Stabilization of clathrin coated vesicles by amantadine, tromantadine and other hydrophobic amines

Yupa Phonphok, Ken S. Rosenthal

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Abstract

Amantadine and related compounds stabilized the structure of purified pig brain clathrin coated vesicles (CCV) at biologically relevant concentrations. Incubation of purified CCV for 30 min at 25°C or 37°C caused the release clathrin, as determined by a centrifugation assay, and a reduction in the number of coated vesicles, by electron microscopy. Amantadine (10 mM), tromantadine (1 mM), amidine D295 (cyclohexylcarboximidamide-(N-benzyl)hydrochloride) (10 mM), chloroquin (0.1 mM) and monodansyleadaverine (10 mM) significantly reduced the extent of dissociation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)188-190
Number of pages3
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume281
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 9 1991
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Amantadine
  • Clathrin
  • Clathrin coated vesicle
  • Hydrophobic amine
  • Tromantadine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology

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