microPublication biologyPub Date : 2026-08-17eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.002209
Judith Tafur, Angelica Morales Cueva, Nicole E Familiari, Weronika E Stachera, Jeffrey B Woodruff
{"title":"Identification of eIF4ET binding partners in <i>C. elegans</i>.","authors":"Judith Tafur, Angelica Morales Cueva, Nicole E Familiari, Weronika E Stachera, Jeffrey B Woodruff","doi":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002209","DOIUrl":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002209","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The eIF4ET family protein IFET-1 is needed for oocyte development and long-term storage in <i>C. elegans</i> . How IFET-1 plays multiple roles in oocyte biology is unclear. Using pull-downs and mass spectrometry, we identified proteins that interact with IFET-1 . We show that three IFET-1-interacting partners- PENR-1 , SQD-1 , and LSM-4 -are essential for producing viable oocytes in <i>C. elegans</i> females.</p>","PeriodicalId":74192,"journal":{"name":"microPublication biology","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13535774/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148882897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
microPublication biologyPub Date : 2026-08-17eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.002250
Armi M Chaudhari, Minh Thu Nguyen, Patrick Narbonne
{"title":"The Gα GOA-1/GNAO1 non-autonomously promotes germline stem cell quiescence in feminized <i>C. elegans</i> hermaphrodites from the gonadal sheath cells.","authors":"Armi M Chaudhari, Minh Thu Nguyen, Patrick Narbonne","doi":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002250","DOIUrl":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002250","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stem cell proliferation rates must be precisely regulated as insufficient proliferation leads to tissue loss, whereas excessive proliferation causes tumorigenesis and cancer. A homeostatic balance is therefore achieved through feedback loops that adjust stem/progenitor cell proliferation rates to match the demand for their differentiated progeny. While such a homeostatic feedback mechanism adjusts germline stem cell (GSC) proliferation rates to oocyte needs in the <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> adult hermaphrodite germline, its inner workings are incompletely understood. Here we show that the Gα GOA-1 /GNAO1 is required specifically in the gonadal sheath cells to non-autonomously promote GSC quiescence in spermless hermaphrodites. Given that dysregulation of G protein signalling is frequently observed in human cancers, Gα dependent homeostatic control of stem cell proliferation may represent a conserved tumour suppressive mechanism.</p>","PeriodicalId":74192,"journal":{"name":"microPublication biology","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13535775/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148882970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
microPublication biologyPub Date : 2026-08-15eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.002263
Chloe L Golde, Yuerong Xiao, Charlene Nijmeh, Joseph Torres, Ron W Goode, Jesse Valdez, Christina Oraftik, Yeva Allyn, Oujen T Bortai, Natalie De La Cruz, Alyxx A Ford, Chloe M Hannsz, Julia N Jackson, Abigail H M Kim, Z Niobe Nabahe, Kala'i A Romanchak, Osiris de Jesus Romero-Caldera, Siena J Settle, Rahm Sheinfeld, Ava K Stafford, Kyra L Standing Crow, Cornelia M T D Tiger, Amaury Payelleville, Tadashi Fukami
{"title":"Effects of cultural burning on insect-associated nematodes in the soil.","authors":"Chloe L Golde, Yuerong Xiao, Charlene Nijmeh, Joseph Torres, Ron W Goode, Jesse Valdez, Christina Oraftik, Yeva Allyn, Oujen T Bortai, Natalie De La Cruz, Alyxx A Ford, Chloe M Hannsz, Julia N Jackson, Abigail H M Kim, Z Niobe Nabahe, Kala'i A Romanchak, Osiris de Jesus Romero-Caldera, Siena J Settle, Rahm Sheinfeld, Ava K Stafford, Kyra L Standing Crow, Cornelia M T D Tiger, Amaury Payelleville, Tadashi Fukami","doi":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002263","DOIUrl":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002263","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area conducted a cultural burn in oak woodland as part of cultural revitalization efforts. This low-intensity burn only moderately affected soil nematodes that infest acorn-feeding insects. The nematodes were frequently found after the burn, even within burned piles. This finding suggests that cultural burning may help to prevent outbreaks of acorn-feeding insects not only directly by killing them with heat, but also indirectly by having only minor effects on the soil nematodes. Preventing outbreaks of acorn-feeding insects increases the likelihood of more acorns being available for wildlife and cultural use.