Receptor-bound thrombin is not internalized through coated pits in mouse embryo cells
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
- Vol. 20 (3), 247-258
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.240200305
Abstract
The localization of thrombin receptors on mouse embryo (ME) cells was examined using electron microscope (EM) immunocytological techniques. ME cells were fixed with formaldehyde, prior to thrombin binding, and thrombin visualized on cell surfaces using affinity-purified antithrombin rabbit antibody and colloidal gold labeled anti-rabbit IgG. Colloidal gold particles were found in clusters on the surface of cells incubated with thrombin. There were approximately seven particles per cluster observed in thin sections with cluster diameters ranging from 70 to 200 nm. These clusters were not observed on cells incubated without thrombin. The total number of particles present on cells incubated with and without thrombin indicate that the colloidal gold labeling is approximately 98% specific for thrombin. Only four colloidal gold particles out of approximately 1,200 were associated with coated pits. Thus the thrombin receptor clusters do not appear to associate with coated membrane regions. To determine whether receptor-bound thrombin was internalized by receptor-mediated endocytosis, ME cells were incubated with 125I-thrombin and examined using EM autoradiography and the trypsin sensitivity of 125I-thrombin which was associated with the cells. In two types of experiments, where thrombin was incubated with cells at 4°C and the temperature increased to 37°C and where initial incubation was at 37°C, the receptor-directed specific internalization proceeded at approximately the same rate as nonspecific internalization. These studies indicate that thrombin that binds to its receptors on ME cells is not rapidly internalized by receptor-mediated endocytosis.Keywords
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