CellPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.020
Lai Guan Ng, Immanuel Kwok
{"title":"Transcending life and death: The ultimate cargo of aged neutrophils","authors":"Lai Guan Ng, Immanuel Kwok","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.020","url":null,"abstract":"Neutrophils secrete a variety of mediators throughout their lifespan but are mostly associated with pro-inflammatory functions. In this issue of <em>Cell</em>, Hsu et al. describe a new class of extracellular vesicles produced solely by aged neutrophils that elicit anti-inflammatory effects that extend beyond neutrophil lifespan.","PeriodicalId":9656,"journal":{"name":"Cell","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143660398","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}
CellPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.01.035
An-Hui Ge, Ertao Wang
{"title":"Exploring the plant microbiome: A pathway to climate-smart crops","authors":"An-Hui Ge, Ertao Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2025.01.035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.01.035","url":null,"abstract":"The advent of semi-dwarf crop varieties and fertilizers during the Green Revolution boosted yields and food security. However, unintended consequences such as environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emissions underscore the need for strategies to mitigate these impacts. Manipulating rhizosphere microbiomes, an aspect overlooked during crop domestication, offers a pathway for sustainable agriculture. We propose that modulating plant microbiomes can help establish “climate-smart crops” that improve yield and reduce negative impacts on the environment. Our proposed framework integrates plant genotype, root exudates, and microbes to optimize nutrient cycling, improve stress resilience, and expedite carbon sequestration. Integrating unselected ecological traits into crop breeding can promote agricultural sustainability, illuminating the nexus between plant genetics and ecosystem functioning.","PeriodicalId":9656,"journal":{"name":"Cell","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143660423","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}
CellPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.021
Wenxue Li, Abhijit Dasgupta, Ka Yang, Shisheng Wang, Nisha Hemandhar-Kumar, Surendhar R. Chepyala, Jay M. Yarbro, Zhenyi Hu, Barbora Salovska, Eugenio F. Fornasiero, Junmin Peng, Yansheng Liu
{"title":"Turnover atlas of proteome and phosphoproteome across mouse tissues and brain regions","authors":"Wenxue Li, Abhijit Dasgupta, Ka Yang, Shisheng Wang, Nisha Hemandhar-Kumar, Surendhar R. Chepyala, Jay M. Yarbro, Zhenyi Hu, Barbora Salovska, Eugenio F. Fornasiero, Junmin Peng, Yansheng Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.021","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding how proteins in different mammalian tissues are regulated is central to biology. Protein abundance, turnover, and post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation are key factors that determine tissue-specific proteome properties. However, these properties are challenging to study across tissues and remain poorly understood. Here, we present <em>Turnover-PPT</em>, a comprehensive resource mapping the abundance and lifetime of 11,000 proteins and 40,000 phosphosites in eight mouse tissues and various brain regions using advanced proteomics and stable isotope labeling. We reveal tissue-specific short- and long-lived proteins, strong correlations between interacting protein lifetimes, and distinct impacts of phosphorylation on protein turnover. Notably, we discover a remarkable pattern of turnover changes for peroxisome proteins in specific tissues and that phosphorylation regulates the stability of neurodegeneration-related proteins, such as Tau and α-synuclein. Thus, <em>Turnover-PPT</em> provides fundamental insights into protein stability, tissue dynamic proteotypes, and functional protein phosphorylation and is accessible via an interactive web-based portal at <span><span>https://yslproteomics.shinyapps.io/tissuePPT</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span>.","PeriodicalId":9656,"journal":{"name":"Cell","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143660414","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}
CellPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.01.001
Emily Forster, Xinyin Wang, Abenan Thayaparan, Jeffrey E. Lee
{"title":"SnapShot: Human sperm-egg interface proteins","authors":"Emily Forster, Xinyin Wang, Abenan Thayaparan, Jeffrey E. Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2025.01.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"Human fertilization is a complex, highly regulated process that involves intricate molecular interactions between sperm and egg. Ultimately, this process culminates in the fusion of the gamete membranes to form a zygote. Gene disruption studies in mice have identified several critical fertilization factors. This SnapShot highlights the structure function of key proteins at the sperm-egg interface, providing insights into the mechanism of fertilization. To view this SnapShot, open or download the PDF.","PeriodicalId":9656,"journal":{"name":"Cell","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143660339","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}
CellPub Date : 2025-03-20DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.004
Shibo Jiang, Fan Wu
{"title":"Global surveillance and countermeasures for ACE2-using MERS-related coronaviruses with spillover risk","authors":"Shibo Jiang, Fan Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.004","url":null,"abstract":"Three studies published in this issue of <em>Cell</em> reveal that multiple MERS-related coronaviruses (MERSr-CoVs) utilize ACE2, rather than the canonical Merbecovirus receptor DPP4, for cell entry. These ACE2-dependent MERSr-CoVs pose a risk of zoonotic transmission to humans with high transmissibility potential like SARS-CoV-2, thus calling for global surveillance and countermeasures.","PeriodicalId":9656,"journal":{"name":"Cell","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143660413","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}
CellPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.017
Kian Hong Kock, Le Min Tan, Kyung Yeon Han, Yoshinari Ando, Damita Jevapatarakul, Ankita Chatterjee, Quy Xiao Xuan Lin, Eliora Violain Buyamin, Radhika Sonthalia, Deepa Rajagopalan, Yoshihiko Tomofuji, Shvetha Sankaran, Mi-So Park, Mai Abe, Juthamard Chantaraamporn, Seiko Furukawa, Supratim Ghosh, Gyo Inoue, Miki Kojima, Tsukasa Kouno, Shyam Prabhakar
{"title":"Asian diversity in human immune cells","authors":"Kian Hong Kock, Le Min Tan, Kyung Yeon Han, Yoshinari Ando, Damita Jevapatarakul, Ankita Chatterjee, Quy Xiao Xuan Lin, Eliora Violain Buyamin, Radhika Sonthalia, Deepa Rajagopalan, Yoshihiko Tomofuji, Shvetha Sankaran, Mi-So Park, Mai Abe, Juthamard Chantaraamporn, Seiko Furukawa, Supratim Ghosh, Gyo Inoue, Miki Kojima, Tsukasa Kouno, Shyam Prabhakar","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.017","url":null,"abstract":"The relationships of human diversity with biomedical phenotypes are pervasive yet remain understudied, particularly in a single-cell genomics context. Here, we present the Asian Immune Diversity Atlas (AIDA), a multi-national single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) healthy reference atlas of human immune cells. AIDA comprises 1,265,624 circulating immune cells from 619 donors, spanning 7 population groups across 5 Asian countries, and 6 controls. Though population groups are frequently compared at the continental level, we found that sub-continental diversity, age, and sex pervasively impacted cellular and molecular properties of immune cells. These included differential abundance of cell neighborhoods as well as cell populations and genes relevant to disease risk, pathogenesis, and diagnostics. We discovered functional genetic variants influencing cell-type-specific gene expression, which were under-represented in non-Asian populations, and helped contextualize disease-associated variants. AIDA enables analyses of multi-ancestry disease datasets and facilitates the development of precision medicine efforts in Asia and beyond.","PeriodicalId":9656,"journal":{"name":"Cell","volume":"197 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653847","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}
CellPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.016
Li Yuping, Linlin Guan, Isabelle Becher, Kira S. Makarova, Xueli Cao, Surabhi Hareendranath, Jingwen Guan, Frank Stein, Siqi Yang, Arne Boergel, Karine Lapouge, Kim Remans, David Agard, Mikhail Savitski, Athanasios Typas, Eugene V. Koonin, Yue Feng, Joseph Bondy-Denomy
{"title":"Jumbo phage killer immune system targets early infection of nucleus-forming phages","authors":"Li Yuping, Linlin Guan, Isabelle Becher, Kira S. Makarova, Xueli Cao, Surabhi Hareendranath, Jingwen Guan, Frank Stein, Siqi Yang, Arne Boergel, Karine Lapouge, Kim Remans, David Agard, Mikhail Savitski, Athanasios Typas, Eugene V. Koonin, Yue Feng, Joseph Bondy-Denomy","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.016","url":null,"abstract":"Jumbo bacteriophages of the ϕKZ-like family assemble a lipid-based early phage infection (EPI) vesicle and a proteinaceous nucleus-like structure during infection. These structures protect the phage from nucleases and may create selective pressure for immunity mechanisms targeting this specific phage family. Here, we identify “jumbo phage killer” (Juk), a two-component immune system that terminates infection of ϕKZ-like phages, suppressing the expression of early phage genes and preventing phage DNA replication and phage nucleus assembly while saving the cell. JukA (formerly YaaW) rapidly senses the EPI vesicle by binding to an early-expressed phage protein, gp241, and then directly recruits JukB. The JukB effector structurally resembles a pore-forming toxin and destabilizes the EPI vesicle. Functional anti-ϕKZ JukA homologs are found across bacterial phyla, associated with diverse effectors. These findings reveal a widespread defense system that specifically targets early events executed by ϕKZ-like jumbo phages prior to phage nucleus assembly.","PeriodicalId":9656,"journal":{"name":"Cell","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653848","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}
CellPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.018
René van Tienhoven, Denis O’Meally, Tristan A. Scott, Kevin V. Morris, John C. Williams, John S. Kaddis, Arnaud Zaldumbide, Bart O. Roep
{"title":"Genetic protection from type 1 diabetes resulting from accelerated insulin mRNA decay","authors":"René van Tienhoven, Denis O’Meally, Tristan A. Scott, Kevin V. Morris, John C. Williams, John S. Kaddis, Arnaud Zaldumbide, Bart O. Roep","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.018","url":null,"abstract":"Insulin gene (<em>INS</em>) variation and beta-cell stress are associated with the risk of development of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and autoimmunity against insulin. The unfolded protein response alleviating endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress involves activation of inositol-requiring enzyme 1α (IRE1α) that impedes translation by mRNA decay. We discover that the IRE1α digestion motif is present in insulin mRNA carrying SNP rs3842752 (G>A). This SNP in the 3′ untranslated region of <em>INS</em> associates with protection from T1D (<em>INS</em><sup><em>P</em></sup>). ER stress in beta cells with <em>INS</em><sup><em>P</em></sup> led to accelerated insulin mRNA decay compared with the susceptible <em>INS</em> variant (<em>INS</em><sup><em>S</em></sup>). Human islets with <em>INS</em><sup><em>P</em></sup> showed improved vitality and function and reversed diabetes more rapidly when transplanted into diabetic mice than islets carrying <em>INS</em><sup><em>S</em></sup> only. Surrogate beta cells with <em>INS</em><sup><em>P</em></sup> expressed less ER stress and INS-DRiP neoantigen. This explanation for genetic protection from T1D may act instead of or in concert with the previously proposed mechanism attributed to <em>INS</em> promoter polymorphism.","PeriodicalId":9656,"journal":{"name":"Cell","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653846","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}
CellPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.015
