{"title":"Phosphorylation dynamics of RAF12 and PP2C control SnRK2 activity under hyperosmotic stress in Arabidopsis","authors":"Xiliang Liao, Wei Fan, Xiruo Wang, Qin Yu, Siyu Chen, Yaping Zhao, Xiyu Bai, Fengsong Liu, Peng Zhang, Zixing Li","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.011","url":null,"abstract":"Hyperosmotic stress rapidly induces the activation of SNF1-related protein kinases 2 (SnRK2s) that orchestrate plant adaptive responses. However, prolonged activation can unbalance cellular homeostasis. Molecular mechanisms that manage the activation and subsequent deactivation of SnRK2s during osmotic stress signaling are poorly understood. Our findings suggest that type 2C protein phosphatases—ABI1, ABI2, HAI1, and HAI2—cooperatively suppress SnRK2 activities in <em>Arabidopsis</em>. Notably, <em>abi1abi2hai1hai2</em> quadruple mutant displays reduced hyperosmotic stress sensitivity and partially constitutive stress responses even under normal conditions. We also discovered that B2 Raf-like MAPKKK (RAF12) inhibits HAI2 phosphatase activities through the direct phosphorylation of HAI2, releasing the SnRK2 inhibition. Interestingly, upon hyperosmotic stress, RAF12 rapidly forms reversible condensates. RAF12 condensation, driven by its intrinsically disordered region, potentially facilitates RAF12 kinase activation. Our research elucidates that the RAF-PP2C-SnRK2 phosphorylation switch is involved in perceiving hyperosmotic stress, initiating and amplifying osmotic stress signaling, and subsequently shaping plant adaptive responses.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144341285","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 : 2025-06-23DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.015
John E. Eriksson
{"title":"Cytoskeletal crosstalk in macrophages: Vimentin drives ECM remodeling in tumor invasion and tissue plasticity","authors":"John E. Eriksson","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.015","url":null,"abstract":"In this issue of <em>Developmental Cell</em>, Huang et al. assess the role of vimentin intermediate filaments during extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation by macrophages. Vimentin stabilizes podosome clusters via CD11b in M2 macrophages, thereby reducing tumor collagen fiber and enhancing lung adenocarcinoma cancer invasion.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144341221","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 : 2025-06-23DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.018
Ping Lu, Zhiyong Liu
{"title":"How plants respond to wheat stripe rust: Dual control of an NLR protein involving wheat ankyrin repeat protein","authors":"Ping Lu, Zhiyong Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.018","url":null,"abstract":"The nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) family of proteins are intracellular immune receptors evolutionarily conserved in animals and plants. In this issue of <em>Developmental Cell</em>, Guo et al. define how an NLR is controlled in wheat: an ankyrin repeat protein, TaANK-TPR1, enhances wheat stripe rust resistance by promoting the homodimerization of the NLR protein TaRPP13L1, triggering jasmonic acid-dependent defense responses.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"144 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144341222","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 : 2025-06-23DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.019
Andrew R.G. Plackett, John L. Bowman, Michael T. Raissig, Philippa Borrill, Sabeeha S. Merchant, Feng Qin, Enoch Lok Him Yuen, Tolga Bozkurt, Fang Xie
{"title":"Exploring the diversity of plant model organisms","authors":"Andrew R.G. Plackett, John L. Bowman, Michael T. Raissig, Philippa Borrill, Sabeeha S. Merchant, Feng Qin, Enoch Lok Him Yuen, Tolga Bozkurt, Fang Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.019","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing plant genome research, together with advanced transformation technology, enables researchers to address their research questions more effectively in various models beyond <em>Arabidopsis</em>. In this collection of Voices, we asked researchers from different fields to discuss what model organisms they are using and why this helps answer their research questions.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"245 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144341266","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 : 2025-06-20DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.016
Claudia Puri, So Jung Park, Lidia Wrobel, David C. Rubinsztein
{"title":"Transferrin receptor controls both autophagosome formation and closure via phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate synthesis","authors":"Claudia Puri, So Jung Park, Lidia Wrobel, David C. Rubinsztein","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.016","url":null,"abstract":"Autophagosome formation involves multiple sequential steps that need to be coordinated and linked. Here, we describe in mammalian cells that the transferrin receptor (TfR) links LC3 family conjugation to phagophore membranes, an early step in autophagosome biogenesis, with subsequent autophagosome closure. TfR depletion impairs autophagic flux and its overexpression stimulates this catabolic process in an iron-independent manner. TfR is ubiquitinated by the ubiquitin ligase MARCH8 in the RAB11A—LC3B-positive membranes that are conjugated by LC3 family members from which phagophores emanate. Ubiquitinated TfR recruits the VPS34 component VPS15, enabling phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI(3)P) synthesis on nascent autophagosome membranes. This PI(3)P is not only important for LC3-lipid conjugation but also for subsequent phagophore closure, where TfR-dependent PI(3)P recruits the endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT) complex. This TfR activity occurs after endocytosis of iron-containing transferrin, its canonical function, as TfR only binds VPS15 after iron detachment from transferrin that is enabled by pH lowering in the endocytic compartment.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144329370","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 : 2025-06-18DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.014
Tabea L. Stephan, Rebecca Cullum, Sibyl Drissler, Ashleigh Thomas, Bettina M. Fuglerud, Makenna Clement-Ranney, Jeremy Lotto, Nicole A.J. Krentz, Stephen A. Duncan, Pamela A. Hoodless
