DISTRIBUTION OF FERRITIN RECEPTORS AND COATED PITS ON GIANT HELA-CELLS
DISTRIBUTION OF FERRITIN RECEPTORS AND COATED PITS ON GIANT HELA-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1983.tb01469.x
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
THOMSON, JN
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作者:
BRETSCHER, MS;THOMSON, JN
HeLa cells bind horse spleen ferritin when the 2 are incubated at 0.degree. C. Since the majority of this bound ferritin is located in coated pits, the ferritin must bind to a specific receptor which takes part in an endocytic cycle. When substrate-attached and well-spread giant HeLa cells are briefly labeled at 0.degree. C with ferritin, ferritin particles are found to be concentrated towards the cell periphery, where they exist largely outside coated pits. This peripheral concentration is a property of circulating (and not just newly synthesized) receptors because it is not affected by prior incubation of giant cells in cycloheximide. Coated pits are themselves roughly uniformly distributed over the surface of these cells. The membrane internalized by coated pits on these cells is returned to the cell surface at the leading edge of the cell. Because of this separation of the sites of endocytosis and exocytosis, a flow of membrane must occur across the cell surface. This flow is composed of lipid plus receptors. The implications of this for capping and for cell spreading are discussed.