Edi o ial: Women in plan
science - edox biology o
plan abio ic s ess 2022
Ma ı
´a C. Rome o-Pue as
1
*, Sabine Lü hje
2
, Ana Zabalza
3
,
Lau a de Ga a
4
and Ch is ine H. Foye
5
*
1
Depa men o Biochemis y, Cell and Molecula Biology o Plan s, Expe imen al S a ion o Zaidı
´n,
Spanish Na ional Resea ch Council (EEZ-CSIC), G anada, Spain,
2
Biodi e si y o C op Plan s, Uni e si ä
Hambu g, Ins i u e o Plan Science and Mic obiology, Oxida i e S ess and Plan P o eomics G oup,
Hambu g, Ge many,
3
Ins i u e o Mul idisciplina y Resea ch in Applied Biology (IMAB), Uni e sidad
Pu
´blica de Na a a (UPNA), Pamplona, Spain,
4
Depa men o Science and Technology o Sus ainable
De elopmen and Human Heal h, Uni e si à Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, I aly,
5
Depa men o
Biosciences, Uni e si y o Bi mingham, Bi mingham, Uni ed Kingdom
KEYWORDS
edox biology, plan s, abio ic s ess, hyd ogen pe oxide, ni ic oxide
Edi o ial on he Resea ch Topic
Women in plan science - edox biology o plan abio ic s ess 2022
In oduc ion
Plan s sus ain all li e on Ea h. They a e he basis o all he ood ha we ea , he oxygen
ha we b ea he and ou ossil uels. They will also be essen ial in educing a mosphe ic CO
2
le els o comba an h opogenic CO
2
elease and sus aining he soil ca bon sink. Plan s a e
also ex emely esilien , apidly adjus ing o con inuous en i onmen al changes. Rapid o
acu e changes in en i onmen al condi ions may howe e cause s ess ha esul s in
complex esponses and specific signalling local and long-dis ance pa hways ha unde pin
su i al. These pa hways include nume ous signalling molecules, such as eac i e oxygen,
ni ogen and sulphu species (ROS/RNS/RSS). These unc ion oge he wi h ions and
phy oho mones o adjus me abolism o p e ailing en i onmen al condi ions. Some
signalling molecules a e able o gene a e p o ein pos - ansla ional modifica ions
(PTMs) on a ge p o eins, ha a ec hei s abili y, localiza ion, ac i i y, binding o
o he p o eins, e c. Fo example, edox PTMs in ol e e e sible changes o cys eine hiol
g oups. These edox changes o m he basis o hyd ogen pe oxide signalling and “Redox
Biology”. Unde s anding he mechanisms unde lying plan esponses o changing
condi ions, pa icula ly en i onmen al pollu an s is one o he mos challenging asks in
plan science. Unde s anding he egula ion o hese p ocesses will allow be e a ge ing o
app oaches o imp o e plan s ess adap a ion and sus ainable yield inc eases.
The con ibu ions and achie emen s o women a e essen ial o he 2030 Agenda o
Sus ainable De elopmen . The aim o his Resea ch Topic was o b ing oge he he la es
ad ances and ela ed in o ma ion om esea che s wo king in he field o edox biology,
pa icula ly in abio ic s ess ole ance. We celeb a e he success o emale scien is s and seek
o empowe and encou age hei u u e wo k. Female scien is s make significan
con ibu ion o all fields o plan science. Examples o hei wo k is p esen ed in his
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OPEN ACCESS
EDITED AND REVIEWED BY
Dung Tien Le,
Baye C op Science, Vie nam
*CORRESPONDENCE
Ma ı
´a C. Rome o-Pue as
[email p o ec ed]
Ch is ine H. Foye
[email p o ec ed]
RECEIVED 07 June 2023
ACCEPTED 12 June 2023
PUBLISHED 22 June 2023
CITATION
Rome o-Pue as MC, Lü hje S, Zabalza A,
de Ga a L and Foye CH (2023) Edi o ial:
Women in plan science - edox
biology o plan abio ic s ess 2022.
F on . Plan Sci. 14:1236150.
doi: 10.3389/ pls.2023.1236150
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Resea ch Topic, in which all he a icles ha e emale co esponding
au ho s. These pape s no only highligh he impo ance o edox
biology in plan esponses o a di e se ange o abio ic s esses, bu
hey also p esen o iginal ad ances in knowledge, app oaches, and
me hods wi h po en ial applica ions in ag icul u e. Th ee e iews in
his Resea ch Topic summa ise cu en concep s in edox biology,
pa icula ly PTMs and he ole o oxida i e me abolism in plan
esponses o abio ic s ess.
