20Endocytosis mediates the cellular uptake of micronutrients and cell surface proteins. Parallel to 21 Clathrin-mediated endocytosis, additional Clathrin-independent endocytic routes exist, including fast 22 Endophilin-mediated endocytosis (FEME). The latter is not constitutively active but requires the 23 activation of selected receptors. In cell culture, however, the high levels of growth factors in the 24 regular culture media induce spontaneous FEME, which can be suppressed upon serum starvation.
25Thus, we predicted a role for protein kinases in this growth factor receptor-mediated regulation of 26 the pathway. Using chemical and genetic inhibition, we found that Cdk5 and GSK3β are negative 27 regulators of FEME. Their inhibition was sufficient to activate FEME promptly in resting cells and 28 boosted the production of endocytic carriers containing β1-adrenergic receptor, following 29 dobutamine addition. We established that the kinases suppress FEME at several levels. They control 30 Dynamin-1 and Dynein recruitment and sorting of cargo receptors such as Plexin A1 and ROBO1 into 31 FEME carriers. They do so by antagonizing the binding of Endophilin to Dynamin-1 as well as to 32 Collapsin response mediator protein 4 (CRMP4), a Plexin A1 adaptor. Cdk5 and GSK3β also hamper 33 the binding and recruitment of Dynein onto FEME carriers by Bin1. Interestingly, we found that 34 GSK3β binds to Endophilin, thus imposing a local regulation of FEME. Collectively, these findings 35 place the two kinases as key regulators of FEME, licensing cells for rapid uptake by the pathway only 36 upon when Cdk5 and GSK3β activity is low.
38 39Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is the major uptake pathway in resting cells 1,2 but additional Clathrin-40 independent endocytic (CIE) routes, including fast Endophilin-mediated endocytosis (FEME), perform 41 specific functions or internalize various cargoes 3,4 . FEME is not constitutively active but is triggered upon the 42 stimulation of selected cell surface receptors by their ligands 5 . These include G-protein coupled receptors 43 (e.g. β1-adrenergic receptor, hereafter β1AR), receptor tyrosine kinases (e.g. epidermal growth factor 44 receptor, EGFR) or cytokine receptors (e.g. Interleukin-2 receptor) 5 . In resting cells, FEME is primed by a 45 cascade of molecular events starting with active, GTP-loaded, Cdc42 recruiting CIP4/FBP17 that engage the 46 5'-phosphatase SHIP2 and Lamellipodin (Lpd). The latter then concentrates Endophilin into clusters on 47 discrete locations of the plasma membrane 6 . In absence of receptor activation, the clusters dissemble 48 quickly (after 5 to 15 sec) upon local recruitment of the Cdc42 GTPase-activating proteins RICH1, SH3BP1 49 or Oligophrenin 6 New priming cycles start nearby, constantly priming the plasma membrane for FEME. Upon 50 activation, receptors are quickly sorted into pre-existing Endophilin clusters that then bud to form FEME 51 carriers, which are Clathrin-negative, Endophilin-positive assemblies (EPAs) found in the cytosol. The en...