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PIEZO1 and PECAM1 interact at cell-cell junctions and partner in endothelial force sensing

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Title: PIEZO1 and PECAM1 interact at cell-cell junctions and partner in endothelial force sensing
Authors: Chuntharpursat-Bon, E, Povstyan, OV, Ludlow, MJ, Carrier, DJ, Debant, M, Shi, J, Gaunt, HJ, Bauer, CC, Curd, A, Futers, TS, Baxter, PD, Peckham, M, Muench, SP, Adamson, A, Humphreys, N, Tumova, S, Bon, RS, Cubbon, R, Lichtenstein, L, Beech, DJ
Publisher Information: Nature Research
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: White Rose Research Online (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield & York)
Description: Two prominent concepts for the sensing of shear stress by endothelium are the PIEZO1 channel as a mediator of mechanically activated calcium ion entry and the PECAM1 cell adhesion molecule as the apex of a triad with CDH5 and VGFR2. Here, we investigated if there is a relationship. By inserting a non-disruptive tag in native PIEZO1 of mice, we reveal in situ overlap of PIEZO1 with PECAM1. Through reconstitution and high resolution microscopy studies we show that PECAM1 interacts with PIEZO1 and directs it to cell-cell junctions. PECAM1 extracellular N-terminus is critical in this, but a C-terminal intracellular domain linked to shear stress also contributes. CDH5 similarly drives PIEZO1 to junctions but unlike PECAM1 its interaction with PIEZO1 is dynamic, increasing with shear stress. PIEZO1 does not interact with VGFR2. PIEZO1 is required in Ca2+-dependent formation of adherens junctions and associated cytoskeleton, consistent with it conferring force-dependent Ca2+ entry for junctional remodelling. The data suggest a pool of PIEZO1 at cell junctions, the coming together of PIEZO1 and PECAM1 mechanisms and intimate cooperation of PIEZO1 and adhesion molecules in tailoring junctional structure to mechanical requirement.
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
File Description: text
Language: English
ISSN: 2399-3642
Relation: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/197085/7/PIEZO1%20and%20PECAM1%20interact%20at%20cell-cell%20junctions%20and%20partner%20in%20endothelial%20force%20sensing.pdf; Chuntharpursat-Bon, E, Povstyan, OV, Ludlow, MJ et al. (17 more authors) (2023) PIEZO1 and PECAM1 interact at cell-cell junctions and partner in endothelial force sensing. Communications Biology, 6. 358. ISSN: 2399-3642
Availability: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/197085/
Rights: cc_by_4
Accession Number: edsbas.C16B6A3
Database: BASE
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ISSN:23993642