Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Piezo1 Regulates Myocyte Fusion during Skeletal Myogenesis
Huascar Pedro Ortuste Quiroga, Massimo Ganassi, Shingo Yokoyama, Kodai Nakamura, Tomohiro Yamashita, Daniel Raimbach, Arisa Hagiwara, Oscar Harrington, Jodie Breach-Teji, Atsushi Asakura, Yoshiro Suzuki, Makoto Tominaga, Peter S. Zammit, Katsumasa Goto
This study shows that Piezo1 regulates myocyte fusion during skeletal myogenesis by modulating Ca2+ influx and Myomaker expression, with implications for muscle diseases.
Cells · Jan 24, 2022Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology