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Lindström JB, Pierce NT, Latz MI. Role of TRP Channels in Dinoflagellate Mechanotransduction. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2017; 233:151-167. [PMID: 29373067 DOI: 10.1086/695421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels are common components of mechanosensing pathways, mainly described in mammals and other multicellular organisms. To gain insight into the evolutionary origins of eukaryotic mechanosensory proteins, we investigated the involvement of TRP channels in mechanosensing in a unicellular eukaryotic protist, the dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra. BLASTP analysis of the protein sequences predicted from the L. polyedra transcriptome revealed six sequences with high similarity to human TRPM2, TRPM8, TRPML2, TRPP1, and TRPP2; and characteristic TRP domains were identified in all sequences. In a phylogenetic tree including all mammalian TRP subfamilies and TRP channel sequences from unicellular and multicellular organisms, the L. polyedra sequences grouped with the TRPM, TPPML, and TRPP clades. In pharmacological experiments, we used the intrinsic bioluminescence of L. polyedra as a reporter of mechanoresponsivity. Capsaicin and RN1734, agonists of mammalian TRPV, and arachidonic acid, an agonist of mammalian TRPV, TRPA, TRPM, and Drosophila TRP, all stimulated bioluminescence in L. polyedra. Mechanical stimulation of bioluminescence, but not capsaicin-stimulated bioluminescence, was inhibited by gadolinium (Gd3+), a general inhibitor of mechanosensitive ion channels, and the phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor U73122. These pharmacological results are consistent with the involvement of TRP-like channels in mechanosensing by L. polyedra. The TRP channels do not appear to be mechanoreceptors but rather are components of the mechanotransduction signaling pathway and may be activated via a PLC-dependent mechanism. The presence and function of TRP channels in a dinoflagellate emphasize the evolutionary conservation of both the channel structures and their functions.
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Key Words
- AA, amino acids
- AMTB hydrochloride, N-(3-Aminopropyl)-2-[(3-methylphenyl)methoxy]-N-(2-thienylmethyl)benzamide hydrochloride
- Ce, Caenorhabditis elegans
- Cr, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
- DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide
- Dm, Drosophila melanogaster
- Dr, Danio rerio
- FSW, filtered seawater
- Gd3+, gadolinium
- GsMTx4, Grammostola spatulata mechanotoxin 4
- HC067047, 2-Methyl-1-[3-(4-morpholinyl)propyl]-5-phenyl-N-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide
- HMM, Hidden Markov Model
- Hs, Homo sapiens
- Lp, Lingulodinium polyedra
- ML204, 4-Methyl-2-(1-piperidinyl)-quinoline
- Mb, Monosiga brevicollis
- ORF, open reading frame
- PIP2, Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
- PLC, phospholipase C
- Pt, Paramecium tetraurelia
- RHC80267, O,O′-[1,6-Hexanediylbis(iminocarbonyl)]dioxime cyclohexanone
- RN1734, 2,4-Dichloro-N-isopropyl-N-(2-isopropylaminoethyl)benzenesulfonamide
- RN1747, 1-(4-Chloro-2-nitrophenyl)sulfonyl-4-benzylpiperazine
- TMHMM, transmembrane helix prediction
- TRP, transient receptor potential channel
- U73122, 1-[6-[((17β)-3-Methoxyestra-1,3,5[10]-trien-17-yl)amino]hexyl]-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione
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Stimulation of 3D osteogenesis by mesenchymal stem cells using a nanovibrational bioreactor. Nat Biomed Eng 2017; 1:758-770. [DOI: 10.1038/s41551-017-0127-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Fettiplace R. Hair Cell Transduction, Tuning, and Synaptic Transmission in the Mammalian Cochlea. Compr Physiol 2017; 7:1197-1227. [PMID: 28915323 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c160049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sound pressure fluctuations striking the ear are conveyed to the cochlea, where they vibrate the basilar membrane on which sit hair cells, the mechanoreceptors of the inner ear. Recordings of hair cell electrical responses have shown that they transduce sound via submicrometer deflections of their hair bundles, which are arrays of interconnected stereocilia containing the mechanoelectrical transducer (MET) channels. MET channels are activated by tension in extracellular tip links bridging adjacent stereocilia, and they can respond within microseconds to nanometer displacements of the bundle, facilitated by multiple processes of Ca2+-dependent adaptation. Studies of mouse mutants have produced much detail about the molecular organization of the stereocilia, the tip links and their attachment sites, and the MET channels localized to the lower end of each tip link. The mammalian cochlea contains two categories of hair cells. Inner hair cells relay acoustic information via multiple ribbon synapses that transmit rapidly without rundown. Outer hair cells are important for amplifying sound-evoked vibrations. The amplification mechanism primarily involves contractions of the outer hair cells, which are driven by changes in membrane potential and mediated by prestin, a motor protein in the outer hair cell lateral membrane. Different sound frequencies are separated along the cochlea, with each hair cell being tuned to a narrow frequency range; amplification sharpens the frequency resolution and augments sensitivity 100-fold around the cell's characteristic frequency. Genetic mutations and environmental factors such as acoustic overstimulation cause hearing loss through irreversible damage to the hair cells or degeneration of inner hair cell synapses. © 2017 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 7:1197-1227, 2017.
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- Robert Fettiplace
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Dubin AE, Murthy S, Lewis AH, Brosse L, Cahalan SM, Grandl J, Coste B, Patapoutian A. Endogenous Piezo1 Can Confound Mechanically Activated Channel Identification and Characterization. Neuron 2017; 94:266-270.e3. [PMID: 28426961 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Revised: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A gold standard for characterizing mechanically activated (MA) currents is via heterologous expression of candidate channels in naive cells. Two recent studies described MA channels using this paradigm. TMEM150c was proposed to be a component of an MA channel partly based on a heterologous expression approach (Hong et al., 2016). In another study, Piezo1's N-terminal "propeller" domain was proposed to constitute an intrinsic mechanosensitive module based on expression of a chimera between a pore-forming domain of the mechanically insensitive ASIC1 channel and Piezo1 (Zhao et al., 2016). When we attempted to replicate these results, we found each construct conferred modest MA currents in a small fraction of naive HEK cells similar to the published work. Strikingly, these MA currents were not detected in cells in which endogenous Piezo1 was CRISPR/Cas9 inactivated. These results highlight the importance of choosing cells lacking endogenous MA channels to assay the mechanotransduction properties of various proteins. This Matters Arising paper is in response to Hong et al. (2016) and Zhao et al. (2016) in Neuron. See also the response papers by Hong et al. (2017) and Zhao et al. (2017) published concurrently with this Matters Arising.
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- Adrienne E Dubin
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, 311 Research Drive, Box 3209, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Aix Marseille Universite, CNRS, CRN2M, Marseille, France
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, 311 Research Drive, Box 3209, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Aix Marseille Universite, CNRS, CRN2M, Marseille, France
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Suchyna TM. Piezo channels and GsMTx4: Two milestones in our understanding of excitatory mechanosensitive channels and their role in pathology. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 130:244-253. [PMID: 28778608 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Discovery of Piezo channels and the reporting of their sensitivity to the inhibitor GsMTx4 were important milestones in the study of non-selective cationic mechanosensitive channels (MSCs) in normal physiology and pathogenesis. GsMTx4 had been used for years to investigate the functional role of cationic MSCs, especially in muscle tissue, but with little understanding of its target or inhibitory mechanism. The sensitivity of Piezo channels to bilayer stress and its robust mechanosensitivity when expressed in heterologous systems were keys to determining GsMTx4's mechanism of action. However, questions remain regarding Piezo's role in muscle function due to the non-selective nature of GsMTx4 inhibition toward membrane mechanoenzymes and the implication of MCS channel types by genetic knockdown. Evidence supporting Piezo like activity, at least in the developmental stages of muscle, is presented. While the MSC targets of GsMTx4 in muscle pathology are unclear, its muscle protective effects are clearly demonstrated in two recent in situ studies on normal cardiomyocytes and dystrophic skeletal muscle. The muscle protective function may be due to the combined effect of GsMTx4's inhibitory action on cationic MSCs like Piezo and TRP, and its potentiation of repolarizing K+ selective MSCs like K2P and SAKCa. Paradoxically, the potent in vitro action of GsMTx4 on many physiological functions seems to conflict with its lack of in situ side-effects on normal animal physiology. Future investigations into cytoskeletal control of sarcolemma mechanics and the suspected inclusion of MSCs in membrane micro/nano sized domains with distinct mechanical properties will aide our understanding of this dichotomy.
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- Thomas M Suchyna
- University of Buffalo, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Buffalo, NY, USA.
