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Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology

Comparative Aspects of Mechanoreceptor Systems

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Fumio Ito

    1. Department of Physiology School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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Part of the book series: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology (COMPARATIVE, volume 10)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Mechanosensitive Ion Channels

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Bacteria

      • B. Martinac, A. H. Delcour, M. Buechner, J. Adler, C. Kung
      Pages 3-18

    3. Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Yeast. Mechanisms of Activation and Adaptation

      • M. C. Gustin
      Pages 19-38

    4. Mechanosensory Transduction in Ciliates (Protozoa)

      • J. W. Deitmer
      Pages 39-54

    5. Towards Molecular Mechanism of Activation in Mechanosensitive Ion Channels

      • M. Sokabe, F. Sachs
      Pages 55-77

  3. Mechanoreceptor Organs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Gravity Sensing by Higher Plants

      • B. G. Pickard, J. Ping Ding
      Pages 81-110

    3. Mechanoreceptors in Respiratory Systems

      • J. G. Widdicombe, G. Sant’Ambrogio
      Pages 111-135

    4. Cardiovascular Mechanoreceptors

      • M. W. Chapleau
      Pages 137-164

    5. Comparative Physiology of Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors

      • W. Hamann
      Pages 165-183

    6. Invertebrate Auditory Receptors

      • H. Römer, J. Tautz
      Pages 185-212

    7. Mechanoelectrical Transduction in Vertebrate Hair Cells

      • H. Ohmori
      Pages 213-232

    8. Muscle Mechanoreceptors in Invertebrates

      • B. Rydqvist
      Pages 233-260

    9. Muscle Mechanoreceptors in Nonmammalian Vertebrates

      • F. Ito, M. Sokabe, N. Fujitsuka
      Pages 261-280

    10. Muscle Receptors in Mammals

      • M. H. Gladden
      Pages 281-302

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 303-309
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In the past 5 years there has been an enormous increase of evidence that the ion channels activated by mechanical force are common to a wide variety of cell types. Mechanosensitive (MS) ion channels form a small proportion of the total channel population. They are now found in more than 30 cell types from E. coli, yeast, to plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate cells, where they occur in virtually all types of cells from bone to smooth muscle, as well as neurons. The majority of MS channels are permeable to monovalent cations and are slightly selective for K+ over Na +. How­ 2 ever, there are several reports of anion-selective MS channels, MS Ca + channels, and MS channels with large conductances that do not dis­ criminate markedly between cations and anions. Recently B. Hille has postulated possible evolutionary relationships between several types of ion channels, with mechanosensitive channels predating even the eukaryotes. Two voltage-gated channel types originate with the stem eukaryotes, as deduced from the presence of voltage-gated K+ 2 and Ca + channels in protozoa, algae, or higher plants. Agonist-gated chan­ nels as well as voltage-gated Na + channels appear with the earliest metazoan animals, as deduced from the presence of Na + spikes and fast chemical synapses in cnidaria (coelenterates), ctenophores, and all higher animals.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physiology School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

    Fumio Ito

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