“…The outflow of aqueous humor is fine tuned by arrays of mechanosensitive molecules that include lipid rafts, caveolae, focal complexes, changes in gene expression, ECM and TRPV4, Piezo1, and TREK-1 channels ( 26 , 33 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 ). TRPV4 in endothelial and smooth muscle cells was reported to interact with Cav-1 ( 31 , 32 , 90 ), and both proteins regulate TM mechanosensitivity and outflow homeostasis ( 26 , 27 , 104 , 105 , 106 ). However, our hypothesis that TM cells manifest TRPV4-Cav-1 interactions in cholesterol-enriched raft/caveolar domains was not confirmed.…”