Cell ResearchPub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01159-8
Chin Wei Brian Leung, Fumiko Esashi
{"title":"Centromeres as minefields: host–virus warfare","authors":"Chin Wei Brian Leung, Fumiko Esashi","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01159-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01159-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Nuclear cGAS acts as a vital line of defense against DNA virus infections. In a recent</b> <b><i>Cell</i></b> <b>paper, Lahaye and colleagues uncover a novel mechanism in which nuclear cGAS detects viral infection, triggered by the amplification of centromeric DNA.</b></p>","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144755722","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 : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01160-1
Bianca Calí, Andrea Alimonti
{"title":"Neutrophil maturation holds the secret to human tumor suppression","authors":"Bianca Calí, Andrea Alimonti","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01160-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41422-025-01160-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":"35 9","pages":"619-620"},"PeriodicalIF":25.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-025-01160-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144755723","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 : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01157-w
Tao Jin, Yang Yang, Yu Guo, Yi Zhang, Qiumin Le, Nan Huang, Xing Liu, Jintai Yu, Lan Ma, Feifei Wang
{"title":"Disturbed engram network caused by NPTX downregulation underlies aging-related contextual fear memory deficits","authors":"Tao Jin, Yang Yang, Yu Guo, Yi Zhang, Qiumin Le, Nan Huang, Xing Liu, Jintai Yu, Lan Ma, Feifei Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01157-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41422-025-01157-w","url":null,"abstract":"Engram cells storing episodic memories are allocated to separate neuronal ensembles. However, how these ensembles maintain their stability to drive precise memory expression, and whether their destabilization contributes to aging-related memory deficits, remain elusive. Here, we show that during contextual fear memory consolidation, neuronal pentraxin 1 (NPTX1) in Fos transcription-dependent ensemble (F-RAM) of the dentate gyrus (DG) promotes memory expression in the fear context. NPTX1 facilitates Kv7.2 channel-mediated inhibition of engram cell hyperexcitability, thereby restricting the response of these cells to excitatory inputs from medial entorhinal cortex. Meanwhile, NPTX2 enhances the perisomatic inhibition of Npas4 transcription-dependent ensemble (N-RAM) by parvalbumin+ (PV+) interneurons, thereby preventing fear memory overgeneralization. Pharmacological activation of Kv7.2 channels or chemogenetic activation of PV+ interneurons repaired memory deficits caused by engram-specific NPTX depletion. Contextual fear memory precision and NPTX expression in DG engram cells were decreased in aged mice. Overexpressing NPTX1 in F-RAM ensemble or the AMPAR-binding domain of NPTX2 in N-RAM ensemble rescued contextual fear memory deficits. These findings elucidate that the coordination of NPTX1 and NPTX2 prevents engram ensembles from becoming hyperactive and provide a causal link between engram network destabilization and aging-related contextual fear memory deficits.","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":"35 9","pages":"656-674"},"PeriodicalIF":25.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-025-01157-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144755724","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 : 2025-07-31DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01152-1
Chenxi Cui, Lu Zhao, Ali A Kermani, Shuzong Du, Tanadet Pipatpolkai, Meiqin Jiang, Sagar Chittori, Yong Zi Tan, Jingyi Shi, Lucie Delemotte, Jianmin Cui, Ji Sun
{"title":"Mechanisms of KCNQ1 gating modulation by KCNE1/3 for cell-specific function.","authors":"Chenxi Cui, Lu Zhao, Ali A Kermani, Shuzong Du, Tanadet Pipatpolkai, Meiqin Jiang, Sagar Chittori, Yong Zi Tan, Jingyi Shi, Lucie Delemotte, Jianmin Cui, Ji Sun","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01152-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41422-025-01152-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>KCNQ1 potassium channels are essential for physiological processes such as cardiac rhythm and intestinal chloride secretion. KCNE family subunits (KCNE1-5) associate with KCNQ1, conferring distinct properties across various tissues. KCNQ1 activation requires membrane depolarization and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) whose cellular levels are controlled by Gαq-coupled GPCR activation. While modulation of KCNQ1's voltage-dependent activation by KCNE1/3 is well-characterized, their effects on PIP2-dependent gating of KCNQ1 via GPCR signaling remain less understood. Here we resolved structures of KCNQ1-KCNE1 and reassessed the reported KCNQ1-KCNE3 structures with and without PIP2. We revealed that KCNQ1-KCNE1/3 complexes feature two PIP2-binding sites, with KCNE1/3 contributing to a previously overlooked, uncharacterized site involving residues critical for coupling voltage sensor and pore domains. Via this site, KCNE1 and KCNE3 distinctly modulate the PIP2-dependent gating, in addition to the voltage sensitivity, of KCNQ1. Consequently, KCNE3 converts KCNQ1 into a voltage-insensitive PIP2-gated channel governed by GPCR signaling to maintain ion homeostasis in non-excitable cells. KCNE1, by significantly enhancing KCNQ1's PIP2 affinity and resistance to GPCR regulation, forms predominantly voltage-gated channels with KCNQ1 for conducting the slow-delayed rectifier current in excitable cardiac cells. Our study highlights how KCNE1/3 modulates KCNQ1 gating in different cellular contexts, providing insights into tissue-specifically targeting multi-functional channels.</p>","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144759296","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 : 2025-07-28DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01162-z
David C. Rubinsztein
{"title":"Immunoproteasome-dependent neuronal ferroptosis in multiple sclerosis","authors":"David C. Rubinsztein","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01162-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01162-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Woo et al. reported in</b> <b><i>Cell</i></b> <b>that in multiple sclerosis (MS) mouse models and likely in human MS, a cascade is initiated by neuroinflammation, which leads to a switch in neurons from the conventional proteasome to the immunoproteasome, compromising proteasome activity. This results in elevation of PFKB3, which lowers antioxidant defenses, making neurons more susceptible to ferroptotic cell death</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144715354","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 : 2025-07-25DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01154-z
Johana Alvarez, Scott J. Russo
{"title":"Psychedelics target neuroimmune interactions to limit fear","authors":"Johana Alvarez, Scott J. Russo","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01154-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01154-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>In a study published in</b> <b><i>Nature</i></b><b>, Chung et al. show that psychedelics can reduce fear behavior by regulating interactions between the immune system and the central nervous system.</b></p>","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144701407","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 : 2025-07-23DOI: 10.1038/s41422-025-01158-9
Brian D Rudd
{"title":"Antibiotics deliver a gut punch to infant immunity.","authors":"Brian D Rudd","doi":"10.1038/s41422-025-01158-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01158-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9926,"journal":{"name":"Cell Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":28.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144697749","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}