Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (9): 2003-2011.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20240893

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Research progress of vesicle trafficking in plant response to salt stress

HU Yingjie(), DU Chenqi, WANG Liufan, SHOU Jianxin, WANG Chao, XU Mei, YAN Xu()   

  1. College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2024-10-24 Online:2025-09-25 Published:2025-10-15
  • Contact: YAN Xu

Abstract:

Salt stress ranks as one of the most critical abiotic stress encountered by plants. In response, plants have evolved multiple strategies to cope with high-salt environments. Among these, vesicle trafficking serves as a crucial mechanism in plant salt stress responses. It precisely regulates physiological activities and mitigates damage caused by high salt concentrations through various means, such as modulating ion homeostasis, signal transduction, and cellular remodeling. In recent years, several key regulators of vesicle trafficking including clathrin, soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE), and small GTPase has been shown to play important roles in balancing plant growth and salt stress adaptation. However, further research is needed to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the coordinated vesicle trafficking response to salt stress and to explore its potential applications for improving crop salt tolerance. This review summarizes recent advances in understanding how vesicle trafficking regulates plant salt tolerance, with the aim of providing new strategies to harness this mechanism for developing high-yielding and salt-tolerant crops.

Key words: plant, salt stress, vesicle trafficking, clathrin, SNARE protein, small GTPase

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