Andreas Brunner, Natalia Rosalía Morero, Wanlu Zhang, M Julius Hossain, Marko Lampe, Hannah Pflaumer, Aliaksandr Halavatyi, Jan-Michael Peters, Kai S Beckwith, Jan Ellenberg
{"title":"Quantitative imaging of loop extruders rebuilding interphase genome architecture after mitosis.","authors":"Andreas Brunner, Natalia Rosalía Morero, Wanlu Zhang, M Julius Hossain, Marko Lampe, Hannah Pflaumer, Aliaksandr Halavatyi, Jan-Michael Peters, Kai S Beckwith, Jan Ellenberg","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202405169","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202405169","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>How cells establish the interphase genome organization after mitosis is incompletely understood. Using quantitative and super-resolution microscopy, we show that the transition from a Condensin to a Cohesin-based genome organization occurs dynamically over 2 h. While a significant fraction of Condensins remains chromatin-bound until early G1, Cohesin-STAG1 and its boundary factor CTCF are rapidly imported into daughter nuclei in telophase, immediately bind chromosomes as individual complexes, and are sufficient to build the first interphase TAD structures. By contrast, the more abundant Cohesin-STAG2 accumulates on chromosomes only gradually later in G1, is responsible for compaction inside TAD structures, and forms paired complexes upon completed nuclear import. Our quantitative time-resolved mapping of mitotic and interphase loop extruders in single cells reveals that the nested loop architecture formed by the sequential action of two Condensins in mitosis is seamlessly replaced by a less compact but conceptually similar hierarchically nested loop architecture driven by the sequential action of two Cohesins.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11716112/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142949410","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}
Amanda Bentley-DeSousa, Agnes Roczniak-Ferguson, Shawn M Ferguson
{"title":"A STING-CASM-GABARAP pathway activates LRRK2 at lysosomes.","authors":"Amanda Bentley-DeSousa, Agnes Roczniak-Ferguson, Shawn M Ferguson","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202310150","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202310150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mutations that increase LRRK2 kinase activity have been linked to Parkinson's disease and Crohn's disease. LRRK2 is also activated by lysosome damage. However, the endogenous cellular mechanisms that control LRRK2 kinase activity are not well understood. In this study, we identify signaling through stimulator of interferon genes (STING) as an activator of LRRK2 via the conjugation of ATG8 to single membranes (CASM) pathway. We furthermore establish that multiple chemical stimuli that perturb lysosomal homeostasis also converge on CASM to activate LRRK2. Although CASM results in the lipidation of multiple ATG8 protein family members, we establish that LRRK2 lysosome recruitment and kinase activation are highly dependent on interactions with the GABARAP member of this family. Collectively, these results define a pathway that integrates multiple stimuli at lysosomes to control the kinase activity of LRRK2. Aberrant activation of LRRK2 via this pathway may be of relevance in both Parkinson's and Crohn's diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11734622/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142983581","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":"An eGFP-Col4a2 mouse model reveals basement membrane dynamics underlying hair follicle morphogenesis.","authors":"Duligengaowa Wuergezhen, Eleonore Gindroz, Ritsuko Morita, Kei Hashimoto, Takaya Abe, Hiroshi Kiyonari, Hironobu Fujiwara","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202404003","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202404003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Precisely controlled remodeling of the basement membrane (BM) is crucial for morphogenesis, but its molecular and tissue-level dynamics, underlying mechanisms, and functional significance in mammals remain largely unknown due to limited visualization tools. We developed mouse lines in which the endogenous collagen IV gene (Col4a2) was fused with a fluorescent tag. Through live imaging of developing hair follicles, we reveal a spatial gradient in the turnover rate of COL4A2 that is closely coupled with both the BM expansion rate and the proliferation rate of epithelial progenitors. Epithelial progenitors are displaced with directionally expanding BMs but do not actively migrate on stationary BM. The addition of a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor delays COL4A2 turnover, restrains BM expansion, and increases perpendicular divisions of epithelial progenitors, altering hair follicle morphology. Our findings highlight the spatially distinct dynamics of BM and their key roles in orchestrating progenitor cell behavior and organ shape during development.