Light-induced nanoscale deformation in azobenzene thin film triggers rapid intracellular Ca2+ increase via mechanosensitive cation channels
H. M. Peussa, C. Fedele, H. Tran, J. Fadjukov, E. Mäntylä, A. Priimägi, S. Nymark, T. O. Ihalainen
The paper uses light-induced nanoscale deformation of azobenzene thin films to study mechanosensitive Ca2+ signaling in cells, identifying Piezo1 as the key channel involved.
bioRxiv · Sep 27, 2022Bioengineering