Communications Biology (Apr 2023)

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

  • Eulashini Chuntharpursat-Bon,
  • Oleksandr V. Povstyan,
  • Melanie J. Ludlow,
  • David J. Carrier,
  • Marjolaine Debant,
  • Jian Shi,
  • Hannah J. Gaunt,
  • Claudia C. Bauer,
  • Alistair Curd,
  • T. Simon Futers,
  • Paul D. Baxter,
  • Michelle Peckham,
  • Stephen P. Muench,
  • Antony Adamson,
  • Neil Humphreys,
  • Sarka Tumova,
  • Robin S. Bon,
  • Richard Cubbon,
  • Laeticia Lichtenstein,
  • David J. Beech

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04706-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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The PIEZO1 channel and the PECAM1 cell adhesion molecule interact and PIEZO1 cooperates with PECAM1 and CDH5 cell junctions during mechanical stress.