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An Introduction to Endocytosis and Exocytosis
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2023
Cells can take in substances from the extracellular environment by endocytosis and actively release molecules into it by exocytosis. Such processes involve lipid membrane-bound sacs called vesicles. Knowledge of the molecular architecture and mechanisms of both is key to understanding normal cell physiology, as well as the disease states that arise when they become defective. This video will first briefly review a few pivotal discoveries in the history of endo- and exocytosis research. Next,...
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Endocytosis
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2023
Eukaryotic cells acquire nutrients for growth and proliferation. Nutrients and other molecules that require degradation are internalized from the extracellular space by a process called endocytosis. The term ‘endocytosis' was first coined by Christian de Duve in 1963. Endocytosis always begins with the plasma membrane enclosing an incoming molecule to form a transport vesicle which, in some cases, can be coated with a protein called ‘clathrin.' Endocytosed material is either sorted through...
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Measuring Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons
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2017
Synaptic vesicle endocytosis is detected by light microscopy of pHluorin fused with synaptic vesicle protein and by electron microscopy of vesicle uptake.
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The Early Endosome: Endocytosis of Transferrin
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2023
Essential proteins such as insulin or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and micronutrients such as iron enter a eukaryotic cell through receptor-mediated endocytosis. Subsequently, the early endosomes fuse with the vesicles containing such receptor-ligand complexes and play a vital role in sorting the incoming ligands and receptors. While the ligands are either degraded inside the vesicle or released into the cytosol, their receptors are returned to the plasma membrane for further rounds of...
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Receptor-mediated Endocytosis
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2026
Receptor-mediated endocytosis is a process through which bulk amounts of specific molecules can be imported into a cell after binding to cell surface receptors. The molecules bound to these receptors are taken into the cell through inward folding of the cell surface membrane, which is eventually pinched off into a vesicle within the cell. Structural proteins, such as clathrin, coat the budding vesicle and give it its round form.Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis of LDLOne well-characterized example...
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Ligand binding can activate a surface receptor and recruit associated cellular machinery. This signaling promotes local plasma-membrane curvature, followed by vesicle formation and internalization of the receptor-associated cargo. The response therefore links recognition of an extracellular signal to controlled entry into the cell, allowing receptor activity and extracellular material uptake to be regulated together.
Clathrin-mediated uptake provides one common route for converting receptor activation into membrane vesicle formation. After stimulation, clathrin-associated machinery supports the curvature and organization needed for internalization at the plasma membrane. Examining this pathway helps researchers determine how a signal at the cell surface becomes a physical transport event rather than remaining only a receptor-binding interaction.
Early endosomes provide an initial intracellular destination for newly internalized vesicles and their cargo. Trafficking to this compartment helps connect uptake with later cargo processing and changes in receptor abundance at the cell surface. Consequently, stimulation can influence not only how much material enters a cell, but also how signaling and membrane composition are subsequently regulated.
The response allows cells to bring selected extracellular materials inward while also controlling the availability of surface receptors. That dual role supports nutrient acquisition and helps terminate, modify, or redistribute signals initiated outside the cell. In biology, studying these linked outcomes shows how cells coordinate environmental responses with membrane regulation and intracellular cargo handling.
Enhanced uptake provides a biological route by which drug-associated materials or nanoparticles may enter cells through membrane internalization and subsequent trafficking. Research on this response can therefore examine how extracellular payloads move from the cell surface into early endosomes. These studies connect basic membrane biology with efforts to understand intracellular transport of therapeutic or engineered materials.
Some pathogens use host-cell entry mechanisms associated with endocytic uptake. Investigating stimulated internalization can help clarify how interactions at the plasma membrane promote vesicle formation and movement into early endosomes during infection-related entry. This subject-specific context makes endocytosis research relevant to understanding how cells respond when extracellular biological agents exploit normal uptake pathways.