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SUBMITTER: Khandelwal P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2892371 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khandelwal Puneet P Ruiz Wily G WG Apodaca Gerard G
The EMBO journal 20100511 12
Compensatory endocytosis (CE) ensures recycling of membrane components and maintenance of plasma membrane size; however, the mechanisms, regulation, and physiological functions of clathrin-independent modes of CE are poorly understood. CE was studied in umbrella cells, which undergo regulated exocytosis of subapical discoidal/fusiform vesicles (DFV) during bladder filling, and may then replenish the pool of DFV by internalizing apical membrane during voiding. We found that voiding-stimulated CE, ...[more]