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Journal Article
Mechanical stress-activated integrin α5β1 induces opening of connexin 43 hemichannels
2012
Overview
The connexin 43 (Cx43) hemichannel (HC) in the mechanosensory osteocytes is a major portal for the release of factors responsible for the anabolic effects of mechanical loading on bone formation and remodeling. However, little is known about how the Cx43 molecule responds to mechanical stimulation leading to the opening of the HC. Here, we demonstrate that integrin α5β1 interacts directly with Cx43 and that this interaction is required for mechanical stimulation-induced opening of the Cx43 HC. Direct mechanical perturbation via magnetic beads or conformational activation of integrin α5β1 leads to the opening of the Cx43 HC, and this role of the integrin is independent of its association with an extracellular fibronectin substrate. PI3K signaling is responsible for the shear stress-induced conformational activation of integrin α5β1 leading to the opening of the HC. These results identify an unconventional function of integrin that acts as a mechanical tether to induce opening of the HC and provide a mechanism connecting the effect of mechanical forces directly to anabolic function of the bone.
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences,National Acad Sciences
Subject
/ Animals
/ Bones
/ Dyes
/ Extracellular Matrix Proteins - metabolism
/ Integrin alpha5beta1 - antagonists & inhibitors
/ Integrin alpha5beta1 - physiology
/ Mice
/ phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
/ Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases - antagonists & inhibitors
/ Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases - metabolism
