintaining a plasma membrane-associated actin network that controls membrane dynamics. Without MYO7B or actin filaments, many clathrin-coated pits fail to be severed from the membrane, causing accumulation of large clathrin-containing "scars" on the cell surface. Intriguingly, the requirement for MYO7B in endocytosis is restricted to α-Syn PFFs and other polycation-bearing cargos that enter cells via HSPGs. Thus, our study not only defines regulatory factors for α-Syn PFF endocytosis, but also reveals a previously unknown endocytosis mechanism for HSPG-binding cargos in general, which requires forces generated by MYO7B and actin filaments.
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Hui Y, Yi X, Wibowo D, Yang G, Middelberg APJ, Gao H, Zhao CX. Nanoparticle elasticity regulates phagocytosis and cancer cell uptake. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaaz4316. [PMID: 32426455 PMCID: PMC7164958 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz4316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The ability of cells to sense external mechanical cues is essential for their adaptation to the surrounding microenvironment. However, how nanoparticle mechanical properties affect cell-nanoparticle interactions remains largely unknown. Here, we synthesized a library of silica nanocapsules (SNCs) with a wide range of elasticity (Young's modulus ranging from 560 kPa to 1.18 GPa), demonstrating the impact of SNC elasticity on SNC interactions with cells. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the stiff SNCs remained spherical during cellular uptake. The soft SNCs, however, were deformed by forces originating from the specific ligand-receptor interaction and membrane wrapping, which reduced their cellular binding and endocytosis rate. This work demonstrates the crucial role of the elasticity of nanoparticles in modulating their macrophage uptake and receptor-mediated cancer cell uptake, which may shed light on the design of drug delivery vectors with higher efficiency.
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- Yue Hui
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, BIC-ESAT, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
- College of Engineering; College of Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- Corresponding author. (H.G.); (C.-X.Z.)
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Corresponding author. (H.G.); (C.-X.Z.)
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Joseph JG, Liu AP. Mechanical Regulation of Endocytosis: New Insights and Recent Advances. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 4:e1900278. [PMID: 32402120 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.201900278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Revised: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Endocytosis is a mechanosensitive process. It involves remodeling of the plasma membrane from a flat shape to a budded morphology, often at the sub-micrometer scale. This remodeling process is energy-intensive and is influenced by mechanical factors such as membrane tension, membrane rigidity, and physical properties of cargo and extracellular surroundings. The cellular responses to a variety of mechanical factors by distinct endocytic pathways are important for cells to counteract rapid and extreme disruptions in the mechanohomeostasis of cells. Recent advances in microscopy and mechanical manipulation at the cellular scale have led to new discoveries of mechanoregulation of endocytosis by the aforementioned factors. While factors such as membrane tension and membrane rigidity are generally shown to inhibit endocytosis, other mechanical stimuli have complex relationships with endocytic pathways. At this juncture, it is now possible to utilize experimental techniques to interrogate theoretical predictions on mechanoregulation of endocytosis in cells and even living organisms.
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- Jophin G Joseph
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.,Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.,Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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Antibacterial AZT derivative regulates metastasis of breast cancer cells. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 193:112233. [PMID: 32199136 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) with anticancer activity have drawn remarkable attention in modern treatments. However, long peptide length and protease instability are the most addressing factors, which hampers their further development as therapeutic agents. In view of this, herein, we designed and synthesized a series of AZT-based cationic small molecule incorporating a variety of hydrophobic groups and cationic charges, including amine and guanidine groups to mimic the amphipathic structure of AMPs. These compounds were evaluated for their antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Through an extensive structure activity relationship study (SAR), we identified ADG-2e as the most potent antibacterial agent, which exhibited remarkable potency against drug resistant bacterial strains such as MRSA and MDRPA. Further, ADG-2e was examined for their anti-metastatic ability by investigating the cancer cell migration and invasiveness through scratch wound-healing assay and transwell invasive assay, respectively. In addition, time-lapse cell tracking analysis also performed for analyzing the cell movement pattern. Treatment of ADG-2e against metastatic breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231) suppressed tumor cell migration by multi-directional lamellipodium formation, indicating their anti-metastatic potential. Thus, our cationic AZT based small molecules may evolve as an appealing class of antibacterial agents with anti-metastasis potential.
