Guard cells and mesophyll: a delicate metabolic relationship

Welder Alves da Silva; Marcelle Ferreira-Silva; Wagner L Araújo; Adriano Nunes-Nesi

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.005

Guard cells and mesophyll: a delicate metabolic relationship

Trends Plant Sci. 2024 Dec 6:S1360-1385(24)00306-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.005. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Welder Alves da Silva¹, Marcelle Ferreira-Silva¹, Wagner L Araújo¹, Adriano Nunes-Nesi²

Affiliations

¹ National Institute of Science and Technology on Plant Physiology under Stress Conditions, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
² National Institute of Science and Technology on Plant Physiology under Stress Conditions, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: nunesnesi@ufv.br.

PMID: 39645422
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.005

Abstract

Understanding cell type-specific metabolism, especially under unfavorable conditions, is paramount. Recent discoveries by Shi et al. and Auler et al. linked to stomatal closure stimuli, abscisic acid (ABA), and reactive oxygen species (ROS) have pointed to new avenues to be explored to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms linked to starch and malate metabolism in guard cells during stress.

Keywords: ABA; ROS; intercellular communication; malate; starch; stress.