| 1997 |
Flotillin-1 was identified and molecularly cloned as a resident integral membrane protein component of caveolae, localizing to the Triton-insoluble, buoyant membrane fraction (lipid rafts) in brain and other tissues, and was shown to define a novel family of caveolae-associated integral membrane proteins together with epidermal surface antigen (flotillin-2). |
Molecular cloning, detergent-resistant membrane fractionation, multiple independent biochemical methods confirming caveolar localization |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
9153235
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| 2000 |
Flotillin-1 was identified as forming a ternary complex with CAP (c-Cbl-associated protein) and Cbl, directing the localization of the CAP-Cbl complex to a lipid raft subdomain of the plasma membrane upon insulin stimulation; this pathway was shown to be essential for insulin-stimulated glucose transport independent of PI3K signaling. |
Yeast two-hybrid screen, co-immunoprecipitation, dominant-negative overexpression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, glucose transport assay |
Nature |
High |
11001060
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| 2001 |
Flotillin-1 was identified as a major integral protein of human erythrocyte lipid rafts, forming independently organized high-order oligomers that act as separate scaffolding components at the cytoplasmic face of erythrocyte lipid rafts. |
Lipid raft isolation from human erythrocytes, protein identification, sucrose gradient fractionation, oligomer characterization |
Blood |
High |
11159550
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| 2005 |
Flotillin-1 defines a clathrin-independent endocytic pathway in mammalian cells: it resides in punctate plasma membrane structures distinct from clathrin-coated pits and caveolin-1-positive caveolae, accumulates GPI-linked proteins and cholera toxin B subunit in endocytic intermediates, and siRNA knockdown inhibits clathrin-independent uptake of cholera toxin and GPI-linked protein endocytosis. |
Ferro-fluid-based endosome purification, total internal reflection microscopy, immuno-electron microscopy, siRNA knockdown, endocytosis assays |
Nature cell biology |
High |
16341206
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| 2007 |
Coassembly of flotillin-1 and flotillin-2 is sufficient to generate de novo membrane microdomains distinct from caveolin-1-positive caveolae; this coassembly induces membrane curvature, formation of plasma-membrane invaginations, and accumulation of intracellular vesicles, establishing flotillin-1 as a defining structural component of a clathrin-independent endocytic machinery. |
Overexpression of flotillin constructs, live-cell imaging, electron microscopy, membrane curvature and vesicle budding assays |
Current biology : CB |
High |
17600709
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| 2011 |
Silencing FLOT1 in breast cancer cells inhibited proliferation and tumorigenicity both in vitro and in vivo, mechanistically associated with suppression of Akt activity, enhanced transcriptional activity of FOXO3a, upregulation of p21(Cip1) and p27(Kip1), and downregulation of cyclin D1. |
siRNA knockdown, Western blotting, luciferase reporter assay, in vitro proliferation assays, in vivo xenograft |
Clinical cancer research |
Medium |
21447726
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| 2017 |
FLOT1 interacts with syndecan-1 (but not caveolin-1) in liver cells via the transmembrane/cytoplasmic region of syndecan-1 and the N-terminal hydrophobic domain of FLOT1; C-TRL binding to syndecan-1 enhances this association and the two proteins traffic together into lysosomes; FLOT1 knockdown substantially inhibits syndecan-1 endocytosis; adenoviral restoration of wild-type but not N-terminal hydrophobic domain-deleted FLOT1 in diabetic mice normalized plasma triglycerides. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, domain deletion mutants, siRNA knockdown, adenoviral overexpression in mouse model, plasma triglyceride assay |
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology |
High |
29162604
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| 2019 |
FLOT1 promotes lung adenocarcinoma cell growth, invasion, and migration, inhibits apoptosis, induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and modulates the cell cycle by activating the Erk/Akt signaling pathway. |
Lentiviral knockdown and overexpression, cell growth/invasion/migration assays, apoptosis assay, EMT marker analysis, Erk/Akt pathway analysis |
Thoracic cancer |
Medium |
30838797
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| 2023 |