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Rizzelli F, Malabarba MG, Sigismund S, Mapelli M. The crosstalk between microtubules, actin and membranes shapes cell division. Open Biol 2020; 10:190314. [PMID: 32183618 PMCID: PMC7125961 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.190314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Mitotic progression is orchestrated by morphological and mechanical changes promoted by the coordinated activities of the microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton, the actin cytoskeleton and the plasma membrane (PM). MTs assemble the mitotic spindle, which assists sister chromatid separation, and contact the rigid and tensile actomyosin cortex rounded-up underneath the PM. Here, we highlight the dynamic crosstalk between MTs, actin and cell membranes during mitosis, and discuss the molecular connections between them. We also summarize recent views on how MT traction forces, the actomyosin cortex and membrane trafficking contribute to spindle positioning in isolated cells in culture and in epithelial sheets. Finally, we describe the emerging role of membrane trafficking in synchronizing actomyosin tension and cell shape changes with cell-substrate adhesion, cell-cell contacts and extracellular signalling events regulating proliferation.
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- IEO, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia IRCCS, Milan, Italy
- Dipartimento di Oncologia ed Emato-oncologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- IEO, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia IRCCS, Milan, Italy
- Dipartimento di Oncologia ed Emato-oncologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Martin CE, New LA, Phippen NJ, Keyvani Chahi A, Mitro AE, Takano T, Pawson T, Blasutig IM, Jones N. Multivalent nephrin-Nck interactions define a threshold for clustering and tyrosine-dependent nephrin endocytosis. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:jcs236877. [PMID: 31974115 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.236877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Assembly of signaling molecules into micrometer-sized clusters is driven by multivalent protein-protein interactions, such as those found within the nephrin-Nck (Nck1 or Nck2) complex. Phosphorylation on multiple tyrosine residues within the tail of the nephrin transmembrane receptor induces recruitment of the cytoplasmic adaptor protein Nck, which binds via its triple SH3 domains to various effectors, leading to actin assembly. The physiological consequences of nephrin clustering are not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that nephrin phosphorylation regulates the formation of membrane clusters in podocytes. We also reveal a connection between clustering and endocytosis, which appears to be driven by threshold levels of nephrin tyrosine phosphorylation and Nck SH3 domain signaling. Finally, we expose an in vivo correlation between transient changes in nephrin tyrosine phosphorylation, nephrin localization and integrity of the glomerular filtration barrier during podocyte injury. Altogether, our results suggest that nephrin phosphorylation determines the composition of effector proteins within clusters to dynamically regulate nephrin turnover and podocyte health.
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- Claire E Martin
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Wang J, Li Y, Wang S, Liu F. Dynamics of transmissible gastroenteritis virus internalization unraveled by single-virus tracking in live cells. FASEB J 2020; 34:4653-4669. [PMID: 32017270 PMCID: PMC7163995 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201902455r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) is a swine enteropathogenic coronavirus that causes significant economic losses in swine industry. Current studies on TGEV internalization mainly focus on viral receptors, but the internalization mechanism is still unclear. In this study, we used single‐virus tracking to obtain the detailed insights into the dynamic events of the TGEV internalization and depict the whole sequential process. We observed that TGEVs could be internalized through clathrin‐ and caveolae‐mediated endocytosis, and the internalization of TGEVs was almost completed within ~2 minutes after TGEVs attached to the cell membrane. Furthermore, the interactions of TGEVs with actin and dynamin 2 in real time during the TGEV internalization were visualized. To our knowledge, this is the first report that single‐virus tracking technique is used to visualize the entire dynamic process of the TGEV internalization: before the TGEV internalization, with the assistance of actin, clathrin, and caveolin 1 would gather around the virus to form the vesicle containing the TGEV, and after ~60 seconds, dynamin 2 would be recruited to promote membrane fission. These results demonstrate that TGEVs enter ST cells via clathrin‐ and caveolae‐mediated endocytic, actin‐dependent, and dynamin 2‐dependent pathways.
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- Jian Wang
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety & Single Molecule Nanometry Laboratory (Sinmolab), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety & Single Molecule Nanometry Laboratory (Sinmolab), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety & Single Molecule Nanometry Laboratory (Sinmolab), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.,Computational Optics Laboratory, School of Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety & Single Molecule Nanometry Laboratory (Sinmolab), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Narasimhan M, Johnson A, Prizak R, Kaufmann WA, Tan S, Casillas-Pérez B, Friml J. Evolutionarily unique mechanistic framework of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants. eLife 2020; 9:52067. [PMID: 31971511 PMCID: PMC7012609 DOI: 10.7554/elife.52067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In plants, clathrin mediated endocytosis (CME) represents the major route for cargo internalisation from the cell surface. It has been assumed to operate in an evolutionary conserved manner as in yeast and animals. Here we report characterisation of ultrastructure, dynamics and mechanisms of plant CME as allowed by our advancement in electron microscopy and quantitative live imaging techniques. Arabidopsis CME appears to follow the constant curvature model and the bona fide CME population generates vesicles of a predominantly hexagonal-basket type; larger and with faster kinetics than in other models. Contrary to the existing paradigm, actin is dispensable for CME events at the plasma membrane but plays a unique role in collecting endocytic vesicles, sorting of internalised cargos and directional endosome movement that itself actively promote CME events. Internalized vesicles display a strongly delayed and sequential uncoating. These unique features highlight the independent evolution of the plant CME mechanism during the autonomous rise of multicellularity in eukaryotes.
