{"title":"Mitotic genome folding.","authors":"Tatsuya Hirano","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202504075","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202504075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mitotic genome folding, or mitotic chromosome assembly, is essential for the faithful segregation of genetic information into daughter cells. While this process was once thought to be highly complex, requiring a myriad of protein components, recent studies have begun to revise this conventional view. An emerging view is that the core reaction of mitotic genome folding is mediated by a dynamic interplay of a limited number of structural components, namely, condensins, topoisomerase II (topo II), and histones. Condensins and topo II are two distinct classes of ATPases that cooperate to actively form and manipulate DNA loops, both accumulating at the central axial regions of the resulting chromosomes. In contrast, nucleosomes and linker histones help to compact DNA loops by cooperating and competing with the action of these ATPases. In this review, I will focus on the recent advances in the field, with an emphasis on the mechanistic aspects of mitotic genome folding.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12150863/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144258158","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}
Justin Krish Williams, Jordan Matthew Ngo, Abinayaa Murugupandiyan, Dorothy E Croall, H Criss Hartzell, Randy Schekman
{"title":"Calpains orchestrate secretion of annexin-containing microvesicles during membrane repair.","authors":"Justin Krish Williams, Jordan Matthew Ngo, Abinayaa Murugupandiyan, Dorothy E Croall, H Criss Hartzell, Randy Schekman","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202408159","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202408159","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microvesicles (MVs) are membrane-enclosed, plasma membrane-derived particles released by cells from all branches of life. MVs have utility as disease biomarkers and may participate in intercellular communication; however, physiological processes that induce their secretion are not known. Here, we isolate and characterize annexin-containing MVs and show that these vesicles are secreted in response to the calcium influx caused by membrane damage. The annexins in these vesicles are cleaved by calpains. After plasma membrane injury, cytoplasmic calcium-bound annexins are rapidly recruited to the plasma membrane and form a scab-like structure at the lesion. In a second phase, recruited annexins are cleaved by calpains-1/2, disabling membrane scabbing. Cleavage promotes annexin secretion within MVs. Our data support a new model of plasma membrane repair, where calpains relax annexin-membrane aggregates in the lesion repair scab, allowing secretion of damaged membrane and annexins as MVs. We anticipate that cells experiencing plasma membrane damage, including muscle and metastatic cancer cells, secrete these MVs at elevated levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12083247/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078249","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}
Taylor E Lange, Ali Naji, Ransome van der Hoeven, Hong Liang, Yong Zhou, Gerald R V Hammond, John F Hancock, Kwang-Jin Cho
{"title":"MTMR regulates KRAS function by controlling plasma membrane levels of phospholipids.","authors":"Taylor E Lange, Ali Naji, Ransome van der Hoeven, Hong Liang, Yong Zhou, Gerald R V Hammond, John F Hancock, Kwang-Jin Cho","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202403126","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202403126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>KRAS, a small GTPase involved in cell proliferation and differentiation, frequently gains activating mutations in human cancers. For KRAS to function, it must bind the plasma membrane (PM) via interactions between its membrane anchor and phosphatidylserine (PtdSer). Therefore, depleting PM PtdSer abrogates KRAS PM binding and activity. From a genome-wide siRNA screen to identify genes regulating KRAS PM localization, we identified a set of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-phosphatases: myotubularin-related proteins (MTMR) 2, 3, 4, and 7. Here, we show that silencing MTMR 2/3/4/7 disrupts KRAS PM interactions by reducing PM PI 4-phosphate (PI4P) levels, thereby disrupting the localization and operation of ORP5, a lipid transfer protein maintaining PM PtdSer enrichment. Concomitantly, silencing MTMR 2/3/4/7 elevates PM PI3P levels while reducing PM and total PtdSer levels. We also observed MTMR 2/3/4/7 expression is interdependent. We propose that the PI 3-phosphatase activity of MTMR is required for generating PM PI, necessary for PM PI4P synthesis, promoting the PM localization of PtdSer and KRAS.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12047185/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143998594","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}
Hye Jee Hahn, Natalya Pashkova, Michael A Cianfrocco, Lois S Weisman
