Movie 1.

Analysis of adhesion maturation upon calcium addition in cultured primary keratinocytes. Live imaging of keratinocytes transfected with ZO-1-mEmerald. Note the transition of zipper-like adherens junctions into continuous, “belt-like” junctions starting around 5 h post Ca2+ switch. Arrow indicates the mature belt-like junction, asterisks mark untransfected neighboring cells. Acquisitions were performed at a rate of 20 min frame-1 for 16 h. Scale bars, 10 μm.

Piezo1 balances membrane and cortex tension to stabilize intercellular junctions and maintain the epithelial barrier

Ahsan Javed, Aki Stubb, Clémentine Villeneuve, Satu-Marja Myllymäki, Franziska Peters, Matthias Rübsam, Carien M. Niessen, Leah C. Biggs, and Sara A. Wickström

J Cell Sci 2025. 138:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jcs.263938