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. 2015 Mar 26;2015:834079. doi: 10.1155/2015/834079

Table 3.

Pharmacological and physical inhibitors of cellular uptake process.

Inhibitor Mechanism Working condition Ref.
Low temperature Inhibit energy-dependent endocytosis 4°C [17]
Hypertonic medium Inhibit clathrin-dependent endocytosis
(Dissociate clathrin lattice)
0.2–0.45 M sucrose [17, 50]
Potassium depletion Inhibit clathrin-dependent endocytosis
(Dissociate clathrin lattice)
50% DMEM w/1 mM ouabain [50]
Fusicoccin Endocytosis inhibitor
(H+-ATPase activator)
10 μM [51]
Valinomycin/nigericin Inhibit energy-dependent endocytosis
(Na+/K+ ATPase modulator; K+ selective ionophore)
2 μM [52, 53]
Sodium azide/sodium fluoride/antimycin A Inhibit energy-dependent endocytosis
(All metabolic inhibitors)
(0.15%/15 mM/2 μg/mL) [17]
Okadaic acid Endocytosis and autophagy inhibitor 1.5 μM [4, 26]
Nocodazole Inhibit clathrin-dependent endocytosis
(Cause microtubule depolymerization)
10–25 μM [17, 54]
Latrunculin A Inhibit micropinocytosis
(F-actin depolymerization inhibitor)
15 μM [55]
Cytochalasin D (CytD) Inhibit macropinocytosis, clathrin- and caveolae-dependent endocytosis
(Inhibit F-actin rearrangement)
1–30 μM [5658]
N-Ethylmaleimide (NEM) Inhibit clathrin- and caveolin-dependent endocytosis
(Inhibit endosomal fusion, energy metabolism)
0.1–3 mM [5961]
Methyl-β-cyclodetritrin (MβCD) Inhibit clathrin- and caveolae-dependent endocytosis
(Deplete or sequester cholesterol)
2 mM [62]
Filipin Inhibit caveolae-dependent endocytosis
(Inhibit lipid raft; cholesterol binding)
5 μg/mL [63]
Nystatin Inhibit caveolae-dependent endocytosis
(Inhibit lipid raft; sequester cholesterol)
5 μg/mL [63]
Wortmannin Inhibit receptor-mediated endocytosis
(Inhibit PI-3 kinase)
100 nM [64]
5-(N-Ethyl-N-isopropyl)-amiloride (EIPA) Inhibit micropinocytosis
(Inhibit Na+/H+ exchanger)
100 μM [65]
Dextran sulfate Inhibit binding of CPP to cell membrane 5 μg/mL [66]
DMSO/ethanol Direct membrane translocation enhancer 10%/1% [43]
Oleic acid/limonene/PEG All direct membrane translocation enhancers 5% [28, 43]
Chloroquine Lysosomotropic agent
(Cause vesicular lysis)
100 & 25 μM [67, 68]
Ammonium chloride Inhibit the fusion of lysosomes with endosomes 10 mM [67, 69]