FLOT1 promotes gastric cancer progression and metastasis by physically interacting with BCAR1, regulating BCAR1 phosphorylation and translocation; BCAR1 knockdown blocks FLOT1-induced proliferation/migration/invasion; re-expression of wild-type but not BCAR1(Y410F) partially restores FLOT1-knockdown phenotypes, and this restoration is blocked by ERK inhibitor, placing FLOT1 upstream of BCAR1 phosphorylation and ERK signaling. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, overexpression/knockdown, BCAR1 phosphorylation-site mutant (Y410F), ERK inhibitor, proliferation/migration/invasion assays |
International journal of biological sciences |
Medium |
37928269
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| 2023 |
After irradiation, FLOT1 forms part of a SDC1-TGM2-FLOT1-BHMT complex that mediates autophagosome-lysosome fusion in GBM cells: SDC1 carries TGM2 from the cell membrane into the cytoplasm and transports it to lysosomes by binding to FLOT1, then TGM2 recognizes BHMT on autophagosomes to coordinate their encounter with lysosomes, maintaining autophagic flux and enhancing radioresistance. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence, mRFP-GFP-LC3 assay, transmission electron microscopy, flow cytometry, Western blotting, qPCR |
Theranostics |
Medium |
37441590
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| 2023 |
EIF4A3 physically interacts with FLOT1 in lung adenocarcinoma cells and positively regulates FLOT1 protein expression; FLOT1 knockdown reverses the increase in cell proliferation and migration caused by EIF4A3 overexpression and rescues EIF4A3-driven activation of the PI3K-AKT-ERK1/2-P70S6K signaling pathway and PI3K class III-mediated autophagy. |
Mass spectrometry (co-IP pull-down), transcriptome sequencing, siRNA knockdown, overexpression, cell proliferation/migration assays, pathway analysis by Western blot |
Molecular cancer research : MCR |
Medium |
37011005
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| 2023 |
FLOT1 knockdown in AML cells triggers both apoptosis and pyroptosis, inhibits tumor engraftment in vivo, while FLOT1 overexpression promotes AML cell growth and apoptosis resistance, demonstrating a role for FLOT1 in regulating cell death pathways in hematological malignancy. |
siRNA knockdown, overexpression, flow cytometry, in vivo xenograft engraftment assay, Western blotting |
Annals of hematology |
Medium |
36697954
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| 2025 |
SMARCC1 activates FLOT1 transcription by binding to its promoter; FLOT1 promotes M2 macrophage polarization, increases PD-L1 expression, and reduces ferroptosis in macrophages by restoring GSH:GSSG ratio and preventing lipid peroxidation; FLOT1 overexpression rescues the inhibitory effects of SMARCC1 knockdown on M2 macrophage infiltration and ferroptosis suppression. |
ChIP assay (SMARCC1 binding to FLOT1 promoter), siRNA knockdown, overexpression, GSH/GSSG ratio measurement, lipid peroxidation assay, transmission electron microscopy of mitochondria, co-culture assays, xenograft models |
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) |
Medium |
40108025
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| 2026 |
In Alzheimer's disease models, FLOT1 interacts with the transcription factor FOSL2, which upregulates EphA2 expression, leading to activation of the p38/MAPK signaling pathway and pro-inflammatory polarization of microglia; silencing FLOT1 in APP/PS1 mice reduced neuroinflammatory markers, prevented pro-inflammatory microglial polarization, and improved spatial memory. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (FLOT1-FOSL2 interaction), ChIP assay (FOSL2 on EphA2 promoter), dual-luciferase assay, qPCR, Western blotting, IHC, Morris water maze in APP/PS1 mice |
Neuropharmacology |
Medium |
41548752
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| 2026 |
Flotillin-1 (Flot1) localizes to circular dorsal ruffles (CDRs) in podocytes; Flot1 depletion reduces macropinosome formation and impairs growth-factor-stimulated mTORC1 activation, demonstrating that Flot1 participates in CDR-derived macropinosome formation and macropinosome-dependent nutrient delivery to lysosomes for mTORC1 activation. |
Imaging analysis (Flot1 localization at CDRs), Flot1 knockout cells, macropinosome formation assay, mTORC1 activation biochemical assay, growth assay, immunostaining |
Cell structure and function |
Medium |
41500583
|
| 2020 |
FLOT1 mRNA is regulated by N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification in ovarian cancer cells; the level of m6A modification of FLOT1 mRNA is significantly elevated in OC cells compared with normal cells, leading to increased FLOT1 mRNA expression; application of the methylation inhibitor 3-deazaadenosine decreased FLOT1 mRNA expression and suppressed tumor formation in a xenograft model. |
m6A modification analysis, methylation inhibitor treatment, qRT-PCR, xenograft mouse model |
Cell biology international |
Low |
40066501
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