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The Piezo1 protein ion channel functions in human nucleus pulposus cell apoptosis by regulating mitochondrial dysfunction and the endoplasmic reticulum stress signal pathway. Exp Cell Res 2017; 358:377-389. [PMID: 28705727 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2017] [Revised: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The Piezo1 protein ion channel is a novel mechanical stretch-activated ion channel (SAC) closely related to mechanical signals. Mechanotransduction plays a crucial role in organ development and homeostasis. Previous studies identified Piezo1 and demonstrated that it is distinct from other ion channels with well-established roles in lower organisms. Mechanical stretch-activated ion channels from other organisms are not conserved in mammals or do not act as mechanically activated channels in mammals. In the current study, we explored the role of the Piezo1 ion channel in human nucleus pulposus cell (NP cell) apoptosis through mechanical force-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Reverse Transcription Polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry and Annexin V binding and propidium iodide analyses revealed that the Piezo1 protein ion channel was highly expressed in human NP cells, which are the primary cells that comprise the intervertebral disc. In patients with intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD), the Piezo1 protein may play a crucial role in human NP cell apoptosis through mitochondrial dysfunction and endoplasmic reticulum stress under abnormal loading conditions. This study also verified that human NP cells have an intimate connection with the cytoskeleton upon treatment of the cells with the Piezo1 blocking peptide GsMTx4 from tarantula venom. In summary, Piezo1 functions in human NP cell apoptosis, which may be one underlying mechanism of apoptosis induced by abnormal loading in IVDD patients.
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Ilkan Z, Wright JR, Goodall AH, Gibbins JM, Jones CI, Mahaut-Smith MP. Evidence for shear-mediated Ca 2+ entry through mechanosensitive cation channels in human platelets and a megakaryocytic cell line. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:9204-9217. [PMID: 28416610 PMCID: PMC5454102 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.766196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Revised: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The role of mechanosensitive (MS) Ca2+-permeable ion channels in platelets is unclear, despite the importance of shear stress in platelet function and life-threatening thrombus formation. We therefore sought to investigate the expression and functional relevance of MS channels in human platelets. The effect of shear stress on Ca2+ entry in human platelets and Meg-01 megakaryocytic cells loaded with Fluo-3 was examined by confocal microscopy. Cells were attached to glass coverslips within flow chambers that allowed applications of physiological and pathological shear stress. Arterial shear (1002.6 s-1) induced a sustained increase in [Ca2+] i in Meg-01 cells and enhanced the frequency of repetitive Ca2+ transients by 80% in platelets. These Ca2+ increases were abrogated by the MS channel inhibitor Grammostola spatulata mechanotoxin 4 (GsMTx-4) or by chelation of extracellular Ca2+ Thrombus formation was studied on collagen-coated surfaces using DiOC6-stained platelets. In addition, [Ca2+] i and functional responses of washed platelet suspensions were studied with Fura-2 and light transmission aggregometry, respectively. Thrombus size was reduced 50% by GsMTx-4, independently of P2X1 receptors. In contrast, GsMTx-4 had no effect on collagen-induced aggregation or on Ca2+ influx via TRPC6 or Orai1 channels and caused only a minor inhibition of P2X1-dependent Ca2+ entry. The Piezo1 agonist, Yoda1, potentiated shear-dependent platelet Ca2+ transients by 170%. Piezo1 mRNA transcripts and protein were detected with quantitative RT-PCR and Western blotting, respectively, in both platelets and Meg-01 cells. We conclude that platelets and Meg-01 cells express the MS cation channel Piezo1, which may contribute to Ca2+ entry and thrombus formation under arterial shear.
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- Zeki Ilkan
- From the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom.,the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP, United Kingdom, and
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- the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP, United Kingdom, and
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- the School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AS, United Kingdom
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- the School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AS, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom,
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Mutations in the genes encoding the mechanosensitive cation channels PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 are responsible for multiple hereditary human diseases. Loss-of-function mutations in the human PIEZO1 gene cause autosomal recessive congenital lymphatic dysplasia. Gain-of-function mutations in the human PIEZO1 gene cause the autosomal dominant hemolytic anemia, hereditary xerocytosis (also known as dehydrated stomatocytosis). Loss-of-function mutations in the human PIEZO2 gene cause an autosomal recessive syndrome of muscular atrophy with perinatal respiratory distress, arthrogryposis, and scoliosis. Gain-of-function mutations in the human PIEZO2 gene cause three clinical types of autosomal dominant distal arthrogryposis. This chapter will review the hereditary diseases caused by mutations in the PIEZO genes and will discuss additional physiological systems in which PIEZO channel dysfunction may contribute to human disease pathophysiology.
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- S L Alper
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
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In Touch With the Mechanosensitive Piezo Channels: Structure, Ion Permeation, and Mechanotransduction. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2017; 79:159-195. [PMID: 28728816 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2016.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Mechanotransduction, the conversion of mechanical forces into biological signals, plays critical roles in various physiological and pathophysiological processes in mammals, such as conscious sensing of touch, pain, and sound, as well as unconscious sensing of blood flow-associated shear stress, urine flow, and bladder distention. Among the various molecules involved in mechanotransduction, mechanosensitive (MS) cation channels have long been postulated to represent one critical class of mechanotransducers that directly and rapidly converts mechanical force into electrochemical signals. Despite the awareness of their functional significance, the molecular identities of MS cation channels in mammals had remained elusive for decades till the groundbreaking finding that the Piezo family of genes, including Piezo1 and Piezo2, constitutes their essential components. Since their identification about 6years ago, tremendous progress has been made in understanding their physiological and pathophysiological importance in mechanotransduction and their structure-function relationships of being the prototypic class of mammalian MS cation channels. On the one hand, Piezo proteins have been demonstrated to serve as physiologically and pathophysiologically important mechanotransducers for most, if not all, mechanotransduction processes. On the other hand, they have been shown to form a remarkable three-bladed, propeller-shaped homotrimeric channel complex comprising a separable ion-conducting pore module and mechanotransduction modules. In this chapter, we review the major advancements, with a particular focus on the structural and biophysical features that enable Piezo proteins to serve as sophisticated MS cation channels for force sensing, transduction, and ion conduction.
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Microfluidics is an interdisciplinary field intersecting many areas in engineering. Utilizing a combination of physics, chemistry, biology, and biotechnology, along with practical applications for designing devices that use low volumes of fluids to achieve high-throughput screening, is a major goal in microfluidics. Microfluidic approaches allow the study of cells growth and differentiation using a variety of conditions including control of fluid flow that generates shear stress. Recently, Piezo1 channels were shown to respond to fluid shear stress and are crucial for vascular development. This channel is ideal for studying fluid shear stress applied to cells using microfluidic devices. We have developed an approach that allows us to analyze the role of Piezo channels on any given cell and serves as a high-throughput screen for drug discovery. We show that this approach can provide detailed information about the inhibitors of Piezo channels.
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Alcaino C, Knutson K, Gottlieb PA, Farrugia G, Beyder A. Mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2 is inhibited by D-GsMTx4. Channels (Austin) 2017; 11:245-253. [PMID: 28085630 DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2017.1279370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Enterochromaffin (EC) cells are the primary mechanosensors of the gastrointestinal (GI) epithelium. In response to mechanical stimuliEC cells release serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT). The molecular details ofEC cell mechanosensitivity are poorly understood. Recently, our group found that human and mouseEC cells express the mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2. The mechanosensitive currents in a humanEC cell model QGP-1 were blocked by the mechanosensitive channel blocker D-GsMTx4. In the present study we aimed to characterize the effects of the mechanosensitive ion channel inhibitor spider peptide D-GsMTx4 on the mechanically stimulated currents from both QGP-1 and human Piezo2 transfected HEK-293 cells. We found co-localization of 5-HT and Piezo2 in QGP-1 cells by immunohistochemistry. QGP-1 mechanosensitive currents had biophysical properties similar to dose-dependently Piezo2 and were inhibited by D-GsMTx4. In response to direct displacement of cell membranes, human Piezo2 transiently expressed in HEK-293 cells produced robust rapidly activating and inactivating inward currents. D-GsMTx4 reversibly and dose-dependently inhibited both the potency and efficacy of Piezo2 currents in response to mechanical force. Our data demonstrate an effective inhibition of Piezo2 mechanosensitive currents by the spider peptide D-GsMTx4.
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- Constanza Alcaino
- a Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Enteric Neuroscience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology , Mayo Clinic , Rochester , MN , USA
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- a Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Enteric Neuroscience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology , Mayo Clinic , Rochester , MN , USA
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- b Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Single Molecule Biophysics , State University of New York , Buffalo , NY , USA
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- b Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Single Molecule Biophysics , State University of New York , Buffalo , NY , USA
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- a Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Enteric Neuroscience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology , Mayo Clinic , Rochester , MN , USA
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Lee W, Guilak F, Liedtke W. Role of Piezo Channels in Joint Health and Injury. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2017; 79:263-273. [PMID: 28728820 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2016.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Cartilage is an intrinsically mechanically sensitive tissue composed of chondrocytes as the only cell type. Chondrocyte mechanotransduction is not well understood, but recently we identified critical components of the mechanotransduction machinery demonstrating how mechanical stimulation of these cells can be converted into cellular calcium signals. Physiologic mechanical cues induce anabolic responses of (post-mitotic) chondrocytes via transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 ion channels, whereas injurious mechanical stress is transduced by Piezo1 jointly with Piezo2 ion channels. This chapter sheds light on the latter discovery and provides a rationale for follow-up questions, such as the nature of interaction between Piezo1 and Piezo2, and their tethering to the cytoskeleton. These recent insights can be leveraged toward translational medical progress to benefit diagnosis and treatment of osteoarthritis, representing a large and growing unmet medical need in the United States and large parts of the world.