</p>","PeriodicalId":74192,"journal":{"name":"microPublication biology","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13525451/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148857946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"POC1A colocalizes with POC1B in human and bovine spermatozoa centrioles.","authors":"Robert Heizelman, Yash Dixit, Derek Kluczynski, Jenna Bearden, Caitlin Stidam, Zach Madaras, Meghana Perumalla, Lydeyiah Roesner, Waleed Hamdan, Samantha Schon, Nagalakshmi Nadiminty, Tariq Shah, Puneet Sindhwani, Tomer Avidor-Reiss","doi":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002128","DOIUrl":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002128","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Infertility impacts one in seven couples globally, with one-third of cases classified as unexplained. One source of unexplained infertility is the spermatozoon centrosome, a subcellular structure composed of two remodeled centrioles (the proximal and distal centrioles) and specialized pericentriolar material, located in the spermatozoon neck. The centrosome functions as the head-neck linker in the spermatozoa. Here, we investigated the localization of the somatic cell centriole lumen protein POC1A using immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy. We found that POC1A localizes to the neck, colocalizing with POC1B, and is present in both the proximal and distal centrioles in both human and bovine spermatozoa.</p>","PeriodicalId":74192,"journal":{"name":"microPublication biology","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13525453/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148857989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
microPublication biologyPub Date : 2026-08-14eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.002282
Zaira J Rehman, Andres J Socarras, Joshua G Player, Craig Myrum
{"title":"Arc Expression in the Dentate Gyrus of F344 Rats Across the Sleep-Wake Cycle.","authors":"Zaira J Rehman, Andres J Socarras, Joshua G Player, Craig Myrum","doi":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002282","DOIUrl":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002282","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Arc gene is rapidly expressed in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus during learning and is essential for long-term memory formation. Although memory consolidation, which occurs predominantly during sleep, depends on Arc, previous studies have reported conflicting findings regarding whether Arc expression changes across the sleep-wake cycle. As an initial step toward addressing these discrepancies, we established a baseline comparison of Arc expression in the dentate gyrus of naïve Fischer (CDF) rats (n = 44) across four timepoints spanning sleep and wake periods. Arc⁺ cell density remained remarkably stable across all timepoints.</p>","PeriodicalId":74192,"journal":{"name":"microPublication biology","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13525452/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148857924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
microPublication biologyPub Date : 2026-08-12eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.002278
Yifan Huang, Nick Kaplinsky
{"title":"Changes in both gene expression and intron retention tune the <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> heat shock response.","authors":"Yifan Huang, Nick Kaplinsky","doi":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002278","DOIUrl":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002278","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plant responses to high temperatures are critical for survival, yet acquired thermotolerance (AT) is limited to a tight temperature range. In Arabidopsis, 34 <sup>o</sup> C-37 <sup>o</sup> C induces AT while 40 <sup>o</sup> C does not. Analyzing RNA-seq data from seedlings acclimated between 37°C-40°C showed that while heat-induced genes are robustly expressed, their functional expression is severely attenuated as temperatures rise due to decreasing expression levels and increasing intron retention. This reduction, particularly for genes with functions in the heat shock response (HSR), suggests that combinatorial changes in expression and splicing play a key role in tuning the plant HSR and limiting AT at higher temperatures.</p>","PeriodicalId":74192,"journal":{"name":"microPublication biology","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13520243/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148842318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
microPublication biologyPub Date : 2026-08-12eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.002227
Madison McMurphy, Arlo Clarke, Hannah Ralls, Stephanie L Mathews
{"title":"Genome Sequence and Antimicrobial Production of <i>Pseudomonas crudilactis</i>.","authors":"Madison McMurphy, Arlo Clarke, Hannah Ralls, Stephanie L Mathews","doi":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002227","DOIUrl":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002227","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Pseudomonas crudilactis</i> was isolated from soil collected in Lake Johnson State Park in Raleigh, NC, and screened for antibacterial activity. This isolate inhibited the growth of <i>Pseudomonas putida</i> and <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> . After isolation and repeated antibacterial activity testing, the isolate was characterized through gram staining as a gram-negative bacillus. Genomic DNA was extracted and sequenced. After assembly and annotation, the genome was analyzed for secondary metabolites production to find 14 genomic regions of antibacterial activity and 5 unique mechanisms: non-ribosomal peptide synthesis (NRPS), ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides (RiPPs), non-ribosomal peptide metallophores, terpene-precursor, and beta lactone.</p>","PeriodicalId":74192,"journal":{"name":"microPublication biology","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13507897/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148835055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
