C57BL/6NCya-Piezo2em1flox/Cya
Common Name:
Piezo2-flox
Product ID:
S-CKO-13292
Background:
C57BL/6NCya
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Basic Information
Strain Name
Piezo2-flox
Strain ID
CKOCMP-667742-Piezo2-B6N-VA
Gene Name
Product ID
S-CKO-13292
Gene Alias
5930434P17; 9030411M15Rik; 9430028L06Rik; Fam38b; Fam38b2
Background
C57BL/6NCya
NCBI ID
Modification
Conditional knockout
Chromosome
18
Phenotype
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Note: When using this mouse strain in a publication, please cite “C57BL/6NCya-Piezo2em1flox/Cya mice (Catalog S-CKO-13292) were purchased from Cyagen.”
Strain Description
Ensembl Number
ENSMUST00000047480
NCBI RefSeq
NM_001039485
Target Region
Exon 5
Size of Effective Region
~1.7 kb
Detailed Document
Overview of Gene Research
Piezo2, also known as Fam38B, is an essential component of mechanically activated cation channels. It plays a crucial role in mechanosensation, which is involved in numerous physiological processes such as touch, pain sensation, proprioception, and gastrointestinal transit regulation [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8].
Piezo2-deficient mouse models have provided significant insights into its functions. Mice lacking Piezo2 in proprioceptive neurons show severely uncoordinated body movements and abnormal limb positions, indicating that Piezo2 is the major mechanotransducer for mammalian proprioception [6]. In Merkel-cell-specific Piezo2-deficient mice, Merkel-cell mechanosensitivity is completely lost, reducing the static firing rates of slowly adapting responses mediated by the Merkel cell-neurite complex and decreasing the mice's behavioural responses to gentle touch [8]. Nociceptor-specific Piezo2 conditional knockout mice are protected from mechanical sensitization associated with inflammatory joint pain and osteoarthritis [9].
In conclusion, Piezo2 is vital for multiple mechanosensory processes, including proprioception, touch sensation, and pain-related mechanical sensitization. The use of gene knockout and conditional knockout mouse models has been instrumental in uncovering its role in these biological processes, suggesting its potential as a therapeutic target for diseases related to abnormal mechanosensation, such as osteoarthritis pain [6,8,9].
References:
1. Coste, Bertrand, Mathur, Jayanti, Schmidt, Manuela, Dubin, Adrienne E, Patapoutian, Ardem. 2010. Piezo1 and Piezo2 are essential components of distinct mechanically activated cation channels. In Science (New York, N.Y.), 330, 55-60. doi:10.1126/science.1193270. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20813920/
2. Servin-Vences, M Rocio, Lam, Ruby M, Koolen, Alize, Chesler, Alexander T, Patapoutian, Ardem. . PIEZO2 in somatosensory neurons controls gastrointestinal transit. In Cell, 186, 3386-3399.e15. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2023.07.006. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37541196/
3. Szczot, Marcin, Nickolls, Alec R, Lam, Ruby M, Chesler, Alexander T. . The Form and Function of PIEZO2. In Annual review of biochemistry, 90, 507-534. doi:10.1146/annurev-biochem-081720-023244. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34153212/
4. Szczot, Marcin, Liljencrantz, Jaquette, Ghitani, Nima, Bönnemann, Carsten G, Chesler, Alexander T. . PIEZO2 mediates injury-induced tactile pain in mice and humans. In Science translational medicine, 10, . doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aat9892. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30305456/
5. Villarino, Nicholas W, Hamed, Yasmeen M F, Ghosh, Britya, Patapoutian, Ardem, Marshall, Kara L. 2023. Labeling PIEZO2 activity in the peripheral nervous system. In Neuron, 111, 2488-2501.e8. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2023.05.015. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37321223/
6. Woo, Seung-Hyun, Lukacs, Viktor, de Nooij, Joriene C, Wilkinson, Katherine A, Patapoutian, Ardem. 2015. Piezo2 is the principal mechanotransduction channel for proprioception. In Nature neuroscience, 18, 1756-62. doi:10.1038/nn.4162. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26551544/
7. Nagel, Maximilian, Chesler, Alexander T. 2022. PIEZO2 ion channels in proprioception. In Current opinion in neurobiology, 75, 102572. doi:10.1016/j.conb.2022.102572. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35689908/
8. Woo, Seung-Hyun, Ranade, Sanjeev, Weyer, Andy D, Stucky, Cheryl L, Patapoutian, Ardem. 2014. Piezo2 is required for Merkel-cell mechanotransduction. In Nature, 509, 622-6. doi:10.1038/nature13251. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24717433/
9. Obeidat, Alia M, Wood, Matthew J, Adamczyk, Natalie S, Malfait, Anne-Marie, Miller, Rachel E. 2023. Piezo2 expressing nociceptors mediate mechanical sensitization in experimental osteoarthritis. In Nature communications, 14, 2479. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-38241-x. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37120427/
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