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Role of Grb2 in EGF-stimulated EGFR internalization

¹ Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Division of Basic Science, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA
² Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

^* Author for correspondence (e-mail: samelson{at}helix.nih.gov )

Accepted 28 January 2002

Grb2 is an adaptor molecule that couples membrane receptors such as the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) to intracellular signaling pathways. To gain insight into the trafficking pathways followed by these molecules after activation by EGF, we visualized Grb2 and EGFR fused to GFP spectral variants in single live cells. In nonstimulated cells, Grb2-YFP was primarily localized diffusely in the cytoplasm, whereas EGFR-CFP was found on the plasma membrane and in endocytic structures localized in the perinuclear area. Within 1 minute of EGF stimulation, Grb2 redistributed to the plasma membrane where it bound EGFR-CFP in an SH2 dependent manner. The plasma membrane then began to dynamically ruffle, and Grb2-YFP and EGFR-CFP were found to internalize together in large macropinocytic structures. These structures were morphologically distinct from conventional, clathrin-derived endosomes and did not label with transferrin, AP-2 or clathrin heavy chain. Evidence that these structures did not require clathrin for internalization came from experiments showing that expression of the C-terminus of AP-180, which inhibited transferrin uptake, had no effect on EGF-induced internalization of EGFR. YFP-tagged Grb2 containing an inhibitory mutation in either N- or C-SH3 domain redistributed to the plasma membrane upon EGF stimulation, but the macropinocytic structures containing Grb2-YFP and EGFR-CFP did not translocate inward and appeared to remain tethered to the plasma membrane. This suggested that the Grb2 SH3 domain was responsible for coupling the membranes containing EGFR with downstream effectors involved in internalization of these membranes. Transferrin uptake was unaffected in the presence of all of the SH3 domain mutants, consistent with the EGF-stimulated EGFR internalization pathway being clathrin-independent. These results demonstrate a role for Grb2 in events associated with a macropinocytic internalization pathway for EGFR in activated cells.

Key words: Grb2, EGFR, SH3 domain, Endocytosis, GFP

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