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Table 1 Identified mechanically gated channels and channels with mechanosensitivity in our experiments and in the literature

From: Identification of RNA reads encoding different channels in isolated rat ventricular myocytes and the effect of cell stretching on L-type Ca2+current

Ion channels

Species

Material for analysis

Number of reads mapped

Number of tests

(n)

Known data

Species

Location

Mechanosensitivity

Mechanically gated channels:

Non-selective cation channels

TRPM7

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

333.5 ± 31.5

3

Pig and Human

Atrial tissues [36]

The authors did not investigate

Human TRPM7

TRPM7 channel expressed in HeLa cells

TRPM7 is a stretch-activated channel [37].

Human TRPM7

TRPM7 channel expressed in HEK293T cells

TRPM7 single channels are directly activated by stretch [38].

Human TRPM7

TRPM7 channel expressed in vascular smooth muscle A7R5 cells

TRPM7 is directly activated by shear stress [39]

TRPC1

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

146.66 ± 6.96

3

Human

Heart [40]

The authors did not investigate

Rat

Atrial myocyte,

ventricular myocyte, Purkinje cells

TRPC1 is a stretch-activated channel [40, 41]

Human TRPC1

Human TRPC1 transfected into CHO-K1 cells

TRPC1 mediate stretch-activated currents

[42]

Human TRPC1

TRPC1 channel expressed in oocytes Xenopus laevis

TRPC1 is a stretch-activated channel [43]

Human TRPC1

Human TRPC1 transfected into CHO-K1 cells

TRPC1 is a mechanosensitive channel [43]

TRPM4

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

179.66 ± 5.93

3

Human

Purkinje fibers, atrial cardiomyocytes, ventricular cells

[44]

The authors did not investigate

Rat

Freshly isolated cardiomyocytes from the left ventricles [45]

The authors did not investigate

Human

Human TRPM4 transfected into HEK293 cells [46]

TRPM4 is a mechanosensitive channel [46, 47].

Rat

Cerebral artery myocytes

[47]

TRPV2

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

21.66 ± 2.03

3

Mice

Isolated cardiomyocytes

[48]

The authors did not investigate

Mice

Freshly dispersed vascular smooth muscle aortic myocytes

TRPV2 is a mechanosensitive channel [49].

TRPC3

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

5.00 ± 3.00

3

Human

Heart [40]

The authors did not investigate

Mice

Ventricular myocytes [50]

Rat

Ventricular myocytes

[51]

Mice

Ventricular myocytes

[52]

Mice

Ventricular myocytes

TRPC3 is a stretch-activated channel [53]

Canis

Cardiac atrial fibroblasts

TRPC3 is a stretch-activated channel [54]

 

TRPC3 expressed in NDC cells or CHO

TRPC3 is a stretch-activated channel [55]

TRPV4

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

5.5 ± 0.50

3

Neonatal rat

Cultured ventricular myocytes

TRPV4 is a stretch-activated channel [56]

Rat TRPV4

TRPV4 channel expressed in oocytes Xenopus laevis

TRPV4 is a stretch-activated channel [57].

Human

Heart [40]

The authors did not investigate

Murine TRPV4

The TRPV4 channel expressed in vitro in Chinese hamster ovary cells

TRPV4 is a mechanosensitive channels [58].

TRPV1

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

2.00 ± 0.58

3

Rat

Kidney.

Cloned from the rat kidney

TRPV1 is a mechanosensitive channel (initially named “stretch-inactivated channel”), [59].

Mice

Bladder urothelium

TRPV1A is a mechanosensitive channel [60].

TRPM3

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

1.33 ± 0.88

3

Human,

bovine,

mice

TRPM3-expressing HEK-293 cells

(Expression in bovine and human kidney; in mouse and human brain).

TRPM3 is a mechanosensitive channel [61]

TRPC5

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

1.33 ± 0.88

3

Human

Heart [40]

The authors did not investigate

Murine TRPC5

TRPC5 channel expressed in HEK-293 cells

TRPC5 is a stretch-activated channel [62]

TRPA1

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

1.0 ± 0.9

3

Droso-phila

Heart [63]

TRPA1 is a mechanosensitive channel [63]

Mice

Inner ear hair cells

TRPA1 is a mechanosensitive channel [64]

 

Caenorhabditis elegans

TRPA1 is a mechanosensitive channel [65]

TRPC6

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

1.0 ± 1.0

3

Human

Heart [40]

The authors did not investigate

Mice

Isolated ventricular myocytes

TRPC6 is a stretch-activated channel [22]

TRPC6

HEK-293 cells were transfected with the TRPC6 vector

TRPC6 is a mechanosensitive channel [66]

Cerebral artery

Myocytes

TRPC6 is a mechanosensitive channel [47]

Heart

Ventricular myocyte

TRPC6 is a mechanosensitive channel [67]

PKD1

(Polycys-tin-1, TRPP1)

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

267.33 ± 17.9

3

Mice

Vascular smooth muscle cells

TRPP1 (PKD1) is a mechanosensitive ion channel [68]

PKD2

(Polycys-tin2, TRPP2)

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

191.66 ± 35.09

3

Heart

Ventricular myocyte

TRPP2 (PKD2) is a mechanosensitive ion channel [69, 70]

Piezo 1

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

145.33 ± 8.01

3

Human Piezo1

Piezo1 transfected into HEK-293 cells

Piezo1 is a mechanosensitive channel [71]

Adult human

Adult human ventricular cardiomyocyte AC16

Piezo1 is a stretch-activated channel [72]

Rat

Piezo1 channels were natively expressed in dorsal root ganglia tissue.