O iginal esea ch
Th ee o he o iginal manusc ip s p esen ed in his Resea ch
Topic a e ela ed o he esponses o plan s o ex emes o
empe a u e. Unp edic able empe a u e ex emes such as
hea wa es ha a e linked o clima e change, pose se ious h ea o
plan de elopmen and yields. Jindal e al. iden ified he ole o ype-A
a abidopsis esponse egula o s (ARR), which a e compe i o s o he
main componen s o cy okinins (CKs) signalling, he ansc ip ion
ac o s ype-B ARRs, in plan esponse o hea s ess (HSR). Type-A
ARRs nega i ely media e HSR in a abidopsis (A abidopsis haliana
(L.) HEYNH.) and mu an s lacking unc ional ARRs expe ience a
p iming s a e inc easing hei he mo ole ance o ele a ed
empe a u es, showing p o eomic changes simila o ha o a hea
acclima ion. In e es ingly, ype-A ARR mu an s showed an
enhancemen o low molecula weigh an ioxidan s such as
asco ba e and glu a hione. GENOMES UNCOUPLED 1 (GUN1) is
a key p o ein o e og ade signalling om chlo oplas o he nucleus
and i has been shown o be essen ial in plan he mo ole ance in
a abidopsis in he manusc ip by Laso ella e al. gun1 mu an s ail o
induce a ansien oxida i e bu s a e hea shock ea men , which
seems o be essen ial o he ac i a ion o s ess esponsi e genes
du ing he eco e y pe iod. The analysis o di e en edox and
eac i e oxygen species (ROS)- ela ed pa ame e s in w and gun1
mu an s a e hea shock ea men and eco e y pe iod sugges s a
key ole o ylacoidal asco ba e pe oxidise in GUN1-dependen
he mo ole ance. Fu he mo e, iodoace yl andem mass ags (iodo-
TMT)-p o eomic analysis in cold acclima ed ape (B assica napus L.)
a e eezing s ess esul ed in he iden ifica ion o 171 di e en ially
sul enyla ed p o eins in ol ing his edox-dependen pos -
ansla ional modifica ions (PTM) in plan esponse o cold
(Liangqian e al.). In e es ingly, enzymes om he Cal in-Benson-
Bassham cycle we e sul enyla ed a e eezing a ec ing o he
me aboli e le els esul ed om his pa hway, in ol ing again he
chlo oplas s in plan acclima ion o cold s ess. In ac , ca bon
fixa ion is a c i ical issue o manage clima e c ises. Woody plan s
like No way sp uce (Picea abies L. Ka s .) a e impo an ca bon sinks.
Pho osyn he ically fixed ca bon is s o ed in plan cell walls ha a e
comp ised p ima ily o polysaccha ides (Ve bancice al., 2018). Plan
espi a o y bu s oxidase homologs (Rboh) a e in ol ed in abio ic
s ess esponse and cell wall modifica ion by he p oduc ion o ROS.
The ocus o he con ibu ion by Nickolo e al. was on he egula ion
o gymnospe m Rboh biochemis y. They demons a ed he
egula ion o PaRBOH1-media ed ROS p oduc ion in No way
sp uce by Ca
2+
binding and phospho yla ion wi h a combina ion o
in silico analysis, biochemis y and phosphop o eomics. On he o he
hand, he bicides s ill a e he mos commonly used mechanisms o
weed con ol, which is a big challenge o c op p o ec ion. Eceiza e al.
linked oxida i e me abolism wi h high concen a ion o he he bicide
nicosul u on sensi i i y in pigweed (Ama an hus palme i S.WATSON)
plan s. Oxida i e s ess howe e is no he only causes o plan dea h.
In e es ingly, mos o he oxida i e pa ame e s analysed unde
con ol condi ions we e simila in sensi i e and esis an
popula ions showing ha sensi i i y is no due o di e en ini ial
oxida i e s a us.
Technical ad ances
Allan e al. showed he de elopmen o a chip-based ea men
echnique pai ed wi h a epo e gene app oach o measu e cy osolic
Ca
2+
ansien s in a abidopsis in esponse o osmo ic and sal s ess.
