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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: ATP production requires the establishment of an electrochemical proton gradient
    across the inner mitochondrial membrane. Mitochondrial uncouplers dissipate this
    proton gradient and disrupt numerous cellular processes, including vesicular trafficking,
    mainly through energy depletion. Here we show that Endosidin9 (ES9), a novel mitochondrial
    uncoupler, is a potent inhibitor of clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) in different
    systems and that ES9 induces inhibition of CME not because of its effect on cellular
    ATP, but rather due to its protonophore activity that leads to cytoplasm acidification.
    We show that the known tyrosine kinase inhibitor tyrphostinA23, which is routinely
    used to block CME, displays similar properties, thus questioning its use as a
    specific inhibitor of cargo recognition by the AP-2 adaptor complex via tyrosine
    motif-based endocytosis signals. Furthermore, we show that cytoplasm acidification
    dramatically affects the dynamics and recruitment of clathrin and associated adaptors,
    and leads to reduction of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate from the plasma
    membrane.
acknowledgement: "We thank Yvon Jaillais, Ikuko Hara-Nishimura, Akihiko Nakano, Takashi
  Ueda and Jinxing Lin for providing materials, Natasha Raikhel, Glenn Hicks, Steffen
  Vanneste, and Ricardo Tejos for useful suggestions, Patrick Callaerts for providing
  S2 Drosophila cell cultures, Michael Sixt for providing HeLa cells, Annick Bleys
  for literature searches, VIB Bio Imaging Core for help with imaging conditions and
  Martine De Cock for help in preparing the article. This work was supported by the
  Agency for Innovation by Science\r\nand Technology for a pre-doctoral fellowship
  to W.D.; the Research fund KU Leuven\r\n(GOA), a Methusalem grant of the Flemish
  government and VIB to S.K., J.K. and P.V.;\r\nby the Netherlands Organisation for
  Scientific Research (NWO) for ALW grants\r\n846.11.002 (C.T.) and 867.15.020 (T.M.);
  the European Research Council (project\r\nERC-2011-StG-20101109 PSDP) (to J.F.);
  a European Research Council (ERC) Starting\r\nGrant (grant 260678) (to P.V.), the
  Research Foundation-Flanders (grants G.0747.09,\r\nG094011 and G095511) (to P.V.),
  the Hercules Foundation, an Interuniversity Attraction\r\nPoles Poles Program, initiated
  by the Belgian State, Science Policy Office (to P.V.),\r\nthe Swedish VetenskapsRådet
  grant to O.K., the Ghent University ‘Bijzonder\r\nOnderzoek Fonds’ (BOF) for a predoctoral
  fellowship to F.A.O.-M., the Research\r\nFoundation-Flanders (FWO) to K.M. and E.R."
article_number: '11710'
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author:
- first_name: Wim
  full_name: Dejonghe, Wim
  last_name: Dejonghe
- first_name: Sabine
  full_name: Kuenen, Sabine
  last_name: Kuenen
- first_name: Evelien
  full_name: Mylle, Evelien
  last_name: Mylle
- first_name: Mina K
  full_name: Vasileva, Mina K
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  last_name: Vasileva
- first_name: Olivier
  full_name: Keech, Olivier
  last_name: Keech
- first_name: Corrado
  full_name: Viotti, Corrado
  last_name: Viotti
- first_name: Jef
  full_name: Swerts, Jef
  last_name: Swerts
- first_name: Matyas
  full_name: Fendrych, Matyas
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  last_name: Fendrych
  orcid: 0000-0002-9767-8699
- first_name: Fausto
  full_name: Ortiz Morea, Fausto
  last_name: Ortiz Morea
- first_name: Kiril
  full_name: Mishev, Kiril
  last_name: Mishev
- first_name: Simon
  full_name: Delang, Simon
  last_name: Delang
- first_name: Stefan
  full_name: Scholl, Stefan
  last_name: Scholl
- first_name: Xavier
  full_name: Zarza, Xavier
  last_name: Zarza
- first_name: Mareike
  full_name: Heilmann, Mareike
  last_name: Heilmann
- first_name: Jiorgos
  full_name: Kourelis, Jiorgos
  last_name: Kourelis
- first_name: Jaroslaw
  full_name: Kasprowicz, Jaroslaw
  last_name: Kasprowicz
- first_name: Le
  full_name: Nguyen, Le
  last_name: Nguyen
- first_name: Andrzej
