Raymond Hawkins, Negar Balaghi, Katheryn E Rothenberg, Michelle Ly, Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez
{"title":"ReSCU-Nets: Recurrent U-Nets for segmentation of three-dimensional microscopy data.","authors":"Raymond Hawkins, Negar Balaghi, Katheryn E Rothenberg, Michelle Ly, Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202506102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202506102","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Segmenting multidimensional microscopy data requires high accuracy across many images (e.g., time points or Z slices) and is thus a labor-intensive part of biological image processing pipelines. We present ReSCU-Nets, recurrent convolutional neural networks that use the segmentation results from the previous image in a sequence as a prompt to segment the current image. We demonstrate that ReSCU-Nets outperform state-of-the-art image segmentation models, including nnU-Net and the Segment Anything Model, in different segmentation tasks on time-lapse microscopy sequences. Furthermore, ReSCU-Nets enable human-in-the loop corrections that prevent propagation of segmentation errors throughout image sequences. Using ReSCU-Nets, we investigate the role of gap junctions during Drosophila embryonic wound healing. We show that pharmacological blocking of gap junctions slows down wound closure by disrupting cytoskeletal polarity and cell shape changes necessary to repair the wound. Our results demonstrate that ReSCU-Nets enable the analysis of the molecular and cellular dynamics of tissue morphogenesis from multidimensional microscopy data.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144816748","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}
{"title":"Origin of chromosome 12 trisomy surge in human induced pluripotent stem cells.","authors":"Maria Narozna, Megan C Latham, Gary J Gorbsky","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202501231","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202501231","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Trisomy 12 is the most common whole-chromosome abnormality in human pluripotent stem cells. Conventionally, this acquired aneuploidy is ascribed to a rare single-cell event followed by selective growth advantage. Instead, we show that trisomy 12 emerges simultaneously in a very high percentage of cells in critical transition passages. Mis-segregation and incorporation of chromosome 12 into micronuclei occur through bridging of the short p arms of chromosome 12. Subsequently, single, unreplicated chromosome 12 chromatids are observed in mitotic cells. Erosion of the subtelomeric regions of the 12p arms is found during the passages when chromosome 12 bridges become frequent and trisomy 12 increases. Trisomy 12 cells persist due to a slight growth advantage. Among the shortest telomeres in humans are those on the 12p arms, making them particularly vulnerable to damage and bridging during mitosis. These findings reveal a novel mechanism of whole-chromosome instability in human stem cells, with broad implications for understanding the genesis of aneuploidy across diverse biological systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144835207","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}
Alison C E Wirshing, Roberto Alonso-Matilla, Michelle Yan, Samra Khalid, Analeigha V Colarusso, David Odde, Daniel J Lew
{"title":"Allocation of resources among multiple daughter cells.","authors":"Alison C E Wirshing, Roberto Alonso-Matilla, Michelle Yan, Samra Khalid, Analeigha V Colarusso, David Odde, Daniel J Lew","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202504177","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202504177","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cell division commonly produces two daughter cells, but there are many exceptions where large cells produce multiple daughters. Multiple fission of some green algae and bacteria; cellularization during embryogenesis of plants and insects; and growth of Ichthyosporeans, Chytrids, and Apicomplexans all provide variations on this theme. In some yeast species, a large multinucleate mother cell grows multiple buds (daughters) simultaneously. Here, we address how mothers partition growth equally among their buds in the multi-budding yeast Aureobasidium pullulans. Bud growth is directed by actin cable networks that appear to be optimized for even partitioning despite complex cell geometries. Even partitioning does not rely on compensatory mechanisms to adjust bud volumes but rather stems directly from effective equalization of polarity sites. These results reveal how conserved cell polarity and cytoskeletal networks are adapted to build complex morphologies in fungi.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144955547","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}
Kirstin R Rollins, Sareen Fiaz, Ishwaree Datta, Meghan A Morrissey
