Mechanical control of cyclic AMP signalling and gene transcription through integrins
- 18 August 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Cell Biology
- Vol. 2 (9) , 666-668
- https://doi.org/10.1038/35023621
Abstract
This study was carried out to discriminate between two alternative hypotheses as to how cells sense mechanical forces and transduce them into changes in gene transcription. Do cells sense mechanical signals through generalized membrane distortion1,2 or through specific transmembrane receptors, such as integrins3? Here we show that mechanical stresses applied to the cell surface alter the cyclic AMP signalling cascade and downstream gene transcription by modulating local release of signals generated by activated integrin receptors in a G-protein-dependent manner, whereas distortion of integrins in the absence of receptor occupancy has no effect.Keywords
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