Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: PKA mediates modality-specific modulation of the mechanically gated ion channel PIEZO2
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104782
Figure Lengend Snippet: IDR5 del -mediated currents are not modulated by PKA. A , topological representation of PIEZO2 with its major domains, its intracellular intrinsically disordered regions (IDR1–7), and the location of the predicted PKA phosphorylation sites ( black and gray circles ). B , representative example traces of whole-cell current evoked by increasing mechanical indentation from PIEZO2 ( left ) and the previously characterized IDR5 del PIEZO2 mutant ( right ) in the presence of the PKA inhibitor KT5720 or the PKA activator 8-bromo-cAMP. C, displacement–response curves of peak current amplitudes of PIEZO2 and the indicated IDR del mutants after inhibition and activation of PKA. Data are presented as the mean ± SD. Number of cells per group is indicated in the legend. Comparison with Mann–Whitney test, p < 0.05∗, p < 0.001∗∗, p < 0.0001∗∗∗ 8-Br-cAMP versus KT. D and E , inactivation time constant (τ inact ) ( D ) and mechanical activation thresholds ( E ) of whole-cell current from PIEZO2 and IDR del mutants treated with KT5720 ( filled bars ) or 8-Br-cAMP ( dashed bars ). Data are presented as the mean ± SD with individual values. Number of cells per group are identical to those in ( C ). Inactivation time constants and activation thresholds of KT5720- and 8-Br-cAMP-treated cells were compared pairwise for each mutant using Mann–Whitney test. τ inact : PIEZO2, p = 0.000081; IDR1 del p = 0.0020. Activation threshold: PIEZO2, p = 0.004; IDR3 del p = 0.0018; IDR6 del p = 0.012. 8-Br-cAMP, 8-bromo-cyclic-AMP.
Article Snippet: Cells are then used within 24 h to 48 h. To investigate PKA activity, N2a-P1KO cells were incubated the day before the experiments (patch clamp or imaging) with PKA inhibitor KT5720 (Sigma) and PKC inhibitor GF109203X (Sigma), both dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide and used at a final concentration of 1 μM.
Techniques: Mutagenesis, Inhibition, Activation Assay, MANN-WHITNEY

Fig. S3 . D , close-up view and representative examples ( left ) of the four different trajectories observed for PIEZO2mScarlet clusters: confined ( cyan , top left ), subdiffusion ( orange , top right ), normal diffusion ( red , bottom left ), and directed ( green , bottom right ). Average proportion of the four defined PIEZO2 cluster trajectories per cell ( right ). Data are presented as the mean ± SD. Number of cells are identical to the ones in B and C . Overall track numbers are identical to those in
Fig. S3 B . Scale bar represents 1 μm. Comparison with Kruskal–Wallis test, confined p = 0.4990, normal diffusion p = 0.1799, directed p = 0.5502, and subdiffusion p = 0.2792. E , representative fluorescent images ( inverted ) of N2A-P1KO cells untreated (control, left ) or treated with the PKA inhibitor KT5720 (KT, middle ) and the PKA activator 8-Br-cAMP (8Br, right ). Scale bar is indicated in the images. F , quantification of the N2A-P1KO cell area (in μm 2 ) incubated with the different PKA-modulated conditions. Data are presented as violin plot with the median value and the 25th and 75th quartile. Number of cells per group is CTL N = 1204, KT5720 N = 1637, and 8Br N = 939. Comparison with Kruskal–Wallis test p < 0.0001 and Dunn’s post-test, p = 0.00000065 CTL versus KT5720, p < 0.0001 KT versus 8Br, and p < 0.0001 CTL versus 8Br. 8-Br-cAMP, 8-bromo-cyclic-AMP; TIRF, total internal reflection microscopy. " width="100%" height="100%">
Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: PKA mediates modality-specific modulation of the mechanically gated ion channel PIEZO2
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104782
