Cell ResearchPub Date : 2025-05-16DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01127-2
Alina Üffing,Eleanor Attridge,Sharon A Tooze
{"title":"Targeting an alternative route: autophagy in RAS-driven cancers.","authors":"Alina Üffing,Eleanor Attridge,Sharon A Tooze","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01127-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01127-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144065802","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}
Cell ResearchPub Date : 2025-05-16DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01130-7
Liushuai Li,Yajie Liu,Juhong Rao,Hengrui Hu,Jia Liu,Xi Wang,Jiang Li,Zhihong Hu,Manli Wang
{"title":"Mucin-like protein of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus is a key virulence factor and a potent target for developing novel attenuated vaccine.","authors":"Liushuai Li,Yajie Liu,Juhong Rao,Hengrui Hu,Jia Liu,Xi Wang,Jiang Li,Zhihong Hu,Manli Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01130-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01130-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144065801","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":"A thermosensor FUST1 primes heat-induced stress granule formation via biomolecular condensation in Arabidopsis.","authors":"Pan Geng,Changxuan Li,Xuebo Quan,Jiaxuan Peng,Zhiying Yao,Yunhe Wang,Ming Yang,Yanning Wang,Yunfan Jin,Yan Xiong,Hongtao Liu,Yijun Qi,Peiguo Yang,Kai Huang,Xiaofeng Fang","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01125-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01125-4","url":null,"abstract":"The ability to sense cellular temperature and induce physiological changes is pivotal for plants to cope with warming climate. Biomolecular condensation is emerging as a thermo-sensing mechanism, but the underlying molecular basis remains elusive. Here we show that an intrinsically disordered protein FUST1 senses heat via its condensation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Heat-dependent condensation of FUST1 is primarily determined by its prion-like domain (PrLD). All-atom molecular dynamics simulation and experimental validation reveal that PrLD encodes a thermo-switch, experiencing lock-to-open conformational changes that control the intermolecular contacts. FUST1 interacts with integral stress granule (SG) components and localizes in the SGs. Importantly, FUST1 condensation is autonomous and precedes condensation of several known SG markers and is indispensable for SG assembly. Loss of FUST1 significantly delays SG assembly and impairs both basal and acquired heat tolerance. These findings illuminate the molecular basis for thermo-sensing by biomolecular condensation and shed light on the molecular mechanism of heat stress granule assembly.","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143945476","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":"DNA remnants in red blood cells enable early detection of cancer","authors":"Haobo Sun, Xingyun Yao, Yurong Jiao, Xiangxing Kong, Yuehua Han, Ying Li, Jianping Ge, Yanfei Cao, Hongsheng Lu, Pingli Wang, Yu Xu, Jun Li, Kefeng Ding, Xiaofei Gao","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01122-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01122-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cytoplasmic DNA emerges as a consequence of genomic instability. However, its potential role in disease diagnosis has yet to be fully explored. Here we analyzed DNA remnants in mature red blood cells (rbcDNA) from both healthy individuals and cancer patients. Our study unveiled distinct genomic profiles in rbcDNA from cancer patients with early-stage solid tumors compared to those of healthy donors. Significant changes in read counts at specific genomic regions within rbcDNA were identified in patients, which were termed tumor-associated rbcDNA features. These features demonstrated potential for highly accurate early-stage cancer detection, proposing a novel approach for cancer detection. Moreover, tumor-associated rbcDNA features were observed in tumor mouse models, with some features being conserved between mice and humans. Chronic, but not transient, up-regulation of interleukin-18 is essential for the development of these features by promoting DNA damage in bone marrow hematopoietic cells through the up-regulation of NR4A1. These results underscore the remote regulation of chromosomal stability in hematopoietic cells by solid tumors and propose tumor-associated rbcDNA features as a promising strategy for early cancer detection.</p>","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":"110 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143926856","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}
Cell ResearchPub Date : 2025-05-07DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01126-3
Tao Hou, Peiqiang Yan, Hiroyuki Inuzuka, Wenyi Wei
{"title":"Lysosomal EGFR functions as a GEF for Rheb","authors":"Tao Hou, Peiqiang Yan, Hiroyuki Inuzuka, Wenyi Wei","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01126-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01126-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>A recent study published in</b> <b><i>Cell Research</i></b> <b>revealed that lysosome-localized epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) directly binds to and activates Rheb, a key activator of mTORC1, in a kinase activity-independent manner. Mechanistically, EGFR utilizes its Glu804 residue, which likely functions as a catalytic “glutamic finger”, to exert a novel role as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rheb.</b></p>","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143915595","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}
Cell ResearchPub Date : 2025-05-07DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01124-5
Carmen Mota Reyes, Helmut Friess, Ihsan Ekin Demir
{"title":"Neural crossroads of pancreatic cancer: how nociceptors drive tumor progression and immune evasion","authors":"Carmen Mota Reyes, Helmut Friess, Ihsan Ekin Demir","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01124-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01124-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Nociceptor neurons actively promote pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression by suppressing immune responses through interactions with cancer-associated fibroblasts. Targeting their signaling pathways offers a novel strategy for enhancing anti-tumor immunity and managing cancer pain.</b></p>","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":"137 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143915669","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}
Cell ResearchPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-03-20DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01090-y
Heng Zhang, Nana Cui, Xiong Ma, H Eric Xu
{"title":"Structural basis of augmenting taurine uptake by the taurine transporter in alleviating cellular senescence.","authors":"Heng Zhang, Nana Cui, Xiong Ma, H Eric Xu","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01090-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41422-025-01090-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":" ","pages":"385-388"},"PeriodicalIF":28.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12012219/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143662892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell ResearchPub Date : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1038/s41422-024-01055-7
Pin Wang, Xiaoyu Hu
{"title":"Encoding immune responses: the moonlighting function of alanyl-tRNA synthetase.","authors":"Pin Wang, Xiaoyu Hu","doi":"10.1038/s41422-024-01055-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41422-024-01055-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":" ","pages":"332-333"},"PeriodicalIF":28.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12012153/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142750030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}