Chapter 4. The Role of Caveolae and Noncaveolar Rafts in Endocytosis

  1. Prof. Dr. Christopher J. Fielding3,4
  1. Bo van Deurs1,
  2. Frederik Vilhardt1,
  3. Maria Torgersen2,
  4. Kirstine Roepstorff1,
  5. Anette M. Hommelgaard1,
  6. Kirsten Sandvig2

Published Online: 6 JUN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/3527608079.ch4

Book Title

Lipid Rafts and Caveolae: From Membrane Biophysics to Cell Biology

Lipid Rafts and Caveolae: From Membrane Biophysics to Cell Biology

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How to Cite

van Deurs, B., Vilhardt, F., Torgersen, M., Roepstorff, K., Hommelgaard, A. M. and Sandvig, K. (2006) The Role of Caveolae and Noncaveolar Rafts in Endocytosis, in Lipid Rafts and Caveolae: From Membrane Biophysics to Cell Biology (ed C. J. Fielding), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, FRG. doi: 10.1002/3527608079.ch4

Editor Information

  1. 3

    Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA

  2. 4

    Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    Structural Cell Biology Unit, Department of Medical Anatomy, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark

  2. 2

    Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Biochemistry, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, 0310 Oslo, Norway

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 6 JUN 2006
  2. Published Print: 9 JAN 2006

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9783527312610

Online ISBN: 9783527608072

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Keywords:

  • role of caveolae and noncaveolar rafts in endocytosis;
  • caveolae;
  • role of caveolae in endocytosis of cholera toxin;
  • caveosomes;
  • dynamin in caveolar function

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Caveolae are Largely Immobile, Nonendocytic Membrane Domains

  • Caveolae May Show Local, Short-Range Motility: A Role in Transendothelial Transport?

  • An Internalization Wave of Caveolae can be Stimulated by Virus

  • Role of Caveolae in Endocytosis of Cholera Toxin

  • A Small Fraction of Caveolae may become Constitutively Internalized

  • Caveosomes: Intracellular Caveolin-Associated Structures

  • The Role of Dynamin in Caveolar Function

  • Caveolin Immobilizes Rafts/Caveolar Invaginations

  • A 2005 Consensus Model for Caveolar Endocytosis

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