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YAP/TAZ upstream signals and downstream responses

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Totaro, Antonio, Panciera, Tito, Piccolo, Stefano·2018·Nature Cell Biology

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Cell behaviour is strongly influenced by physical, mechanical contacts between cells and their extracellular matrix. We review how the transcriptional regulators YAP and TAZ integrate mechanical cues with the response to soluble signals and metabolic pathways to control multiple aspects of cell behaviour, including proliferation, cell plasticity and stemness essential for tissue regeneration. Corruption of cell-environment interplay leads to aberrant YAP and TAZ activation that is instrumental for multiple diseases, including cancer.

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  • The increase in traction forces may be explained by the increase of actin cytoskeleton-related proteins, such as ACTB and ITGB1, in PH cultured at stiff HGs (10 kPa), where MRTFA, YAP and TAZ proteins are translocated in the nucleus.

    “This may be explained by the increase of actin cytoskeleton‐related proteins, such as ACTB and ITGB1, in PH cultured at stiff HGs (10 kPa), where MRTFA, YAP and TAZ proteins are translocated in the nucleus [8, 9].”

    From Mechanical stiffness orchestrates distinct regulation of <scp>MRTFs</scp> and <scp>YAP</scp> / <scp>TAZ</scp> transcriptional cofactors in hepatocytes (2026) · cites this paper as [9]

    The sections “Sensing and responding to biomechanical signals through YAP/TAZ” and “The influence of YAP/TAZ on cell mechanics” link stiff substrates to YAP/TAZ nuclear accumulation and describe YAP/TAZ-driven expression of integrins and actin-related proteins. They do not establish increased traction forces, increased ACTB and ITGB1 in PH on 10-kPa hydrogels, or MRTFA nuclear translocation under those conditions. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • YAP/TAZ proteins respond to actin dynamics.

    “Also, YAP/TAZ proteins respond to actin dynamics [9].”
  • Genes related to cell adhesion, cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix components are well-known targets of MRTcoF.

    “Genes related to cell adhesion, cytoskeleton and ECM components are well‐known targets of MRTcoF [9, 33].”

    From Mechanical stiffness orchestrates distinct regulation of <scp>MRTFs</scp> and <scp>YAP</scp> / <scp>TAZ</scp> transcriptional cofactors in hepatocytes (2026) · cites this paper as [9]

    The ‘Sensing and responding to biomechanical signals through YAP/TAZ’ section mentions MAL and its association with serum response factor, but does not identify cell-adhesion, cytoskeletal, or ECM genes as MRTcoF targets. The passages on those gene categories instead discuss YAP/TAZ targets. Searches for MRTF, MAL, and the claimed target categories found no passage establishing the attribution. (LLM, conf=0.72)

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  • Some hits from earlier CRISPR screens overlap with shared dependencies found in this study, including ELP3, ELP4, PKN2 and RPN1 in H358, EXT1, WWTR1 and SHOC2 in MIAPaCa-2, and PGM3 in the 2D component of the 2D versus 3D screen.

    “The “hits” in the earlier papers reveal some shared dependencies with our study (e.g., ELP3, ELP4, PKN2, RPN1 in the H358 screen; EXT1, WWTR1, SHOC2 in MIAPaCa-2 cells, PGM3 in the 2D component of the 2D vs 3D screen; compare with Fig. 1D with References 43,44).”

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Authors
Totaro, A., Panciera, T., & Piccolo, S.
Affiliations
University of Padua (IT)
Corresponding author
Piccolo, Stefano
Venue
Nature Cell Biology
Published
2018-07-26
Volume
20
Issue
8
Pages
888-899
ISSN
  • 1465-7392 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4679
OpenAlex
W2884435515
Cited by
1,086
References
177
Citations by year
2026: 126 · 2025: 157 · 2024: 140 · 2023: 169 · 2022: 148 · 2021: 133 · 2020: 129 · 2019: 74 · 2018: 9
FWCI
9.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • European Commission (HORIZON2020)
  • Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca
  • Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
  • H2020 European Research Council (670126)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › TGF-β signaling in diseases
Keywords
YAP, TAZ, Hippo signaling pathway, mechanotransduction, extracellular matrix, cell-matrix mechanics, transcriptional regulation, cell proliferation, cellular plasticity, stemness, tissue regeneration, cancer, metabolic pathways, pathway crosstalk, feedback mechanisms
MeSH terms
Cell Plasticity, YAP-Signaling Proteins, Transcriptional Coactivator with PDZ-Binding Motif Proteins, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line, Extracellular Matrix, Humans, Neoplasms, Phenotype, Phosphoproteins, Stem Cells, Stress, Mechanical, Transcription Factors, Neoplastic Stem Cells, Trans-Activators, Mechanotransduction, Cellular, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Cell Proliferation

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