Phosphatidylinositol-(4,5)-bisphosphate regulates clathrin-coated pit initiation, stabilization, and size

摘要

Phosphatidylinositol-(4,5)-bisphosphate (PIP2) is the main lipid binding partner of proteins involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME). Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy coupled to computational image analysis revealed that the balance of PIP2 synthesis in the bulk plasma membrane and its local turnover within clathrin-coated pits control multiple distinct yet only partly overlapping stages of CME.