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DY: Fachverband Dynamik und Statistische Physik
DY 43: Anomalous diffusion / Brownian motion
DY 43.7: Talk
Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:45–12:00, H3
Flat-to-curved transition during clathrin-mediated endocytosis — •Felix Frey1, Delia Bucher2, Kem A. Sochacki3, Susann Kummer2, Jan-Philip Bergeest4, William J. Godinez4, Hans-Georg Kräusslich2, Karl Rohr4, Justin W. Taraska3, Steeve Boulant2, and Ulrich S. Schwarz1 — 1ITP, Heidelberg University — 2Department of Virology, University Hospital Heidelberg — 3NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, U.S.A. — 4IPMB, Heidelberg University
Biological cells constantly transport material and information across their plasma membrane. The most important pathway for the uptake of nutrients and receptors is clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME). Although CME has been studied for decades, the exact sequence of molecular and structural events remains elusive. Two basic models have been suggested for the way CME proceeds, namely the constant curvature and the constant area models [1]. Here, we combine correlative electron and light microscopy, super-resolution microscopy, single particle tracking and simple mathematical grow laws to estimate the temporal sequence of ultrastructural rearrangements of the clathrin coat. Our quantitative analysis shows that neither model is correct and that clathrin-coated structures initially grow flat but start to acquire curvature when on average 70% of the final clathrin content is reached [2]. [1] Haucke, Volker, and Michael M. Kozlov. "Membrane remodeling in clathrin-mediated endocytosis." J. Cell Sci. (2018), 131(17):jcs216812. [2] Bucher, Delia, et al. "Clathrin-adaptor ratio and membrane tension regulate the flat-to-curved transition of the clathrin coat during endocytosis." Nat. Commun. (2018), 9(1):1109.