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ArticleBiology open2022

Transgenic force sensors and software to measure force transmission across the mammalian nuclear envelope in vivo.

Kelli D Fenelon, Evan Thomas, Mohammad Samani, Min Zhu, Hirotaka Tao, Yu Sun, Helen McNeill, Sevan Hopyan

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Article in Biology open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The Roles of Topoisomerases in Transcriptional Regulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  4. Stress transmission towards the nucleus of the cell.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  5. A thermodynamic perspective on mammalian neural crest ingression.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kelli D FenelonProgram in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.
Evan ThomasProgram in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.
Mohammad SamaniProgram in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.
Min ZhuProgram in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.
Hirotaka TaoProgram in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.
Yu SunDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G8, Canada.
Helen McNeillDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Sevan HopyanProgram in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7201-8902
University of Toronto · CAHospital for Sick Children · CAWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Canada First Research Excellence Fund MbDGQ-2021-04CIHR 162311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear mechanotransduction is a growing field with exciting implications for the regulation of gene expression and cellular function. Mechanical signals may be transduced to the nuclear interior biochemically or physically through connections between the cell surface and chromatin. To define mechanical stresses upon the nucleus in physiological settings, we generated transgenic mouse strains that harbour FRET-based tension sensors or control constructs in the outer and inner aspects of the nuclear envelope. We knocked-in a published esprin-2G sensor to measure tensions across the LINC complex and generated a new sensor that links the inner nuclear membrane to chromatin. To mitigate challenges inherent to fluorescence lifetime analysis in vivo, we developed software (FLIMvivo) that markedly improves the fitting of fluorescence decay curves. In the mouse embryo, the sensors responded to cytoskeletal relaxation and stretch applied by micro-aspiration. They reported organ-specific differences and a spatiotemporal tension gradient along the proximodistal axis of the limb bud, raising the possibility that mechanical mechanisms coregulate pattern formation. These mouse strains and software are potentially valuable tools for testing and refining mechanotransduction hypotheses in vivo.

Indexed as

Mechanotransduction, CellularNuclear EnvelopeAnimalsChromatinMammalsMiceMice, TransgenicNuclear ProteinsSoftwareChromatinNuclear ProteinsFLIM softwareFRET-based force sensorsLimb budMouse embryoNemp1Nesprin-2GNuclear envelopeNuclear mechanotransductionTransgenic

Identifiers

PMID36350289
PMCPMC9672859
OpenAlexW4308731246

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