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.,Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems - Biological Information Processing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Akamatsu M, Vasan R, Serwas D, Ferrin MA, Rangamani P, Drubin DG. Principles of self-organization and load adaptation by the actin cytoskeleton during clathrin-mediated endocytosis. eLife 2020; 9:49840. [PMID: 31951196 PMCID: PMC7041948 DOI: 10.7554/elife.49840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Force generation by actin assembly shapes cellular membranes. An experimentally constrained multiscale model shows that a minimal branched actin network is sufficient to internalize endocytic pits against membrane tension. Around 200 activated Arp2/3 complexes are required for robust internalization. A newly developed molecule-counting method determined that ~200 Arp2/3 complexes assemble at sites of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in human cells. Simulations predict that actin self-organizes into a radial branched array with growing ends oriented toward the base of the pit. Long actin filaments bend between attachment sites in the coat and the base of the pit. Elastic energy stored in bent filaments, whose presence was confirmed by cryo-electron tomography, contributes to endocytic internalization. Elevated membrane tension directs more growing filaments toward the base of the pit, increasing actin nucleation and bending for increased force production. Thus, spatially constrained actin filament assembly utilizes an adaptive mechanism enabling endocytosis under varying physical constraints. The outer membrane of a cell is a tight but elastic barrier that controls what enters or leaves the cell. Large molecules typically cannot cross this membrane unaided. Instead, to enter the cell, they must be packaged into a pocket of the membrane that is then pulled inside. This process, called endocytosis, shuttles material into a cell hundreds of times a minute. Endocytosis relies on molecular machines that assemble and disassemble at the membrane as required. One component, a protein called actin, self-assembles near the membrane into long filaments with many repeated subunits. These filaments grow against the membrane, pulling it inwards. But it was not clear how actin filaments organize in such a way that allows them to pull on the membrane with enough force – and without a template to follow. Akamatsu et al. set about identifying how actin operates during endocytosis by using computer simulations that were informed by measurements made in living cells. The simulations included information about the location of actin and other essential molecules, along with the details of how these molecules work individually and together. Akamatsu et al. also developed a method to count the numbers of molecules of a key protein at individual sites of endocytosis. High-resolution imaging was then used to create 3D pictures of actin and endocytosis in action in human cells grown in the laboratory. The analysis showed the way actin filaments arrange themselves depends on the starting positions of a few key molecules that connect to actin. Imaging confirmed that, like a pole-vaulting pole, the flexible actin filaments bend to store energy and then release it to pull the membrane inwards during endocytosis. Finally, the simulations predicted that the collection of filaments adapts its shape and size in response to the resistance of the elastic membrane. This makes the system opportunistic and adaptable to the unpredictable environment within cells.
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- Matthew Akamatsu
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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Shin W, Arpino G, Thiyagarajan S, Su R, Ge L, McDargh Z, Guo X, Wei L, Shupliakov O, Jin A, O'Shaughnessy B, Wu LG. Vesicle Shrinking and Enlargement Play Opposing Roles in the Release of Exocytotic Contents. Cell Rep 2020; 30:421-431.e7. [PMID: 31940486 PMCID: PMC7010319 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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For decades, two fusion modes were thought to control hormone and transmitter release essential to life; one facilitates release via fusion pore dilation and flattening (full collapse), and the other limits release by closing a narrow fusion pore (kiss-and-run). Using super-resolution stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy to visualize fusion modes of dense-core vesicles in neuroendocrine cells, we find that facilitation of release is mediated not by full collapse but by shrink fusion, in which the Ω-profile generated by vesicle fusion shrinks but maintains a large non-dilating pore. We discover that the physiological osmotic pressure of a cell squeezes, but does not dilate, the Ω-profile, which explains why shrink fusion prevails over full collapse. Instead of kiss-and-run, enlarge fusion, in which Ω-profiles grow while maintaining a narrow pore, slows down release. Shrink and enlarge fusion may thus account for diverse hormone and transmitter release kinetics observed in secretory cells, previously interpreted within the full-collapse/kiss-and-run framework.
