Choongman Lee, Andrea Quintana, Ida Suppanz, Alejandro Gomez-Auli, Gerhard Mittler, Ibrahim I. Cissé
{"title":"Light-induced targeting enables proteomics on endogenous condensates","authors":"Choongman Lee, Andrea Quintana, Ida Suppanz, Alejandro Gomez-Auli, Gerhard Mittler, Ibrahim I. Cissé","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.040","url":null,"abstract":"Endogenous condensates with transient constituents are notoriously difficult to study with common biological assays like mass spectrometry and other proteomics profiling. Here, we report a method for light-induced targeting of endogenous condensates (LiTEC) in living cells. LiTEC combines the identification of molecular zip codes that target the endogenous condensates with optogenetics to enable controlled and reversible partitioning of an arbitrary cargo, such as enzymes commonly used in proteomics, into the condensate in a blue light-dependent manner. We demonstrate a proof of concept by combining LiTEC with proximity-based biotinylation (BioID) and uncover putative components of transcriptional condensates in mouse embryonic stem cells. Our approach opens the road to genome-wide functional studies of endogenous condensates.","PeriodicalId":45,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation","volume":"102 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142448375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From periphery to center stage: 50 years of advancements in innate immunity","authors":"Susan Carpenter, Luke A.J. O’Neill","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2024.10.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.10.013","url":null,"abstract":"(Cell <em>187</em>, 2030–2051; April 25, 2024)","PeriodicalId":45,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142449686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shubham Singh, Ulrich E. Dransfeld, Yohannes A. Ambaw, Joshua Lopez-Scarim, Robert V. Farese, Tobias C. Walther
{"title":"PLD3 and PLD4 synthesize S,S-BMP, a key phospholipid enabling lipid degradation in lysosomes","authors":"Shubham Singh, Ulrich E. Dransfeld, Yohannes A. Ambaw, Joshua Lopez-Scarim, Robert V. Farese, Tobias C. Walther","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.036","url":null,"abstract":"Bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate (BMP) is an abundant lysosomal phospholipid required for degradation of lipids, particularly gangliosides. Alterations in BMP levels are associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Unlike typical glycerophospholipids, lysosomal BMP has two chiral glycerol carbons in the <em>S</em> (rather than the <em>R</em>) stereo-conformation, protecting it from lysosomal degradation. How this unusual and yet crucial <em>S</em>,<em>S-</em>stereochemistry is achieved is unknown. Here, we report that phospholipases D3 and D4 (PLD3 and PLD4) synthesize lysosomal <em>S</em>,<em>S-</em>BMP, with either enzyme catalyzing the critical glycerol stereo-inversion reaction <em>in vitro</em>. Deletion of PLD3 or PLD4 markedly reduced BMP levels in cells or in murine tissues where either enzyme is highly expressed (brain for PLD3; spleen for PLD4), leading to gangliosidosis and lysosomal abnormalities. PLD3 mutants associated with neurodegenerative diseases, including risk of Alzheimer’s disease, diminished PLD3 catalytic activity. We conclude that PLD3/4 enzymes synthesize lysosomal <em>S</em>,<em>S-</em>BMP, a crucial lipid for maintaining brain health.","PeriodicalId":45,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation","volume":"124 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142444199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis, Adriana Perez Rotondo, Edward F. Chang, Andreas S. Tolias, Alexander Mathis
{"title":"Decoding the brain: From neural representations to mechanistic models","authors":"Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis, Adriana Perez Rotondo, Edward F. Chang, Andreas S. Tolias, Alexander Mathis","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.051","url":null,"abstract":"A central principle in neuroscience is that neurons within the brain act in concert to produce perception, cognition, and adaptive behavior. Neurons are organized into specialized brain areas, dedicated to different functions to varying extents, and their function relies on distributed circuits to continuously encode relevant environmental and body-state features, enabling other areas to decode (interpret) these representations for computing meaningful decisions and executing precise movements. Thus, the distributed brain can be thought of as a series of computations that act to encode and decode information. In this perspective, we detail important concepts of neural encoding and decoding and highlight the mathematical tools used to measure them, including deep learning methods. We provide case studies where decoding concepts enable foundational and translational science in motor, visual, and language processing.","PeriodicalId":45,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142444195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
George Mountoufaris, Aditya Nair, Bin Yang, Dong-Wook Kim, Amit Vinograd, Samuel Kim, Scott W Linderman, David J Anderson
{"title":"A line attractor encoding a persistent internal state requires neuropeptide signaling.","authors":"George Mountoufaris, Aditya Nair, Bin Yang, Dong-Wook Kim, Amit Vinograd, Samuel Kim, Scott W Linderman, David J Anderson","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Internal states drive survival behaviors, but their neural implementation is poorly understood. Recently, we identified a line attractor in the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) that represents a state of aggressiveness. Line attractors can be implemented by recurrent connectivity or neuromodulatory signaling, but evidence for the latter is scant. Here, we demonstrate that neuropeptidergic signaling is necessary for line attractor dynamics in this system by using cell-type-specific CRISPR-Cas9-based gene editing combined with single-cell calcium imaging. Co-disruption of receptors for oxytocin and vasopressin in adult VMH Esr1<sup>+</sup> neurons that control aggression diminished attack, reduced persistent neural activity, and eliminated line attractor dynamics while only slightly reducing overall neural activity and sex- or behavior-specific tuning. These data identify a requisite role for neuropeptidergic signaling in implementing a behaviorally relevant line attractor in mammals. Our approach should facilitate mechanistic studies in neuroscience that bridge different levels of biological function and abstraction.