{"title":"Why some hearts heal and others don’t: The phylogenetic landscape of cardiac regenerative capacity","authors":"Makoto Nakamura , Guo N. Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103609","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103609","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The limited ability of adult humans to replenish lost heart muscle cells after a heart attack has attracted scientists to explore natural heart regeneration capabilities in the animal kingdom. In particular, research has accelerated since the landmark discovery more than twenty years ago that zebrafish can completely regrow myocardial tissue. In this review, we survey heart regeneration studies in diverse model and non-model animals, aiming to gain insights into both the evolutionary trends in cardiac regenerative potential and the variations among closely related species. Differences in cardiomyogenesis, vasculature formation, and the communication between cardiovascular cells and other players have been investigated to understand the cellular basis, although the precise molecular and genetic causes underlying the stark differences in cardiac regenerative potential among certain close cousins remain largely unknown. By studying cardiovascular regeneration and repair in diverse organisms, we may uncover distinct mechanisms, offering new perspectives for advancing regenerative medicine.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21735,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in cell & developmental biology","volume":"170 ","pages":"Article 103609"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143815656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cardiac enhancers: Gateway to the regulatory mechanisms of heart regeneration","authors":"Ian J. Begeman, Megan E. Guyer, Junsu Kang","doi":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103610","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103610","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The adult mammalian heart has limited regenerative capacity. Cardiac injury, such as a myocardial infarction (MI), leads to permanent scarring and impaired heart function. In contrast, neonatal mice and zebrafish possess the ability to repair injured hearts. Cardiac regeneration is driven by profound transcriptional changes, which are controlled by gene regulatory elements, such as tissue regeneration enhancer elements (TREEs). Here, we review recent studies on cardiac injury/regeneration enhancers across species. We further explore regulatory mechanisms governing TREE activities and their associated binding regulators. We also discuss the potential of TREE engineering and how these enhancers can be utilized for heart repair. Decoding the regulatory logic of cardiac regeneration enhancers presents a promising avenue for understanding heart regeneration and advancing therapeutic strategies for heart failure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21735,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in cell & developmental biology","volume":"170 ","pages":"Article 103610"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143815655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geometric factors for cell arrangement: How do cells determine their position in vivo?","authors":"Sungrim Seirin-Lee , Akatsuki Kimura","doi":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103604","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103604","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The spatial arrangement of cells plays a crucial role in ensuring robust development of organisms, directing cells to their specific fates in the right place and at the right time. In early embryogenesis, the cell arrangement is determined by several factors such as the cell division axis, cell-cell interactions, and surrounding geometric constraints. While many species utilize similar principles to determine the cell arrangement, the precise dynamics of cell arrangement differ among species, even at early stages. In particular, geometric constraints significantly impact cell arrangement. Nematode species exhibit diverse cell arrangement dynamics due to their rigid eggshells, which intensively confine the internal cells. In this paper, we review the mechanisms of cell arrangement with a focus on geometric constraints, drawing from interdisciplinary perspectives. We also review mathematical models developed to enhance our understanding of these mechanisms and discuss future directions for theoretical approaches in exploring geometric effects on cell arrangement in various tissues of various species.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21735,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in cell & developmental biology","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 103604"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143777554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cilia and flagella – Current understanding and recent advances in divergent experimental systems","authors":"Junmin Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103606","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103606","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21735,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in cell & developmental biology","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 103606"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143759579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The ever-diversifying landscape of intra-genomic conflict","authors":"Mia T. Levine, Sarah E. Zanders","doi":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103603","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103603","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21735,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in cell & developmental biology","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 103603"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teresa Adell, Francesc Cebrià, Josep F. Abril, Sofia J. Araújo, Montserrat Corominas, Marta Morey, Florenci Serras, Cristina González-Estévez
