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Piezo2 is the major transducer of mechanical forces for touch sensation in mice

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  • Sanjeev S. Ranade

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute)

  • Seung-Hyun Woo

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute)

  • Adrienne E. Dubin

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute)

  • Rabih A. Moshourab

    (Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle Straße 10, D-13092 Berlin, Germany
    Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt Operative Intensivmedizin, Campus Charité Mitte and Virchow-Klinikum Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustburgerplatz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany)

  • Christiane Wetzel

    (Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle Straße 10, D-13092 Berlin, Germany)

  • Matt Petrus

    (Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation)

  • Jayanti Mathur

    (Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation)

  • Valérie Bégay

    (Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle Straße 10, D-13092 Berlin, Germany)

  • Bertrand Coste

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute
    Present address: Ion Channels and Sensory Transduction group, Aix Marseille University, CNRS, CRN2M-UMR 7286, 13344 Marseille, France.)

  • James Mainquist

    (Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation)

  • A. J. Wilson

    (Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation)

  • Allain G. Francisco

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute)

  • Kritika Reddy

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute)

  • Zhaozhu Qiu

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute
    Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation)

  • John N. Wood

    (Molecular Nociception Group, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK)

  • Gary R. Lewin

    (Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle Straße 10, D-13092 Berlin, Germany)

  • Ardem Patapoutian

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute)

Abstract

Mice lacking the mechanically activated ion channel Piezo2 in both sensory neurons and Merkel cells are almost totally incapable of light-touch sensation while other somatosensory functions, such as mechanical nociception, remain intact, implying that other mechanically activated ion channels must now be identified to account for painful touch sensation.

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  • Sanjeev S. Ranade & Seung-Hyun Woo & Adrienne E. Dubin & Rabih A. Moshourab & Christiane Wetzel & Matt Petrus & Jayanti Mathur & Valérie Bégay & Bertrand Coste & James Mainquist & A. J. Wilson & Allai, 2014. "Piezo2 is the major transducer of mechanical forces for touch sensation in mice," Nature, Nature, vol. 516(7529), pages 121-125, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:516:y:2014:i:7529:d:10.1038_nature13980
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13980
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    4. Alia M. Obeidat & Matthew J. Wood & Natalie S. Adamczyk & Shingo Ishihara & Jun Li & Lai Wang & Dongjun Ren & David A. Bennett & Richard J. Miller & Anne-Marie Malfait & Rachel E. Miller, 2023. "Piezo2 expressing nociceptors mediate mechanical sensitization in experimental osteoarthritis," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-14, December.
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    6. Luis O. Romero & Rebeca Caires & A. Kaitlyn Victor & Juanma Ramirez & Francisco J. Sierra-Valdez & Patrick Walsh & Vincent Truong & Jungsoo Lee & Ugo Mayor & Lawrence T. Reiter & Valeria Vásquez & Jul, 2023. "Linoleic acid improves PIEZO2 dysfunction in a mouse model of Angelman Syndrome," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-20, December.
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    8. Gregory J Gerling & Lingtian Wan & Benjamin U Hoffman & Yuxiang Wang & Ellen A Lumpkin, 2018. "Computation predicts rapidly adapting mechanotransduction currents cannot account for tactile encoding in Merkel cell-neurite complexes," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(6), pages 1-21, June.
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    10. Amandeep Kaur & Madhu & Alok Sharma & Kashmir Singh & Santosh Kumar Upadhyay, 2023. "Exploration of Piezo Channels in Bread Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-16, March.

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