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@ARTICLE{Noethel:856433,
author = {Noethel, Barbara and Ramms, Lena and Dreissen, Georg and
Hoffmann, Marco and Springer, Ronald and Rübsam, Matthias
and Ziegler, Wolfgang H. and Niessen, Carien M. and Merkel,
Rudolf and Hoffmann, Bernd},
title = {{T}ransition of responsive mechanosensitive elements from
focal adhesions to adherens junctions on epithelial
differentiation},
journal = {Molecular biology of the cell},
volume = {29},
number = {19},
issn = {1939-4586},
address = {Bethesda, Md.},
publisher = {American Society for Cell Biology},
reportid = {FZJ-2018-05832},
pages = {2317 - 2325},
year = {2018},
abstract = {The skin’s epidermis is a multilayered epithelial tissue
and the first line of defense against mechanical stress. Its
barrier function depends on an integrated assembly and
reorganization of cell–matrix and cell–cell junctions in
the basal layer and on different intercellular junctions in
suprabasal layers. However, how mechanical stress is
recognized and which adhesive and cytoskeletal components
are involved are poorly understood. Here, we subjected
keratinocytes to cyclic stress in the presence or absence of
intercellular junctions. Both states not only recognized but
also responded to strain by reorienting actin filaments
perpendicular to the applied force. Using different
keratinocyte mutant strains that altered the mechanical link
of the actin cytoskeleton to either cell–matrix or
cell–cell junctions, we show that not only focal adhesions
but also adherens junctions function as mechanosensitive
elements in response to cyclic strain. Loss of paxillin or
talin impaired focal adhesion formation and only affected
mechanosensitivity in the absence but not presence of
intercellular junctions. Further analysis revealed the
adherens junction protein α-catenin as a main
mechanosensor, with greatest sensitivity conferred on
binding to vinculin. Our data reveal a mechanosensitive
transition from cell–matrix to cell–cell adhesions on
formation of keratinocyte monolayers with vinculin and
α-catenin as vital players.},
cin = {ICS-7},
ddc = {570},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)ICS-7-20110106},
pnm = {552 - Engineering Cell Function (POF3-552)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-552},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:30044710},
UT = {WOS:000451909400006},
doi = {10.1091/mbc.E17-06-0387},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/856433},
}