TY - JOUR
T1 - C-terminus of PIEZO1 governs Ca2+ influx and intracellular ERK1/2 signaling pathway in mechanotransduction
AU - Sugimoto, Asuna
AU - Iwata, Kokoro
AU - Kurogoushi, Rika
AU - Tanaka, Manami
AU - Nakashima, Yumiko
AU - Yamakawa, Yoshihito
AU - Oishi, Atsushi
AU - Yoshizaki, Keigo
AU - Fukumoto, Satoshi
AU - Yamamoto, Akihito
AU - Ishimaru, Naozumi
AU - Iwamoto, Tsutomu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023/11/19
Y1 - 2023/11/19
N2 - Cells sense and respond to extracellular mechanical stress through mechanotransduction receptors and ion channels, which regulate cellular behaviors such as cell proliferation and differentiation. Among them, PIEZO1, piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1, has recently been highlighted as a mechanosensitive ion channel in various cell types including mesenchymal stem cells. We previously reported that PIEZO1 is essential for ERK1/2 phosphorylation and osteoblast differentiation in bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs), induced by hydrostatic pressure loading and treatment with the PIEZO1-specific activator Yoda1. However, the molecular mechanism underlying how PIEZO1 induces mechanotransduction remains unclear. In this study, we investigated that the role of the C-terminus in regulating extracellular Ca2+ influx and activating the ERK1/2 signaling pathway. We observed the activation of Fluo-4 AM in the Yoda1-stimulated human BMSC line UE7T-13, but not in a calcium-depleted cell culture medium. Similarly, Western blotting analysis revealed that Yoda1 treatment induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation, but this induction was not observed in calcium-depleted cell culture medium. To investigate the functional role of the C-terminus of PIEZO1, we generated HEK293 cells stably expressing the full-length mouse PIEZO1 (PIEZO1-FL) and a deletion-type PIEZO1 lacking the C-terminal intracellular region containing the R-Ras-binding domain (PIEZO1-ΔR-Ras). We found that Yoda1 treatment predominantly activated Flou-4 AM and ERK1/2 in PIEZO1-FL-trasfected cells but neither in PIEZO1-ΔR-Ras-transfected cells nor control cells. Our results indicate that the C-terminus of PIEZO1, which contains the R-Ras binding domain, plays an essential role in Ca2+ influx and activation of the ERK1/2 signaling pathway, suggesting that this domain is crucial for the mechanotransduction of osteoblastic differentiation in BMSCs.
AB - Cells sense and respond to extracellular mechanical stress through mechanotransduction receptors and ion channels, which regulate cellular behaviors such as cell proliferation and differentiation. Among them, PIEZO1, piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1, has recently been highlighted as a mechanosensitive ion channel in various cell types including mesenchymal stem cells. We previously reported that PIEZO1 is essential for ERK1/2 phosphorylation and osteoblast differentiation in bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs), induced by hydrostatic pressure loading and treatment with the PIEZO1-specific activator Yoda1. However, the molecular mechanism underlying how PIEZO1 induces mechanotransduction remains unclear. In this study, we investigated that the role of the C-terminus in regulating extracellular Ca2+ influx and activating the ERK1/2 signaling pathway. We observed the activation of Fluo-4 AM in the Yoda1-stimulated human BMSC line UE7T-13, but not in a calcium-depleted cell culture medium. Similarly, Western blotting analysis revealed that Yoda1 treatment induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation, but this induction was not observed in calcium-depleted cell culture medium. To investigate the functional role of the C-terminus of PIEZO1, we generated HEK293 cells stably expressing the full-length mouse PIEZO1 (PIEZO1-FL) and a deletion-type PIEZO1 lacking the C-terminal intracellular region containing the R-Ras-binding domain (PIEZO1-ΔR-Ras). We found that Yoda1 treatment predominantly activated Flou-4 AM and ERK1/2 in PIEZO1-FL-trasfected cells but neither in PIEZO1-ΔR-Ras-transfected cells nor control cells. Our results indicate that the C-terminus of PIEZO1, which contains the R-Ras binding domain, plays an essential role in Ca2+ influx and activation of the ERK1/2 signaling pathway, suggesting that this domain is crucial for the mechanotransduction of osteoblastic differentiation in BMSCs.
KW - C-terminus
KW - Ca influx
KW - ERK signaling pathway
KW - Mechanotransduction
KW - PIEZO1
KW - R-Ras binding domain
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.09.080
DO - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.09.080
M3 - Article
C2 - 37801988
AN - SCOPUS:85172885103
SN - 0006-291X
VL - 682
SP - 39
EP - 45
JO - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
JF - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
ER -