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- Wonchul Shin
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 35 Convent Dr., Bldg. 35, Rm. 2B-1012, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 35 Convent Dr., Bldg. 35, Rm. 2B-1012, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 35 Convent Dr., Bldg. 35, Rm. 2B-1012, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 35 Convent Dr., Bldg. 35, Rm. 2B-1012, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 35 Convent Dr., Bldg. 35, Rm. 2B-1012, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden; Institute of Translational Biomedicine, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 35 Convent Dr., Bldg. 35, Rm. 2B-1012, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Wiegand T, Fratini M, Frey F, Yserentant K, Liu Y, Weber E, Galior K, Ohmes J, Braun F, Herten DP, Boulant S, Schwarz US, Salaita K, Cavalcanti-Adam EA, Spatz JP. Forces during cellular uptake of viruses and nanoparticles at the ventral side. Nat Commun 2020; 11:32. [PMID: 31896744 PMCID: PMC6940367 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13877-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Many intracellular pathogens, such as mammalian reovirus, mimic extracellular matrix motifs to specifically interact with the host membrane. Whether and how cell-matrix interactions influence virus particle uptake is unknown, as it is usually studied from the dorsal side. Here we show that the forces exerted at the ventral side of adherent cells during reovirus uptake exceed the binding strength of biotin-neutravidin anchoring viruses to a biofunctionalized substrate. Analysis of virus dissociation kinetics using the Bell model revealed mean forces higher than 30 pN per virus, preferentially applied in the cell periphery where close matrix contacts form. Utilizing 100 nm-sized nanoparticles decorated with integrin adhesion motifs, we demonstrate that the uptake forces scale with the adhesion energy, while actin/myosin inhibitions strongly reduce the uptake frequency, but not uptake kinetics. We hypothesize that particle adhesion and the push by the substrate provide the main driving forces for uptake. Many intracellular pathogens mimic extracellular matrix motifs to specifically interact with the host membrane which may influences virus particle uptake. Here authors use single molecule tension sensors to reveal the minimal forces exerted on single virus particles and demonstrate that the uptake forces scale with the adhesion energy.
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- Tina Wiegand
- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstraße 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, INF 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstraße 108, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstraße 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, INF 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University Hospital, INF 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), INF 581, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3a, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- BioQuant Center, Heidelberg University, INF 267, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, Philosophenweg 19, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, INF 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,BioQuant Center, Heidelberg University, INF 267, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.,Johns Hopkins University, 3400N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstraße 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, INF 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Neuroscience, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9-11, 26129, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53792, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstraße 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, INF 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Experimental Trauma Surgery, Universty Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Arnold-Heller-Straße 3, 24105, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, INF 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,BioQuant Center, Heidelberg University, INF 267, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, INF 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,BioQuant Center, Heidelberg University, INF 267, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences & School of Chemistry, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University Hospital, INF 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), INF 581, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- BioQuant Center, Heidelberg University, INF 267, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, Philosophenweg 19, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstraße 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, INF 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstraße 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, INF 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Lacy MM, Baddeley D, Berro J. Single-molecule turnover dynamics of actin and membrane coat proteins in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. eLife 2019; 8:52355. [PMID: 31855180 PMCID: PMC6977972 DOI: 10.7554/elife.52355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Actin dynamics generate forces to deform the membrane and overcome the cell’s high turgor pressure during clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) in yeast, but precise molecular details are still unresolved. Our previous models predicted that actin filaments of the endocytic meshwork continually polymerize and disassemble, turning over multiple times during an endocytic event, similar to other actin systems. We applied single-molecule speckle tracking in live fission yeast to directly measure molecular turnover within CME sites for the first time. In contrast with the overall ~20 s lifetimes of actin and actin-associated proteins in endocytic patches, we detected single-molecule residence times around 1 to 2 s, and similarly high turnover rates of membrane-associated proteins in CME. Furthermore, we find heterogeneous behaviors in many proteins’ motions. These results indicate that endocytic proteins turn over up to five times during the formation of an endocytic vesicle, and suggest revising quantitative models of force production.