Piezo1 is a mechanosensitive channel [73]

Piezo 2

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

6.0 ± 2.0

3

Rat

Piezo2 channels were natively expressed in rat dorsal root ganglia tissue.

Piezo2 is a mechanosensitive channel [73]

Mice

Vagal sensory nerves

Piezo2 is a mechanosensitive channel [74]

Mechanically gated channels:

MGCh K

TREK-1/K2P2.1

Rat

Isolated

ventricular

myocytes

153,00 ± 11.93

3

Rat

Isolated

ventricular myocyte

TREK-1 is a stretch-activated channel [75]

Rat

Ventricular myocyte

TREK-1 is a mechanosensitive

channel [75]

Human

Atrial and ventricular tissue.

TREK-1 (K2P2.1) is a mechanosensitive channel [76]

Murine TREK-1

TREK-1 transfected into COS cells

TREK-1 is a mechano-gated K+ channel [77]

TRAAK/K2P4.1

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

0.66 ± 0.33

3

Human and murine heart

Atrial and ventricular tissue

TRAAK (K2P4.1) is a stretch-activated channel [76]

TRAAK/ K2P4.1

TRAAK transfected into COS cells

TRAAK (K2P4.1) is a stretch-sensitive K2P channel [76]

TREK-2/ K2P10.1

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

0

3

Human, Mice

Heart: atrial and ventricle

Stretch-activated cardiac K2P channels [76]

SAKCA or BKCa.

Different Types:

KCNMB2

KCNMB4

KCNMB1

    

Chick

Ventricular myocyte

SAKCA is a mechanosensitive channel [78]

SAKCA

SAKCA cloned from the heart

SAKCA is a mechanosensitive channel [79]

KCNMB2 (BKCa)

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

6.66 ± 0.88

3

 

The authors did not investigate

The authors did not investigate

KCNMB4

(BKCa)

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

2.66 ± 0.88

3

KCNMB1

(BKCa)

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

0.33 ± 0.33

3

KATP

    

Neonatal and adult rat

Atrial myocyte

KATP is a mechanosensitive

channels [80]

Rat

Ventricular myocytes

KATP are mechanosensitive

channels [41]

Voltage-gated channels

with mechano-sensitivity VGChMS

NaV1.5

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

3158.0 ± 405.7

3

 

NaV1.5 channel expressed in HEK 293 cells

NaV1.5 is a mechanosensitive channel [81]

Human heart NaV1.5

NaV1.5 channel expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes

NaV1.5 is mechanosensitive channel [82]

NaV1.6

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

1.0 ± 1.0

3

Mouse NaV1.6

NaV1.6 channel expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes

NaV1.6 is mechanosensitive channel [83]

CaV1.2

 L-type

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

1336,66 ± 71.8

3

CaV1.2 subunits

CaV1.2 subunits transfected into HEK-293

Cloned CaV1.2 channel exhibits mechanosensitive behavior similar to the native channel [84]

CaV1.3

 L-type

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

17.33 ± 2.03

3

Mice

Inner hair cells (IHCs)

CaV1.3 is mechanosensitive channel [85]

CaV1.1

 L-type

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

0.33 ± 0.33

3

 

The authors did not investigate

The authors did not investigate

CaV2.2

 N-type

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

0

3

Human

Human embryonic kidney T-antigen-transformed (HEK-tsA201) cells

Patch-stretch whole cell (1) and whole cell inflation (2)

[86]

KV1.2

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

212.00 ± 10.02

3

KV1.2 channels

 

KV1.2 is a mechanosensitive channel [67]

KV1.5

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

30.66 ± 1.67

3

KV1.5 channel

KV1.5 channel expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Stretch by suction (negative pressure) via patch pipette [87]

KV3.2

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

0.33 ± 0.33

3

KV3.2

channels

KV3.2 channel expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Stretch by suction (negative pressure) via patch pipette [87]

KCNQ

    

Chick

Ventricular myocytes

KCNQ channel responds to membrane stretch [67]

KV7.1 /KCNQ1

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

821.00 ± 77.20

3

KCNQ1/ KV7.1 channel

KV7.1 channel expressed in Xenopus oocytes

KCNQ1 channel responds to membrane stretch [88]

KCNQ1/ KV7.1 channel

KV7.1 channel expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes

KCNQ1 channel responds to hypo-osmotic swelling. Voltage clamp (two-electrode) [89]

KCNQ1/ KV7.1 channel

KV7.1 channel in CHO cells

Hypotonic swelling. Patch-clamp studies [90]

Inward rectifier K+-channels (Kir)

with mechano-sensitivity

Kir6.2

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

1240.66 ± 57.1

3

Human Kir6.2

Human Kir6.2 transfected into HEK293T

Kir6.2 is a mechanosensitive only with SUR2A subunit [91]

Kir6.1

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

82.66 ± 6.49

3

Kir6.1

Expression of Kir6.1 was analyzed in

human valve interstitial cells (VIC).

Kir6.1 is a mechanosensitive channel [92]

Kir2.3

Rat

Isolated ventricular myocytes

0

3

Mice

Ventricular myocytes

Kir2.3 is a mechanosensitive channel [22]