Editorial: Women in plant science - redox biology of plant abiotic stress 2022

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 F on ie s in Plan Science on ie sin.o g01 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 COPYRIGHT © 2023 Rome o-Pue as, Lü hje, Zabalza, de Ga a and Foye . This is an open-access a icle dis ibu ed unde he e ms o he C ea i e Commons A ibu ion License (CC BY). The use, dis ibu ion o ep oduc ion in o he o ums is pe mi ed, p o ided he o iginal au ho (s) and he copy igh owne (s) a e c edi ed and ha he o iginal publica ion in his jou nal is ci ed, in acco dance wi h accep ed academic p ac ice. No use, dis ibu ion o ep oduc ion is pe mi ed which does no comply wi h hese e ms. TYPE Edi o ial PUBLISHED 22 June 2023 DOI 10.3389/ pls.2023.1236150 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 Rome o-Pue as e al. 10.3389/ pls.2023.1236150 F on ie s in Plan Science on ie sin.o g02 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 Rome o-Pue as e al. 10.3389/ pls.2023.1236150 F on ie s in Plan Science on ie sin.o g03