{"title":"TBX3 advances the developmental chromatin landscape toward the hepatic fate","authors":"Tabea L. Stephan, Rebecca Cullum, Sibyl Drissler, Ashleigh Thomas, Bettina M. Fuglerud, Makenna Clement-Ranney, Jeremy Lotto, Nicole A.J. Krentz, Stephen A. Duncan, Pamela A. Hoodless","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.014","url":null,"abstract":"By mapping histone modifications in a human stem cell model of hepatic differentiation, we identified an enhancer landscape that is dynamic and stage specific, with many primed at the definitive endoderm stage. While hepatic enhancers gained active histone modifications, non-hepatic enhancers lost H3K4me1 after hepatic specification. T-box transcription factor 3 (TBX3) was found to bind to hepatic enhancers and promoters. TBX3 binding was transient, and only upon the dissociation of TBX3 from its bound regions were active histone modifications acquired. Subsequently, transcription was activated, supporting a role for TBX3 in directly activating the hepatic lineage. Constitutive overexpression of TBX3 indicated that dissociation of TBX3 is crucial for gene activation. TBX3 did not bind to any pancreatic regulatory regions directly, indicating indirect repression of the pancreatic lineage. Together, this suggests that TBX3 plays a role in identifying and bookmarking hepatic enhancers and promoters during specification, which subsequently will be activated to drive cell identity.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144312025","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 : 2025-06-16DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.013
Maria D. Purice, Elgene J.A. Quitevis, R. Sean Manning, Liza J. Severs, Nina-Tuyen Tran, Violet Sorrentino, Connor Finkbeiner, Feinan Wu, Michael Zager, Manu Setty, Aakanksha Singhvi
{"title":"Molecular profiling of adult C. elegans glia across sexes by single-nuclear RNA-seq","authors":"Maria D. Purice, Elgene J.A. Quitevis, R. Sean Manning, Liza J. Severs, Nina-Tuyen Tran, Violet Sorrentino, Connor Finkbeiner, Feinan Wu, Michael Zager, Manu Setty, Aakanksha Singhvi","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.013","url":null,"abstract":"A comprehensive understanding of nervous system function requires molecular insight into the diversity and sex dimorphism of both its component cell types, glia and neurons. Here, we present a single-nuclear RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) census of all neuroectoderm-derived glia in the adult <em>C. elegans</em> nervous system, across sexes. By iteratively coupling computational modeling and custom analytics with <em>in vivo</em> validations, we uncovered molecular markers for all glia, as well as class-specific and pan-glial molecular signatures. These identified that each glia is functionally heterogeneous across the nervous system and variably sex dimorphic between sexes. Thus, this glial transcriptome (<span><span>wormglia.org</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span>) offers deep mechanistic insights into glial biology brain wide. Complementing the existing <em>C. elegans</em> neuronal transcriptome and mapped connectome, it also enables single-cell and molecular resolution insight into the entire nervous system of an adult metazoan.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144296295","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 : 2025-06-10DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.010
Kai-Kai Lu, Hong Yang, Cai-Yi Liao, Ru-Feng Song, Xiao-Yu Hu, Feng Ren, Wen-Cheng Liu
{"title":"A transcriptional recognition site within SOS1 coding region controls salt tolerance in Arabidopsis","authors":"Kai-Kai Lu, Hong Yang, Cai-Yi Liao, Ru-Feng Song, Xiao-Yu Hu, Feng Ren, Wen-Cheng Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.05.010","url":null,"abstract":"Salt stress impacts plant growth and development, threatening agricultural production. The Na<sup>+</sup>/H<sup>+</sup> antiporter SALT OVERLY SENSITIVE 1 (SOS1) functions in cellular ion homeostasis through facilitating Na<sup>+</sup> excretion and is therefore essential for plant salt tolerance. Here, we report that the transcription factors AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 7 (ARF7) and ARF19 are required for salt-induced <em>SOS1</em> expression and salt tolerance in <em>Arabidopsis thaliana</em>. ARF7 and ARF19 activate <em>SOS1</em> transcription by binding to <em>SOS1</em> coding region rather than its promoter. Additionally, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, CHY ZINC-FINGER AND RING PROTEIN 1 (CHYR1), interacts with and degrades ARF7 and ARF19, dampening <em>SOS1</em> expression. Upon high salinity, <em>CHYR1</em> expression is inhibited in plants, stabilizing ARF7 and ARF19 proteins and increasing <em>SOS1</em> expression. Collectively, our study identifies a transcriptional <em>cis</em>-element within <em>SOS1</em> coding region recognized by ARF7 and ARF19 and elucidates a molecular mechanism governing ARF7 and ARF19 protein stability and <em>SOS1</em> expression during plant salt stress response.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"90 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252617","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 : 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.04.016
Jaldeep Langhnoja, Timothy N. Phoenix
{"title":"Taking the “lazy” way identifies KCNB2 as a regulator of SHH-MB maintenance","authors":"Jaldeep Langhnoja, Timothy N. Phoenix","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2025.04.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.04.016","url":null,"abstract":"Deciphering the role of genetic alterations in tumor initiation and maintenance remains a significant challenge. In this issue of <em>Developmental Cell</em>, Fan et al. identify potassium channels, namely KCNB2, as critical regulators of sonic hedgehog (SHH)-medulloblastoma (MB) maintenance using the Lazy Piggy <em>in vivo</em> genetic screening system, providing a therapeutic target.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144237987","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 : 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.04.015
Xiaohang Cheng, Lindsay B. Case
{"title":"Condensates control the actin cytoskeleton","authors":"Xiaohang Cheng, Lindsay B. Case","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2025.04.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.04.015","url":null,"abstract":"The formation of actin filament networks with specific architectures is essential for diverse cellular processes. In this issue of <em>Developmental Cell</em>, Walker et al. demonstrate that biomolecular condensates containing F-actin binding proteins have an inherent capacity to assemble and bundle actin filaments, despite the proteins lacking polymerase or bundling activities.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144237989","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}