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Shiga toxin induces tubular membrane invaginations for its uptake into cells
Winfried Römer1,5, Ludwig Berland2,6, Valérie Chambon1,5, Katharina Gaus8,9, Barbara Windschiegl10, Danièle Tenza3,5, Mohamed R. E. Aly4,7, Vincent Fraisier5, Jean-Claude Florent4,7, David Perrais11, Christophe Lamaze1,5, Graça Raposo3,5, Claudia Steinem10, Pierre Sens12, Patricia Bassereau2,6 & Ludger Johannes1,5
Correspondence to: Ludger Johannes1,5 Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to L.J. (Email: johannes@curie.fr).
Clathrin seems to be dispensable for some endocytic processes and, in several instances, no cytosolic coat protein complexes could be detected at sites of membrane invagination. Hence, new principles must in these cases be invoked to account for the mechanical force driving membrane shape changes. Here we show that the Gb3 (glycolipid)-binding B-subunit of bacterial Shiga toxin induces narrow tubular membrane invaginations in human and mouse cells and model membranes. In cells, tubule occurrence increases on energy depletion and inhibition of dynamin or actin functions. Our data thus demonstrate that active cellular processes are needed for tubule scission rather than tubule formation. We conclude that the B-subunit induces lipid reorganization that favours negative membrane curvature, which drives the formation of inward membrane tubules. Our findings support a model in which the lateral growth of B-subunit–Gb3 microdomains is limited by the invagination process, which itself is regulated by membrane tension. The physical principles underlying this basic cargo-induced membrane uptake may also be relevant to other internalization processes, creating a rationale for conceptualizing the perplexing diversity of endocytic routes.