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- Michael M Lacy
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, United States.,Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States.,Integrated Graduate Program in Physical and Engineering Biology, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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- Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States.,Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, United States.,Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States.,Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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Lacy MM, Baddeley D, Berro J. Single-molecule turnover dynamics of actin and membrane coat proteins in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. eLife 2019; 8. [PMID: 31855180 DOI: 10.1101/617746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Actin dynamics generate forces to deform the membrane and overcome the cell's high turgor pressure during clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) in yeast, but precise molecular details are still unresolved. Our previous models predicted that actin filaments of the endocytic meshwork continually polymerize and disassemble, turning over multiple times during an endocytic event, similar to other actin systems. We applied single-molecule speckle tracking in live fission yeast to directly measure molecular turnover within CME sites for the first time. In contrast with the overall ~20 s lifetimes of actin and actin-associated proteins in endocytic patches, we detected single-molecule residence times around 1 to 2 s, and similarly high turnover rates of membrane-associated proteins in CME. Furthermore, we find heterogeneous behaviors in many proteins' motions. These results indicate that endocytic proteins turn over up to five times during the formation of an endocytic vesicle, and suggest revising quantitative models of force production.
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- Michael M Lacy
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, United States
- Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States
- Integrated Graduate Program in Physical and Engineering Biology, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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- Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, United States
- Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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Amato C, Thomason PA, Davidson AJ, Swaminathan K, Ismail S, Machesky LM, Insall RH. WASP Restricts Active Rac to Maintain Cells' Front-Rear Polarization. Curr Biol 2019; 29:4169-4182.e4. [PMID: 31786060 PMCID: PMC6926487 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.10.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Efficient motility requires polarized cells, with pseudopods at the front and a retracting rear. Polarization is maintained by restricting the pseudopod catalyst, active Rac, to the front. Here, we show that the actin nucleation-promoting factor Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) contributes to maintenance of front-rear polarity by controlling localization and cellular levels of active Rac. Dictyostelium cells lacking WASP inappropriately activate Rac at the rear, which affects their polarity and speed. WASP's Cdc42 and Rac interacting binding ("CRIB") motif has been thought to be essential for its activation. However, we show that the CRIB motif's biological role is unexpectedly complex. WASP CRIB mutants are no longer able to restrict Rac activity to the front, and cannot generate new pseudopods when SCAR/WAVE is absent. Overall levels of Rac activity also increase when WASP is unable to bind to Rac. However, WASP without a functional CRIB domain localizes normally at clathrin pits during endocytosis, and activates Arp2/3 complex. Similarly, chemical inhibition of Rac does not affect WASP localization or activation at sites of endocytosis. Thus, the interaction between small GTPases and WASP is more complex than previously thought-Rac regulates a subset of WASP functions, but WASP reciprocally restricts active Rac through its CRIB motif.
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- Clelia Amato
- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
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- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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Sun Y, Schöneberg J, Chen X, Jiang T, Kaplan C, Xu K, Pollard TD, Drubin DG. Direct comparison of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in budding and fission yeast reveals conserved and evolvable features. eLife 2019; 8:50749. [PMID: 31829937 PMCID: PMC6908435 DOI: 10.7554/elife.50749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Conserved proteins drive clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME), which from yeast to humans involves a burst of actin assembly. To gain mechanistic insights into this process, we performed a side-by-side quantitative comparison of CME in two distantly related yeast species. Though endocytic protein abundance in S. pombe and S. cerevisiae is more similar than previously thought, membrane invagination speed and depth are two-fold greater in fission yeast. In both yeasts, accumulation of ~70 WASp molecules activates the Arp2/3 complex to drive membrane invagination. In contrast to budding yeast, WASp-mediated actin nucleation plays an essential role in fission yeast endocytosis. Genetics and live-cell imaging revealed core CME spatiodynamic similarities between the two yeasts, although the assembly of two zones of actin filaments is specific for fission yeast and not essential for CME. These studies identified conserved CME mechanisms and species-specific adaptations with broad implications that are expected to extend from yeast to humans.
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- Yidi Sun
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, United States.,Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, New Haven, United States.,Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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Physical stimuli are essential for the function of eukaryotic cells, and changes in physical signals are important elements in normal tissue development as well as in disease initiation and progression. The complexity of physical stimuli and the cellular signals they initiate are as complex as those triggered by chemical signals. One of the most important, and the focus of this review, is the effect of substrate mechanical properties on cell structure and function. The past decade has produced a nearly exponentially increasing number of mechanobiological studies to define how substrate stiffness alters cell biology using both purified systems and intact tissues. Here we attempt to identify common features of mechanosensing in different systems while also highlighting the numerous informative exceptions to what in early studies appeared to be simple rules by which cells respond to mechanical stresses.
