Optical Tweezers Studies on Notch: Single-molecule Interaction Strength is Independent of Ligand Endocytosis

Overview

Journal Dev Cell

Publisher Cell Press

Specialties Cell Biology
Reproductive Medicine

Date 2012 Jun 5

PMID 22658935

Citations 37

Authors

Bhupinder Shergill

Laurence Meloty-Kapella

Abdiwahab A Musse

Gerry Weinmaster

Elliot Botvinick

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Abstract

Notch signaling controls diverse cellular processes critical to development and disease. Cell surface ligands bind Notch on neighboring cells but require endocytosis to activate signaling. The role ligand endocytosis plays in Notch activation has not been established. Here we integrate optical tweezers with cell biological and biochemical methods to test the prevailing model that ligand endocytosis facilitates recycling to enhance ligand interactions with Notch necessary to trigger signaling. Specifically, single-molecule measurements indicate that interference of ligand endocytosis and/or recycling does not alter the force required to rupture bonds formed between cells expressing the Notch ligand Delta-like1 (Dll1) and laser-trapped Notch1 beads. Together, our analyses eliminate roles for ligand endocytosis and recycling in Dll1-Notch1 interactions and indicate that recycling indirectly affects signaling by regulating the accumulation of cell surface ligand. Importantly, our study demonstrates the utility of optical tweezers to test a role for ligand endocytosis in generating cell-mediated mechanical force.

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