“…CME inhibition is based on the ability of Pitstop compounds to interfere with the function of the clathrin TD, a seven-bladed -propeller, as a recruitment hub for accessory proteins harboring clathrin box motifs (31) including AP and GGA adaptors, Eps15, epsins, amphiphysin, SNXs, or CALM (1,3,5,11,32,33). Although Pitstop-2 has been shown to inhibit CME of transferrin and HIV uptake via arrest of CCP dynamics (31), its activity with respect to intracellular membrane traffic has not been explored.…”