Interplay between mechanics and signalling in regulating cell fate

H De Belly, EK Paluch, KJ Chalut - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Mechanical signalling affects multiple biological processes during development and in adult
organisms, including cell fate transitions, cell migration, morphogenesis and immune …

Fluorescent probes for lipid membranes: from the cell surface to organelles

AS Klymchenko - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Biomembranes are ubiquitous lipid structures that delimit the cell surface and
organelles and operate as platforms for a multitude of biomolecular processes. The …

Organoid-on-a-chip model of human ARPKD reveals mechanosensing pathomechanisms for drug discovery

K Hiratsuka, T Miyoshi, KT Kroll, NR Gupta… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Organoids serve as a novel tool for disease modeling in three-dimensional multicellular
contexts. Static organoids, however, lack the requisite biophysical microenvironment such …

A polarity‐sensitive ratiometric fluorescence probe for monitoring changes in lipid droplets and nucleus during ferroptosis

KN Wang, LY Liu, D Mao, S Xu, CP Tan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ferroptosis regulates cell death through reactive oxygen species (ROS)‐associated lipid
peroxide accumulation, which is expected to affect the structure and polarity of lipid droplets …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid peroxidation increases membrane tension, Piezo1 gating, and cation permeability to execute ferroptosis

Y Hirata, R Cai, A Volchuk, BE Steinberg, Y Saito… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The ongoing metabolic and microbicidal pathways that support and protect cellular life
generate potentially damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS). To counteract damage, cells …

Targeted solvatochromic fluorescent probes for imaging lipid order in organelles under oxidative and mechanical stress

DI Danylchuk, PH Jouard… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biomembranes constitute a basis for all compartments of live cells, and therefore, the
monitoring of their lipid organization is essential for understanding cell status and activity …

[HTML][HTML] Heterochromatin-driven nuclear softening protects the genome against mechanical stress-induced damage

MM Nava, YA Miroshnikova, LC Biggs, DB Whitefield… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Tissue homeostasis requires maintenance of functional integrity under stress. A central
source of stress is mechanical force that acts on cells, their nuclei, and chromatin, but how …

Passive coupling of membrane tension and cell volume during active response of cells to osmosis

C Roffay, G Molinard, K Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
During osmotic changes of their environment, cells actively regulate their volume and
plasma membrane tension that can passively change through osmosis. How tension and …

Design and application of fluorescent probes to detect cellular physical microenvironments

J Ma, R Sun, K Xia, Q Xia, Y Liu, X Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
The microenvironment is indispensable for functionality of various biomacromolecules,
subcellular compartments, living cells, and organisms. In particular, physical properties …

[HTML][HTML] Focused ultrasound excites cortical neurons via mechanosensitive calcium accumulation and ion channel amplification

S Yoo, DR Mittelstein, RC Hurt, J Lacroix… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ultrasonic neuromodulation has the unique potential to provide non-invasive control of
neural activity in deep brain regions with high spatial precision and without chemical or …