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. k/ G: D3 K1 F, w5 E; GClathrin-independent endocytosis is revealing itself at last. Intermediary organelles in this pathway have been difficult to identify, due in part to a dearth of markers and, until recently, difficulties in blocking the clathrin-dependent process. But now, Benjamin Nichols (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK) has identified a set of endosomes that are uniquely involved in clathrin-independent trafficking.Nichols' results demonstrate that vesicles containing caveolin-1 define a set of early endosomes that are distinct from those that form from clathrin-coated pits. Proteins that were endocytosed independently of clathrin, including GPI-anchored proteins and the cholera toxin B subunit, were found within the caveolin-1–positive endosomes. Even in the absence of clathrin-mediated endocytosis, these proteins were delivered from the plasma membrane to the Golgi.# x4 d1 I! F0 R1 t$ G
; n- R8 Q8 J" VAlthough caveolin-1 provides a useful marker for the pathway, the protein was not important for endocytosis. Nichols found that caveolin-1 was sorted away from Golgi-bound vesicles, and diminished caveolin-1 levels did not inhibit clathrin-independent endocytosis. Caveolin-1–containing endosomes have previously been shown to transport SV40 virus to the ER. Nichols believes these may be the same organelles, although this is not yet proven.
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# _4 R- n4 h5 h% s/ iThe function of the clathrin-independent pathway will be better understood when specific inhibitors can be identified. For now, Nichols hypothesizes that clathrin-independent endocytosis is important for delivery of certain plasma membrane lipids to the trans face of the Golgi, the site of lipid raft formation and Golgi cargo sorting.
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Nichols, B. 2002. Nat. Cell Biol. 10.1038/ncb787.(Caveolin-1 (green) endosomes carry cargo) |
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