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11629887/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142800912","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":"Growth-dependent concentration gradient of the oscillating Min system in Escherichia coli.","authors":"Claudia Morais Parada, Ching-Cher Sanders Yan, Cheng-Yu Hung, I-Ping Tu, Chao-Ping Hsu, Yu-Ling Shih","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202406107","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202406107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cell division in Escherichia coli is intricately regulated by the MinD and MinE proteins, which form oscillatory waves between cell poles. These waves manifest as concentration gradients that reduce MinC inhibition at the cell center, thereby influencing division site placement. This study explores the plasticity of the MinD gradients resulting from the interdependent interplay between molecular interactions and diffusion in the system. Through live cell imaging, we observed that as cells elongate, the gradient steepens, the midcell concentration decreases, and the oscillation period stabilizes. A one-dimensional model investigates kinetic rate constants representing various molecular interactions, effectively recapitulating our experimental findings. The model reveals the nonlinear dynamics of the system and a dynamic equilibrium among these constants, which underlie variable concentration gradients in growing cells. This study enhances quantitative understanding of MinD oscillations within the cellular environment. Furthermore, it emphasizes the fundamental role of concentration gradients in cellular processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11613459/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142769243","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}
Rosario Valenti, Yotam David, Dunya Edilbi, Benjamin Dubreuil, Angela Boshnakovska, Yeynit Asraf, Tomer-Meir Salame, Ehud Sass, Peter Rehling, Maya Schuldiner
{"title":"A proteome-wide yeast degron collection for the dynamic study of protein function.","authors":"Rosario Valenti, Yotam David, Dunya Edilbi, Benjamin Dubreuil, Angela Boshnakovska, Yeynit Asraf, Tomer-Meir Salame, Ehud Sass, Peter Rehling, Maya Schuldiner","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202409050","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202409050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Genome-wide collections of yeast strains, known as libraries, revolutionized the way systematic studies are carried out. Specifically, libraries that involve a cellular perturbation, such as the deletion collection, have facilitated key biological discoveries. However, short-term rewiring and long-term accumulation of suppressor mutations often obscure the functional consequences of such perturbations. We present the AID library which supplies \"on demand\" protein depletion to overcome these limitations. Here, each protein is tagged with a green fluorescent protein (GFP) and an auxin-inducible degron (AID), enabling rapid protein depletion that can be quantified systematically using the GFP element. We characterized the degradation response of all strains and demonstrated its utility by revisiting seminal yeast screens for genes involved in cell cycle progression as well as mitochondrial distribution and morphology. In addition to recapitulating known phenotypes, we also uncovered proteins with previously unrecognized roles in these central processes. Hence, our tool expands our knowledge of cellular biology and physiology by enabling access to phenotypes that are central to cellular physiology and therefore rapidly equilibrated.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654244/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846662","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":"Regulation of Cajal bodies: Unexpected connection to 60S ribosomes.","authors":"Edward M C Courvan, Roy R Parker","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202501009","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202501009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cajal bodies are essential sites for the biogenesis of small nuclear and nucleolar ribonucleoproteins. In this issue, Courvan and Parker discuss new work from Neugebauer and colleagues (https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202305081) that carefully profiles Cajal Body components and finds an unexpected role for 60S ribosomal proteins.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11716109/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142949408","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}
Kai He, Xiaobo Sun, Chuan Chen, San Luc, Jielu Hao Robichaud, Yingyi Zhang, Yan Huang, Biyun Ji, Pei-I Ku, Radhika Subramanian, Kun Ling, Jinghua Hu
