Role of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in agonist-induced down-regulation of the beta2-adrenergic receptor - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1998 Mar 20;273(12):6976-81.

doi: 10.1074/jbc.273.12.6976.

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Role of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in agonist-induced down-regulation of the beta2-adrenergic receptor

A W Gagnon et al. J Biol Chem. 1998.

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Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated that non-visual arrestins function as adaptors in clathrin-mediated endocytosis to promote agonist-induced internalization of the beta2-adrenergic receptor (beta2AR). Here, we characterized the effects of arrestins and other modulators of clathrin-mediated endocytosis on down-regulation of the beta2AR. In COS-1 and HeLa cells, non-visual arrestins promote agonist-induced internalization and down-regulation of the beta2AR, whereas dynamin-K44A, a dominant-negative mutant of dynamin that inhibits clathrin-mediated endocytosis, attenuates beta2AR internalization and down-regulation. In HEK293 cells, dynamin-K44A profoundly inhibits agonist-induced internalization and down-regulation of the beta2AR, suggesting that receptor internalization is critical for down-regulation in these cells. Moreover, a dominant-negative mutant of beta-arrestin, beta-arrestin-(319-418), also inhibits both agonist-induced receptor internalization and down-regulation. Immunofluorescence microscopy analysis reveals that the beta2AR is trafficked to lysosomes in HEK293 cells, where presumably degradation of the receptor occurs. These studies demonstrate that down-regulation of the beta2AR is in part due to trafficking of the beta2AR via the clathrin-coated pit endosomal pathway to lysosomes.

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