Nature Communications (May 2022)

P-selectin mobility undergoes a sol-gel transition as it diffuses from exocytosis sites into the cell membrane

  • Nicola Hellen,
  • Gregory I. Mashanov,
  • Ianina L. Conte,
  • Sophie le Trionnaire,
  • Victor Babich,
  • Laura Knipe,
  • Alamin Mohammed,
  • Kazim Ogmen,
  • Silvia Martin-Almedina,
  • Katalin Török,
  • Matthew J. Hannah,
  • Justin E. Molloy,
  • Tom Carter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30669-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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P-selectin recruits leucocytes to regions of blood vessel damage. Using single molecule imaging, we find newly secreted P-selectin spreads rapidly across the plasma membrane and then becomes immobilized and better-suited to leucocyte capture.