ArticleBMC molecular and cell biology2022
Compression enhances invasive phenotype and matrix degradation of breast Cancer cells via Piezo1 activation.
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- Compressive stress-driven Piezo1 activation and Rho-ROCK mechanotransduction promote tumor progression via epigenetic mechanical memory.Science advances · 2026Article
- The Extracellular Matrix Regulates Invasion in Fusion-Negative Rhabdomyosarcoma via YAP-PIEZO1 Signaling Axis.Cancers · 2026Article
- Metabolic starvation-induced cell swelling drives solid stress in tumors.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Integrating bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing analysis to reveal characterization of mechanical stimulus-related genes and prognostic signatures in breast cancer.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2025Article
- GsMTx4 Mitigates Neuroinflammation and Promotes Functional Recovery by Maintaining Microenvironmental Homeostasis During the Acute Phase After Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice.Neurochemical research · 2025Article
- A 'Spicy' Mechanotransduction Switch: Capsaicin-Activated TRPV1 Receptor Modulates Osteosarcoma Cell Behavior and Drug Sensitivity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Capillary constrictions prime cancer cell tumorigenicity through PIEZO1.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Adaptation to Volumetric Compression Drives an Apoptosis-Resistant and Invasive Phenotype in Liver Cancer.Cancer research · 2025Article
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- Unjamming Transition as a Paradigm for Biomechanical Control of Cancer Metastasis.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Review
- Piezo1 regulates actin cytoskeleton remodeling to drive EMT in cervical cancer through the RhoA/ROCK1/PIP2 signaling pathway.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Comprehensive analysis of mRNA expression of Piezo1 and Piezo2 in tumor samples and their prognostic implications in gastric cancer.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- PIEZO channels as multimodal mechanotransducers.Biochemical Society transactions · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundUncontrolled growth in solid breast cancer generates mechanical compression that may drive the cancer cells into a more invasive phenotype, but little is known about how such compression affects the key events and corresponding regulatory mechanisms associated with invasion of breast cancer cells including cellular behaviors and matrix degradation.
resultsHere we show that compression enhanced invasion and matrix degradation of breast cancer cells. We also identified Piezo1 as the putative mechanosensitive cellular component that transmitted compression to not only enhance the invasive phenotype, but also induce calcium influx and downstream Src signaling. Furthermore, we demonstrated that Piezo1 was mainly localized in caveolae, and both Piezo1 expression and compression-enhanced invasive phenotype of the breast cancer cells were reduced when caveolar integrity was compromised by either knocking down caveolin1 expression or depleting cholesterol content.
conclusionsTaken together, our data indicate that mechanical compression activates Piezo1 channels to mediate enhanced breast cancer cell invasion, which involves both cellular events and matrix degradation. This may be a critical mechanotransduction pathway during breast cancer metastasis, and thus potentially a novel therapeutic target for the disease.
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