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- W Lee
- Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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- Washington University in St Louis and Shriners Hospitals for Children, St Louis, MO, United States
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- Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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Gnanasambandam R, Ghatak C, Yasmann A, Nishizawa K, Sachs F, Ladokhin AS, Sukharev SI, Suchyna TM. GsMTx4: Mechanism of Inhibiting Mechanosensitive Ion Channels. Biophys J 2017; 112:31-45. [PMID: 28076814 PMCID: PMC5231890 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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GsMTx4 is a spider venom peptide that inhibits cationic mechanosensitive channels (MSCs). It has six lysine residues that have been proposed to affect membrane binding. We synthesized six analogs with single lysine-to-glutamate substitutions and tested them against Piezo1 channels in outside-out patches and independently measured lipid binding. Four analogs had ∼20% lower efficacy than the wild-type (WT) peptide. The equilibrium constants calculated from the rates of inhibition and washout did not correlate with the changes in inhibition. The lipid association strength of the WT GsMTx4 and the analogs was determined by tryptophan autofluorescence quenching and isothermal calorimetry with membrane vesicles and showed no significant differences in binding energy. Tryptophan fluorescence-quenching assays showed that both WT and analog peptides bound superficially near the lipid-water interface, although analogs penetrated deeper. Peptide-lipid association, as a function of lipid surface pressure, was investigated in Langmuir monolayers. The peptides occupied a large fraction of the expanded monolayer area, but that fraction was reduced by peptide expulsion as the pressure approached the monolayer-bilayer equivalence pressure. Analogs with compromised efficacy had pressure-area isotherms with steeper slopes in this region, suggesting tighter peptide association. The pressure-dependent redistribution of peptide between "deep" and "shallow" binding modes was supported by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the peptide-monolayer system under different area constraints. These data suggest a model placing GsMTx4 at the membrane surface, where it is stabilized by the lysines, and occupying a small fraction of the surface area in unstressed membranes. When applied tension reduces lateral pressure in the lipids, the peptides penetrate deeper acting as "area reservoirs" leading to partial relaxation of the outer monolayer, thereby reducing the effective magnitude of stimulus acting on the MSC gate.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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- Clinical Laboratory Science, Teikyo University School of Medical Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York.
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Hyman AJ, Tumova S, Beech DJ. Piezo1 Channels in Vascular Development and the Sensing of Shear Stress. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2017; 79:37-57. [PMID: 28728823 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A critical point in mammalian development occurs before mid-embryogenesis when the heart starts to beat, pushing blood into the nascent endothelial lattice. This pushing force is a signal, detected by endothelial cells as a frictional force (shear stress) to trigger cellular changes that underlie the essential processes of vascular remodeling and expansion required for embryonic growth. The processes are complex and multifactorial and Piezo1 became a recognized player only 2years ago, 4years after Piezo1's initial discovery as a functional membrane protein. Piezo1 is now known to be critical in murine embryonic development just at the time when the pushing force is first detected by endothelial cells. Murine Piezo1 gene disruption in endothelial cells is embryonic lethal and mutations in human PIEZO1 associate with severe disease phenotype due to abnormal lymphatic vascular development. Piezo1 proteins coassemble to form calcium-permeable nonselective cationic channels, most likely as trimers. They are large proteins with little if any resemblance to other proteins or ion channel subunits. The channels appear to sense mechanical force directly, including the force imposed on endothelial cells by physiological shear stress. Here, we review current knowledge of Piezo1 in the vascular setting and discuss hypotheses about how it might serve its vascular functions and integrate with other mechanisms. Piezo1 is a new important player for investigators in this field and promises much as a basis for better understanding of vascular physiology and pathophysiology and perhaps also discovery of new therapies.
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- A J Hyman
- University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Alcaino C, Farrugia G, Beyder A. Mechanosensitive Piezo Channels in the Gastrointestinal Tract. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2017; 79:219-244. [PMID: 28728818 PMCID: PMC5606247 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2016.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Sensation of mechanical forces is critical for normal function of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and abnormalities in mechanosensation are linked to GI pathologies. In the GI tract there are several mechanosensitive cell types-epithelial enterochromaffin cells, intrinsic and extrinsic enteric neurons, smooth muscle cells and interstitial cells of Cajal. These cells use mechanosensitive ion channels that respond to mechanical forces by altering transmembrane ionic currents in a process called mechanoelectrical coupling. Several mechanosensitive ionic conductances have been identified in the mechanosensory GI cells, ranging from mechanosensitive voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels to the mechanogated ion channels, such as the two-pore domain potassium channels K2P (TREK-1) and nonselective cation channels from the transient receptor potential family. The recently discovered Piezo channels are increasingly recognized as significant contributors to cellular mechanosensitivity. Piezo1 and Piezo2 are nonselective cationic ion channels that are directly activated by mechanical forces and have well-defined biophysical and pharmacologic properties. The role of Piezo channels in the GI epithelium is currently under investigation and their role in the smooth muscle syncytium and enteric neurons is still not known. In this review, we outline the current state of knowledge on mechanosensitive ion channels in the GI tract, with a focus on the known and potential functions of the Piezo channels.
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- C Alcaino
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, United States
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Maneshi MM, Maki B, Gnanasambandam R, Belin S, Popescu GK, Sachs F, Hua SZ. Mechanical stress activates NMDA receptors in the absence of agonists. Sci Rep 2017; 7:39610. [PMID: 28045032 PMCID: PMC5206744 DOI: 10.1038/srep39610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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While studying the physiological response of primary rat astrocytes to fluid shear stress in a model of traumatic brain injury (TBI), we found that shear stress induced Ca2+ entry. The influx was inhibited by MK-801, a specific pore blocker of N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor (NMDAR) channels, and this occurred in the absence of agonists. Other NMDA open channel blockers ketamine and memantine showed a similar effect. The competitive glutamate antagonists AP5 and GluN2B-selective inhibitor ifenprodil reduced NMDA-activated currents, but had no effect on the mechanically induced Ca2+ influx. Extracellular Mg2+ at 2 mM did not significantly affect the shear induced Ca2+ influx, but at 10 mM it produced significant inhibition. Patch clamp experiments showed mechanical activation of NMDAR and inhibition by MK-801. The mechanical sensitivity of NMDARs may play a role in the normal physiology of fluid flow in the glymphatic system and it has obvious relevance to TBI.
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- Mohammad Mehdi Maneshi
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 14260, USA
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 14260, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 14260, USA
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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Mechanotransduction is one of the processes by which cells sense and convert mechanical stimuli into biological signals. Experimental data from various species have revealed crucial roles for mechanotransduction in organ development and a plethora of physiological activities. Piezo proteins have recently been identified as the long-sought-after mechanically activated cation channels in eukaryotes. The architecture of mouse Piezo1 (mPiezo1) channel determined by cryoelectron microscopic single-particle analysis at medium resolution yielded important insights into the mechanical force sensing mechanism. mPiezo1 is found to form a trimeric propeller-like structure with the extracellular domains resembling three distal blades and a central cap. The transmembrane region consists of a central pore module that likely determines the ion-conducting properties of mPiezo1, and three peripheral wings formed by arrays of paired transmembrane helices. Compared with the central pore module, the three distal blades display considerably larger flexibility. In the intracellular region, three long beam-like domains (∼80Å in length) support the whole transmembrane region and connect the mobile peripheral regions to the central pore module. This unique design suggests that the trimeric mPiezo1 may mechanistically function in similar principles as how propellers sense and transduce force to control the ion conductivity. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the structure and proposes possible gating mechanisms of mPiezo1.
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Cox CD, Bavi N, Martinac B. Origin of the Force: The Force-From-Lipids Principle Applied to Piezo Channels. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2016; 79:59-96. [PMID: 28728824 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2016.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Piezo channels are a ubiquitously expressed, principal type of molecular force sensor in eukaryotes. They enable cells to decode a myriad of physical stimuli and are essential components of numerous mechanosensory processes. Central to their physiological role is the ability to change conformation in response to mechanical force. Here we discuss the evolutionary origin of Piezo in relation to other MS channels in addition to the force that gates Piezo channels. In particular, we discuss whether Piezo channels are inherently mechanosensitive in accordance with the force-from-lipid paradigm which has been firmly established for bacterial MS channels and two-pore domain K+ (K2P) channels. We also discuss the evidence supporting a reliance on or direct interaction with structural scaffold proteins of the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix according to the force-from-filament principle. In doing so, we explain the false dichotomy that these distinctions represent. We also discuss the possible unifying models that shed light on channel mechanosensitivity at the molecular level.
