Endosomal transport of ErbB-2: mechanism for nuclear entry of the cell surface receptor.

The cell membrane receptor ErbB-2 migrates to the nucleus. However, the mechanism of its nuclear translocation is unclear. Here, we report a novel mechanism of its nuclear localization that involves interaction with the transport receptor importin beta1, nuclear pore protein Nup358, and a host of players in endocytic internalization. Knocking ...
down importin beta1 using small interfering RNA oligonucleotides or inactivation of small GTPase Ran by RanQ69L, a dominant-negative mutant of Ran, causes a nuclear transport defect of ErbB-2. Mutation of a putative nuclear localization signal in ErbB-2 destroys its interaction with importin beta1 and arrests nuclear translocation, while inactivation of nuclear export receptor piles up ErbB-2 within the nucleus. Additionally, blocking of internalization by a dominant-negative mutant of dynamin halts its nuclear localization. Thus, the cell membrane-embedded ErbB-2, through endocytosis using the endocytic vesicle as a vehicle, importin beta1 as a driver and Nup358 as a traffic light, migrates from the cell surface to the nucleus. This novel mechanism explains how a receptor tyrosine kinase on the cell surface can be translocated into the nucleus. This pathway may serve as a general mechanism to allow direct communication between cell surface receptors and the nucleus, and our findings thus open a new era in understanding direct trafficking between the cell membrane and nucleus.
Mesh Terms:
Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, Cell Nucleus, Cells, Cultured, Clathrin, Endocytosis, Endosomes, Humans, Karyopherins, Molecular Chaperones, Mutation, Nuclear Localization Signals, Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins, Receptor, erbB-2, Receptors, Cell Surface, Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, beta Karyopherins, ran GTP-Binding Protein
Mol. Cell. Biol.
Date: Dec. 01, 2005
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