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Juan D Matute1, Jinzhi Duan2, Richard S Blumberg3.
Abstract
Serotonin production by enterochromaffin cells (ECs) is microbiota-dependent, but the mechanism of this is unknown. In this issue of Cell, Sugisawa et al. demonstrate that Piezo1 in ECs senses single-strand RNA (ssRNA) from intestinal microbiota to promote serotonin production. Deletion of Piezo1 in intestinal epithelium promotes bone formation, decreases peristalsis, and protects from colitis because of decreased serotonin.Entities:
Year: 2020 PMID: 32763186 PMCID: PMC7880614 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.07.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582