{"title":"Target cell adhesion limits macrophage phagocytosis and promotes trogocytosis.","authors":"Kirstin R Rollins, Sareen Fiaz, Ishwaree Datta, Meghan A Morrissey","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202502034","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202502034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Macrophage phagocytosis is an essential immune response that eliminates pathogens, antibody-opsonized cancer cells, and debris. Macrophages can also trogocytose, or nibble, targets. Trogocytosis and phagocytosis are often activated by the same signal, including IgG antibodies. What makes a macrophage trogocytose instead of phagocytose is not clear. Using both CD47 antibodies and a Her2 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) to induce phagocytosis, we found that macrophages preferentially trogocytose adherent target cells instead of phagocytose in both 2D cell monolayers and 3D cancer spheroid models. Disrupting target cell integrin using an RGD peptide or through CRISPR-Cas9 knockout of the αV integrin subunit in target cells increased macrophage phagocytosis. In contrast, increasing cell-cell adhesion by ectopically expressing E-cadherin in Raji B cell targets reduced phagocytosis. Finally, we examined phagocytosis of mitotic cells, a naturally occurring example of cells with reduced adhesion. Arresting target cells in mitosis significantly increased phagocytosis. Together, our data show that adhesion of target cells limits phagocytosis and promotes trogocytosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145212743","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}
Claire C Weckerly, Taylor A Rahn, Max Ehrlich, Rachel C Wills, Joshua G Pemberton, Michael V Airola, Gerald R V Hammond
{"title":"PILS-Nir1 is a sensitive phosphatidic acid biosensor that reveals mechanisms of lipid production.","authors":"Claire C Weckerly, Taylor A Rahn, Max Ehrlich, Rachel C Wills, Joshua G Pemberton, Michael V Airola, Gerald R V Hammond","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202405174","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202405174","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Phosphatidic acid (PA) regulates lipid homeostasis and vesicular trafficking, yet high-affinity tools to study PA in live cells are lacking. We identified the lipin-like sequence of Nir1 (PILS-Nir1) as a candidate PA biosensor based on structural analysis of Nir1's LNS2 domain. Using liposome-binding assays and pharmacological and genetic manipulations in HEK293A cells expressing fluorescent PILS-Nir1, we found that while PILS-Nir1 binds PA and PIP2in vitro, only PA is necessary and sufficient for membrane localization in cells. PILS-Nir1 displayed greater sensitivity to organelle-generated PA than Spo20-based probes, enabling visualization of modest PA production by PLD downstream of muscarinic receptors-previously undetectable with existing biosensors. Thus, PILS-Nir1 provides a versatile, sensitive tool for real-time PA dynamics in live cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12419160/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145023326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vacuolar pH regulates clathrin-mediated endocytosis through TORC1 signaling during replicative aging.","authors":"Kenneth Gabriel Antenor, Jaime Lee-Dadswell, Natasha Salahshour, Nina Grishchenko, Shaimaa Swaleh, Gurjyot Makhija, Allie Spangaro, Mojca Mattiazzi Usaj","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202412064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202412064","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is a critical cellular process that regulates nutrient uptake, membrane composition, and signaling. Although replicative aging affects many cellular functions, its impact on CME remains largely unknown. We show that in budding yeast, older cells have slower assembly of early and coat CME modules, resulting in longer endocytic turnover and reduced Mup1 internalization. This change in CME dynamics is mother cell-specific, and not observed in daughters. Our data also show that perturbing vacuolar pH, a key driver of aging phenotypes, in young cells mimics aging-like CME dynamics, while maintaining an acidic vacuolar pH in aging cells preserves CME dynamics typical of young cells. We demonstrate that the vacuolar pH effect on CME is regulated through TORC1 via the effector kinase Npr1. Finally, we show that rescuing CME in aging cells improves mitochondrial health. These findings reveal that age-associated changes in cellular and vacuolar pH impair CME, and suggest CME as a potential driver of early cellular aging.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145131039","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}
Guus A Franken, Harry Warner, Jorge Cuenca-Escalona, Isabel F Stehle, Vince P A van Reijmersdal, Sophie E Klomp, Koert Schreurs, Andrea Rodgers-Furones, Rohit Rajesh Gokhale, Manon Vullings, René Classens, Stefania Di Blasio, Yusuf Dolen, Sjoerd van Deventer, Katarina Wolf, Inge M N Wortel, Joseph H R Hetmanski, Annemiek B van Spriel, Laia Querol Cano
{"title":"Galectin-9 regulates dendritic cell polarity and uropod contraction by modulating RhoA activity.","authors":"Guus A Franken, Harry Warner, Jorge Cuenca-Escalona, Isabel F Stehle, Vince P A van Reijmersdal, Sophie E Klomp, Koert Schreurs, Andrea Rodgers-Furones, Rohit Rajesh Gokhale, Manon Vullings, René Classens, Stefania Di Blasio, Yusuf Dolen, Sjoerd van Deventer, Katarina Wolf, Inge M N Wortel, Joseph H R Hetmanski, Annemiek B van Spriel, Laia Querol Cano","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202404079","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202404079","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adaptive immunity relies on dendritic cell (DC) migration to transport antigens from tissues to lymph nodes. Galectins, a family of β-galactoside-binding proteins, control cell membrane organization, exerting crucial roles in multiple physiological processes. Here, we report a novel mechanism underlying cell polarity and uropod retraction by demonstrating that galectin-9 regulates basal and chemokine-driven DC migration in humans and mice. Galectin-9 depletion caused a defect in RhoA signaling that resulted in impaired cell rear contractility. Mechanistically, galectin-9 interacts with and organizes CD44 at the cell surface, in turn modulating RhoA binding to GEF-H1 and the initiation of downstream signaling. Analysis of DC motility in the 3D tumor microenvironment revealed galectin-9 is also required for DC recruitment and infiltration. Exogenous galectin-9 rescued the motility of tumor-immunocompromised human blood DCs, validating the physiological relevance of galectin-9 in DC migration. Our results identify galectin-9 as a necessary mechanistic component for DC motility by regulating cell polarity and contractility, and underscore its implications for DC-based immunotherapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12456409/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145124743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Claudia A Petrucco, Alex W Crocker, Alison C E Wirshing, Analeigha V Colarusso, Maya Waarts, Amy S Gladfelter, Daniel J Lew
