Developmental cellPub Date : 2026-10-14DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2026.08.014
Yasufumi Kobayashi,Miki Fujita,Yasunari Fujita
{"title":"A natural brake tunes early calcium signaling and salt tolerance in rice","authors":"Yasufumi Kobayashi,Miki Fujita,Yasunari Fujita","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.08.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2026.08.014","url":null,"abstract":"In this issue of Developmental Cell, Feng et al.1 identify TOLS1, a non-canonical GAP-like protein, as a naturally variable negative regulator of rice salt tolerance. By linking TOLS1 to OsRacB and cytosolic Ca2⁺ signaling, the study reveals how crop alleles can quantitatively tune an early cellular stress response.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"187 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149172380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developmental cellPub Date : 2026-10-14DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.011
Gianmaria Liccardi
{"title":"Squeezed to death: Mechanical control of MLKL beyond RIPK3","authors":"Gianmaria Liccardi","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.011","url":null,"abstract":"Prolonged confinement is a consequence of amoeboid cancer-cell invasion. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Zhang et al.1 show that sustained mechanical stress activates PIEZO1-STAT1-dependent MLKL expression, leading to MLKL-dependent membrane-lytic death in cells without detectable RIPK3 and canonical MLKL phosphorylation, broadening current models of necroptotic competence.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"90 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149172382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developmental cellPub Date : 2026-10-14DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.007
Stephanie Ma
{"title":"Cancer stem cells as adaptive sensors of the metastatic microenvironment","authors":"Stephanie Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.007","url":null,"abstract":"In a recent Nature Cell Biology paper, Tang et al. show that cancer stem cells are unusually sensitive to microenvironmental cues. They regulate metastasis and therapy response through converging on the YAP/TAZ/TEAD node.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149172430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developmental cellPub Date : 2026-10-14DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.012
Lucas Onder,Hung-Wei Cheng,Burkhard Ludewig
{"title":"Evasive encounters: Immunomodulatory CAFs interact with Tregs in the lung cancer microenvironment","authors":"Lucas Onder,Hung-Wei Cheng,Burkhard Ludewig","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.012","url":null,"abstract":"Ringham et al.1 identify CHL1+CXCL9+ cancer-associated fibroblasts at lung tumor margins that recruit suppressive CXCR3+ regulatory T cells, revealing how stromal chemokine gradients can promote immune evasion. Viewed alongside immune-stimulatory CCL19+ fibroblastic reticular cells, these findings suggest that immune-interacting fibroblasts are context-dependent organizers of tumor immunity.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"293 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149172375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developmental cellPub Date : 2026-10-14DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.010
Jun Bum Park,Zhixun Dou
{"title":"Mitochondria strike two hits to drive the SASP","authors":"Jun Bum Park,Zhixun Dou","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.010","url":null,"abstract":"Senescent cells develop a persistent inflammatory signature with broad consequences for tissue function and disease. Martini et al.1 show that mitochondrial citrate metabolism drives inflammation through a pathway that acts independently of mitochondrial DNA-driven immune signaling yet cooperates with it to amplify the inflammatory response.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149172377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developmental cellPub Date : 2026-10-14DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.002
Huihui Li,Kefeng Lu
{"title":"Nitrate-sialin2 signaling coordinates stress granule assembly and autophagic recovery","authors":"Huihui Li,Kefeng Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"Several intracellular regulators of stress granules (SGs) have been identified but it remains unclear whether SGs are also coordinated by extracellular signals. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Li et al. identify an extracellular nitrate-responsive module that helps assemble the SG under acute stress and later promotes its autophagic degradation.1","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149172379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developmental cellPub Date : 2026-10-14Epub Date: 2026-10-09DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.008
T Qu, L Faure, R Hernández-Martínez, B H Chacón, M Losa, K Robinson, A Jones, S Lisgo, V Hermosilla-Aguayo, V Laub, J De Anda, R J Aho, M Risolino, G Panagiotakos, E J Leslie-Clarkson, I Adameyko, L Selleri