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- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia; University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
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- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia; University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
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- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia; University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
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Wu J, Lewis AH, Grandl J. Touch, Tension, and Transduction - The Function and Regulation of Piezo Ion Channels. Trends Biochem Sci 2016; 42:57-71. [PMID: 27743844 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2016.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 334] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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In 2010, two proteins, Piezo1 and Piezo2, were identified as the long-sought molecular carriers of an excitatory mechanically activated current found in many cells. This discovery has opened the floodgates for studying a vast number of mechanotransduction processes. Over the past 6 years, groundbreaking research has identified Piezos as ion channels that sense light touch, proprioception, and vascular blood flow, ruled out roles for Piezos in several other mechanotransduction processes, and revealed the basic structural and functional properties of the channel. Here, we review these findings and discuss the many aspects of Piezo function that remain mysterious, including how Piezos convert a variety of mechanical stimuli into channel activation and subsequent inactivation, and what molecules and mechanisms modulate Piezo function.
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- Jason Wu
- Duke University Medical Center, Department of Neurobiology, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Duke University Medical Center, Department of Neurobiology, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Duke University Medical Center, Department of Neurobiology, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Wang F, Knutson K, Alcaino C, Linden DR, Gibbons SJ, Kashyap P, Grover M, Oeckler R, Gottlieb PA, Li HJ, Leiter AB, Farrugia G, Beyder A. Mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2 is important for enterochromaffin cell response to mechanical forces. J Physiol 2016; 595:79-91. [PMID: 27392819 DOI: 10.1113/jp272718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS The gastrointestinal epithelial enterochromaffin (EC) cell synthesizes the vast majority of the body's serotonin. As a specialized mechanosensor, the EC cell releases this serotonin in response to mechanical forces. However, the molecular mechanism of EC cell mechanotransduction is unknown. In the present study, we show, for the first time, that the mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2 is specifically expressed by the human and mouse EC cells. Activation of Piezo2 by mechanical forces results in a characteristic ionic current, the release of serotonin and stimulation of gastrointestinal secretion. Piezo2 inhibition by drugs or molecular knockdown decreases mechanosensitive currents, serotonin release and downstream physiological effects. The results of the present study suggest that the mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2 is specifically expressed by the EC cells of the human and mouse small bowel and that it is important for EC cell mechanotransduction. ABSTRACT The enterochromaffin (EC) cell in the gastrointestinal (GI) epithelium is the source of nearly all systemic serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT), which is an important neurotransmitter and endocrine, autocrine and paracrine hormone. The EC cell is a specialized mechanosensor, and it is well known that it releases 5-HT in response to mechanical forces. However, the EC cell mechanotransduction mechanism is unknown. The present study aimed to determine whether Piezo2 is involved in EC cell mechanosensation. Piezo2 mRNA was expressed in human jejunum and mouse mucosa from all segments of the small bowel. Piezo2 immunoreactivity localized specifically within EC cells of human and mouse small bowel epithelium. The EC cell model released 5-HT in response to stretch, and had Piezo2 mRNA and protein, as well as a mechanically-sensitive inward non-selective cation current characteristic of Piezo2. Both inward currents and 5-HT release were inhibited by Piezo2 small interfering RNA and antagonists (Gd3+ and D-GsMTx4). Jejunum mucosal pressure increased 5-HT release and short-circuit current via submucosal 5-HT3 and 5-HT4 receptors. Pressure-induced secretion was inhibited by the mechanosensitive ion channel antagonists gadolinium, ruthenium red and D-GsMTx4. We conclude that the EC cells in the human and mouse small bowel GI epithelium selectively express the mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2, and also that activation of Piezo2 by force leads to inward currents, 5-HT release and an increase in mucosal secretion. Therefore, Piezo2 is critical to EC cell mechanosensitivity and downstream physiological effects.
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- Fan Wang
- Enteric Neuroscience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA.,Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 300 Yanchang Middle Road, Shanghai, PR China
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- Enteric Neuroscience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Enteric Neuroscience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Enteric Neuroscience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Enteric Neuroscience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Enteric Neuroscience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Enteric Neuroscience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 N Lake Ave, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 N Lake Ave, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Enteric Neuroscience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Enteric Neuroscience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
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Adaptation Independent Modulation of Auditory Hair Cell Mechanotransduction Channel Open Probability Implicates a Role for the Lipid Bilayer. J Neurosci 2016; 36:2945-56. [PMID: 26961949 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3011-15.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The auditory system is able to detect movement down to atomic dimensions. This sensitivity comes in part from mechanisms associated with gating of hair cell mechanoelectric transduction (MET) channels. MET channels, located at the tops of stereocilia, are poised to detect tension induced by hair bundle deflection. Hair bundle deflection generates a force by pulling on tip-link proteins connecting adjacent stereocilia. The resting open probability (P(open)) of MET channels determines the linearity and sensitivity to mechanical stimulation. Classically, P(open) is regulated by a calcium-sensitive adaptation mechanism in which lowering extracellular calcium or depolarization increases P(open). Recent data demonstrated that the fast component of adaptation is independent of both calcium and voltage, thus requiring an alternative explanation for the sensitivity of P(open) to calcium and voltage. Using rat auditory hair cells, we characterize a mechanism, separate from fast adaptation, whereby divalent ions interacting with the local lipid environment modulate resting P(open). The specificity of this effect for different divalent ions suggests binding sites that are not an EF-hand or calmodulin model. GsMTx4, a lipid-mediated modifier of cationic stretch-activated channels, eliminated the voltage and divalent sensitivity with minimal effects on adaptation. We hypothesize that the dual mechanisms (lipid modulation and adaptation) extend the dynamic range of the system while maintaining adaptation kinetics at their maximal rates.
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Wang J, Ma Y, Sachs F, Li J, Suchyna TM. GsMTx4-D is a cardioprotectant against myocardial infarction during ischemia and reperfusion. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2016; 98:83-94. [PMID: 27423272 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2016.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Revised: 06/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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GsMTx4 is a selective inhibitor of cationic mechanosensitive ion channels (MSCs) and has helped establish the role of MSCs in cardiac physiology. Inhomogeneous local mechanical stresses due to hypercontracture and swelling during ischemic reperfusion injury (IRI) likely induce elevated MSC activity that can contribute to cation imbalance. The aim of this study was to determine if the D enantiomer of GsMTx4 can act as a cardioprotectant in a mouse IRI model. Ischemia and reperfusion involved ligating a coronary artery followed by release of the ligature. GsMTx4-D was tested by either acute intravenous injection during the ischemic event or by two day pretreatment by intraperitoneal injection, both methods achieving similar results. Based on pharmacokinetic studies, GsMTx4-D dosage was set to achieve expected plasma concentrations between 50 and 5000nM and heart tissue concentrations between 1 and 200nM by intravenous injection. Relative to vehicle injected animals, GsMTx4-D reduced infarct area by ~40% for acute and pretreated animals for both 20 and 45min ischemic challenges. Many indicators of cardiac output were indistinguishable from sham-treated control hearts after GsMTx4-D treatment showing improvement at both 4 and 48h post ischemia, and premature ventricular beats immediately following reperfusion were also significantly reduced. To determine if GsMTx4-D cardioprotection could act directly at the level of cardiomyocytes, we tested its effects in vitro on indicators of IRI damage like cation influx and activation of inflammatory kinases in isolated myocytes cultured under hypoxic conditions. Hypoxia challenged cardiomyocytes treated with 10μM GsMTx4-D showed improved contractility and near normal contraction-related Ca(2+) influx. GsMTx4-D inhibited indicators of ischemic damage such as the apoptotic signaling system JNK/c-Jun, but also inhibited the energy response signaling system Akt kinase. We conclude that GsMTx4-D is a potent cardioprotectant in vivo that may act directly on cardiomyocytes and potentially be useful in multidrug strategies to treat IRI.
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- Jinli Wang
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, United States.
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Tentonin 3/TMEM150c Confers Distinct Mechanosensitive Currents in Dorsal-Root Ganglion Neurons with Proprioceptive Function. Neuron 2016; 91:107-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2015] [Revised: 04/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mechanical forces will have been omnipresent since the origin of life, and living organisms have evolved mechanisms to sense, interpret, and respond to mechanical stimuli. The cardiovascular system in general, and the heart in particular, is exposed to constantly changing mechanical signals, including stretch, compression, bending, and shear. The heart adjusts its performance to the mechanical environment, modifying electrical, mechanical, metabolic, and structural properties over a range of time scales. Many of the underlying regulatory processes are encoded intracardially and are, thus, maintained even in heart transplant recipients. Although mechanosensitivity of heart rhythm has been described in the medical literature for over a century, its molecular mechanisms are incompletely understood. Thanks to modern biophysical and molecular technologies, the roles of mechanical forces in cardiac biology are being explored in more detail, and detailed mechanisms of mechanotransduction have started to emerge. Mechano-gated ion channels are cardiac mechanoreceptors. They give rise to mechano-electric feedback, thought to contribute to normal function, disease development, and, potentially, therapeutic interventions. In this review, we focus on acute mechanical effects on cardiac electrophysiology, explore molecular candidates underlying observed responses, and discuss their pharmaceutical regulation. From this, we identify open research questions and highlight emerging technologies that may help in addressing them.