{"title":"Cargo adaptors use a handhold mechanism to engage with myosin V for organelle transport.","authors":"Hye Jee Hahn, Natalya Pashkova, Michael A Cianfrocco, Lois S Weisman","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202408006","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202408006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Myo2, a class V myosin motor, is essential for organelle transport in budding yeast. Its association with cargo is regulated by adaptor proteins that mediate both attachment and release. Vac17, a vacuole-specific adaptor, links Myo2 to the vacuole membrane protein Vac8 and plays a key role in assembling and disassembling the Myo2-Vac17-Vac8 complex during vacuole inheritance. Using genetics, cryo-EM, and structure prediction, we find that Vac17 interacts with Myo2 at two distinct sites rather than a single interface. Similarly, the peroxisome adaptor Inp2 engages two separate regions of Myo2, one of which overlaps with a Vac17-binding site. These findings support a \"handhold\" model, in which cargo adaptors occupy multiple surfaces on the Myo2 tail, which likely enhances motor-cargo associations as well as provide additional regulatory control over motor recruitment.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12083248/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078251","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}
Moonjung Jung, Jungwoo Kim, Yeji Park, Isaac Ilyashov, Fan Yang, Haruna B Choijilsuren, Danielle Keahi, Jordan A Durmaz, Habin Bea, Audrey M Goldfarb, Mia D Stein, Claudia Wong, Ryan R White, Sunandini Sridhar, Raymond Noonan, Tom F Wiley, Thomas S Carroll, Francis P Lach, Sangmoo Jeong, Ileana C Miranda, Agata Smogorzewska
{"title":"ALDH9A1 deficiency as a source of endogenous DNA damage that requires repair by the Fanconi anemia pathway.","authors":"Moonjung Jung, Jungwoo Kim, Yeji Park, Isaac Ilyashov, Fan Yang, Haruna B Choijilsuren, Danielle Keahi, Jordan A Durmaz, Habin Bea, Audrey M Goldfarb, Mia D Stein, Claudia Wong, Ryan R White, Sunandini Sridhar, Raymond Noonan, Tom F Wiley, Thomas S Carroll, Francis P Lach, Sangmoo Jeong, Ileana C Miranda, Agata Smogorzewska","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202407141","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202407141","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Fanconi anemia (FA) DNA repair pathway is required for the repair of DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs). ICLs are caused by genotoxins, such as chemotherapeutic agents or reactive aldehydes. Inappropriately repaired ICLs contribute to hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) failure and tumorigenesis. While endogenous acetaldehyde and formaldehyde are known to induce HSC failure and leukemia in FA patients, the effects of other toxic metabolites on FA pathogenesis have not been systematically investigated. Using a metabolism-focused CRISPR screen, we found a synthetically lethal interaction between ALDH9A1 and the deficiency of the FA pathway. Combined deficiency of ALDH9A1 and FANCD2 causes genomic instability, apoptosis, and decreased hematopoietic colony formation. Fanca-/-Aldh9a1-/- mice exhibited an increased incidence of ovarian tumors. A suppressor CRISPR screen revealed that the loss of ATP13A3, a polyamine transporter, resulted in improved survival of FANCD2-/-ALDH9A1-/- cells. These findings nominate high intracellular polyamines and the resulting 3-aminopropanal and acrolein as sources of endogenous DNA damage in patients with FA.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"224 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12187107/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333223","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":"Sphingolipid synthesis maintains nuclear membrane integrity and genome stability during cell division.","authors":"Sunyoung Hwang,William Russo,Jaylah Cormier,Jillian Johnson,Sara Martin,Marica Rosaria Ippolito,Sara Cordone,Rui Li,Lihua Julie Zhu,Stefano Santaguida,Eduardo M Torres","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202407209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202407209","url":null,"abstract":"Lipid synthesis must be precisely regulated to support membrane growth and organelle biogenesis during cell division, yet little is known about how this process is coordinated with other cell cycle events. Here, we show that de novo synthesis of sphingolipids during the S and G2 phases of the cell cycle is essential to increasing nuclear membranes. Indeed, the products of serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT), long-chain bases, localize to the nucleus and are integral components of nuclear membranes in yeast and human cells. Importantly, inhibition of SPT fails to induce cell cycle arrest, causing nuclear membrane collapse and loss of viability in yeast cells. In human cells, this causes abnormal nuclear morphology and genomic instability, evidenced by the increased incidence of nuclear blebs, micronuclei, anaphase bridges, and multipolar mitosis. These results indicate that dysregulated cell division under low sphingolipid availability can drive several disease-associated phenotypes, including aberrant nuclear morphologies and genomic instability.","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144547880","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}
G Gemma Stathatos,D Jo Merriner,Anne E O'Connor,Jennifer Zenker,Jessica E M Dunleavy,Moira K O'Bryan