In con as o published chip-based me hods, he modifica ion o he
chip desc ibed he e has he ad an age o pe mi a mo e localized
applica ion o he ea men , a ee choice o he di ec ion o flow
inside he chip and also a unila e al applica ion o he es solu ion.
This dual-flow Roo Chip (d RC) could ad ance ou unde s anding o
how plan s pe cei e and decode s ess in o ma ion in specific issues
a he cellula o subcellula le els. This is o ele ance no only o
s ess esea ch bu also o o he applica ions.
The esul s o he s udy we e compa able o o he s udies using
Ca2
+
epo e s on NaCl and osmo ic s ess (also ci ed in he
e e ences). The e a e also a numbe o s udies using Ca2
+
epo e s on NaCl and osmo ic s ess (also ci ed in he e e ences).
Re iews
Al hough he con amina ion o he en i onmen wi h nanoplas ic
is an eme ging issue wo ldwide, un il ecen ly he a en ion has no
been d awn o he e ec s o nanoplas ics in plan s. Ekne -G zyb e al.
e ises up- o-da e in o ma ion wi h special emphasis on he oxida i e
esponse. Exposu e o nanoplas ics leads o inc ease in eac i e
oxygen species, and he al e ed nu ien pho osyn hesis le els esul
in hampe ed plan s g ow h. In addi ion, nanoplas ics ale plan s
physiology h ough modula ion o genes exp ession on he
ansc ip omic le el. The knowledge gene a ed in ecen yea s on
edox pos - ansla ional modifica ions and hei in e play in he
acclima iza ion p ocesses o plan s is ga he ed in he e iew by
Ma ı
-Guillen e al.. The o e p oduc ion o molecula eac i e
species, mainly eac i e oxygen, ni ogen and sulphu species, has
been eco ded a e abio ic s esses, and hey can modi y p o eins by
PTMs. This p ocess is p oposed o no occu andomly bu ha he
enzyma ic ac i i y can be modula ed by he modifica ion o c i ical
amino acid esidues. The e iew ocuses on he edox-based pos
ansc ip ional modifica ions o he enzymes ha pa icipa e in he
main s ess- ela ed pa hways, such as oxida i e me abolism, p ima y
me abolism, cell signalling e en s, and pho osyn he ic me abolism.
Especial a en ion o ni ic oxide, which p omo es he fi s s ep in he
edox s a e o he hiol g oups om cys eines, so-called S-
ni osyla ion, is paid in he e iew by Ma a-Pe ez e al. This e iew
collec s significan and ecen ad ances in NO-dependen PTMs, in
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pa icula , S-ni osyla ion, in plan esponse o di e en abio ic
s esses. The e o e, key esul s in ol ing NO unc ion in plan
esponse o d ough and sal s ess, high and low empe a u e,
mechanical wounding, hea y me als, hypoxia, UV adia ion and
ozone exposi ion a e discussed.
Au ho con ibu ions
MR-P p epa ed he d a wi h SL, LG and AZ con ibu ions, CF
wo ked on i and hen all he au ho s con ibu ed wi h hei
sugges ions o he final e sion.
Funding
MR-P hanks Spanish Minis y o Science and Inno a ion o
Financial suppo (PID2021-122280NB-I00). CF hanks BBSRC/
GCRF (UK) o Financial suppo (BB/T008865/1). LG hanks
Ag i ech Na ional Resea ch Cen e (Eu opean Union Nex -
Gene a ion, EU), Piano Nazionale di Rip esa e Resilienza (PNRR)
—Missione 4 Componen e 2, In es imen o 1.4—D.D. 1032 17/06/
2022, CN00000022).
Conflic o in e es
The au ho s decla e ha he esea ch was conduc ed in he
absence o any comme cial o financial ela ionships ha could be
cons ued as a po en ial conflic o in e es .
Publishe ’s no e
All claims exp essed in his a icle a e solely hose o he
au ho s and do no necessa ily ep esen hose o hei a filia ed
o ganiza ions, o hose o he publishe , he edi o s and he
e iewe s. Any p oduc ha may be e alua ed in his a icle, o
claim ha may be made by i s manu ac u e , is no gua an eed o
endo sed by he publishe .
Re e ence
Ve bancic, J., Lunn, J. E., S i , M., and Pe sson, S. (2018). Ca bon supply and
he egula ion o cell wall syn hesis. Mol. Plan 11 (1), 75–94. doi: 10.1016/
j.molp.2017.10.004
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