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SUBMITTER: Austin CD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1482799 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Austin Cary D CD Lawrence David A DA Peden Andrew A AA Varfolomeev Eugene E EE Totpal Klara K De Mazière Ann M AM Klumperman Judith J Arnott David D Pham Victoria V Scheller Richard H RH Ashkenazi Avi A
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060626 27
Endocytosis is crucial for various aspects of cell homeostasis. Here, we show that proapoptotic death receptors (DRs) trigger selective destruction of the clathrin-dependent endocytosis machinery. DR stimulation induced rapid, caspase-mediated cleavage of key clathrin-pathway components, halting cellular uptake of the classic cargo protein transferrin. DR-proximal initiator caspases cleaved the clathrin adaptor subunit AP2alpha between functionally distinct domains, whereas effector caspases pro ...[more]