A welcome single-source study of molecular mechanisms for mechanosensing and mechanotransduction in cells, this book includes the latest research and focuses on key issues of mechanical stress influencing ion channels and intracellular signaling pathways.
Foreword by Maik Gollasch.- Editorial, Andre Kamkin and Ilya Lozinsky.- Contributors.- 1 Force from lipids: A multidisciplinary approach to study bacterial mechanosensitive ion channels, Charles G. Cranfield et al.- 2 Mechanosensitive K2P channels, TREKking through the autonomic nervous system,.J. Antonio Lamas.- 3 TRPV1 in cell signaling: molecular mechanisms of function and modulation, Andrés Jara-Oseguera and Tamara Rosenbaum.- 4 The Molecular Mechanism of Multifunctional Mechano-Gated Channel TRPV4, Makoto Suzuki and Astuko Mizuno.- 5 Mechanical stretch and intermediate-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels in arterial smooth muscle cells, Yasunobu Hayabuchi et al.- 6 Sensing mechanism of stretch activated ion channels, Naomi Niisato and Yoshinori Marunaka.- 7 Ion channels in cardiac fibroblasts: Link to mechanically gated channels and their regulation, Denis V. Abramochkin, Ilya Lozinsky, and Andre Kamkin.- 8 The role of nitric oxide in the regulation of ion channels in the cardiomyocytes: Link to mechanically gated channels, Ekaterina Yu. Makarenko, Ilya Lozinsky, Andre Kamkin.- 9 The Role of Ion Channels in Cellular Mechanotransduction of Hydrostatic Pressure, Kevin D. Champaigne and Jiro Nagatomi.- 10 Lipid-mediated mechanisms involved in the mechanical activation of TRPC6 and TRPV4 channels in the vascular tone regulation, Ryuji Inoue et al.- 11 Stretch effects on atrial conduction: a potential contributor to arrhythmogenesis, Michela Masè and Flavia Ravelli.- 12 Early activation of intracellular signals after myocardial stretch, Horacio E. Cingolani et al.- 13 Recent aspects of angiotensin II action in the heart. Implications for myocardial ischemia and heart failure, Walmor C De Mello.- 14 Mechanosensitivity of pancreatic β-cells, adipocytes, and skeletal muscle cells: the therapeutic targets of metabolic syndrome, Koichi Nakayama et al.- 15 The role of the primary cilium in chondrocyte response tomechanical loading, Angus KT Wann, CL Thompson, and Martin M Knight.- Index