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- Rémi Peyronnet
- From the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (R.P., P.K.); Departments of Developmental Biology and Internal Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (J.M.N.); Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Centre Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany (R.P., P.K.)
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- From the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (R.P., P.K.); Departments of Developmental Biology and Internal Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (J.M.N.); Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Centre Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany (R.P., P.K.)
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- From the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (R.P., P.K.); Departments of Developmental Biology and Internal Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (J.M.N.); Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Centre Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany (R.P., P.K.).
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Hung WC, Yang JR, Yankaskas CL, Wong BS, Wu PH, Pardo-Pastor C, Serra SA, Chiang MJ, Gu Z, Wirtz D, Valverde MA, Yang JT, Zhang J, Konstantopoulos K. Confinement Sensing and Signal Optimization via Piezo1/PKA and Myosin II Pathways. Cell Rep 2016; 15:1430-1441. [PMID: 27160899 PMCID: PMC5341576 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 02/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Cells adopt distinct signaling pathways to optimize cell locomotion in different physical microenvironments. However, the underlying mechanism that enables cells to sense and respond to physical confinement is unknown. Using microfabricated devices and substrate-printing methods along with FRET-based biosensors, we report that, as cells transition from unconfined to confined spaces, intracellular Ca2+ level is increased, leading to phosphodiesterase 1 (PDE1)-dependent suppression of PKA activity. This Ca2+ elevation requires Piezo1, a stretch-activated cation channel. Moreover, differential regulation of PKA and cell stiffness in unconfined versus confined cells is abrogated by dual, but not individual, inhibition of Piezo1 and myosin II, indicating that these proteins can independently mediate confinement sensing. Signals activated by Piezo1 and myosin II in response to confinement both feed into a signaling circuit that optimizes cell motility. This study provides a mechanism by which confinement-induced signaling enables cells to sense and adapt to different physical microenvironments.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Physiology and Channelopathies, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Carrera del Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Physiology and Channelopathies, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Carrera del Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Physiology and Channelopathies, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Carrera del Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Piezo1-dependent regulation of urinary osmolarity. Pflugers Arch 2016; 468:1197-1206. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-016-1811-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Revised: 03/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Jin Y, Li J, Wang Y, Ye R, Feng X, Jing Z, Zhao Z. Functional role of mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo1 in human periodontal ligament cells. Angle Orthod 2016; 85:87-94. [PMID: 24810489 DOI: 10.2319/123113-955.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the function of Piezo1, an evolutionarily conserved mechanically activated channel, in periodontal ligament (PDL) tissue homeostasis under compressive loading. MATERIALS AND METHODS Primary human PDL cells (hPDLCs) were isolated, cultured, and then subjected to 2.0 g/cm(2) static compressive loading for 0.5, 3, 6, and 12 hours, respectively. The expressions of Piezo1 and osteoclastogenesis marker gene were assessed by semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. In addition, Piezo1 inhibitor, GsMTx4, was used to block the function of Piezo1, and tumor necrosis factor-α was also used as a positive control. After 12 hours of compressive loading the PDLCs were co-cultured with murine monocytic cell line RAW264.7. Immunofluorescence, western blot, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase staining were also used to test the potency of PDLCs to induce osteoclastogenesis and the activation of nuclear factor (NF)-κB. RESULTS Piezo1, cyclooxygenase-2, receptor activator of NF-κB ligand, and prostaglandin E2 were significantly upregulated under static compressive stimuli. GsMTx4 repressed osteoclastogenesis in the mechanical stress-pretreated PDLCs-RAW264.7 co-culture system. Furthermore, NF-κB signaling pathway was involved in the mechanical stress-induced osteoclastogenesis. CONCLUSIONS Piezo1 exerts a transduction role in mechanical stress-induced osteoclastogenesis in hPDLCs.
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- a PhD Candidate, Department of Orthodontics, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, China
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PIEZO1 is a mechanosensitive eukaryotic cation-selective channel that rapidly inactivates in a voltage-dependent manner. We previously showed that a fluorescent protein could be encoded within the hPIEZO1 sequence without loss of function. In this work, we split the channel into two at this site and asked if coexpression would produce a functional channel or whether gating and permeation might be contained in either segment. The split protein was expressed in two segments by a bicistronic plasmid where the first segment spanned residues 1 to 1591, and the second segment spanned 1592 to 2521. When the "split protein" is coexpressed, the parts associate to form a normal channel. We measured the whole-cell, cell-attached and outside-out patch currents in transfected HEK293 cells. Indentation produced whole-cell currents monotonic with the stimulus. Single channel recordings showed voltage-dependent inactivation. The Boltzmann activation curve for outside-out patches had a slope of 8.6/mmHg vs 8.1 for wild type, and a small leftward shift in the midpoint (32 mmHg vs 41 mmHg). The association of the two channel domains was confirmed by FRET measurements of mCherry on the N-terminus and EGFP on the C-terminus. Neither of the individual protein segments produced current when expressed alone.
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Copp SW, Kim JS, Ruiz-Velasco V, Kaufman MP. The mechano-gated channel inhibitor GsMTx4 reduces the exercise pressor reflex in rats with ligated femoral arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2016; 310:H1233-41. [PMID: 26921442 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00974.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 02/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mechanical and metabolic stimuli arising from contracting muscles evoke the exercise pressor reflex. This reflex is greater in a rat model of simulated peripheral arterial disease in which a femoral artery is chronically ligated than it is in rats with freely perfused femoral arteries. The role played by the mechanically sensitive component of the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in ligated rats is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that the mechano-gated channel inhibitor GsMTx4, a relatively selective inhibitor of mechano-gated Piezo channels, reduces the exercise pressor reflex in decerebrate rats with ligated femoral arteries. Injection of 10 μg of GsMTx4 into the arterial supply of the hindlimb reduced the pressor response to Achilles tendon stretch (a purely mechanical stimulus) but had no effect on the pressor responses to intra-arterial injection of α,β-methylene ATP or lactic acid (purely metabolic stimuli). Moreover, injection of 10 μg of GsMTx4 into the arterial supply of the hindlimb reduced both the integrated pressor area (control 535 ± 21, GsMTx4 218 ± 24 mmHg·s; P < 0.01), peak pressor (control 29 ± 2, GsMTx4 14 ± 3 mmHg; P < 0.01), and renal sympathetic nerve responses to electrically induced intermittent hindlimb muscle contraction (a mixed mechanical and metabolic stimulus). The reduction of the integrated pressor area during contraction caused by GsMTx4 was greater in rats with ligated femoral arteries than it was in rats with freely perfused femoral arteries. We conclude that the mechanically sensitive component of the reflex contributes to the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex during intermittent hindlimb muscle contractions in rats with ligated femoral arteries.
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- Steven W Copp
- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania; and
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania; and
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania; and
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Zhao Q, Wu K, Geng J, Chi S, Wang Y, Zhi P, Zhang M, Xiao B. Ion Permeation and Mechanotransduction Mechanisms of Mechanosensitive Piezo Channels. Neuron 2016; 89:1248-1263. [PMID: 26924440 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Piezo proteins have been proposed as the long-sought-after mechanosensitive cation channels in mammals that play critical roles in various mechanotransduction processes. However, the molecular bases that underlie their ion permeation and mechanotransduction have remained functionally undefined. Here we report our finding of the miniature pore-forming module of Piezo1 that resembles the pore architecture of other trimeric channels and encodes the essential pore properties. We further identified specific residues within the pore module that determine unitary conductance, pore blockage and ion selectivity for divalent and monovalent cations and anions. The non-pore-containing region of Piezo1 confers mechanosensitivity to mechano-insensitive trimeric acid-sensing ion channels, demonstrating that Piezo1 channels possess intrinsic mechanotransduction modules separate from their pore modules. In conclusion, this is the first report on the bona fide pore module and mechanotransduction components of Piezo channels, which define their ion-conducting properties and gating by mechanical stimuli, respectively.
