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Liang Fang, Rita Garuti, Bo-Young Kim, James B. Wade, Paul A. Welling
Published in Volume 119, Issue 11
J Clin Invest. 2009; 119(11):3278–3289 doi:10.1172/JCI37950
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Figure 5
ARH stimulates channel endocytosis in a signal-dependent manner.

Evidence from domain transplantation. (A) Cartoon of the antibody feeding endocytosis assay. (B) Typical cells transfected with the N2.1/ROMK chimera or the mutant, in which the NPNF motif was replaced with AAAA in the absence ARH (top panel) and presence of ARH (bottom panel) at indicated chase times after surface labeling. Green indicates the surface channel; red indicates the internalized channel. Note the increase in red puncta in the cells cotransfected with N2.1/ROMK and ARH. Scale bar: 10 μm (all panels have equivalent dimensions). (C) Quantification of endocytosis (N, vesicle number per unit cell area at the 15 minute chase time) for WT N2.1/ROMK chimera and NPNF mutant N2.1/ROMK, in the absence and presence of exogenous ARH. n = 5 cells for each condition (*P < 0.001).