{"title":"STING signalling as a mediator between lipid metabolism and innate immunity.","authors":"Soumyabrata Guha,Nadine Laguette","doi":"10.1038/s41580-026-00967-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-026-00967-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"111 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":112.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147578298","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":"Systemic epigenetic dysregulation as a driver of ageing and a therapeutic target.","authors":"A Doğa Yücel,Vadim N Gladyshev","doi":"10.1038/s41580-026-00958-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-026-00958-0","url":null,"abstract":"Although epigenetic changes during ageing are well documented, we lack an integrated framework to systematically explain their mechanistic relationships. In this Review, we present a systems-level framework that demonstrates how epigenetic regulation controls ageing. We discuss four interdependent processes through which epigenetic fidelity - the capacity of chromatin regulatory systems to maintain precise gene expression states - progressively fails: deterioration of nuclear architecture, including breakdown of lamina-associated domains; dysregulation of epigenetic memory through chromatin-modifying complexes such as Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2); nucleosome alterations involving replication-independent accumulation of the histone variant H3.3; and transcription reprogramming driven by transcription factors. These processes interact through cross-regulatory feedback, producing cascading failures in gene expression and cell-state maintenance. This framework reveals why therapeutics targeting epigenetic systems have consistent effects across multiple model systems and ageing phenotypes. The interconnected organization of chromatin regulation mechanisms creates concrete therapeutic targets to restore regulatory coherence. By providing mechanistic clarity on how epigenetic dysregulation drives ageing phenotypes, we aim to enable rational design of therapeutics that target the epigenetic systems that fail during ageing, rather than individual molecular defects.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":112.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147524602","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":"Overcoming the challenge of preferred particle orientation in cryo-EM","authors":"Yang Yang, Bin Liu","doi":"10.1038/s41580-026-00962-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-026-00962-4","url":null,"abstract":"Preferred particle orientation poses a challenge in single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) studies by limiting angular sampling and the quality of 3D reconstruction. Here, we discuss recent strategies that help address orientation bias and offer practical advice to optimize high-resolution structure determination by cryo-EM. Yang and Liu discuss strategies that help address particle orientation bias in cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), and offer practical advice to tackle it.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"27 5","pages":"337-339"},"PeriodicalIF":90.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147518558","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}
William Leineweber,Reika Tei,Anna Mäkiniemi,Alice Ting,Emma Lundberg
{"title":"Technologies to measure and modulate protein subcellular localization.","authors":"William Leineweber,Reika Tei,Anna Mäkiniemi,Alice Ting,Emma Lundberg","doi":"10.1038/s41580-026-00957-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-026-00957-1","url":null,"abstract":"How proteins localize to specific compartments, function in coordination with other biomolecules and, ultimately, contribute to diverse cellular activities are crucial questions in cell biology. Complicating the answers to these questions are multilocalizing and multifunctional proteins, whose impact on the cell depends on both spatial and temporal contexts. Therefore, contextualizing protein functions based on their subcellular localization is necessary to fully understand cell behaviours. Recent advances in instrumentation and protein labelling techniques are rapidly increasing the availability of tools, technologies and applications that measure and control protein localization and compartment-specific function. In this Review, we first discuss microscopy, mass spectrometry-based correlation profiling and proximity labelling methods that assign localizations to proteins, ranging from cellular compartments to protein-protein interactions. We next examine the available tools for manipulating protein localization and measuring the effects of these manipulations, including localization tags and bifunctional molecules. For each technology, we assess the strengths and weaknesses that ultimately determine their usefulness. We conclude with an outlook on future technological advances in the field of spatial subcellular proteomics and their potential implications for cell biology and clinical applications.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":112.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147483618","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":"Overcoming cytoskeleton instability in the early embryo","authors":"Lisa Heinke","doi":"10.1038/s41580-026-00960-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-026-00960-6","url":null,"abstract":"Cytoplasmic partitioning in early embryos depends on microtubule asters. A study reveals that different species use distinct mechanisms to stabilize these inherently unstable structures and preserve robust cytoplasmic compartments.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"27 4","pages":"257-257"},"PeriodicalIF":90.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147368440","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}
Jan Stundl,Ayyappa Raja Desingu Rajan,Marianne E Bronner
{"title":"Neural crest gene regulatory networks as drivers of development, diversification and disease.","authors":"Jan Stundl,Ayyappa Raja Desingu Rajan,Marianne E Bronner","doi":"10.1038/s41580-026-00949-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-026-00949-1","url":null,"abstract":"The neural crest is an important stem cell population characterized by its multipotency, migratory behaviour and broad ability to differentiate into numerous derivatives throughout the vertebrate body, as diverse as cell types contributing to the cardiovascular system, craniofacial skeleton, peripheral nervous system and pigmentation of the skin. The developmental trajectory of the neural crest is governed by a complex gene regulatory network (GRN) that mediates induction and specification at the neural plate border, emergence of neural crest cells (NCCs) from the neural tube, their migration through the periphery and cell fate determination en route to different final destinations. In this Review, we discuss the significant progress in investigating the neural crest GRN, which has increased our understanding of how NCCs impact vertebrate development and evolution, their role in adult tissue regeneration and their contribution to diseases derived from abnormalities in NCCs.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"227 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":112.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147350699","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":"Precise protein expression through microRNA-mediated gene dosage compensation","authors":"Rongrong Du","doi":"10.1038/s41580-026-00959-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-026-00959-z","url":null,"abstract":"Based on microRNAs, DIMMERs is a modular tool for dampening expression fluctuations of multiple proteins in a cell owing to transgene copy number variations.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"27 4","pages":"256-256"},"PeriodicalIF":90.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147317777","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 emerging importance of UBA6 in ubiquitylation and proteostasis","authors":"Gali Prag, Avraham Ashkenazi","doi":"10.1038/s41580-026-00954-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-026-00954-4","url":null,"abstract":"In addition to ubiquitin-like modifier-activating enzyme 1 (UBA1), the related UBA6 defines a second, structurally distinct ubiquitin-activating pathway. UBA6 governs cytoskeletal remodelling, proteostasis and neuronal resilience, revealing non-redundant functions obscured by the traditional one-E1 paradigm. Ubiquitination is traditionally viewed as a one-E1 system based on UBA1, but accumulating evidence positions the related UBA6 as a distinct ubiquitin-initiating pathway that operates through unique E2 and E3 enzymes, with important functions in physiology and disease.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"27 4","pages":"253-254"},"PeriodicalIF":90.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146223275","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":"Probing the effects of protein glycosylation on transcription with induced-proximity tools","authors":"Alison C. Mody","doi":"10.1038/s41580-026-00955-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41580-026-00955-3","url":null,"abstract":"In this Tools of the Trade article, Alison Mody (Woo lab) discusses a proximity-induced platform for targeted O-GlcNAcylation of proteins of interest, enabling researchers to measure the effect of O-GlcNAcylation on protein function.","PeriodicalId":19051,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology","volume":"27 5","pages":"341-341"},"PeriodicalIF":90.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146223276","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}