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- Qiancheng Zhao
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Son MJ, Kim JC, Kim SW, Chidipi B, Muniyandi J, Singh TD, So I, Subedi KP, Woo SH. Shear stress activates monovalent cation channel transient receptor potential melastatin subfamily 4 in rat atrial myocytes via type 2 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors and Ca(2+) release. J Physiol 2016; 594:2985-3004. [PMID: 26751048 DOI: 10.1113/jp270887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS During each contraction and haemodynamic disturbance, cardiac myocytes are subjected to fluid shear stress as a result of blood flow and the relative movement of sheets of myocytes. The present study aimed to characterize the shear stress-sensitive membrane current in atrial myocytes using the whole-cell patch clamp technique, combined with pressurized fluid flow, as well as pharmacological and genetic interventions of specific proteins. The data obtained suggest that shear stress indirectly activates the monovalent cation current carried by transient receptor potential melastatin subfamily 4 channels via type 2 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor-mediated Ca(2+) release in subsarcolemmal domains of atrial myocytes. Ca(2+) -mediated interactions between these two proteins under shear stress may be an important mechanism by which atrial cells measure mechanical stress and translate it to alter their excitability. ABSTRACT Atrial myocytes are subjected to shear stress during the cardiac cycle under physiological or pathological conditions. The ionic currents regulated by shear stress remain poorly understood. We report the characteristics, molecular identity and activation mechanism of the shear stress-sensitive current (Ishear ) in rat atrial myocytes. A shear stress of ∼16 dyn cm(-2) was applied to single myocytes using a pressurized microflow system, and the current was measured by whole-cell patch clamp. In symmetrical CsCl solutions with minimal concentrations of internal EGTA, Ishear showed an outwardly rectifying current-voltage relationship (reversal at -2 mV). The current was conducted primarily (∼80%) by monovalent cations but not Ca(2+) . It was suppressed by intracellular Ca(2+) buffering at a fixed physiological level, inhibitors of transient receptor potential melastatin subfamily 4 (TRPM4), intracellular introduction of TRPM4 antibodies or knockdown of TRPM4 expression, suggesting that TRPM4 carries most of this current. A notable reduction in Ishear occurred upon inhibition of Ca(2+) release through the ryanodine receptors or inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3 R) and upon depletion of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) . In type 2 IP3 R (IP3 R2) knockout atrial myocytes, Ishear was 10-20% of that in wild-type myocytes. Immunocytochemistry and proximity ligation assays revealed that TRPM4 and IP3 R2 were expressed at peripheral sites with co-localization, although they are not localized within 40 nm. Peripheral localization of TRPM4 was intact in IP3 R2 knockout cells. The data obtained in the present study suggest that shear stress activates TRPM4 current by triggering Ca(2+) release from the IP3 R2 in the peripheral domains of atrial myocytes.
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- Min-Jeong Son
- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea.,Secretory Physiology Section, Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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Copp SW, Kim JS, Ruiz-Velasco V, Kaufman MP. The mechano-gated channel inhibitor GsMTx4 reduces the exercise pressor reflex in decerebrate rats. J Physiol 2016; 594:641-55. [PMID: 26608396 DOI: 10.1113/jp271714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Mechanical and metabolic stimuli from contracting muscles evoke reflex increases in blood pressure, heart rate and sympathetic nerve activity. Little is known, however, about the nature of the mechano-gated channels on the thin fibre muscle afferents that contribute to evoke this reflex, termed the exercise pressor reflex. We determined the effect of GsMTx4, an inhibitor of mechano-gated Piezo channels, on the exercise pressor reflex evoked by intermittent contraction of the triceps surae muscles in decerebrated, unanaesthetized rats. GsMTx4 reduced the pressor, cardioaccelerator and renal sympathetic nerve responses to intermittent contraction but did not reduce the pressor responses to femoral arterial injection of compounds that stimulate the metabolically-sensitive thin fibre muscle afferents. Expression levels of Piezo2 channels were greater than Piezo1 channels in rat dorsal root ganglia. Our findings suggest that mechanically-sensitive Piezo proteins contribute to the generation of the mechanical component of the exercise pressor reflex in rats. Mechanical and metabolic stimuli within contracting skeletal muscles evoke reflex autonomic and cardiovascular adjustments. In cats and rats, gadolinium has been used to investigate the role played by the mechanical component of this reflex, termed the exercise pressor reflex. Gadolinium, however, has poor selectivity for mechano-gated channels and exerts multiple off-target effects. We tested the hypothesis that GsMTX4, a more selective mechano-gated channel inhibitor than gadolinium and a particularly potent inhibitor of mechano-gated Piezo channels, reduced the exercise pressor reflex in decerebrate rats. Injection of 10 μg of GsMTx4 into the arterial supply of the hindlimb reduced the peak pressor (control: 24 ± 5, GsMTx4: 12 ± 5 mmHg, P < 0.01), cardioaccelerator and renal sympathetic nerve responses to tendon stretch, a purely mechanical stimulus, but had no effect on the pressor responses to intra-arterial injection of α,β-methylene ATP or lactic acid. Moreover, injection of 10 μg of GsMTx4 into the arterial supply of the hindlimb reduced the peak pressor (control: 24 ± 2, GsMTx4: 14 ± 3 mmHg, P < 0.01), cardioaccelerator and renal sympathetic nerve responses to electrically-induced intermittent hindlimb muscle contractions. By contrast, injection of 10 μg of GsMTx4 into the jugular vein had no effect on the pressor, cardioaccelerator, or renal sympathetic nerve responses to contraction. Quantitative RT-PCR and western blot analyses indicated that both Piezo1 and Piezo2 channel isoforms were natively expressed in rat dorsal root ganglia tissue. We conclude that GsMTx4 reduced the exercise pressor reflex in decerebrate rats and that the reduction was attributable, at least in part, to its effect on mechano-gated Piezo channels.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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The biophysics of piezo1 and piezo2 mechanosensitive channels. Biophys Chem 2016; 208:26-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2015.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mechanotransduction, the conversion of physical forces into biochemical signals, is essential for various physiological processes such as the conscious sensations of touch and hearing, and the unconscious sensation of blood flow. Mechanically activated (MA) ion channels have been proposed as sensors of physical force, but the identity of these channels and an understanding of how mechanical force is transduced has remained elusive. A number of recent studies on previously known ion channels along with the identification of novel MA ion channels have greatly transformed our understanding of touch and hearing in both vertebrates and invertebrates. Here, we present an updated review of eukaryotic ion channel families that have been implicated in mechanotransduction processes and evaluate the qualifications of the candidate genes according to specified criteria. We then discuss the proposed gating models for MA ion channels and highlight recent structural studies of mechanosensitive potassium channels.
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- Sanjeev S Ranade
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Heo SJ, Thorpe SD, Driscoll TP, Duncan RL, Lee DA, Mauck RL. Biophysical Regulation of Chromatin Architecture Instills a Mechanical Memory in Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Sci Rep 2015; 5:16895. [PMID: 26592929 PMCID: PMC4655352 DOI: 10.1038/srep16895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Mechanical cues direct the lineage commitment of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). In this study, we identified the operative molecular mechanisms through which dynamic tensile loading (DL) regulates changes in chromatin organization and nuclear mechanics in MSCs. Our data show that, in the absence of exogenous differentiation factors, short term DL elicits a rapid increase in chromatin condensation, mediated by acto-myosin based cellular contractility and the activity of the histone-lysine N-methyltransferase EZH2. The resulting change in chromatin condensation stiffened the MSC nucleus, making it less deformable when stretch was applied to the cell. We also identified stretch induced ATP release and purinergic calcium signaling as a central mediator of this chromatin condensation process. Further, we showed that DL, through differential stabilization of the condensed chromatin state, established a ‘mechanical memory’ in these cells. That is, increasing strain levels and number of loading events led to a greater degree of chromatin condensation that persisted for longer periods of time after the cessation of loading. These data indicate that, with mechanical perturbation, MSCs develop a mechanical memory encoded in structural changes in the nucleus which may sensitize them to future mechanical loading events and define the trajectory and persistence of their lineage specification.
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- Su-Jin Heo
- McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Translational Musculoskeletal Research Center, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Translational Musculoskeletal Research Center, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Retailleau K, Duprat F, Arhatte M, Ranade SS, Peyronnet R, Martins JR, Jodar M, Moro C, Offermanns S, Feng Y, Demolombe S, Patel A, Honoré E. Piezo1 in Smooth Muscle Cells Is Involved in Hypertension-Dependent Arterial Remodeling. Cell Rep 2015; 13:1161-1171. [PMID: 26526998 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.09.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Revised: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/24/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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The mechanically activated non-selective cation channel Piezo1 is a determinant of vascular architecture during early development. Piezo1-deficient embryos die at midgestation with disorganized blood vessels. However, the role of stretch-activated ion channels (SACs) in arterial smooth muscle cells in the adult remains unknown. Here, we show that Piezo1 is highly expressed in myocytes of small-diameter arteries and that smooth-muscle-specific Piezo1 deletion fully impairs SAC activity. While Piezo1 is dispensable for the arterial myogenic tone, it is involved in the structural remodeling of small arteries. Increased Piezo1 opening has a trophic effect on resistance arteries, influencing both diameter and wall thickness in hypertension. Piezo1 mediates a rise in cytosolic calcium and stimulates activity of transglutaminases, cross-linking enzymes required for the remodeling of small arteries. In conclusion, we have established the connection between an early mechanosensitive process, involving Piezo1 in smooth muscle cells, and a clinically relevant arterial remodeling.