microPublication biologyPub Date : 2026-08-12eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.002155
Jewelia T Keller, Shen Jean Lim, Ojas Natarajan, Nicholas Cropper, Larry J Dishaw, Mya Breitbart
{"title":"Draft genome sequence of <i>Dermacoccus nishinomiyaensis</i> Y5.","authors":"Jewelia T Keller, Shen Jean Lim, Ojas Natarajan, Nicholas Cropper, Larry J Dishaw, Mya Breitbart","doi":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002155","DOIUrl":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002155","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report the draft genome sequence of <i>Dermacoccus nishinomiyaensis</i> Y5 isolated from a glycerol stock prepared from a fungal culture from the gill of the lucinid bivalve, <i>Stewartia floridana</i> . This bacterial strain is gram-positive, coccus-shaped, and citrate-positive. Its draft genome of 3.3 Mb was assembled with 100% completeness, comprising 11 contigs and 2,937 protein-coding genes. <i>Dermacoccus nishinomiyaensis</i> Y5 shared 98.9% average nucleotide identity (ANI) with its closest genome relative, <i>D. nishinomiyaensis</i> CTOTU46710 assembled from an urban metagenome. Further investigation is needed to identify the source and pathogenicity of <i>D. nishinomiyaensis</i> Y5.</p>","PeriodicalId":74192,"journal":{"name":"microPublication biology","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13507896/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148834897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
microPublication biologyPub Date : 2026-08-11eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.002262
Jonathan Featherston, Adriana J LaGier
{"title":"Vibration reduces transcript levels of the Golgi-associated gene <i>GOLGA2</i> in HeLa cells.","authors":"Jonathan Featherston, Adriana J LaGier","doi":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002262","DOIUrl":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002262","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mechanical vibration induces cytoskeletal remodeling, which may influence organelle-associated gene expression. Because Golgi structure depends on cytoskeletal interactions, we tested whether vibration alters mRNA levels of <i>GOLGA2</i> , a gene encoding the Golgi matrix protein GM130. Using qRT-PCR, we found that HeLa cells exposed to vibration showed reduced <i>GOLGA2</i> transcript abundance relative to no vibration controls. In contrast, transcript levels of <i>LMNA</i> , a gene associated with nuclear structure, were not significantly changed. These findings show that vibration reduces mRNA abundance of the Golgi-associated gene <i>GOLGA2</i> , indicating a selective response relative to <i>LMNA.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":74192,"journal":{"name":"microPublication biology","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13507898/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148835238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
microPublication biologyPub Date : 2026-08-11eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.002174
Lola O McMullan, Joseph S Taylor, Regina Hanlon, Alex T Harris, Joel L Shuman, David G Schmale Iii, Bastiaan O R Bargmann
{"title":"A Non-Invasive Pathogen‑Responsive RUBY Reporter Enables Visible Monitoring of <i>PR1</i> Activation.","authors":"Lola O McMullan, Joseph S Taylor, Regina Hanlon, Alex T Harris, Joel L Shuman, David G Schmale Iii, Bastiaan O R Bargmann","doi":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002174","DOIUrl":"10.17912/micropub.biology.002174","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a non‑invasive, pathogen‑responsive reporter system in Arabidopsis thaliana generated by placing the PR1 (AT2G14610) promoter upstream of the betalain‑producing RUBY cassette. Two independent transgenic lines showed robust, dose‑dependent red pigmentation accumulation in response to flg22 (a flagellin-derived peptide) and salicylic acid (a defense-signaling molecule that induces <i>PR1</i> ) in both seedling and adult tissues. This reporter provides a simple, low‑cost visual readout of defense activation without the need for destructive sampling or specialized instrumentation. Seeds have been deposited at ABRC, and the plasmid has been made available through Addgene.</p>","PeriodicalId":74192,"journal":{"name":"microPublication biology","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13507895/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148834030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}