Gravity is a constitutive force that influences life on Earth. It is sensed and translated into biochemical stimuli through the so called "mechanosensors", proteins able to change their molecular conformation in order to amplify external cues causing several intracellular responses. Mechanosensors are widely represented in the human body with important structures such as otholiths in hair cells of vestibular system and statoliths in plants. Moreover, they are also present in the bone, where mechanical cues can cause bone resorption or formation and in muscle in which mechanical stimuli can increase the sensibility for mechanical stretch. In this review, we discuss the role of mechanosensors in two different conditions: normogravity and microgravity, emphasizing their emerging role in microgravity. Microgravity is a singular condition in which many molecular changes occur, strictly connected with the modified gravity force and free fall of bodies. Here, we first summarize the most important mechanosensors involved in normogravity and microgravity. Subsequently, we propose muscle LIM protein (MLP) and sirtuins as new actors in mechanosensing and signaling transduction under microgravity.

Putative receptors for gravity sensing in mammalian cells. the effects of microgravity / Aventaggiato, M.; Barreca, F.; Vernucci, E.; Bizzarri, M.; Ferretti, E.; Russo, M. A.; Tafani, M.. - In: APPLIED SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3417. - 10:6(2020). [10.3390/app10062028]

Putative receptors for gravity sensing in mammalian cells. the effects of microgravity

Aventaggiato M.;Barreca F.;Vernucci E.;Bizzarri M.;Ferretti E.;Russo M. A.;Tafani M.
2020

Abstract

Gravity is a constitutive force that influences life on Earth. It is sensed and translated into biochemical stimuli through the so called "mechanosensors", proteins able to change their molecular conformation in order to amplify external cues causing several intracellular responses. Mechanosensors are widely represented in the human body with important structures such as otholiths in hair cells of vestibular system and statoliths in plants. Moreover, they are also present in the bone, where mechanical cues can cause bone resorption or formation and in muscle in which mechanical stimuli can increase the sensibility for mechanical stretch. In this review, we discuss the role of mechanosensors in two different conditions: normogravity and microgravity, emphasizing their emerging role in microgravity. Microgravity is a singular condition in which many molecular changes occur, strictly connected with the modified gravity force and free fall of bodies. Here, we first summarize the most important mechanosensors involved in normogravity and microgravity. Subsequently, we propose muscle LIM protein (MLP) and sirtuins as new actors in mechanosensing and signaling transduction under microgravity.
2020
cellular and molecular rehabilitation; cystein-rich proteins; mechanosensor; microgravity; muscle lim protein; sirtuins
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Putative receptors for gravity sensing in mammalian cells. the effects of microgravity / Aventaggiato, M.; Barreca, F.; Vernucci, E.; Bizzarri, M.; Ferretti, E.; Russo, M. A.; Tafani, M.. - In: APPLIED SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3417. - 10:6(2020). [10.3390/app10062028]
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