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- Paul A Janmey
- Department of Physiology, Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Bioengineering, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Bioengineering, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Bioengineering, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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Li Z, Gao C, Fan S, Zou J, Gu G, Dong M, Song J. Cell Nanomechanics Based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Device. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2019; 11:98. [PMID: 34138039 PMCID: PMC7770812 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-019-0331-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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As a frontier of biology, mechanobiology plays an important role in tissue and biomedical engineering. It is a common sense that mechanical cues under extracellular microenvironment affect a lot in regulating the behaviors of cells such as proliferation and gene expression, etc. In such an interdisciplinary field, engineering methods like the pneumatic and motor-driven devices have been employed for years. Nevertheless, such techniques usually rely on complex structures, which cost much but not so easy to control. Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are well known as a kind of soft actuation technology, and their research prospect in biomechanical field is gradually concerned due to their properties just like large deformation (> 100%) and fast response (< 1 ms). In addition, DEAs are usually optically transparent and can be fabricated into small volume, which make them easy to cooperate with regular microscope to realize real-time dynamic imaging of cells. This paper first reviews the basic components, principle, and evaluation of DEAs and then overview some corresponding applications of DEAs for cellular mechanobiology research. We also provide a comparison between DEA-based bioreactors and current custom-built devices and share some opinions about their potential applications in the future according to widely reported results via other methods.
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- Zhichao Li
- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China.
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Advanced Dental Technology and Materials, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China.
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Membrane tension regulates syndecan-1 expression through actin remodelling. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2019; 1863:129413. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2019.129413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Biancospino M, Buel GR, Niño CA, Maspero E, Scotto di Perrotolo R, Raimondi A, Redlingshöfer L, Weber J, Brodsky FM, Walters KJ, Polo S. Clathrin light chain A drives selective myosin VI recruitment to clathrin-coated pits under membrane tension. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4974. [PMID: 31672988 PMCID: PMC6823378 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12855-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Clathrin light chains (CLCa and CLCb) are major constituents of clathrin-coated vesicles. Unique functions for these evolutionary conserved paralogs remain elusive, and their role in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in mammalian cells is debated. Here, we find and structurally characterize a direct and selective interaction between CLCa and the long isoform of the actin motor protein myosin VI, which is expressed exclusively in highly polarized tissues. Using genetically-reconstituted Caco-2 cysts as proxy for polarized epithelia, we provide evidence for coordinated action of myosin VI and CLCa at the apical surface where these proteins are essential for fission of clathrin-coated pits. We further find that myosin VI and Huntingtin-interacting protein 1-related protein (Hip1R) are mutually exclusive interactors with CLCa, and suggest a model for the sequential function of myosin VI and Hip1R in actin-mediated clathrin-coated vesicle budding.
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- Matteo Biancospino
- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, 20139, Milan, Italy
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- Structural Biophysics Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, 20139, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, 20139, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Imaging Center, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, 20139, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Structural Biophysics Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
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- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, 20139, Milan, Italy.
- Dipartimento di Oncologia ed Emato-oncologia, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, 20122, Milan, Italy.
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Francia V, Yang K, Deville S, Reker-Smit C, Nelissen I, Salvati A. Corona Composition Can Affect the Mechanisms Cells Use to Internalize Nanoparticles. ACS NANO 2019; 13:11107-11121. [PMID: 31525954 PMCID: PMC6812477 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Nanosized objects, such as nanoparticles and other drug carriers used in nanomedicine, once in contact with biological environments are modified by adsorption of biomolecules on their surface. The presence of this corona strongly affects the following interactions at cell and organism levels. It has been shown that corona proteins can be recognized by cell receptors. However, it is not known whether the composition of this acquired layer can also affect the mechanisms nanoparticles use to enter cells. This is of particular importance when considering that the same nanoparticles can form different coronas for instance in vitro when exposed to cells in different serum amounts or in vivo depending on the exposure or administration route. Thus, in this work, different coronas were formed on 50 nm silica by exposing them to different serum concentrations. The uptake efficiency in HeLa cells was compared, and the uptake mechanisms were characterized using transport inhibitors and RNA interference. The results showed that the nanoparticles were internalized by cells via different mechanisms when different coronas were formed, and only for one corona condition was uptake mediated by the LDL receptor. This suggested that coronas of different composition can be recognized differently by cell receptors, and this in turn leads to internalization via different mechanisms. Similar studies were performed using other cells, including A549 cells and primary HUVEC, and different nanoparticles, namely 100 nm liposomes and 200 nm silica. Overall, the results confirmed that the corona composition can affect the mechanisms of nanoparticle uptake by cells.
