Plants possess remarkable capabilities in adapting their growth in response to environmental constraints and pathogen threat. This adaptative process involves making tradeoffs between various physiological and developmental aspects, and relies on the plant's capacity to coordinate cellular activities at a multicellular level. Such coordination requires a combination of spatial and temporal regulations at both the cellular and tissue levels.
At the cellular level, the endomembrane system plays a critical role in the synthesis, modification, transport and degradation of molecules within and between the organelles or to the cell surface. It ensures organelle functionality, integrity, and coordination of cellular processes. At the tissue level, cell-to-cell trafficking plays a vital role in transmitting molecules produced by individual cells. This facilitates cell-cell communication and coordination of decision-making processes at the organ or even the whole plant level. Combined, intra- and inter-cellular trafficking play a pivotal role in facilitating the adaptive physiological and developmental responses of plants to their environment.
There are still gaps in our understanding of how the regulation intra and inter-molecular trafficking impacts on plant physiological and developmental responses, and how they intersect. Recent advancements have involved multi-scale and multidisciplinary approaches, utilizing state-of-the-art methodologies in cell biology and imaging techniques (including conventional and super-resolution imaging), membrane biochemistry and modelling membrane biology. In this research topic, our goal is to bring together a wide range of experimental approaches and current perspectives on intra- and intercellular trafficking in the context of plant adaptative responses to obtain a comprehensive overview of the field.
Expected submissions for this special issue encompass a wide range of topics, including but not limited to the following: trafficking between different endomembrane compartments (such as the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, endosomes, vacuole, and plasma membrane), membrane contact sites between organelles and/or the plasma membrane, transport mechanisms of proteins, polysaccharides, and other molecules, the role of lipids in membrane trafficking, plasmodesmata transport and signaling, hormone-regulated trafficking, plant responses to biotic or abiotic stress, physiological adaptations, and plant development. The scope of accepted manuscripts for this special issue is broad and covers various types of submissions. We welcome original research articles, reviews (including systematic reviews, reviews, or mini-reviews), method articles, opinion pieces, hypotheses and theories, as well as perspective articles.
Keywords:
Trafficking, organelles, plasmodesmata, development, physiology
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Plants possess remarkable capabilities in adapting their growth in response to environmental constraints and pathogen threat. This adaptative process involves making tradeoffs between various physiological and developmental aspects, and relies on the plant's capacity to coordinate cellular activities at a multicellular level. Such coordination requires a combination of spatial and temporal regulations at both the cellular and tissue levels.
At the cellular level, the endomembrane system plays a critical role in the synthesis, modification, transport and degradation of molecules within and between the organelles or to the cell surface. It ensures organelle functionality, integrity, and coordination of cellular processes. At the tissue level, cell-to-cell trafficking plays a vital role in transmitting molecules produced by individual cells. This facilitates cell-cell communication and coordination of decision-making processes at the organ or even the whole plant level. Combined, intra- and inter-cellular trafficking play a pivotal role in facilitating the adaptive physiological and developmental responses of plants to their environment.
There are still gaps in our understanding of how the regulation intra and inter-molecular trafficking impacts on plant physiological and developmental responses, and how they intersect. Recent advancements have involved multi-scale and multidisciplinary approaches, utilizing state-of-the-art methodologies in cell biology and imaging techniques (including conventional and super-resolution imaging), membrane biochemistry and modelling membrane biology. In this research topic, our goal is to bring together a wide range of experimental approaches and current perspectives on intra- and intercellular trafficking in the context of plant adaptative responses to obtain a comprehensive overview of the field.
Expected submissions for this special issue encompass a wide range of topics, including but not limited to the following: trafficking between different endomembrane compartments (such as the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, endosomes, vacuole, and plasma membrane), membrane contact sites between organelles and/or the plasma membrane, transport mechanisms of proteins, polysaccharides, and other molecules, the role of lipids in membrane trafficking, plasmodesmata transport and signaling, hormone-regulated trafficking, plant responses to biotic or abiotic stress, physiological adaptations, and plant development. The scope of accepted manuscripts for this special issue is broad and covers various types of submissions. We welcome original research articles, reviews (including systematic reviews, reviews, or mini-reviews), method articles, opinion pieces, hypotheses and theories, as well as perspective articles.
Keywords:
Trafficking, organelles, plasmodesmata, development, physiology
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.