{"title":"Mechanisms of nuclear segregation in a multinucleate multibudding yeast.","authors":"Claudia A Petrucco, Alex W Crocker, Alison C E Wirshing, Analeigha V Colarusso, Maya Waarts, Amy S Gladfelter, Daniel J Lew","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202504068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202504068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Budding yeasts present an especially challenging geometry for segregation of chromosomes, which must be delivered across the narrow mother-bud neck into the bud. Studies in the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have revealed an elaborate set of mechanisms that selectively orient one mitotic spindle pole toward the bud and then drive spindle elongation along the mother-bud axis, ensuring nuclear segregation between mother and bud. It is unclear how these pathways might be adapted to yield similar precision in more complex cell geometries. Here, we provide the first description of the dynamics of mitosis in a multinucleate, multibudding yeast, Aureobasidium pullulans, and identify many unexpected differences from uninucleate yeasts. Mitotic spindles do not orient along the mother-bud axis prior to anaphase, and accurate nuclear segregation often occurs after spindle disassembly. Cortical Num1-dynein forces pull highly mobile nuclei into buds, and once a nucleus enters a bud, it discourages others from entering, ensuring that most daughters inherit only one nucleus.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144955531","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}
Joseph O Magliozzi,Lucas A Runyan,Adah Welsh,Shae B Padrick,Bruce L Goode
{"title":"Aip5 forms a \"composite\" actin nucleator with Bud6 and caps pointed ends of actin filaments.","authors":"Joseph O Magliozzi,Lucas A Runyan,Adah Welsh,Shae B Padrick,Bruce L Goode","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202505039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202505039","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we show that two fungal proteins, Aip5 (related to vertebrate SH3BGRL) and Bud6, directly interact to form a novel \"composite nucleator,\" in which the pointed end of a nascent actin seed is bound by the thioredoxin-related domain of Aip5. The Aip5-Bud6 complex assembles F-actin seeds with free barbed ends and recruits formins to processively elongate and protect these ends from capping protein. The nucleation activities of Aip5 and Bud6 are critical for maintaining proper thickness of actin cable bundles in vivo, which prevents premature cable detachment from the bud neck and secretory traffic defects, as revealed by live imaging. In vitro single-molecule imaging reveals that after actin nucleation, Aip5 remains associated with a pointed end of the filament, and in vivo Aip5 puncta are observed directionally streaming inward from polarity sites by actin cable retrograde flow. Our findings expand the known diversity of actin nucleation mechanisms and reveal that Aip5 functions as a pointed-end capper in vivo.","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145246970","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}
Kevin A Swift,Iryna Pustova,William Kasberg,Jenna Bowman,Krithi Gopinath,Erin Voss,Hayden Nelson,Anjon Audhya
{"title":"Analysis of native Ist1 dynamics reveals multiple pools of ESCRT-III on endosomes.","authors":"Kevin A Swift,Iryna Pustova,William Kasberg,Jenna Bowman,Krithi Gopinath,Erin Voss,Hayden Nelson,Anjon Audhya","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202407013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202407013","url":null,"abstract":"Protein trafficking within the endosomal system involves several distinct membrane remodeling events, including those with opposing orientations that lead to the production of intraluminal vesicles (ILVs) and recycling tubules. Components of the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) machinery have been implicated in both pathways, although few studies have directly examined their native dynamics in mammalian cells. Here, we demonstrate that the endogenous ESCRT-III subunit Ist1 exists in at least two different pools on endosomes. High-speed, live-cell imaging further showed that one pool of Ist1 forms transiently on endosomes, while the other is relatively stable. However, upon growth factor stimulation, the stable pool of Ist1 becomes more mobile, and the transient pool accumulates more rapidly on endosomes. Our data indicate that ESCRT-III dynamics are distinct from that of other ESCRT complexes and additionally suggest an intrinsic amount of time is required for ESCRT-mediated ILV biogenesis, irrespective of environmental conditions.","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145246595","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}