{"title":"Non-canonical CDK6 activity promotes cilia disassembly by suppressing axoneme polyglutamylation.","authors":"Kai He, Xiaobo Sun, Chuan Chen, San Luc, Jielu Hao Robichaud, Yingyi Zhang, Yan Huang, Biyun Ji, Pei-I Ku, Radhika Subramanian, Kun Ling, Jinghua Hu","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202405170","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202405170","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tubulin polyglutamylation is a posttranslational modification that occurs primarily along the axoneme of cilia. Defective axoneme polyglutamylation impairs cilia function and has been correlated with ciliopathies, including Joubert Syndrome (JBTS). However, the precise mechanisms regulating proper axoneme polyglutamylation remain vague. Here, we show that cyclin-dependent kinase 6 (CDK6), but not its paralog CDK4, localizes to the cilia base and suppresses axoneme polyglutamylation by phosphorylating RAB11 family interacting protein 5 (FIP5) at site S641, a critical regulator of cilia import of glutamylases. S641 phosphorylation disrupts the ciliary recruitment of FIP5 and its association with RAB11, thereby reducing the ciliary import of glutamylases. Encouragingly, the FDA-approved CDK4/6 inhibitor Abemaciclib can effectively restore cilia function in JBTS cells with defective glutamylation. In summary, our study elucidates the regulatory mechanisms governing axoneme polyglutamylation and suggests that developing CDK6-specific inhibitors could be a promising therapeutic strategy to enhance cilia function in ciliopathy patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619382/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785848","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":"Classical cell cycle kinase limits tubulin polyglutamylation and cilium stability.","authors":"Xiaoliang Liu, Xuecai Ge","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202412034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202412034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tubulin polyglutamylation is essential for maintaining cilium stability and function, and defective tubulin polyglutamylation is associated with ciliopathies. However, the regulatory mechanism underlying proper axonemal polyglutamylation remains unclear. He et al. (https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202405170) discovered that Cdk7/Cdk6/FIP5 phosphorylation cascade controls the ciliary import of tubulin glutamylases, thereby modulating axoneme polyglutamylation and ciliary signaling.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11734621/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143056019","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":"Synaptic sabotage: How Tau and α-Synuclein undermine synaptic health.","authors":"Valerie Uytterhoeven, Patrik Verstreken, Eliana Nachman","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202409104","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202409104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Synaptic dysfunction is one of the earliest cellular defects observed in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), occurring before widespread protein aggregation, neuronal loss, and cognitive decline. While the field has focused on the aggregation of Tau and α-Synuclein (α-Syn), emerging evidence suggests that these proteins may drive presynaptic pathology even before their aggregation. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms by which Tau and α-Syn affect presynaptic terminals offers an opportunity for developing innovative therapeutics aimed at preserving synapses and potentially halting neurodegeneration. This review focuses on the molecular defects that converge on presynaptic dysfunction caused by Tau and α-Syn. Both proteins have physiological roles in synapses. However, during disease, they acquire abnormal functions due to aberrant interactions and mislocalization. We provide an overview of current research on different essential presynaptic pathways influenced by Tau and α-Syn. Finally, we highlight promising therapeutic targets aimed at maintaining synaptic function in both tauopathies and synucleinopathies.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11668179/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142882093","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":"Structural response of microtubule and actin cytoskeletons to direct intracellular load.","authors":"Ryota Orii, Hirokazu Tanimoto","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202403136","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202403136","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microtubule and actin are the two major cytoskeletal polymers that form organized functional structures in the interior of eukaryotic cells. Although the structural mechanics of the cytoskeleton has been extensively studied by direct manipulations in in vitro reconstitution systems, such unambiguous characterizations inside the living cell are sparse. Here, we report a comprehensive analysis of how the microtubule and actin cytoskeletons structurally respond to direct intracellular load. Ferrofluid-based intracellular magnetic tweezers reveal rheological properties of the microtubule complex primarily determined by filamentous actin. The strain fields of the microtubule complex and actin meshwork follow the same scaling, suggesting that the two cytoskeletal systems behave as an integrated elastic body. The structural responses of single microtubules to contact and remote forces further evidence that the individual microtubules are enclosed by the elastic medium of actin. These results, directly characterizing the microtubule and actin cytoskeletons as an interacting continuum throughout the cytoplasm, serve as a cornerstone for the physical understanding of intracellular organization.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11572716/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142638716","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}