Mechanosignalling in cartilage: an emerging target for the treatment of osteoarthritis

T Hodgkinson, DC Kelly, CM Curtin… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Mechanical stimuli have fundamental roles in articular cartilage during health and disease.
Chondrocytes respond to the physical properties of the cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) …

Osteoarthritis as a disease of the cartilage pericellular matrix

F Guilak, RJ Nims, A Dicks, CL Wu, I Meulenbelt - Matrix Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis is a painful joint disease characterized by progressive degeneration of the
articular cartilage as well as associated changes to the subchondral bone, synovium, and …

Inflammatory signaling sensitizes Piezo1 mechanotransduction in articular chondrocytes as a pathogenic feed-forward mechanism in osteoarthritis

W Lee, RJ Nims, A Savadipour… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful and debilitating condition of synovial joints without any
disease-modifying therapies [AM Valdes, TD Spector, Nat. Rev. Rheumatol. 7, 23–32 …

[HTML][HTML] Senescence in osteoarthritis: from mechanism to potential treatment

Y Liu, Z Zhang, T Li, H Xu, H Zhang - Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2022 - Springer
Osteoarthritis (OA) is an age-related cartilage degenerative disease, and chondrocyte
senescence has been extensively studied in recent years. Increased numbers of senescent …

TRPV4: molecular conductor of a diverse orchestra

JPM White, M Cibelli, L Urban, B Nilius… - Physiological …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Transient receptor potential vanilloid type 4 (TRPV4) is a calcium-permeable nonselective
cation channel, originally described in 2000 by research teams led by Schultz (Nat Cell Biol …

Regulation of pain and itch by TRP channels

C Moore, R Gupta, SE Jordt, Y Chen, WB Liedtke - Neuroscience bulletin, 2018 - Springer
Nociception is an important physiological process that detects harmful signals and results in
pain perception. In this review, we discuss important experimental evidence involving some …

Piezo1 is a mechanosensor channel in central nervous system capillaries

OF Harraz, NR Klug, AJ Senatore… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Capillaries are equipped to sense neurovascular coupling agents released onto the outer
wall of a capillary, translating these external signals into electrical/Ca2+ changes that play a …

Mechanotransduction pathways in the regulation of cartilage chondrocyte homoeostasis

Z Zhao, Y Li, M Wang, S Zhao, Z Zhao… - Journal of cellular and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanical stress plays a critical role in cartilage development and homoeostasis.
Chondrocytes are surrounded by a narrow pericellular matrix (PCM), which absorbs …

Synergy between Piezo1 and Piezo2 channels confers high-strain mechanosensitivity to articular cartilage

W Lee, HA Leddy, Y Chen, SH Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Diarthrodial joints are essential for load bearing and locomotion. Physiologically, articular
cartilage sustains millions of cycles of mechanical loading. Chondrocytes, the cells in …

Membrane stretch as the mechanism of activation of PIEZO1 ion channels in chondrocytes

A Savadipour, RJ Nims, N Rashidi… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease that can be initiated by altered joint loading or injury of the
cartilage. The mechanically sensitive PIEZO ion channels have been shown to transduce …