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Recruitment of activated G protein-coupled receptors to pre-existing clathrin-coated pits in living cells. Export

J Biol Chem, Vol. 277, No. 5. (1 February 2002), pp. 3552-3559.

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The process of clathrin-mediated endocytosis tightly regulates signaling of the superfamily of seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). A fundamental question in the cell biology of membrane receptor endocytosis is whether activated receptors can initiate the formation of clathrin-coated pits (CPs) or whether they are simply mobilized to pre-existing CPs. Here, using various approaches, including a dynamic assay to monitor the distribution of CPs and GPCR-beta-arrestin complexes in live HeLa cells, we demonstrate for the first time that activated GPCRs do not initiate the de novo formation of CPs but instead are targeted to pre-existing CPs.


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