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- Valentina Francia
- Department
of Pharmacokinetics, Toxicology and Targeting, Groningen Research
Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Pharmacokinetics, Toxicology and Targeting, Groningen Research
Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Health
Department, Flemish Institute for Technological
Research (VITO), Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium
- Biomedical
Research Institute, Hasselt University, Agoralaan building D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department
of Pharmacokinetics, Toxicology and Targeting, Groningen Research
Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Health
Department, Flemish Institute for Technological
Research (VITO), Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium
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- Department
of Pharmacokinetics, Toxicology and Targeting, Groningen Research
Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Kandy SK, Radhakrishnan R. Emergent membrane morphologies in relaxed and tense membranes in presence of reversible adhesive pinning interactions. Phys Biol 2019; 16:066011. [PMID: 31561242 PMCID: PMC6830734 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ab48d5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The morphologies of cell membranes, and specifically the local curvature distributions are determined either by its intrinsic components such as lipids and membrane-associated proteins or by the adhesion forces due to membrane interactions with the cytoskeleton, extracellular matrix (ECM) and other cells in the tissue, as well as physical variables such as membrane and frame tensions. We present a computational analysis for a model of pinned membranes based on the dynamically triangulated Monte Carlo (MC) model for membranes. We show that membrane adhesion to ECM or a substrate promotes curvature generation on cell membranes, and this process depends on the excess area, or equivalently membrane tension, and the density of adhesion sites. This biophysics based model predicts adhesion induced biogenesis of microvesicles in cell membranes. For a moderate density of adhesion sites and high excess membrane area, an increase in membrane tension can result in the formation of microvesicles and tubules on the membrane. We also demonstrate the significance of intrinsically curved proteins in promoting vesiculation on pinned membranes. The results presented here are relevant to the understanding of microvesicle biogenesis and curved membrane topographies due to physical factors such as substrate stiffness and ECM interactions.
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- Sreeja Kutti Kandy
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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Polymer-like Model to Study the Dynamics of Dynamin Filaments on Deformable Membrane Tubes. Biophys J 2019; 117:1870-1891. [PMID: 31672269 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.09.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Revised: 09/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Peripheral membrane proteins with intrinsic curvature can act both as sensors of membrane curvature and shape modulators of the underlying membranes. A well-studied example of such proteins is the mechanochemical GTPase dynamin, which assembles into helical filaments around membrane tubes and catalyzes their scission in a GTPase-dependent manner. It is known that the dynamin coat alone, without GTP, can constrict membrane tubes to radii of ∼10 nm, indicating that the intrinsic shape and elasticity of dynamin filaments should play an important role in membrane remodeling. However, molecular and dynamic understanding of the process is lacking. Here, we develop a dynamical polymer-chain model for a helical elastic filament bound on a deformable membrane tube of conserved mass, accounting for thermal fluctuations in the filament and lipid flows in the membrane. The model is based on the locally cylindrical helix approximation for dynamin. We obtain the elastic parameters of the dynamin filament by molecular dynamics simulations of its tetrameric building block and also from coarse-grained structure-based simulations of a 17-dimer filament. The results show that the stiffness of dynamin is comparable to that of the membrane. We determine equilibrium shapes of the filament and the membrane and find that mostly the pitch of the filament, not its radius, is sensitive to variations in membrane tension and stiffness. The close correspondence between experimental estimates of the inner tube radius and those predicted by the model suggests that dynamin's "stalk" region is responsible for its GTP-independent membrane-shaping ability. The model paves the way for future mesoscopic modeling of dynamin with explicit motor function.
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Thottacherry JJ, Sathe M, Prabhakara C, Mayor S. Spoiled for Choice: Diverse Endocytic Pathways Function at the Cell Surface. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2019; 35:55-84. [PMID: 31283376 PMCID: PMC6917507 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100617-062710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Endocytosis has long been identified as a key cellular process involved in bringing in nutrients, in clearing cellular debris in tissue, in the regulation of signaling, and in maintaining cell membrane compositional homeostasis. While clathrin-mediated endocytosis has been most extensively studied, a number of clathrin-independent endocytic pathways are continuing to be delineated. Here we provide a current survey of the different types of endocytic pathways available at the cell surface and discuss a new classification and plausible molecular mechanisms for some of the less characterized pathways. Along with an evolutionary perspective of the origins of some of these pathways, we provide an appreciation of the distinct roles that these pathways play in various aspects of cellular physiology, including the control of signaling and membrane tension.
