Nature Communications (May 2018)

Cell surface flip-flop of phosphatidylserine is critical for PIEZO1-mediated myotube formation

  • Masaki Tsuchiya,
  • Yuji Hara,
  • Masaki Okuda,
  • Karin Itoh,
  • Ryotaro Nishioka,
  • Akifumi Shiomi,
  • Kohjiro Nagao,
  • Masayuki Mori,
  • Yasuo Mori,
  • Junichi Ikenouchi,
  • Ryo Suzuki,
  • Motomu Tanaka,
  • Tomohiko Ohwada,
  • Junken Aoki,
  • Motoi Kanagawa,
  • Tatsushi Toda,
  • Yosuke Nagata,
  • Ryoichi Matsuda,
  • Yasunori Takayama,
  • Makoto Tominaga,
  • Masato Umeda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04436-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Myotube formation by fusion of myoblasts is essential for skeletal muscle formation, but which molecules regulate this process remains elusive. Here authors identify the mechanosensitive PIEZO1 channel as a key element, whose activity is regulated by phosphatidylserine during myotube formation.