Membrane proteins follow multiple pathways to the basolateral cell surface in polarized epithelial cells |
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Authors: | Glen A Farr Michael Hull Ira Mellman Michael J Caplan |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and 2.Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520;3.Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080 |
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Abstract: | Newly synthesized apical and basolateral membrane proteins are sorted from one another in polarized epithelial cells. The trans-Golgi network participates in this sorting process, but some basolateral proteins travel from the Golgi to recycling endosomes (REs) before their surface delivery. Using a novel system for pulse–chase microscopy, we have visualized the postsynthetic route pursued by a newly synthesized cohort of Na,K-ATPase. We find that the basolateral delivery of newly synthesized Na,K-ATPase occurs via a pathway distinct from that pursued by the vesicular stomatitis virus G protein (VSV-G). Na,K-ATPase surface delivery occurs at a faster rate than that observed for VSV-G. The Na,K-ATPase does not pass through the RE compartment en route to the plasma membrane, and Na,K-ATPase trafficking is not regulated by the same small GTPases as other basolateral proteins. Finally, Na,K-ATPase and VSV-G travel in separate post-Golgi transport intermediates, demonstrating directly that multiple routes exist for transport from the Golgi to the basolateral membrane in polarized epithelial cells. |
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