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. 2023 Feb 28;14:947. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36496-y

Fig. 5. Aggregation-dependent endocytosis is induced by cross-linking molecules.

Fig. 5

a WGA aggregates and induces endocytosis of glycosylated proteins in cells. After surface biotinylation, SkBr3 cells ±  CytochalasinD (CytoD) were incubated with WGA for 10 min, and remaining surface biotin was removed. Samples were harvested after processing, as described in the “Methods” section, assayed by immunoblot for receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-2 (HER2), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase Alpha1 (Na/K-ATPase) and transferrin-receptor 1 (TfR). Numbers indicate relative levels of uptake normalised to the control sample. b WGA uptake is mediated by both clathrin/dynamin-dependent and actin-dependent endocytic pathways. Cells transfected with dominant-negative DynaminS45N N-terminally GFP-tagged expression construct were incubated ± CytochalasinD (CytoD) with dylight650-labelled WGA and analysed by confocal microscopy. Scale bars: 10 µm. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.