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- Kevin Retailleau
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, LabEx ICST, UMR 7275 CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, LabEx ICST, UMR 7275 CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, LabEx ICST, UMR 7275 CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, LabEx ICST, UMR 7275 CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, LabEx ICST, UMR 7275 CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, LabEx ICST, UMR 7275 CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, LabEx ICST, UMR 7275 CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, LabEx ICST, UMR 7275 CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, LabEx ICST, UMR 7275 CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France.
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, LabEx ICST, UMR 7275 CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France.
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Beurg M, Kim KX, Fettiplace R. Conductance and block of hair-cell mechanotransducer channels in transmembrane channel-like protein mutants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 144:55-69. [PMID: 24981230 PMCID: PMC4076520 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201411173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Proteins other than TMC1 and TMC2 must contribute to the pore of the mechanotransducer channel of cochlear hair cells; an external vestibule subject to disruption in Tmc mutants may influence the channel’s properties. Transmembrane channel–like (TMC) proteins TMC1 and TMC2 are crucial to the function of the mechanotransducer (MT) channel of inner ear hair cells, but their precise function has been controversial. To provide more insight, we characterized single MT channels in cochlear hair cells from wild-type mice and mice with mutations in Tmc1, Tmc2, or both. Channels were recorded in whole-cell mode after tip link destruction with BAPTA or after attenuating the MT current with GsMTx-4, a peptide toxin we found to block the channels with high affinity. In both cases, the MT channels in outer hair cells (OHCs) of wild-type mice displayed a tonotopic gradient in conductance, with channels from the cochlear base having a conductance (110 pS) nearly twice that of those at the apex (62 pS). This gradient was absent, with channels at both cochlear locations having similar small conductances, with two different Tmc1 mutations. The conductance of MT channels in inner hair cells was invariant with cochlear location but, as in OHCs, was reduced in either Tmc1 mutant. The gradient of OHC conductance also disappeared in Tmc1/Tmc2 double mutants, in which a mechanically sensitive current could be activated by anomalous negative displacements of the hair bundle. This “reversed stimulus–polarity” current was seen with two different Tmc1/Tmc2 double mutants, and with Tmc1/Tmc2/Tmc3 triple mutants, and had a pharmacological sensitivity comparable to that of native MT currents for most antagonists, except dihydrostreptomycin, for which the affinity was less, and for curare, which exhibited incomplete block. The existence in the Tmc1/Tmc2 double mutants of MT channels with most properties resembling those of wild-type channels indicates that proteins other than TMCs must be part of the channel pore. We suggest that an external vestibule of the MT channel may partly account for the channel’s large unitary conductance, high Ca2+ permeability, and pharmacological profile, and that this vestibule is disrupted in Tmc mutants.
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- Maryline Beurg
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 53706
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Sachs F. Mechanical transduction by ion channels: A cautionary tale. World J Neurol 2015; 5:74-87. [PMID: 28078202 PMCID: PMC5221657 DOI: 10.5316/wjn.v5.i3.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Revised: 08/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Mechanical transduction by ion channels occurs in all cells. The physiological functions of these channels have just begun to be elaborated, but if we focus on the upper animal kingdom, these channels serve the common sensory services such as hearing and touch, provide the central nervous system with information on the force and position of muscles and joints, and they provide the autonomic system with information about the filling of hollow organs such as blood vessels. However, all cells of the body have mechanosensitive channels (MSCs), including red cells. Most of these channels are cation selective and are activated by bilayer tension. There are also K+ selective MSCs found commonly in neurons where they may be responsible for both general anesthesia and knockout punches in the boxing ring by hyperpolarizing neurons to reduce excitability. The cationic MSCs are typically inactive under normal mechanical stress, but open under pathologic stress. The channels are normally inactive because they are shielded from stress by the cytoskeleton. The cationic MSCs are specifically blocked by the externally applied peptide GsMtx4 (aka, AT-300). This is the first drug of its class and provides a new approach to many pathologies since it is nontoxic, non-immunogenic, stable in a biological environment and has a long pharmacokinetic lifetime. Pathologies involving excessive stress are common. They produce cardiac arrhythmias, contraction in stretched dystrophic muscle, xerocytotic and sickled red cells, etc. The channels seem to function primarily as “fire alarms”, providing feedback to the cytoskeleton that a region of the bilayer is under excessive tension and needs reinforcing. The eukaryotic forms of MSCs have only been cloned in recent years and few people have experience working with them. “Newbies” need to become aware of the technology, potential artifacts, and the fundamentals of mechanics. The most difficult problem in studying MSCs is that the actual stimulus, the force applied to the channel, is not known. We don’t have direct access to the channels themselves but only to larger regions of the membrane as seen in patches. Cortical forces are shared by the bilayer, the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix. How much of an applied stimulus reaches the channel is unknown. Furthermore, many of these channels exist in spatial domains where the forces within a domain are different from forces outside the domain, although we often hope they are proportional. This review is intended to be a guide for new investigators who want to study mechanosensitive ion channels.
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Piezo proteins (Piezo1 and Piezo2) are recently identified mechanically activated cation channels in eukaryotic cells and associated with physiological responses to touch, pressure, and stretch. In particular, human RBCs express Piezo1 on their membranes, and mutations of Piezo1 have been linked to hereditary xerocytosis. To date, however, physiological functions of Piezo1 on normal RBCs remain poorly understood. Here, we show that Piezo1 regulates mechanotransductive release of ATP from human RBCs by controlling the shear-induced calcium (Ca(2+)) influx. We find that, in human RBCs treated with Piezo1 inhibitors or having mutant Piezo1 channels, the amounts of shear-induced ATP release and Ca(2+) influx decrease significantly. Remarkably, a critical extracellular Ca(2+) concentration is required to trigger significant ATP release, but membrane-associated ATP pools in RBCs also contribute to the release of ATP. Our results show how Piezo1 channels are likely to function in normal RBCs and suggest a previously unidentified mechanotransductive pathway in ATP release. Thus, we anticipate that the study will impact broadly on the research of red cells, cellular mechanosensing, and clinical studies related to red cell disorders and vascular disease.
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Nishizawa K, Nishizawa M, Gnanasambandam R, Sachs F, Sukharev SI, Suchyna TM. Effects of Lys to Glu mutations in GsMTx4 on membrane binding, peptide orientation, and self-association propensity, as analyzed by molecular dynamics simulations. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:2767-78. [PMID: 26342676 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Revised: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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GsMTx4, a gating modifier peptide acting on cationic mechanosensitive channels, has a positive charge (+5e) due to six Lys residues. The peptide does not have a stereospecific binding site on the channel but acts from the boundary lipids within a Debye length of the pore probably by changing local stress. To gain insight into how these Lys residues interact with membranes, we performed molecular dynamics simulations of Lys to Glu mutants in parallel with our experimental work. In silico, K15E had higher affinity for 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-glycero-3-phosphocholine bilayers than wild-type (WT) peptide or any other mutant tested, and showed deeper penetration than WT, a finding consistent with the experimental data. Experimentally, the inhibitory activities of K15E and K25E were most compromised, whereas K8E and K28E inhibitory activities remained similar to WT peptide. Binding of WT in an interfacial mode did not influence membrane thickness. With interfacial binding, the direction of the dipole moments of K15E and K25E was predicted to differ from WT, whereas those of K8E and K28E oriented similarly to that of WT. These results support a model in which binding of GsMTx4 to the membrane acts like an immersible wedge that serves as a membrane expansion buffer reducing local stress and thus inhibiting channel activity. In simulations, membrane-bound WT attracted other WT peptides to form aggregates. This may account for the positive cooperativity observed in the ion channel experiments. The Lys residues seem to fine-tune the depth of membrane binding, the tilt angle, and the dipole moments.
