Movie 2.

Comparison of adhesion maturation between CNL and Piezo1-eKO keratinocytes. Live imaging of cultured CNL and Piezo1-eKO keratinocytes transfected with ZO-1-mEmerald. Note the faster transition of zipper-like junctions into continuous junctions in CNL cell (left) post Ca2+ switch. Arrow indicates the maturing mature belt-like junction, asterisks mark non-transfected 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