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ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
Volume 70, Issue 2, Pages 384-387Publisher
B M J PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.127811
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- Japanese Ministry of Education [10770391]
- Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [10770391] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Objectives To investigate the difference in the dynamics of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) receptors between normal and scleroderma fibroblasts. Methods The cell surface expression levels of TGF-beta receptors were determined by biotinylation and immunoprecipitation assay. The dynamics of TGF-beta receptors on the cell surface was determined by the reversible biotinylation assay. The subcellular localisation of TGF-beta receptors was determined by immunoprecipitation using antibodies against clathrin and caveolin. Results Although the total expression levels of TGF-beta receptors were elevated in scleroderma fibroblasts compared with normal fibroblasts, there was no significant difference in the cell surface expression levels of TGF-beta receptors between these two groups. However, the internalisation rate of TGF-beta receptors was higher in scleroderma fibroblasts compared with normal fibroblasts. Furthermore, caveolin constitutively made a complex with TGF-beta receptors, while the interaction of clathrin with TGF-beta receptors was marginal in scleroderma fibroblasts. Conclusions The dynamics of TGF-beta receptors on the cell surface is accelerated in scleroderma fibroblasts. Considering that the activation state of TGF-beta signalling is regulated by a balance between the clathrin-dependent internalisation and the lipid raft-caveolar internalisation, the accumulation of TGF-beta receptors in caveolin-positive vesicles may result in the deceleration of caveolin-dependent internalisation and subsequently lead to the relative acceleration of clathrin-dependent internalisation.
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