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Discovery of the day · Cell Biology
Rhomboid protease Rhbdl2 influences macrophage recruitment and wound repair in zebrafish
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Biology · Cell Biology
Discovery of the day
The intramembrane serine protease Rhbdl2 has been identified as a negative regulator of macrophage-driven wound repair in zebrafish, with loss-of-function mutants generated by CRISPR-Cas9 displaying enhanced tissue regeneration. Proteomic profiling revealed elevated Rac2 protein levels in rhbdl2 mutants, and morpholino-mediated Rac2 knockdown suppressed the excessive macrophage recruitment and accelerated repair phenotype. These findings position Rhbdl2 as a molecular brake on inflammatory cell motility during tissue repair, a mechanism with direct implications for understanding how apoptosis, cell proliferation, and immune-driven remodeling contribute to fibrotic and tumor-immune processes relevant to fertility, fetal programming, and aging research.
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