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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2021

Mechanism of p38 MAPK-induced EGFR endocytosis and its crosstalk with ligand-induced pathways.

Mireia Perez Verdaguer, Tian Zhang, Joao A Paulo, Steven Gygi, Simon C Watkins, Hiroaki Sakurai, Alexander Sorkin

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. 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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  7. Beyond the membrane: rethinking EGFR signaling in physiology and cancer.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026
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  9. SRC and ERK Regulate the Turnover of Cytoskeletal Keratin Filaments.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  20. Small molecules targeting endocytic uptake and recycling pathways.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mireia Perez VerdaguerDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
Tian ZhangDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA.
Joao A PauloDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA.
Steven GygiDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA.
Simon C WatkinsDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.ORCID 0000-0003-4092-1552
Hiroaki SakuraiDepartment of Cancer Cell Biology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0657-9570
Alexander SorkinDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.ORCID 0000-0002-4446-1920
Harvard University · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Toyama · JP

Funding

PATHOGENESIS OF CANCER--ROLE OF EGF RECEPTOR ENDOCYTOSISR01CA089151 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SORKIN, ALEXANDER D · 2001 to 2023
$6.9M
Signaling by the EGF Receptor from EndosomesR01GM124186 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SORKIN, ALEXANDER D · 2017 to 2021
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA089151NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM124186
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ligand binding triggers clathrin-mediated and, at high ligand concentrations, clathrin-independent endocytosis of EGFR. Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) of EGFR is also induced by stimuli activating p38 MAPK. Mechanisms of both ligand- and p38-induced endocytosis are not fully understood, and how these pathways intermingle when concurrently activated remains unknown. Here we dissect the mechanisms of p38-induced endocytosis using a pH-sensitive model of endogenous EGFR, which is extracellularly tagged with a fluorogen-activating protein, and propose a unifying model of the crosstalk between multiple EGFR endocytosis pathways. We found that a new locus of p38-dependent phosphorylation in EGFR is essential for the receptor dileucine motif interaction with the σ2 subunit of clathrin adaptor AP2 and concomitant receptor internalization. p38-dependent endocytosis of EGFR induced by cytokines was additive to CME induced by picomolar EGF concentrations but constrained to internalizing ligand-free EGFRs due to Grb2 recruitment by ligand-activated EGFRs. Nanomolar EGF concentrations rerouted EGFR from CME to clathrin-independent endocytosis, primarily by diminishing p38-dependent endocytosis.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular TransportCell Physiological PhenomenaClathrinEndocytosisErbB ReceptorsGRB2 Adaptor ProteinHeLa CellsHumansLigandsNeoplasmsp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPhosphorylationProtein BindingProtein TransportAdaptor Proteins, Vesicular TransportClathrinEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsGRB2 Adaptor ProteinLigandsp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases

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PMID34032851
PMCPMC8155814
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