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The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol 82, 654-663, Copyright © 1979 by The Rockefeller University Press
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B Hardy, KG Bensch and SL Schrier
The endocytic vacuoles induced in white ghosts were found to be depleted of spectrin and therefore it was proposed that they arose from spectrin-free areas in the erythrocyte membrane. To follow changes in spectrin distribution during endocytosis, affinity-purified rabbit antispectrin antibodies were produced. Quantitative techniques were developed for the use of a highly specific 125I-F(ab')2 antispectrin, and these showed that before the appearance of vacuoles, as assessed by phase microscopy, there was a reproducible decrease in immunoreactive spectrin. To determine whether this spectrin decrease represented a local or diffuse spectrin loss or a spectrin rearrangement, morphologic studies were undertaken using transmission electron microscopy on samples treated with rabbit antispectrin and ferritin-conjugated goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin. These studies showed that endocytosis was preceded by the creation of extensive spectrin-free areas separated by discrete spectrin-containing zones. Pretreatment of ghosts with alkaline phosphatase blocked all forms of endocytosis and prevented the creation of spectrin-free areas. Therefore, it is proposed that under the impetus of endocytosis inducers, phosphorylated spectrin is redistributed so that spectrin-free zones are created, and that endocytic vacuoles form and fuse in spectrin-free areas.
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