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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2025

Magnetite Nanodiscs Activate Mechanotransductive Calcium Signaling in Diverse Cell Types.

Jacob L Beckham, Ye Ji Kim, Emmanuel Vargas Paniagua, Noah Kent, Keisuke Nagao, Sharmelee Selvaraji, Florian Koehler, Elian Malkin, Xavier Smith, Anthony Tabet and 2 more

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Multifunctional FePharmaceutics · 2026
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  3. On Vibronic-Driven Action and Mechanosensitive G Protein-Coupled Receptors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  4. Nanoparticles-Mediated Modulation of TRP Channels: Advances and Therapeutic Potential.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Jacob L BeckhamResearch Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Ye Ji KimDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Emmanuel Vargas PaniaguaDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Noah KentResearch Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Keisuke NagaoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.ORCID 0009-0002-2296-1817
Sharmelee SelvarajiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Florian KoehlerDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Elian MalkinDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Xavier SmithDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Anthony TabetDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Sehoon KangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Polina AnikeevaResearch Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6495-5197

Funding

Fusion of nanomagnetic and viral tools to interrogate brain-body circuitsDP1AT011991 · NCCIH · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ANIKEEVA, POLINA O · 2021 to 2025
$5.3M
Wireless Magnetomechanical Neuromodulation of Targeted CircuitsR01NS115576 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ANIKEEVA, POLINA O · 2020 to 2020
$1.6M
NCCIH NIH HHS DP1 AT011991NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS115576
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Remote magnetomechanical stimulation using magnetic nanomaterials has emerged as a robust and minimally invasive technique for modulating neuronal activity. However, despite the presence of machinery to convert mechanical force into biochemical signals in many types of cells, magnetomechanical stimulation of non-neuronal tissue remains largely unexplored. Here, we demonstrate that in the presence of weak magnetic fields (12-56 mT) with frequencies 5-125 Hz, magnetite nanodiscs (MNDs) activate ubiquitous mechano-sensitive calcium signaling pathways, including transmembrane calcium entry, the release of intracellular calcium reserves, and store-operated calcium signaling. MNDs mediate calcium transients in cells with disparate calcium signaling machinery, such as cardiomyocytes and hippocampal astrocytes. The characteristics of these calcium responses depend on the protein machinery available in each cell type. These findings expand the reach of cellular modulation strategies using magnetic nanoparticles to non-neuronal cells and thereby open new applications probing endocrine, immune, and circulatory functions and related disorders with remote magnetic approaches.

Indexed as

Calcium SignalingMagnetite NanoparticlesMechanotransduction, CellularMyocytes, CardiacNanostructuresAnimalsAstrocytesCalciumHippocampusHumansMagnetic FieldsRatsCalciumMagnetite Nanoparticles

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PMID40215485
PMCPMC12024462

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