  full_name: Drozdzecki, Andrzej
  last_name: Drozdzecki
- first_name: Isabelle
  full_name: Van Houtte, Isabelle
  last_name: Van Houtte
- first_name: Anna
  full_name: Szatmári, Anna
  last_name: Szatmári
- first_name: Mateusz
  full_name: Majda, Mateusz
  last_name: Majda
- first_name: Gary
  full_name: Baisa, Gary
  last_name: Baisa
- first_name: Sebastian
  full_name: Bednarek, Sebastian
  last_name: Bednarek
- first_name: Stéphanie
  full_name: Robert, Stéphanie
  last_name: Robert
- first_name: Dominique
  full_name: Audenaert, Dominique
  last_name: Audenaert
- first_name: Christa
  full_name: Testerink, Christa
  last_name: Testerink
- first_name: Teun
  full_name: Munnik, Teun
  last_name: Munnik
- first_name: Daniël
  full_name: Van Damme, Daniël
  last_name: Van Damme
- first_name: Ingo
  full_name: Heilmann, Ingo
  last_name: Heilmann
- first_name: Karin
  full_name: Schumacher, Karin
  last_name: Schumacher
- first_name: Johan
  full_name: Winne, Johan
  last_name: Winne
- first_name: Jirí
  full_name: Friml, Jirí
  id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Friml
  orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596
- first_name: Patrik
  full_name: Verstreken, Patrik
  last_name: Verstreken
- first_name: Eugenia
  full_name: Russinova, Eugenia
  last_name: Russinova
citation:
  ama: Dejonghe W, Kuenen S, Mylle E, et al. Mitochondrial uncouplers inhibit clathrin-mediated
    endocytosis largely through cytoplasmic acidification. <i>Nature Communications</i>.
    2016;7. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11710">10.1038/ncomms11710</a>
  apa: Dejonghe, W., Kuenen, S., Mylle, E., Vasileva, M. K., Keech, O., Viotti, C.,
    … Russinova, E. (2016). Mitochondrial uncouplers inhibit clathrin-mediated endocytosis
    largely through cytoplasmic acidification. <i>Nature Communications</i>. Nature
    Publishing Group. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11710">https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11710</a>
  chicago: Dejonghe, Wim, Sabine Kuenen, Evelien Mylle, Mina K Vasileva, Olivier Keech,
    Corrado Viotti, Jef Swerts, et al. “Mitochondrial Uncouplers Inhibit Clathrin-Mediated
    Endocytosis Largely through Cytoplasmic Acidification.” <i>Nature Communications</i>.
    Nature Publishing Group, 2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11710">https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11710</a>.
  ieee: W. Dejonghe <i>et al.</i>, “Mitochondrial uncouplers inhibit clathrin-mediated
    endocytosis largely through cytoplasmic acidification,” <i>Nature Communications</i>,
    vol. 7. Nature Publishing Group, 2016.
  ista: Dejonghe W, Kuenen S, Mylle E, Vasileva MK, Keech O, Viotti C, Swerts J, Fendrych
    M, Ortiz Morea F, Mishev K, Delang S, Scholl S, Zarza X, Heilmann M, Kourelis
    J, Kasprowicz J, Nguyen L, Drozdzecki A, Van Houtte I, Szatmári A, Majda M, Baisa
    G, Bednarek S, Robert S, Audenaert D, Testerink C, Munnik T, Van Damme D, Heilmann
    I, Schumacher K, Winne J, Friml J, Verstreken P, Russinova E. 2016. Mitochondrial
    uncouplers inhibit clathrin-mediated endocytosis largely through cytoplasmic acidification.
    Nature Communications. 7, 11710.
  mla: Dejonghe, Wim, et al. “Mitochondrial Uncouplers Inhibit Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis
    Largely through Cytoplasmic Acidification.” <i>Nature Communications</i>, vol.
    7, 11710, Nature Publishing Group, 2016, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11710">10.1038/ncomms11710</a>.
  short: W. Dejonghe, S. Kuenen, E. Mylle, M.K. Vasileva, O. Keech, C. Viotti, J.
    Swerts, M. Fendrych, F. Ortiz Morea, K. Mishev, S. Delang, S. Scholl, X. Zarza,
    M. Heilmann, J. Kourelis, J. Kasprowicz, L. Nguyen, A. Drozdzecki, I. Van Houtte,
    A. Szatmári, M. Majda, G. Baisa, S. Bednarek, S. Robert, D. Audenaert, C. Testerink,
    T. Munnik, D. Van Damme, I. Heilmann, K. Schumacher, J. Winne, J. Friml, P. Verstreken,
    E. Russinova, Nature Communications 7 (2016).
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:51:30Z
date_published: 2016-06-08T00:00:00Z
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