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Kaestner L. Channelizing the red blood cell: molecular biology competes with patch-clamp. Front Mol Biosci 2015; 2:46. [PMID: 26322315 PMCID: PMC4531249 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2015.00046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Lars Kaestner
- Research Center for Molecular Imaging and Screening, Medical School, Saarland University Homburg, Germany
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- Jing Li
- a School of Medicine ; University of Leeds ; Leeds , UK
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Syeda R, Xu J, Dubin AE, Coste B, Mathur J, Huynh T, Matzen J, Lao J, Tully DC, Engels IH, Petrassi HM, Schumacher AM, Montal M, Bandell M, Patapoutian A. Chemical activation of the mechanotransduction channel Piezo1. eLife 2015; 4. [PMID: 26001275 PMCID: PMC4456433 DOI: 10.7554/elife.07369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 396] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Piezo ion channels are activated by various types of mechanical stimuli and function as biological pressure sensors in both vertebrates and invertebrates. To date, mechanical stimuli are the only means to activate Piezo ion channels and whether other modes of activation exist is not known. In this study, we screened ∼3.25 million compounds using a cell-based fluorescence assay and identified a synthetic small molecule we termed Yoda1 that acts as an agonist for both human and mouse Piezo1. Functional studies in cells revealed that Yoda1 affects the sensitivity and the inactivation kinetics of mechanically induced responses. Characterization of Yoda1 in artificial droplet lipid bilayers showed that Yoda1 activates purified Piezo1 channels in the absence of other cellular components. Our studies demonstrate that Piezo1 is amenable to chemical activation and raise the possibility that endogenous Piezo1 agonists might exist. Yoda1 will serve as a key tool compound to study Piezo1 regulation and function. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07369.001 Within our bodies, cells and tissues are constantly being pushed and pulled by their surrounding environment. These mechanical forces are then transformed into electrical or chemical signals by cells. This process is crucial for many biological structures, such as blood vessels, to develop correctly, and is also a key part of our senses of touch and hearing. In 2010, researchers discovered a group of ion channels—proteins embedded in the membrane that surrounds a cell—that open up when a force is applied and allow ions such as calcium, potassium, and sodium to flow. This movement of ions generates the electrical response of the cell to the applied force. However, not much is known about how these ‘Piezo’ ion channels work. To investigate this, it is important to be able to precisely control how and when the Piezo channels open. Many other ion channels are studied by using small chemical compounds to activate them, but there were none that were known to act on Piezo proteins. Syeda et al.—including some of the researchers involved in the 2010 work—screened over three million compounds for their ability to cause calcium ions to flow into human cells to try to identify chemicals that activate the Piezo channels. This revealed one promising candidate named Yoda1, which specifically activated Piezo1: a Piezo protein that had previously been linked to a role in blood vessel development in embryos. To investigate how Yoda1 activates Piezo1, Syeda et al. placed Piezo1 in an artificial cell membrane that did not contain any other cellular components. When Yoda1 was added to this set up, the Piezo1 channels opened up. This suggests that Piezo1 and Yoda1 interact in a manner that does not require additional cellular components other than a cell membrane. Separate work by Cahalan, Lukacs et al. uses Yoda1 to reveal that Piezo1 helps to control the volume of red blood cells, showing that in the future, Yoda1 could be valuable in research that investigates the roles of Piezo1. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07369.002
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- Ruhma Syeda
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, United States
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, United States
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, United States
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, United States
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, United States
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, United States
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, United States
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, United States
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, United States
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, United States
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- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, United States
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Gnanasambandam R, Bae C, Gottlieb PA, Sachs F. Ionic Selectivity and Permeation Properties of Human PIEZO1 Channels. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0125503. [PMID: 25955826 PMCID: PMC4425559 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Members of the eukaryotic PIEZO family (the human orthologs are noted hPIEZO1 and hPIEZO2) form cation-selective mechanically-gated channels. We characterized the selectivity of human PIEZO1 (hPIEZO1) for alkali ions: K+, Na+, Cs+ and Li+; organic cations: TMA and TEA, and divalents: Ba2+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and Mn2+. All monovalent ions permeated the channel. At a membrane potential of -100 mV, Cs+, Na+ and K+ had chord conductances in the range of 35–55 pS with the exception of Li+, which had a significantly lower conductance of ~ 23 pS. The divalents decreased the single-channel permeability of K+, presumably because the divalents permeated slowly and occupied the open channel for a significant fraction of the time. In cell-attached mode, 90 mM extracellular divalents had a conductance for inward currents carried by the divalents of: 25 pS for Ba2+ and 15 pS for Ca2+ at -80 mV and 10 pS for Mg2+ at -50 mV. The organic cations, TMA and TEA, permeated slowly and attenuated K+ currents much like the divalents. As expected, the channel K+ conductance increased with K+ concentration saturating at ~ 45 pS and the KD of K+ for the channel was 32 mM. Pure divalent ion currents were of lower amplitude than those with alkali ions and the channel opening rate was lower in the presence of divalents than in the presence of monovalents. Exposing cells to the actin disrupting reagent cytochalasin D increased the frequency of openings in cell-attached patches probably by reducing mechanoprotection.
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- Radhakrishnan Gnanasambandam
- State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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Sachs F, Sivaselvan MV. Cell volume control in three dimensions: Water movement without solute movement. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 145:373-80. [PMID: 25870207 PMCID: PMC4411252 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201411297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Frederick Sachs
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260
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Borbiro I, Badheka D, Rohacs T. Activation of TRPV1 channels inhibits mechanosensitive Piezo channel activity by depleting membrane phosphoinositides. Sci Signal 2015; 8:ra15. [PMID: 25670203 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2005667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Capsaicin is an activator of the heat-sensitive TRPV1 (transient receptor potential vanilloid 1) ion channels and has been used as a local analgesic. We found that activation of TRPV1 channels with capsaicin either in dorsal root ganglion neurons or in a heterologous expression system inhibited the mechanosensitive Piezo1 and Piezo2 channels by depleting phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] and its precursor phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate [PI(4)P] from the plasma membrane through Ca(2+)-induced phospholipase Cδ (PLCδ) activation. Experiments with chemically inducible phosphoinositide phosphatases and receptor-induced activation of PLCβ indicated that inhibition of Piezo channels required depletion of both PI(4)P and PI(4,5)P2. The mechanically activated current amplitudes decreased substantially in the excised inside-out configuration, where the membrane patch containing Piezo1 channels is removed from the cell. PI(4,5)P2 and PI(4)P applied to these excised patches inhibited this decrease. Thus, we concluded that Piezo channel activity requires the presence of phosphoinositides, and the combined depletion of PI(4,5)P2 and PI(4)P reduces channel activity. In addition to revealing a role for distinct membrane lipids in mechanosensitive ion channel regulation, these data suggest that inhibition of Piezo2 channels may contribute to the analgesic effect of capsaicin.
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- Istvan Borbiro
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
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Li C, Rezania S, Kammerer S, Sokolowski A, Devaney T, Gorischek A, Jahn S, Hackl H, Groschner K, Windpassinger C, Malle E, Bauernhofer T, Schreibmayer W. Piezo1 forms mechanosensitive ion channels in the human MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. Sci Rep 2015; 5:8364. [PMID: 25666479 PMCID: PMC4322926 DOI: 10.1038/srep08364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Mechanical interaction between cells - specifically distortion of tensional homeostasis-emerged as an important aspect of breast cancer genesis and progression. We investigated the biophysical characteristics of mechanosensitive ion channels (MSCs) in the malignant MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. MSCs turned out to be the most abundant ion channel species and could be activated by negative pressure at the outer side of the cell membrane in a saturable manner. Assessing single channel conductance (GΛ) for different monovalent cations revealed an increase in the succession: Li(+) < Na(+) < K(+) ≈Rb(+) ≈ Cs(+). Divalent cations permeated also with the order: Ca(2+) < Ba(2+). Comparison of biophysical properties enabled us to identify MSCs in MCF-7 as ion channels formed by the Piezo1 protein. Using patch clamp technique no functional MSCs were observed in the benign MCF-10A mammary epithelial cell line. Blocking of MSCs by GsMTx-4 resulted in decreased motility of MCF-7, but not of MCF-10A cells, underscoring a possible role of Piezo1 in invasion and metastatic propagation. The role of Piezo1 in biology and progression of breast cancer is further substantiated by markedly reduced overall survival in patients with increased Piezo1 mRNA levels in the primary tumor.
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- Chouyang Li
- Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Munn LL. Mechanobiology of lymphatic contractions. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2015; 38:67-74. [PMID: 25636584 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The lymphatic system is responsible for controlling tissue fluid pressure by facilitating flow of lymph (i.e. the plasma and cells that enter the lymphatic system). Because lymph contains cells of the immune system, its transport is not only important for fluid homeostasis, but also immune function. Lymph drainage can occur via passive flow or active pumping, and much research has identified the key biochemical and mechanical factors that affect output. Although many studies and reviews have addressed how tissue properties and fluid mechanics (i.e. pressure gradients) affect lymph transport [1-3] there is less known about lymphatic mechanobiology. As opposed to passive mechanical properties, mechanobiology describes the active coupling of mechanical signals and biochemical pathways. Lymphatic vasomotion is the result of a fascinating system affected by mechanical forces exerted by the flowing lymph, including pressure-induced vessel stretch and flow-induced shear stresses. These forces can trigger or modulate biochemical pathways important for controlling the lymphatic contractions. Here, I review the current understanding of lymphatic vessel function, focusing on vessel mechanobiology, and summarize the prospects for a comprehensive understanding that integrates the mechanical and biomechanical control mechanisms in the lymphatic system.
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- Lance L Munn
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
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Honoré E, Martins JR, Penton D, Patel A, Demolombe S. The Piezo Mechanosensitive Ion Channels: May the Force Be with You! Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2015; 169:25-41. [DOI: 10.1007/112_2015_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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