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The Company of Biologists, Journal of Cell Science, 12(124), p. 2001-2012, 2011

DOI: 10.1242/jcs.081182

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Interplay between N-WASP and CK2 optimizes clathrin-mediated endocytosis of EGFR

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Abstract

Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) involves spatially and temporally restricted molecular dynamics, to which protein kinases and actin contribute. However, whether and how these two elements merge to properly execute CME remains unknown. Here, we show that neural Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP) and casein kinase 2 (CK2) form a complex and localize to clathrin-coated vesicles. N-WASP binds to and is phosphorylated by CK2, thereby reducing the kinase activity of CK2. By contrast, N-WASP-promoted actin polymerization is decreased upon both phosphorylation and binding of CK2. Knockdown of CK2 and N-WASP, either alone or in combination, causes a similar inhibition in the initial rate of CME of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and its accumulation at the plasma membrane. Increased levels of EGFR at the cell surface can only be efficiently rescued by reconstituting the N-WASP–CK2 complex with either wild-type or phosphorylation-mimicking N-WASP and wild-type CK2. Notably, perturbation of N-WASP–CK2 complex function showed that N-WASP controls the presence of F-actin at clathrin-coated structures. In summary, the N-WASP–CK2 complex integrates in a single circuit different activities contributing to CME.