2019
Mammalian TRP ion channels are insensitive to membrane stretch
Nikolaev YA, Cox CD, Ridone P, Rohde PR, Cordero-Morales JF, Vásquez V, Laver DR, Martinac B. Mammalian TRP ion channels are insensitive to membrane stretch. Journal Of Cell Science 2019, 132: jcs238360. PMID: 31722978, PMCID: PMC6918743, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.238360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTRP channelsTouch-insensitive mutantsMembrane stretchIon channelsTRP ion channel familyIon channel familyTransient receptor potential (TRP) ion channelsTRP ion channelsMammalian subfamiliesMammalian membersPotential ion channelsArtificial bilayer systemInsensitive mutantsCytoplasmic tethersDownstream componentsMechanosensory processesSignaling cascadesChannel familyCellular componentsBlood pressure regulationCell membraneCerebrospinal fluid flowMechanical forcesStretch activationPressure regulation
2017
Adding dimension to cellular mechanotransduction: Advances in biomedical engineering of multiaxial cell-stretch systems and their application to cardiovascular biomechanics and mechano-signaling
Friedrich O, Schneidereit D, Nikolaev Y, Nikolova-Krstevski V, Schürmann S, Wirth-Hücking A, Merten A, Fatkin D, Martinac B. Adding dimension to cellular mechanotransduction: Advances in biomedical engineering of multiaxial cell-stretch systems and their application to cardiovascular biomechanics and mechano-signaling. Progress In Biophysics And Molecular Biology 2017, 130: 170-191. PMID: 28647645, DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFocal adhesion complexesCell-substrate junctionLive-cell imagingMechanosensitive ion channelsDirect mechanistic studiesAdhesion complexesCellular mechanotransductionMembrane junctionsIntracellular signalingMechanotransduction researchCellular stretchCellular modelIon channelsCellular levelCell membraneMechanotransductionIndividual cardiomyocytesBiomedical engineeringMechanical wall stressMembraneMechanistic studiesCellsStretch deviceCardiomyocytesElastomeric membrane