Nucleus articles from across Nature Portfolio

The role of nucleolar phase separation in stem cell fate decision is not well understood. Here, the authors show that the nucleolus-localized LIN28A protein undergoes LLPS in mESCs and in vitro, and that pluripotency state conversion depends on this phase separation capacity.

The reported assay shows a subcellular-specific RNA labeling method for efficient enrichment and deep profiling of nuclear and cytoplasmic RBPs, the authors apply this to investigate changes of subcellular-specific RBP-RNA interactions in ferroptosis.

During aging, proteins are damaged and can misfold, compromising cellular viability. Here, Kohler et al. uncover how aging cells maintain fitness by redirecting the protein repair factor Hsp104 to the nucleus in response to metabolic cues.

In this work, the authors report that protein-RNA condensates with shared proteins and distinct RNAs can form and persist in vitro and in cells as distinct entities if the nonshared RNA molecules are dynamically arrested, but the shared protein components are dynamically exchangeable.

Researchers reveal how the stress of the endoplasmic reticulum is transmitted to the nuclear envelope, which swells, and is brought back to physiologic shape by autophagic pathways.

We found that aging is accompanied by a reduction in cardiomyocyte nuclear size and increased stiffness, dependent on loss of A-type lamins. Mechanistically, age-dependent nuclear remodeling represses expression of cardiogenic transcription factors that are required for heart contractility. Preserving lamin or transcription factors delays cardiac decline.

The role of chromosome clustering as a driver of nucleo-cytoplasmic compartmentalization after mitosis.

Paraspeckles are nuclear bodies built on the long noncoding RNA, NEAT1, that regulate cellular homeostasis, but how they sense and help under stress is unclear. A study now shows mitochondrial stress modulates paraspeckles by altering NEAT1 expression with a feedback loop that influences mitochondrial homeostasis.