{"title":"Cell death in regeneration and cell turnover: Lessons from planarians and Drosophila","authors":"Teresa Adell, Francesc Cebrià, Josep F. Abril, Sofia J. Araújo, Montserrat Corominas, Marta Morey, Florenci Serras, Cristina González-Estévez","doi":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103605","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103605","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Programmed cell death plays a crucial role during tissue turnover in all animal species, and it is also essential during regeneration, serving as a key signalling mechanism to promote tissue repair and regrowth. In freshwater planarians, remarkable regenerative abilities are supported by neoblasts, a population of adult stem cells, which enable high somatic cell turnover. Cell death in planarians occurs continuously during regeneration and adult homeostasis, underscoring its critical role in tissue remodeling and repair. However, the exact mechanisms regulating cell death in these organisms remain elusive. In contrast, <em>Drosophila melanogaster</em> serves as a powerful model for studying programmed cell death in development, metamorphosis, and adult tissue maintenance, leveraging advanced genetic tools and visualization techniques. In <em>Drosophila</em>, cell death sculpts tissues, eliminates larval structures during metamorphosis, and supports homeostasis in adulthood. Despite limited regenerative capacity compared to planarians, <em>Drosophila</em> provides unique insights into cell death's regulatory mechanisms. Comparative analysis of these two systems highlights both conserved and divergent roles of programmed cell death in tissue renewal and regeneration. This review synthesizes the latest knowledge of programmed cell death in planarians and <em>Drosophila</em>, aiming to illuminate shared principles and system-specific adaptations, with relevance to tissue repair across biological systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21735,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in cell & developmental biology","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 103605"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Death fuels growth: Emerging players bridging apoptosis and cell proliferation in Drosophila and beyond","authors":"Caitlin Hounsell, Yun Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103602","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103602","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tissue homeostasis relies on a delicate balance between cell death and proliferation. Apoptosis plays a key role not only in removing damaged cells but also in promoting tissue recovery through a process known as apoptosis-induced proliferation (AiP). This review highlights how caspases, c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK), and Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) bridge cell death and proliferation, as revealed through studies using <em>Drosophila</em> as a model organism. We also compare these findings with advances in other model systems and discuss their broader implications for tissue regeneration and tumorigenesis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21735,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in cell & developmental biology","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 103602"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143609166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epithelial apoptosis: A back-and-forth mechanical interplay between the dying cell and its surroundings","authors":"Stéphanie Arnould , Corinne Benassayag , Tatiana Merle , Bruno Monier , Marianne Montemurro , Magali Suzanne","doi":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Apoptosis is an essential cellular process corresponding to a programmed cell suicide. It has long been considered as a cell-autonomous process, supposed to have no particular impact on the surrounding tissue. However, it has become clear in the last 15 years that epithelial apoptotic cells interact mechanically and biochemically with their environment. Here, we explore recent literature on apoptotic mechanics from an individual dying cell to the back-and-forth interplay with the neighboring epithelial tissue. Finally, we discuss how caspases, key regulators of apoptosis, appear to have a dual function as a cytoskeleton regulator favoring either cytoskeleton degradation or dynamics independently of their apoptotic or non-apoptotic role.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21735,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in cell & developmental biology","volume":"168 ","pages":"Pages 1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143464971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Zebrafish tailfin as an in vivo model for capturing tissue-scale cell dynamics","authors":"Yue Rong Tan, Hsiao-Yuh Roan, Chen-Hui Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2024.12.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2024.12.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The intricate control of collective cell dynamics is crucial for enabling organismic development and tissue regeneration. Despite the availability of various <em>in vitro</em> and <em>in vivo</em> models, studies on tissue-scale cell dynamics and associated emergent properties in living systems remain methodically challenging. Here, we describe key advantages of using the adult zebrafish tailfin (caudal fin) as a robust <em>in vivo</em> model for dissecting millimeter-scale collective cell dynamics during regeneration and wound healing in a complex tissue. For researchers considering this model system, we briefly introduce the tailfin anatomy, as well as available transgenic reporter tools and live-imaging setups that may be utilized to study epidermal cell behaviors. To highlight the unique strengths of the zebrafish tailfin model, we present an example project that was made possible by techniques for tracking cell dynamics at a millimeter scale with single-cell resolution in live animals. Finally, we discuss the research directions at the interface of collective cell dynamics and regenerative biology that most excite us and can be examined using the tailfin model.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21735,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in cell & developmental biology","volume":"166 ","pages":"Pages 29-35"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142897122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent advancement in the spatial immuno-oncology","authors":"Alex To , Zou Yu , Ryohichi Sugimura","doi":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2024.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semcdb.2024.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent advancements in spatial transcriptomics and spatial proteomics enabled the high-throughput profiling of single or multi-cell types and cell states with spatial information. They transformed our understanding of the higher-order architectures and paired cell-cell interactions within a tumor microenvironment (TME). Within less than a decade, this rapidly emerging field has discovered much crucial fundamental knowledge and significantly improved clinical diagnosis in the field of immuno-oncology. This review summarizes the conceptual frameworks to understand spatial omics data and highlights the updated knowledge of spatial immuno-oncology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21735,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in cell & developmental biology","volume":"166 ","pages":"Pages 22-28"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142872922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}