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Endocytosis of Ubiquitylation-Deficient EGFR Mutants via Clathrin-Coated Pits is Mediated by Ubiquitylation.

Arola Fortian, Lai K Dionne, Sun H Hong, Woong Kim, Steven P Gygi, Simon C Watkins, Alexander Sorkin

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Article in Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Small-molecule CBLB inhibitor abolishes EGFR ubiquitination, reduces receptor endocytosis, and diminishes cell motility signaling.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  20. Unique auto-ubiquitination activities of artificial RING fingers in cancer cells.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Arola FortianDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA,, USA.
Lai K DionneDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO,, USA.
Sun H HongDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA,, USA.
Woong KimDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, MA,, USA.
Steven P GygiDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, MA,, USA.
Simon C WatkinsDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA,, USA.
Alexander SorkinDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA,, USA.
University of Pittsburgh · USHarvard University · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of Colorado Boulder · US

Funding

University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000005 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$50.8M
New Sample Multiplexing Technologies to Identify Chemical Probes and Illuminate Ubiquitin BiologyR01GM067945 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI GYGI, STEVEN P · 2003 to 2024
$10.5M
PATHOGENESIS OF CANCER--ROLE OF EGF RECEPTOR ENDOCYTOSISR01CA089151 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SORKIN, ALEXANDER D · 2001 to 2023
$6.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000005NCI NIH HHS CA089151NCI NIH HHS R01 CA089151NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067945
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Signaling by epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is controlled by endocytosis. However, mechanisms of EGFR endocytosis remain poorly understood. Here, we found that the EGFR mutant lacking known ubiquitylation, acetylation and clathrin adaptor AP-2-binding sites (21KRΔAP2) was internalized at relatively high rates via the clathrin-dependent pathway in human duodenal adenocarcinoma HuTu-80 cells. RNA interference analysis revealed that this residual internalization is strongly inhibited by depletion of Grb2 and the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UbcH5b/c, and partially affected by depletion of the E3 ubiquitin ligase Cbl and ubiquitin-binding adaptors, indicating that an ubiquitylation process is involved. Several new ubiquitin conjugation sites were identified by mass spectrometry in the 21KRΔAP2 mutant, suggesting that cryptic ubiquitylation may mediate endocytosis of this mutant. Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy imaging of HuTu-80 cells transfected with labeled ubiquitin adaptor epsin1 demonstrated that the ubiquitylation-deficient EGFR mutant was endocytosed through a limited population of epsin-enriched clathrin-coated pits (CCPs), although with a prolonged CCP lifetime. Native EGFR was recruited with the same efficiency into CCPs containing either AP-2 or epsin1 that were tagged with fluorescent proteins by genome editing of MDA-MD-231 cells. We propose that two redundant mechanisms, ubiquitylation and interaction with AP-2, contribute to EGFR endocytosis via CCPs in a stochastic fashion.

Indexed as

Binding SitesClathrinCoated Pits, Cell-MembraneEndocytosisErbB ReceptorsHumansProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalUbiquitinUbiquitinationClathrinEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsUbiquitinclathrinEGFendocytosisubiquitin

Identifiers

PMID26251007
PMCPMC4607634
OpenAlexW1896889801

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