Tomotsune Ameku, Anna Laddach, Hannah Beckwith, Alexandra Milona, Loranzie S. Rogers, Cornelia Schwayer, Emma Nye, Iain R. Tough, Jean-Louis Thoumas, Umesh Kumar Gautam, Yi-Fang Wang, Shreya Jha, Alvaro Castano-Medina, Christopher Amourda, Patric M. Vaelli, Sira Gevers, Elaine E. Irvine, Leah Meyer, Ivan Andrew, Ka Lok Choi, Irene Miguel-Aliaga
{"title":"Growth of the maternal intestine during reproduction","authors":"Tomotsune Ameku, Anna Laddach, Hannah Beckwith, Alexandra Milona, Loranzie S. Rogers, Cornelia Schwayer, Emma Nye, Iain R. Tough, Jean-Louis Thoumas, Umesh Kumar Gautam, Yi-Fang Wang, Shreya Jha, Alvaro Castano-Medina, Christopher Amourda, Patric M. Vaelli, Sira Gevers, Elaine E. Irvine, Leah Meyer, Ivan Andrew, Ka Lok Choi, Irene Miguel-Aliaga","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.015","url":null,"abstract":"The organs of many female animals are remodeled by reproduction. Using the mouse intestine, a striking and tractable model of organ resizing, we find that reproductive remodeling is anticipatory and distinct from diet- or microbiota-induced resizing. Reproductive remodeling involves partially irreversible elongation of the small intestine and fully reversible growth of its epithelial villi, associated with an expansion of isthmus progenitors and accelerated enterocyte migration. We identify induction of the SGLT3a transporter in a subset of enterocytes as an early reproductive hallmark. Electrophysiological and genetic interrogations indicate that SGLT3a does not sustain digestive functions or enterocyte health; rather, it detects protons and sodium to extrinsically support the expansion of adjacent Fgfbp1-positive isthmus progenitors, promoting villus growth. Our findings reveal unanticipated specificity to physiological organ remodeling. We suggest that organ- and state-specific growth programs could be leveraged to improve pregnancy outcomes or prevent maladaptive consequences of such growth.","PeriodicalId":9656,"journal":{"name":"Cell","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653849","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}
CellPub Date : 2025-03-17DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.014
Yong Jiang, Anran Dai, Yuwei Huang, Hua Li, Jian Cui, Haochen Yang, Lu Si, Tao Jiao, Zhengxu Ren, Ziwei Zhang, Si Mou, Hengrui Zhu, Wenhui Guo, Qiang Huang, Yilin Li, Manman Xue, Jingwei Jiang, Fei Wang, Li Li, Qinying Zhong, Haopeng Wang
{"title":"Ligand-induced ubiquitination unleashes LAG3 immune checkpoint function by hindering membrane sequestration of signaling motifs","authors":"Yong Jiang, Anran Dai, Yuwei Huang, Hua Li, Jian Cui, Haochen Yang, Lu Si, Tao Jiao, Zhengxu Ren, Ziwei Zhang, Si Mou, Hengrui Zhu, Wenhui Guo, Qiang Huang, Yilin Li, Manman Xue, Jingwei Jiang, Fei Wang, Li Li, Qinying Zhong, Haopeng Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.014","url":null,"abstract":"Lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG3) has emerged as a promising cancer immunotherapy target, but the mechanism underlying LAG3 activation upon ligand engagement remains elusive. Here, LAG3 was found to undergo robust non-K48-linked polyubiquitination upon ligand engagement, which promotes LAG3’s inhibitory function instead of causing degradation. This ubiquitination could be triggered by the engagement of major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC class II) and membrane-bound (but not soluble) fibrinogen-like protein 1 (FGL1). LAG3 ubiquitination, mediated redundantly by the E3 ligases c-Cbl and Cbl-b, disrupted the membrane binding of the juxtamembrane basic residue-rich sequence, thereby stabilizing the LAG3 cytoplasmic tail in a membrane-dissociated conformation enabling signaling. Furthermore, LAG3 ubiquitination is crucial for the LAG3-mediated suppression of antitumor immunity <em>in vivo</em>. Consistently, LAG3 therapeutic antibodies repress LAG3 ubiquitination, correlating with their checkpoint blockade effects. Moreover, patient cohort analyses suggest that LAG3/CBL coexpression could serve as a biomarker for response to LAG3 blockade. Collectively, our study reveals an immune-checkpoint-triggering mechanism with translational potential in cancer immunotherapy.","PeriodicalId":9656,"journal":{"name":"Cell","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143635603","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}