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- Joseph Jose Thottacherry
- National Centre for Biological Science, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560065, India;
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- National Centre for Biological Science, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560065, India;
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- National Centre for Biological Science, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560065, India;
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- National Centre for Biological Science, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560065, India;
- Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore, 560065, India
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MacQuarrie CD, Mangione MC, Carroll R, James M, Gould KL, Sirotkin V. The S. pombe adaptor protein Bbc1 regulates localization of Wsp1 and Vrp1 during endocytic actin patch assembly. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs233502. [PMID: 31391237 PMCID: PMC6771142 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.233502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Arp2/3 complex-nucleated branched actin networks provide the key force necessary for endocytosis. The Arp2/3 complex is activated by nucleation-promoting factors including the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (Wsp1) and myosin-1 (Myo1). There are >40 known yeast endocytic proteins with distinct spatial and temporal localizations and functions; however, it is still unclear how these proteins work together to drive endocytosis. Here, we used quantitative live-cell imaging to determine the function of the uncharacterized S. pombe protein Bbc1. We discovered that Myo1 interacts with and recruits Bbc1 to sites of endocytosis. Bbc1 competes with the verprolin Vrp1 for localization to patches and association with Myo1, thus releasing Vrp1 and its binding partner Wsp1 from Myo1. Normally Myo1 remains at the base of the endocytic invagination and Vrp1-Wsp1 internalizes with the endocytic vesicle. However, in the absence of Bbc1, a portion of Vrp1-Wsp1 remains with Myo1 at the base of the invagination, and endocytic structures internalize twice as far. We propose that Bbc1 disrupts a transient interaction of Myo1 with Vrp1 and Wsp1 and thereby limits Arp2/3 complex-mediated nucleation of actin branches at the plasma membrane.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Cameron Dale MacQuarrie
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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Sengupta S, Rothenberg KE, Li H, Hoffman BD, Bursac N. Altering integrin engagement regulates membrane localization of K ir2.1 channels. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs225383. [PMID: 31391240 PMCID: PMC6771140 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.225383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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How ion channels localize and distribute on the cell membrane remains incompletely understood. We show that interventions that vary cell adhesion proteins and cell size also affect the membrane current density of inward-rectifier K+ channels (Kir2.1; encoded by KCNJ2) and profoundly alter the action potential shape of excitable cells. By using micropatterning to manipulate the localization and size of focal adhesions (FAs) in single HEK293 cells engineered to stably express Kir2.1 channels or in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes, we establish a robust linear correlation between FA coverage and the amplitude of Kir2.1 current at both the local and whole-cell levels. Confocal microscopy showed that Kir2.1 channels accumulate in membrane proximal to FAs. Selective pharmacological inhibition of key mediators of protein trafficking and the spatially dependent alterations in the dynamics of Kir2.1 fluorescent recovery after photobleaching revealed that the Kir2.1 channels are transported to the cell membrane uniformly, but are preferentially internalized by endocytosis at sites that are distal from FAs. Based on these results, we propose adhesion-regulated membrane localization of ion channels as a fundamental mechanism of controlling cellular electrophysiology via mechanochemical signals, independent of the direct ion channel mechanogating.
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- Swarnali Sengupta
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Loh J, Chuang MC, Lin SS, Joseph J, Su YA, Hsieh TL, Chang YC, Liu AP, Liu YW. An acute decrease in plasma membrane tension induces macropinocytosis via PLD2 activation. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs.232579. [PMID: 31391241 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.232579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Internalization of macromolecules and membrane into cells through endocytosis is critical for cellular growth, signaling and plasma membrane (PM) tension homeostasis. Although endocytosis is responsive to both biochemical and physical stimuli, how physical cues modulate endocytic pathways is less understood. Contrary to the accumulating discoveries on the effects of increased PM tension on endocytosis, less is known about how a decrease of PM tension impacts on membrane trafficking. Here, we reveal that an acute decrease of PM tension results in phosphatidic acid (PA) production, F-actin and phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2]-enriched dorsal membrane ruffling and subsequent macropinocytosis in myoblasts. The PA production induced by decreased PM tension depends on phospholipase D2 (PLD2) activation via PLD2 nanodomain disintegration. Furthermore, the 'decreased PM tension-PLD2-macropinocytosis' pathway is prominent in myotubes, reflecting a potential mechanism of PM tension homeostasis upon intensive muscle stretching and relaxation. Together, we identify a new mechanotransduction pathway that converts an acute decrease in PM tension into PA production and then initiates macropinocytosis via actin and PI(4,5)P2-mediated processes.
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- Julie Loh
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10002, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10002, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10002, Taiwan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10002, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10002, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10002, Taiwan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10002, Taiwan .,Center of Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10002, Taiwan
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