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Why does endocytosis in single cells care which side up?
Bioarchitecture 2014 March
Eukaryotic cells display an asymmetric distribution of cellular compartments relying on their adhesion and the underlying anisotropy of the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton. Studies using a minimal cell culture system based on confined adhesion on micropatterns have illustrated that trafficking compartments are well organized at the single cell level in response to the geometry of cellular adhesion cues. Expanding our analysis on cellular uptake processes, we have found that cellular adhesion additionally defines the topology of endocytosis and signaling. During endocytosis, transferrin (Tfn) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) concentrate at distinct cellular sites in micropatterned cells. Tfn is enriched in adhesive sites during uptake, whereas EGF endocytosis is restricted to the dorsal cellular surface. This unexpected dorsal/ventral asymmetry is regulated by uptake mechanisms and actin dynamics. Interestingly, restricted EGF uptake leads to asymmetry of EGF receptor activation that is required to sustain downstream signaling. Based on our results, we propose that differential sorting begins at the plasma membrane leading to spatially distinct intracellular trafficking routes that are well defined in space. We speculate that the intracellular positioning of trafficking compartments sustains an important coupling between the endocytic and signaling systems that allows cells to sense their environment.
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