ArticleNature communications2025
The mechanotransducer Piezo1 coordinates metabolism and inflammation to promote skin growth.
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- Nuclear mechanotransduction: tools for mechanical perturbation and chromatin characterization.Nucleus (Austin, Tex.) · 2026Review
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension induces a metabolic and inflammatory hepatopathy.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026Article
- Tissue-Resident Macrophage PIEZO1 Transduces Mechanical Stress into Inflammatory Pain in Acute Gout.Neuroscience bulletin · 2026Article
- Piezo1 Regulates the Skeletal Muscle Length-Tension Relationship Through Channel-Independent Mechanotransduction.Biomolecules · 2026Article
- A stretch-responsive fibroblast program promotes epidermal stem cell self-renewal during skin expansion.Nature communications · 2026Article
- The Piezo1-Ca2+-PI3k/Akt signaling axis as a context-dependent mechanotransduction node during skin wound healing.iScience · 2026Review
- Single-cell multiomics uncovers an endothelial mechanosensitive PIEZO1-IL-33 axis driving pulmonary fibrosis.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Induces a Metabolic and Inflammatory Hepatopathy.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) bidirectionally modulates scar formation via the Piezo1-YAP/TAZ axis: a novel mechanotransduction hypothesis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
- Brief mechanical pulses induce sustained intracellular L-lactate production in astrocytes.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2026Article
- Piezo1 in immune cells: from mechanosensation to immunoregulation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Immunoengineering in the field of tendon and bone regeneration: immunomodulatory biomaterials, delivery platforms, and preclinical models for chronic diseases.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Beyond Structure: The Dynamic Role of the Extracellular Matrix Components in Immune Evasion.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2026Review
- Long-term cytokine exposure remodels the methylome and transcriptome of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa keratinocytes - a bioinformatic analysis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
- Mechanical constraints on cell plasticity: insights from the olfactory epithelium.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- Yoda1-activated Piezo1 enhances mitophagy in human gingival fibroblasts to promote maxillofacial wound repair.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- How skin achieves mechano-resistance for land movement: the critical role of ER sensing.Cell regeneration (London, England) · 2025Article
- TREM2 Deficiency Regulates Macrophage Apoptosis and Repair in Radiation-Induced Skin Injury.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
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Abstract
The skin has a remarkable ability to grow under constant stretch. Using a controlled tissue expansion system in mice, we identified an enhanced inflammatory-metabolic network in stretched skin via single-cell RNA sequencing, flow cytometry and spatial transcriptomics. Stretched epidermal cells exhibit heightened cellular crosstalk of CXCL, CCL, TNF, and TGF-β signaling. Additionally, skin expansion increases macrophage and monocyte infiltration in the skin while altering systemic immune cell profiles. Glycolysis-related genes, including Glut1 and Aldoa were significantly elevated. We hypothesize that Piezo1, a non-selective calcium-permeable cation channel, senses tension in stretched skin, driving these responses. The epidermal-Piezo1 loss-of-function animals show reduced skin growth, tissue weight, tissue thickness, macrophage infiltration, and glycolysis activity. Conversely, animals with a pharmacological Piezo1 gain of function exhibit an increase in these factors. Our findings highlight the coordinating role of Piezo1 for metabolic changes and immune cell infiltration in tension-induced skin growth.
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