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A role of OCRL in clathrin-coated pit dynamics and uncoating revealed by studies of Lowe syndrome cells.

eLife | 2014

Mutations in the inositol 5-phosphatase OCRL cause Lowe syndrome and Dent's disease. Although OCRL, a direct clathrin interactor, is recruited to late-stage clathrin-coated pits, clinical manifestations have been primarily attributed to intracellular sorting defects. Here we show that OCRL loss in Lowe syndrome patient fibroblasts impacts clathrin-mediated endocytosis and results in an endocytic defect. These cells exhibit an accumulation of clathrin-coated vesicles and an increase in U-shaped clathrin-coated pits, which may result from sequestration of coat components on uncoated vesicles. Endocytic vesicles that fail to lose their coat nucleate the majority of the numerous actin comets present in patient cells. SNX9, an adaptor that couples late-stage endocytic coated pits to actin polymerization and which we found to bind OCRL directly, remains associated with such vesicles. These results indicate that OCRL acts as an uncoating factor and that defects in clathrin-mediated endocytosis likely contribute to pathology in patients with OCRL mutations.

Pubmed ID: 25107275 RIS Download

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Associated grants

  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32GM07205
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 DA018343
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: DK45735
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 GM007205
  • Agency: NCATS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: UL1 TR000142
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: DK082700
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R37NS036251
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R37 NS036251
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK082700
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 DK045735

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