Cell Biology

Chemotherapy resistance due to epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition is caused by abnormal lipid metabolic balance

1. Atsushi Matsumoto
2. Akihito Inoko
3. Waki Hosoda
4. Takahiro Kojima
5. Koji Ohnishi
6. Junichi Ikenouchi

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  eLife Assessment

  This paper presents the important discovery that lipid metabolic imbalance caused by Snail, an EMT-related transcription factor, contributes to the acquisition of chemoresistance in cancer cells. However, the incomplete support for the authors' claims is due to concerns about the causal relationship and lack of sufficient quantitative analysis. With strengthened evidence, this work would be of broad interest to researchers in the fields of cancer biology, lipid metabolism, and cell biology.

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Endocytic recycling is central to circadian collagen fibrillogenesis and disrupted in fibrosis

1. Joan Chang
2. Adam Pickard
3. Jeremy A Herrera
4. Sarah O'Keefe
5. Richa Garva
6. Matthew Hartshorn
7. Anna Hoyle
8. Lewis Dingle
9. John Knox
10. Thomas A Jowitt
11. Madeleine Coy
12. Jason Wong
13. Adam Reid
14. Yinhui Lu
15. Cédric Zeltz
16. Rajamiyer V Venkateswaran
17. Patrick T Caswell
18. Stephen High
19. Donald Gullberg
20. Karl E Kadler

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  eLife Assessment

  This study describes a novel mechanism for how collagen fibrils are formed. The authors present compelling evidence that collagen-I fibrillogenesis relies on a functional endocytic system for recycling collagen-I, with circadian-regulated VPS33b and integrin-α11 being critical for fibril assembly. This is an important study for the understanding of the pathophysiology of collagen fibrillogenesis.

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Progesterone induces meiosis through two obligate co-receptors with PLA2 activity

1. Nancy Nader
2. Lama Assaf
3. Lubna Zarif
4. Anna Halama
5. Sharan Yadav
6. Maya Dib
7. Nabeel Attarwala
8. Qiuying Chen
9. Karsten Suhre
10. Steven Gross
11. Khaled Machaca

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  eLife Assessment

  This important study provides solid evidence for a non-genomic action of progesterone in Xenopus oocyte activation. The findings demonstrate that two non-genomic progesterone receptors, ABHD2 and mPRb, function as a novel progesterone-stimulated phospholipase A2. The findings will be of broad interest to reproductive endocrinologists and physiologists.

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Noncanonical roles of ATG5 and membrane atg8ylation in retromer assembly and function

1. Masroor Ahmad Paddar
2. Fulong Wang
3. Einar S Trosdal
4. Emily Hendrix
5. Yi He
6. Michelle R Salemi
7. Michal Mudd
8. Jingyue Jia
9. Thabata Duque
10. Ruheena Javed
11. Brett S Phinney
12. Vojo Deretic

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  eLife Assessment

  Masroor Ahmad Paddar and colleagues reveal noncanonical roles of ATG5 and membrane ATG8ylation in regulating retromer assembly and function. They identify ATG5's unique non-autophagic role and show that CASM partially contributes to these phenotypes. Although the mechanism by which ATG8ylation regulates the retromer remains unclear, the findings provide important insights with solid supporting evidence.

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Rejuvenating aged osteoprogenitors for bone repair

1. Joshua Reeves
2. Pierre Tournier
3. Pierre Becquart
4. Robert Carton
5. Yin Tang
6. Alessandra Vigilante
7. Dong Fang
8. Shukry J Habib

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  Aging reduces tissue regeneration capacity, posing challenges for an aging population. In this fundamental study, Reeves et al. show that by combining Wnt-mediated osteoprogenitor expansion (using a special bandage) with intermittent fasting, calvarial bone healing can be restored in aged animals. Intermitted fasting improves osteoprogenitor function by rescuing aging-related mitochondrial dysfunction, which can also be achieved by nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) supplementation or by modulating the gut microbiome. By employing rigorous histological, transcriptomic, and imaging analyses in a clinically relevant model, the authors provide compelling evidence supporting the conclusions. The therapeutic approach presented in this study shows promise for rejuvenating tissue repair, not only in bones but potentially across other tissues.

