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Submitted on May 7, 2007
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Accepted on October 12, 2007
and Calmodulin Regulate EGF Receptor Recycling from Early Endosomes through Arp2/3 Complex and Cortactin
*Departament de Biologia Cellular and
Unitat de Microscopia Confocal, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain;
Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; ||Centre for Immunology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, University of New South Wales;
The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
Monitoring Editor: Adam Linstedt
The intracellular trafficking of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is regulated by a cross-talk between calmodulin (CaM) and protein kinase C-delta (PKC
). On inhibition of CaM, PKC
promotes the formation of enlarged early endosomes and blocks EGFR recycling and degradation. Here we show that PKC
impairs EGFR trafficking due to the formation of an F-actin coat surrounding early endosomes. The PKC
-induced polymerization of actin is orchestrated by the Arp2/3 complex and requires the interaction of cortactin with PKC
. Accordingly, inhibition of actin polymerization utilizing cytochalasin D or by overexpression of active cofilin, restored the normal morphology of the organelle and the recycling of EGFR. Similar results were obtained after down-regulation of cortactin and the sequestration of the Arp2/3 complex. Furthermore we demonstrate an interaction of cortactin with CaM and PKC
, the latter being dependent on CaM inhibition. In summary, this study provides the first evidence that CaM and PKC
organize actin dynamics in the early endosomal compartment, thereby regulating the intracellular trafficking of EGFR.