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Endophilin-A2 dependent tubular endocytosis promotes plasma membrane repair and parasite invasion
Author(s) -
Matthias Corrotte,
Mark Cerasoli,
Fernando Yukio Maeda,
Norma W. Andrews
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cell science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.384
H-Index - 278
eISSN - 1477-9137
pISSN - 0021-9533
DOI - 10.1242/jcs.249524
Subject(s) - endocytosis , endocytic cycle , caveolae , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , endosome , vacuole , receptor mediated endocytosis , intracellular , cell , signal transduction , biochemistry , cytoplasm
Endocytosis of caveolae has previously been implicated in the repair of plasma membrane wounds. Here, we show that caveolin-1-deficient fibroblasts lacking caveolae upregulate a tubular endocytic pathway and have a reduced capacity to reseal after permeabilization with pore-forming toxins compared with wild-type cells. Silencing endophilin-A2 expression inhibited fission of endocytic tubules and further reduced plasma membrane repair in cells lacking caveolin-1, supporting a role for tubular endocytosis as an alternative pathway for the removal of membrane lesions. Endophilin-A2 was visualized in association with cholera toxin B-containing endosomes and was recruited to recently formed intracellular vacuoles containing Trypanosoma cruzi , a parasite that utilizes the plasma membrane wounding repair pathway to invade host cells. Endophilin-A2 deficiency inhibited T. cruzi invasion, and fibroblasts deficient in both caveolin-1 and endophilin-A2 did not survive prolonged exposure to the parasites. These findings reveal a novel crosstalk between caveolin-1 and endophilin-A2 in the regulation of clathrin-independent endocytosis and plasma membrane repair, a process that is subverted by T. cruzi parasites for cell invasion.

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