Proposed model of a mechanosensor in VSMCs This model is based on the mechanotransducer model established in the nematode. The mechanosensor may be a heteromultimeric complex. ENaC and/or ASIC proteins form the ion-transducing heart of the mechanotransducer. These proteins are anchored to the extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton by associated linking proteins and are yet to be identified. The application of a mechanical stimulus, such as strain, gates channel activity and allows influx of Na+/Ca2+. ©2008 by American Physiological Society
Proposed model of a mechanosensor Proposed model of a mechanosensor in VSMCs This model is based on the mechanotransducer model established in the nematode. The mechanosensor may be a heteromultimeric complex. ENaC and/or ASIC proteins form the ion-transducing heart of the mechanotransducer. These proteins are anchored to the extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton by associated linking proteins and are yet to be identified. The application of a mechanical stimulus, such as strain, gates channel activity and allows influx of Na+/Ca2+. Heather A. Drummond et al. Physiology 2008;23:23-31 ©2008 by American Physiological Society
Proposed model of a mechanosensor in VSMCs This model is based on the mechanotransducer model established in the nematode. The mechanosensor may be a heteromultimeric complex. ENaC and/or ASIC proteins form the ion-transducing heart of the mechanotransducer. These proteins are anchored to the extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton by associated linking proteins and are yet to be identified. The application of a mechanical stimulus, such as strain, gates channel activity and allows influx of Na+/Ca2+. ©2008 by American Physiological Society
Proposed model of a mechanosensor in VSMCs This model is based on the mechanotransducer model established in the nematode. The mechanosensor may be a heteromultimeric complex. ENaC and/or ASIC proteins form the ion-transducing heart of the mechanotransducer. These proteins are anchored to the extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton by associated linking proteins and are yet to be identified. The application of a mechanical stimulus, such as strain, gates channel activity and allows influx of Na+/Ca2+. ©2008 by American Physiological Society