Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Mechanochemical feedback control of dynamin independent endocytosis modulates membrane tension in adherent cells

  • Joseph Jose Thottacherry,
  • Anita Joanna Kosmalska,
  • Amit Kumar,
  • Amit Singh Vishen,
  • Alberto Elosegui-Artola,
  • Susav Pradhan,
  • Sumit Sharma,
  • Parvinder P. Singh,
  • Marta C. Guadamillas,
  • Natasha Chaudhary,
  • Ram Vishwakarma,
  • Xavier Trepat,
  • Miguel A. del Pozo,
  • Robert G. Parton,
  • Madan Rao,
  • Pramod Pullarkat,
  • Pere Roca-Cusachs,
  • Satyajit Mayor

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06738-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Plasma membrane tension is an important factor that regulates many key cellular processes. Here authors show that a specific dynamin-independent endocytic pathway is modulated by changes in tension via the mechano-transducer vinculin.