Figure Lengend Snippet: PIEZO2 cluster size and density is not affected by PKA modulation. A , representative TIRF images of N2A-P1KO cells transfected with PIEZO2mScarlet and incubated without ( left , untreated) or with the PKA inhibitor KT5720 ( middle ) and the PKA activator 8-Br-cAMP ( right ). Scale bar is indicated in the images. B , average cluster densities of PIEZO2mScarlet in cells untreated (CTL, black or treated with KT5720 ( gray ) or 8-Br-cAMP ( green ). Data are presented as the mean ± SD with individual values. Number of cells is indicated in the graph. Comparison with one-way ANOVA, p = 0.5705. C , close-up view of the Gaussian fit of a PIEZO2mScarlet cluster ( left ) and average cluster size (in micrometer) per cell ( right ) and per treatment condition. Data are presented as the mean ± SD with individual values. Number of cells is indicated in the graph. Overall cluster number for CTL N = 3623, KT5720 N = 3792, and 8Br N = 5028. Scale bar is indicated in the image. Comparison with one-way ANOVA, p = 0.1066. See also Fig. S3 . D , close-up view and representative examples ( left ) of the four different trajectories observed for PIEZO2mScarlet clusters: confined ( cyan , top left ), subdiffusion ( orange , top right ), normal diffusion ( red , bottom left ), and directed ( green , bottom right ). Average proportion of the four defined PIEZO2 cluster trajectories per cell ( right ). Data are presented as the mean ± SD. Number of cells are identical to the ones in B and C . Overall track numbers are identical to those in Fig. S3 B . Scale bar represents 1 μm. Comparison with Kruskal–Wallis test, confined p = 0.4990, normal diffusion p = 0.1799, directed p = 0.5502, and subdiffusion p = 0.2792. E , representative fluorescent images ( inverted ) of N2A-P1KO cells untreated (control, left ) or treated with the PKA inhibitor KT5720 (KT, middle ) and the PKA activator 8-Br-cAMP (8Br, right ). Scale bar is indicated in the images. F , quantification of the N2A-P1KO cell area (in μm 2 ) incubated with the different PKA-modulated conditions. Data are presented as violin plot with the median value and the 25th and 75th quartile. Number of cells per group is CTL N = 1204, KT5720 N = 1637, and 8Br N = 939. Comparison with Kruskal–Wallis test p < 0.0001 and Dunn’s post-test, p = 0.00000065 CTL versus KT5720, p < 0.0001 KT versus 8Br, and p < 0.0001 CTL versus 8Br. 8-Br-cAMP, 8-bromo-cyclic-AMP; TIRF, total internal reflection microscopy.
Article Snippet: Cells are then used within 24 h to 48 h. To investigate PKA activity, N2a-P1KO cells were incubated the day before the experiments (patch clamp or imaging) with PKA inhibitor KT5720 (Sigma) and PKC inhibitor GF109203X (Sigma), both dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide and used at a final concentration of 1 μM.
Techniques: Transfection, Incubation, Diffusion-based Assay, Microscopy

Table S2 . B , representative example traces from PIEZO1 untreated ( black , left ) or treated with KT5720 ( gray , middle ) and 8-Br-cAMP ( green , right ). C , displacement–response curves ( left ) and scatter plot of the maximal ( right ) peak current amplitudes of PIEZO1 untreated ( black ) and treated with PKA inhibitor KT5720 ( gray ) or activator 8-Br-cAMP ( green ). Data are presented as the mean ± SD. Number of cells per group is indicated in the legend. D , mechanical activation thresholds from PIEZO1-treated and -untreated cells. Data are presented as the mean ± SD with individual values. Number of cells are identical to ( B ). Comparison with one-way ANOVA, p = 0.3858. E , inactivation time constants (τ inact ) of PIEZO1-treated and -untreated cells. Data are presented as the mean ± SD with individual values. Number of cells are identical to ( B ). Comparison with Kruskal–Wallis test, p = 0.027 and Dunn’s post-test, p = 0.0266 CTL versus KT5720. 8-Br-cAMP, 8-bromo-cyclic-AMP. " width="100%" height="100%">
Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: PKA mediates modality-specific modulation of the mechanically gated ion channel PIEZO2
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104782