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Leukocytes use endothelial membrane tunnels to extravasate the vasculature

1. Werner J. van der Meer
2. Abraham C.I. van Steen
3. Eike Mahlandt
4. Loïc Rolas
5. Haitao Wang
6. Janine J.G. Arts
7. Lanette Kempers
8. Max L.B. Grönloh
9. Rianne M. Schoon
10. Amber Driessen
11. Jos van Rijssel
12. Ingeborg Klaassen
13. Reinier O. Schlingemann
14. Yosif Manavski
15. Mark Hoogenboezem
16. Reinier A. Boon
17. Satya Khuon
18. Eric Wait
19. John Heddleston
20. Teng-Leong Chew
21. Martijn A. Nolte
22. Sussan Nourshargh
23. Joachim Goedhart
24. Jaap D. van Buul

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SpotMAX: a generalist framework for multi-dimensional automatic spot detection and quantification

1. Francesco Padovani
2. Ivana Čavka
3. Ana Rita Rodrigues Neves
4. Cristina Piñeiro López
5. Nada Al-Refaie
6. Leonardo Bolcato
7. Dimitra Chatzitheodoridou
8. Yagya Chadha
9. Xiaofeng A. Su
10. Jette Lengefeld
11. Daphne S. Cabianca
12. Simone Köhler
13. Kurt M. Schmoller

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Genome-wide analysis of anterior-posterior mRNA regionalization in Stentor coeruleus reveals a role for the microtubule cytoskeleton

1. Ashley R. Albright
2. Connie Yan
3. David Angeles-Albores
4. Tatyana Makushok
5. Jamarc Allen-Henderson
6. Wallace F. Marshall

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Calcium tunneling through the ER and transfer to other organelles for optimal signaling in Toxoplasma gondii

1. Zhu-Hong Li
2. Beejan Asady
3. Le Chang
4. Miryam Andrea Hortua Triana
5. Catherine Li
6. Isabelle Coppens
7. Silvia NJ Moreno

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  eLife Assessment

  This study provides valuable new information on the role of the endoplasmic reticulum calcium pump, TgSERCA, in the human pathogen Toxoplasma gondii. It is proposed that the endoplasmic reticulum is the major calcium store in these protists and that calcium is directly transported to other organelles via membrane contact sites. While the experimental work is solid and supported by complementary approaches, direct evidence for intra-organellar calcium transport via membrane domains and specific calcium efflux transporters is lacking.

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Constitutively active receptor ADGRA3 signaling induces adipose thermogenesis

1. Zewei Zhao
2. Longyun Hu
3. Bigui Song
4. Tao Jiang
5. Qian Wu
6. Jiejing Lin
7. Xiaoxiao Li
8. Yi Cai
9. Jin Li
10. Bingxiu Qian
11. Siqi Liu
12. Jilu Lang
13. Zhonghan Yang

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  eLife Assessment

  The study highlights adhesion G-protein-coupled receptor A3 (ADGRA3) as a potential target for activating adaptive thermogenesis in both white and brown adipose tissue. This finding offers valuable insights for researchers in the field of adipose tissue biology and metabolism. The authors have presented additional evidence to address the reviewers' comments, including experiments conducted on primary stromal vascular fractions from adipose tissues. However, the revised manuscript fails to address several reviewer concerns, such as the measurement of whole-body energy expenditure through indirect calorimetry and the assessment of food intake. Furthermore, the nanoparticle-mediated knockdown of Adgra3 did not adequately address the tissue selectivity of ADGRA in mice. As a result, the primary claims of the study are only partially supported by the available data, leading to the conclusion that the research is deemed incomplete.

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