Receptor-mediated particle uptake by liver macrophages. The galactose-particle receptor mediates uptake via coated and also non-coated structures |
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Authors: | Victoria Kolb-Bachofen Jutta Schlepper-Schäfer Hubert Kolb |
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Institution: | 1. Institut für Biophysik und Elektronenmikroskopie, Medizinische Einrichtungen Germany;2. Diabetes-Forschungsinstitut, Universität Düsseldorf, D-4000, Düsseldorf 1, Germany |
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Abstract: | The endocytosis pathways of particles with terminal beta-D-galactosyl groups were studied in isolated rat Kupffer cells by electron microscopy. Colloidal gold particles of sizes 5, 17 and 50 nm were coated with asialofetuin (ASF) and isolated liver macrophages were allowed to bind (at 4 degrees C) or take up (at 37 degrees C) these ligands. Particles of all three sizes were bound via the galactose-particle receptor as shown by carbohydrate inhibition experiments and were ingested effectively. But, whereas ASF-gold particles of sizes 5 and 17 nm are taken up via the coated pit/coated vesicle pathway, the 50 nm particles are not. These enter the cell via non-coated endocytic vacuoles. All three particle sizes are transported to the same lysosomal compartment. These observations demonstrate that at least in macrophages one receptor is capable to mediate endocytosis via two different pathways depending on ligand size and/or valency. |
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