Figure Lengend Snippet: PIEZO1 mechanically activated currents evoked by membrane indentation are not affected by PKA modulation. A , side view of the full-length mouse PIEZO1 AlphaFold structure (E2JF22) with the intracellular disordered loops ( colored domains ) that contained the predicted high ( black sphere ) and low ( gray sphere ) score PKA phosphorylation sites. See also Table S2 . B , representative example traces from PIEZO1 untreated ( black , left ) or treated with KT5720 ( gray , middle ) and 8-Br-cAMP ( green , right ). C , displacement–response curves ( left ) and scatter plot of the maximal ( right ) peak current amplitudes of PIEZO1 untreated ( black ) and treated with PKA inhibitor KT5720 ( gray ) or activator 8-Br-cAMP ( green ). Data are presented as the mean ± SD. Number of cells per group is indicated in the legend. D , mechanical activation thresholds from PIEZO1-treated and -untreated cells. Data are presented as the mean ± SD with individual values. Number of cells are identical to ( B ). Comparison with one-way ANOVA, p = 0.3858. E , inactivation time constants (τ inact ) of PIEZO1-treated and -untreated cells. Data are presented as the mean ± SD with individual values. Number of cells are identical to ( B ). Comparison with Kruskal–Wallis test, p = 0.027 and Dunn’s post-test, p = 0.0266 CTL versus KT5720. 8-Br-cAMP, 8-bromo-cyclic-AMP.
Article Snippet: Cells are then used within 24 h to 48 h. To investigate PKA activity, N2a-P1KO cells were incubated the day before the experiments (patch clamp or imaging) with PKA inhibitor KT5720 (Sigma) and PKC inhibitor GF109203X (Sigma), both dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide and used at a final concentration of 1 μM.
Techniques: Activation Assay
Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: PKA mediates modality-specific modulation of the mechanically gated ion channel PIEZO2
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104782
Figure Lengend Snippet: Simultaneous disruption of all the major predicted PKA sites of PIEZO2 disrupts PKA modulation of mechanically activated currents evoked by membrane indentation. A , side view of one protomer of the mouse PIEZO2 structure (Protein Data Bank ID: 6KG7 ) with the modeled intracellular disordered loops that contained the predicted high score PKA phosphorylation sites that are simultaneously mutated to alanine ( black spheres ). B , representative example traces from PIEZO2 ( left , black ) and the ninefold mutant (9MUT, right ) treated with PKA inhibitor KT5720 or with the PKA activator 8-Br-cAMP. C , displacement–response curves ( left ) and scatter plot of the maximal ( right ) peak current amplitudes of PIEZO2 ( black ) and PIEZO2-9MUT ( blue ), treated with PKA inhibitor KT5720 or activator 8-Br-cAMP. Data are presented as the mean ± SD. Number of cells per group is indicated in the legend. Comparison with Mann–Whitney test, p < 0.05∗, p < 0.001∗∗, p < 0.0001∗∗∗ PIEZO2 KT5720 versus 8Br. D , mechanical activation thresholds from PIEZO2 and PIEZO2-9MUT-treated cells with KT5720 ( filled bars ) and 8Br ( dashed bars ). Data are presented as the mean ± SD with individual values. Number of cells are identical to ( C ). Comparison with unpaired t test, p = 0.0166, PIEZO2 KT5720 versus 8Br, p = 0.9753 9MUT KT5720 versus 8Br. E , inactivation time constants (τ inact ) of PIEZO2- and PIEZO2-9MUT-treated cells with KT5720 ( filled bars ) and 8Br ( dashed bars ). Data are presented as the mean ± SD with individual values. Number of cells are identical to ( C ). Comparison with Mann–Whitney test, p = 0.3579, PIEZO2 KT5720 versus 8Br, p = 0.3562 9MUT KT5720 versus 8Br. 8-Br-cAMP, 8-bromo-cyclic-AMP.
Article Snippet: Cells are then used within 24 h to 48 h. To investigate PKA activity, N2a-P1KO cells were incubated the day before the experiments (patch clamp or imaging) with PKA inhibitor KT5720 (Sigma) and PKC inhibitor GF109203X (Sigma), both dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide and used at a final concentration of 1 μM.
Techniques: Mutagenesis, MANN-WHITNEY, Activation Assay