Mechanotransduction in the spotlight of mechano-sensitive channels

Marjorie Guichard; Sébastien Thomine; Jean-Marie Frachisse

doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102252

Mechanotransduction in the spotlight of mechano-sensitive channels

Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2022 Aug:68:102252. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102252. Epub 2022 Jun 27.

Authors

Marjorie Guichard¹, Sébastien Thomine², Jean-Marie Frachisse³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Cell and Interaction Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
² Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
³ Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Electronic address: jean-marie.frachisse@i2bc.paris-saclay.fr.

PMID: 35772372
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102252

Abstract

The study of mechanosensitive channels (MS) in living organisms has progressed considerably over the past two decades. The understanding of their roles in mechanosensation and mechanotransduction was consecrated by the awarding of the Nobel Prize in 2021 to A. Patapoutian for his discoveries on the role of MS channels in mechanoperception in humans. In this review, we first summarize the fundamental properties of MS channels and their mode of operation. Then in a second step, we provide an update on the knowledge on the families of MS channels identified in plants and the roles and functions that have been attributed to them.

Keywords: Arabidopsis; Channels; Force; MCA; MSL; Mechanosensing; Mechanosensitive channels; Mechanotransduction; Membrane; MscS; OSCA; Piezo; Plant; TPK; Tension.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Ion Channels* / metabolism
Mechanotransduction, Cellular* / physiology
Plants / metabolism

Substances

Ion Channels