</p>","PeriodicalId":45,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation","volume":" ","pages":"5998-6015.e18"},"PeriodicalIF":45.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11490375/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142079285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the neural basis of natural intelligence","authors":"Angelo Forli, Michael M. Yartsev","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2024.07.049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.07.049","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the neural basis of natural intelligence necessitates a paradigm shift: from strict reductionism toward embracing complexity and diversity. New tools and theories enable us to tackle this challenge, providing unprecedented access to neural dynamics and behavior across time, contexts, and species. Principles for intelligent behavior and learning in the natural world are now, more than ever, within reach.","PeriodicalId":45,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142444196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Victoria E. Deneke, Andreas Blaha, Yonggang Lu, Johannes P. Suwita, Jonne M. Draper, Clara S. Phan, Karin Panser, Alexander Schleiffer, Laurine Jacob, Theresa Humer, Karel Stejskal, Gabriela Krssakova, Elisabeth Roitinger, Dominik Handler, Maki Kamoshita, Tyler D.R. Vance, Xinyin Wang, Joachim M. Surm, Yehu Moran, Jeffrey E. Lee, Andrea Pauli
{"title":"A conserved fertilization complex bridges sperm and egg in vertebrates","authors":"Victoria E. Deneke, Andreas Blaha, Yonggang Lu, Johannes P. Suwita, Jonne M. Draper, Clara S. Phan, Karin Panser, Alexander Schleiffer, Laurine Jacob, Theresa Humer, Karel Stejskal, Gabriela Krssakova, Elisabeth Roitinger, Dominik Handler, Maki Kamoshita, Tyler D.R. Vance, Xinyin Wang, Joachim M. Surm, Yehu Moran, Jeffrey E. Lee, Andrea Pauli","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.035","url":null,"abstract":"Fertilization, the basis for sexual reproduction, culminates in the binding and fusion of sperm and egg. Although several proteins are known to be crucial for this process in vertebrates, the molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. Using an AlphaFold-Multimer screen, we identified the protein Tmem81 as part of a conserved trimeric sperm complex with the essential fertilization factors Izumo1 and Spaca6. We demonstrate that Tmem81 is essential for male fertility in zebrafish and mice. In line with trimer formation, we show that Izumo1, Spaca6, and Tmem81 interact in zebrafish sperm and that the human orthologs interact <em>in vitro</em>. Notably, complex formation creates the binding site for the egg fertilization factor Bouncer in zebrafish. Together, our work presents a comprehensive model for fertilization across vertebrates, where a conserved sperm complex binds to divergent egg proteins—Bouncer in fish and JUNO in mammals—to mediate sperm-egg interaction.","PeriodicalId":45,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142444202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Actions of thyroid hormones and thyromimetics on the liver","authors":"Rohit A. Sinha, Eveline Bruinstroop, Paul M. Yen","doi":"10.1038/s41575-024-00991-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-024-00991-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Thyroid hormones (triiodothyronine and thyroxine) are pivotal for metabolic balance in the liver and entire body. Dysregulation of the hypothalamus–pituitary–thyroid axis can contribute to hepatic metabolic disturbances, affecting lipid metabolism, glucose regulation and protein synthesis. In addition, reductions in circulating and intrahepatic thyroid hormone concentrations increase the risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease by inducing lipotoxicity, inflammation and fibrosis. Amelioration of hepatic metabolic disease by thyroid hormones in preclinical and clinical studies has spurred the development of thyromimetics that target THRB (the predominant thyroid hormone receptor isoform in the liver) and/or the liver itself to provide more selective activation of hepatic thyroid hormone-regulated metabolic pathways while reducing thyrotoxic side effects in tissues that predominantly express THRA such as the heart and bone. Resmetirom, a liver and THRB-selective thyromimetic, recently became the first FDA-approved drug for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Thus, a better understanding of the metabolic actions of thyroid hormones and thyromimetics in the liver is timely and clinically relevant. Here, we describe the roles of thyroid hormones in normal liver function and pathogenesis of MASH, as well as some potential clinical issues that might arise when treating patients with MASH with thyroid hormone supplementation or thyromimetics.</p>","PeriodicalId":45,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation","volume":"209 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":65.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142448256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In search of problems","authors":"Mu-ming Poo","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.017","url":null,"abstract":"With early training in physics, my career was marked by continuous learning and searching for interesting problems in biology. Here, I recount some key events that influenced my choices of research topics. The diversity of topics could be attributed to my own lack of a particular focus and the interests of students and postdocs who happened to join my laboratory. My scientific and educational ventures led to my extensive involvement in Chinese neuroscience and various studies in non-human primates.","PeriodicalId":45,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142444192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The expanding world of neuroscience","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.015","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the brain fascinates and intrigues many across the world. In this 50th Anniversary “Focus on Neuroscience” issue, we present Leading Edge content reflecting on the progress of the field, highlighting emerging topics, and paving the way toward many more years of exciting neuroscience research.","PeriodicalId":45,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142444203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}