Mechanistic Insights into Membrane Protein Clustering Revealed by Visualizing EGFR Secretion

Author:

Xu Haijiao1,Zhang Jinrui1,Zhou Yijia23,Zhao Guanfang14,Cai Mingjun1,Gao Jing1,Shao Lina1,Shi Yan1,Li Hongru14,Ji Hongbin2356,Zhao Yikai2,Wang Hongda147

Affiliation:

1. State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022 Jilin, China

2. State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China

3. School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China

4. University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026 Anhui, China

5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

6. School of Life Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 130102, China

7. Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237 Shandong, China

Abstract

Most plasmalemmal proteins are organized into clusters to modulate various cellular functions. However, the machineries that regulate protein clustering remain largely unclear. Here, with EGFR as an example, we directly and in detail visualized the entire process of EGFR from synthesis to secretion onto the plasma membrane (PM) using a high-speed, high-resolution spinning-disk confocal microscope. First, colocalization imaging revealed that EGFR secretory vesicles underwent transport from the ER to the Golgi to the PM, eventually forming different distribution forms on the apical and basal membranes; that is, most EGFR formed larger clusters on the apical membrane than the basal membrane. A dynamic tracking image and further siRNA interference experiment confirmed that fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane led to EGFR clusters, and we showed that EGFR PM clustering may be intimately related to EGFR signaling and cell proliferation. Finally, we found that the size and origin of the secretory vesicles themselves may determine the difference in the distribution patterns of EGFR on the PM. More importantly, we showed that actin influenced the EGFR distribution by controlling the fusion of secretory vesicles with the PM. Collectively, a comprehensive understanding of the EGFR secretion process helps us to unravel the EGFR clustering process and elucidate the key factors determining the differences in the spatial distribution of EGFR PM, highlighting the correlation between EGFR secretion and its PM distribution pattern.

Funder

Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Jilin Province

Chinese Academy of Sciences

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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