{"title":"Cell cycle arrest of a craniofacial epithelial population shapes faces in mice and humans.","authors":"T Qu, L Faure, R Hernández-Martínez, B H Chacón, M Losa, K Robinson, A Jones, S Lisgo, V Hermosilla-Aguayo, V Laub, J De Anda, R J Aho, M Risolino, G Panagiotakos, E J Leslie-Clarkson, I Adameyko, L Selleri","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The mechanisms that shape human facial features and lead to abnormalities if disrupted are complex and multilayered. Orofacial clefting (OFC), the most common craniofacial disorder, results from a failed fusion of facial prominences, partly driven by persisting of cephalic epithelia. Here, we characterize an epithelial cell population, the zippering lambda (ZL), which is cell cycle-arrested and mediates facial prominence fusion in mice and humans. We find uninhibited cell cycle progression in the ZL of Pbx1/2 and p63 mutant mice with OFC. A comparison of ZL-enriched genes with human OFC whole-genome sequencing datasets identifies Zinc-finger homeobox 3 (ZFHX3) variants in affected individuals. Notably, the deletion of Zfhx3 in cephalic epithelia initiates murine OFC. Zfhx3 and Pbx1 genetically interact, and their protein products cooperatively downregulate cell cycle inhibitors in embryonic facial development. Taken together, we reveal a facial patterning mechanism that links cell cycle arrest to developmental tissue fusion.</p>","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":" ","pages":"2030-2048.e11"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149148194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developmental cellPub Date : 2026-10-14Epub Date: 2026-08-28DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2026.08.003
Jinglei Feng, Yu Zhang, Yibin Li, Wei Luo, Jie Cao, Fang Yin, Guohua Liang, Yunyuan Xu, Xiaoyu Guo, Kang Chong
{"title":"Natural variation in TOLS1 modulates salt tolerance via OsRacB-Ca<sup>2+</sup> signaling pathway in rice.","authors":"Jinglei Feng, Yu Zhang, Yibin Li, Wei Luo, Jie Cao, Fang Yin, Guohua Liang, Yunyuan Xu, Xiaoyu Guo, Kang Chong","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Salt stress severely limits rice productivity, yet the genetic basis of natural variation and the underlying mechanism remain poorly understood. Here, through genome-wide association analysis and fine-mapping, we identify a major quantitative trait locus (QTL) gene, Tolerance to Salt 1 (TOLS1), that negatively regulates salt tolerance in rice. Overexpression of TOLS1 increases salt sensitivity, whereas loss of function enhances salt tolerance. TOLS1 interacts with the small guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) OsRacB and enhances its GTPase activity, thereby attenuating salt-induced cytosolic Ca<sup>2+</sup> elevation. We further identify a natural coding variation, SNP9 (+1018 A/G), in TOLS1 that contributes to functional divergence, with the TOLS1<sup>A</sup> allele exerting a stronger negative effect on salt tolerance than TOLS1<sup>G</sup>. Collectively, these findings reveal that natural variation in TOLS1 modulates OsRacB-Ca<sup>2+</sup> signaling and thereby contributes to salt tolerance divergence in rice. This study provides mechanistic insight into how TOLS1 allelic variation regulates salt signaling and offers a potential target for molecular design breeding.</p>","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":" ","pages":"1969-1983.e6"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148850081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developmental cellPub Date : 2026-10-14DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.009
Iacopo Bicci,Mina Gouti
{"title":"More than fuel: Metabolic states shape cell fate in the human neocortex","authors":"Iacopo Bicci,Mina Gouti","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2026.09.009","url":null,"abstract":"Do metabolic changes follow cell fate decisions during human corticogenesis, or do they actively specify them? Publishing in Cell, Mil et al.1 combine primary human cortical tissue and cortical organoids to reveal developmentally regulated metabolic states and show that glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway activity shape radial glia fate decisions.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149172381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developmental cellPub Date : 2026-10-14Epub Date: 2026-09-04DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2026.08.008
Alessandro Dulja, Marvin Mayer, Niklas Engel, Arkadiy K Golov, Katharina Bender, Mattia Forneris, Yacine Kherdjemil, Songjie Feng, Rebecca R Viales, Eileen E M Furlong
{"title":"Chromatin context shapes SPT5 regulation of promoter-proximal Pol II, fine-tuning gene expression changes during Drosophila embryogenesis.","authors":"Alessandro Dulja, Marvin Mayer, Niklas Engel, Arkadiy K Golov, Katharina Bender, Mattia Forneris, Yacine Kherdjemil, Songjie Feng, Rebecca R Viales, Eileen E M Furlong","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.08.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.devcel.2026.08.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transcription involves initiation, pausing, elongation, and termination. Suppressor of Ty5 (SPT5) regulates promoter-proximal pausing and elongation, but how it orchestrates both steps during dynamic developmental changes in gene expression remains unclear. Here, using rapid optogenetic depletion in Drosophila embryos, we uncover different consequences of SPT5 removal at different developmental stages. In early embryos, SPT5 depletion causes a shift of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) from the canonical pausing site to the +1 nucleosome, which is strongly positioned. In late embryos, SPT5 depletion similarly reduces pausing at the canonical site, but the transcriptional machinery can overcome the +1 nucleosome-which appears more labile at this time point-moving into the gene body. This results in lethality and both up- and downregulation of expression, depending on the balance between Pol II entering the gene body and defective elongation. This is intensified for genes naturally increasing or decreasing their expression, indicating that SPT5 contributes to fine-tuning dynamic expression changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":" ","pages":"2001-2015.e9"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148891224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}