{"title":"Delta tubulin stabilizes male meiotic kinetochores and aids microtubule remodeling and fertility.","authors":"G Gemma Stathatos,D Jo Merriner,Anne E O'Connor,Jennifer Zenker,Jessica E M Dunleavy,Moira K O'Bryan","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202412056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202412056","url":null,"abstract":"Delta tubulin (TUBD1) is a noncanonical tubulin protein that has been linked to complex microtubule structures in somatic cell lines and unicellular species. Its role in mammals remains enigmatic; however, TUBD1 is enriched within mammalian male germ cells. Herein, we have defined new roles for TUBD1 during male germ cell development in vivo using a conditional knockout mouse model and shown that spermatogenesis in the absence of TUBD1 causes sterility. We show TUBD1 stabilizes kinetochores during male mouse meiosis, enabling meiotic progression, and that it is required for appropriate spindle polarity and cytokinesis. Subsequently, in haploid cells, TUBD1 works in partnership with the microtubule-severing enzymes KATNAL2 and KATNB1 to regulate manchette remodeling and shape the sperm head. Collectively, these findings reveal TUBD1 plays a key role in the formation and function of highly specialized microtubule structures in mammalian spermatogenesis. Advanced knowledge of TUBD1 may generate new insights into underlying causes of diseases associated with infertility or development.","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144521463","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":"The PAX3-FOXO1 fusion gene reduces cell-ECM interactions and TGFβ signaling in rhabdomyosarcoma.","authors":"Antonios Chronopoulos,Ivan Chavez,Chandra Kaladhar Vemula,Nikhil Mittal,Vic Zamloot,Yuanzhong Pan,Sangyoon J Han,JinSeok Park","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202408155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202408155","url":null,"abstract":"We identify downregulation of genes related to cell-ECM interactions and TGFβ signaling in FPRMS. We confirm that TGFβ signaling enhances cell-ECM interactions in FNRMS, utilizing confocal reflection microscopy to assess ECM remodeling, and a live-cell sensor to quantitatively assess TGFβ signaling. We also show that PAX3-FOXO1 increases NOS1 expression, stimulating nitric oxide synthesis, which inhibits TGFβ signaling and reduces cell-ECM interactions. We suggest that PAX3-FOXO1 reprograms ECM anchorage dependence by suppressing cell-ECM interactions. The fusion gene can determine sensitivity to growth inhibition via targeted disruption of cell-ECM interactions or TGFβ signaling. Reduced anchorage reliance by the gene may allow cells to survive in circulation and enhance FPRMS metastatic potential.","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144521501","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":"PLK-1 suppresses centrosome maturation and microtubule polymerization to ensure faithful oocyte meiosis.","authors":"Juhi G Narula,Sarah M Wignall","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202503080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202503080","url":null,"abstract":"Sexual reproduction relies on meiosis, a specialized cell division program that produces haploid gametes. Oocytes of most organisms lack centrosomes, and therefore chromosome segregation is mediated by acentrosomal spindles. Here, we explore the role of Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK-1) in Caenorhabditiselegans oocytes, revealing mechanisms that ensure the fidelity of this unique form of cell division. Previously, PLK-1 was shown to be required for nuclear envelope breakdown and chromosome segregation in oocytes. We now find that PLK-1 is also required for establishing and maintaining acentrosomal spindle organization and for preventing excess microtubule polymerization in these cells. Additionally, our studies revealed an unexpected new role for this essential kinase. While PLK-1 is known to be required for centrosome maturation during mitosis, we found that either removal of PLK-1 from oocytes or inhibition of its kinase activity caused premature recruitment of pericentriolar material to the sperm-provided centrioles following fertilization. Thus, PLK-1 suppresses centrosome maturation during oocyte meiosis, which is opposite to its role in mitosis. Taken together, our work identifies PLK-1 as a key player that promotes faithful acentrosomal meiosis in oocytes and demonstrates that its catalytic activity is required for carrying out these important roles.","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144504631","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}
Davide A Basello,Michaela Blažíková,Adriana Roithová,Martina Hálová,Nenad Radivojević,Karla M Neugebauer,David Staněk
{"title":"Dynamic interaction of spliceosomal snRNPs with coilin explains Cajal body characteristics.","authors":"Davide A Basello,Michaela Blažíková,Adriana Roithová,Martina Hálová,Nenad Radivojević,Karla M Neugebauer,David Staněk","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202309128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202309128","url":null,"abstract":"The Cajal body (CB) is a conserved non-membrane nuclear structure where several steps of small nuclear RNP particle (snRNP) biogenesis take place. It has been proposed that CB formation follows a liquid-liquid phase separation model, but this hypothesis has never been rigorously tested. Here, we applied live-cell imaging to show that the key CB assembly factor coilin is mobile within the CB, and we revealed a diffusion barrier that limits the coilin exchange between CBs and the nucleoplasm. We generated single aa mutations and demonstrated that RNA-dependent coilin oligomerization and coilin interaction with snRNP are essential for CB formation and maintenance. We applied these data to formulate a mathematical model that links the movement of coilin within the nucleoplasm, CB, and across the boundary with its oligomerization and snRNP binding. Our results illustrate CB as a structure dynamically responding to snRNP assembly and recycling.","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144478643","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}