Most plants can`t handle salt, but have evolved strategies to survive in it. How do they do it?🌱. Excited to share some of our first insights using a new cryoelemental imaging technique to answer these questions at the subcellular scale! (1/8) . @Nature

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And read more in the great News and Views article by.@TesterinkC ! @Nature .(free access link .

This was a fun project brought together by the effort of many. Want to thank Anders Meibom.@epflenac @NikoGeldner @christelgenoud Cristina MartinOlmos, Stephane @etibelli @ddebelli1 Clara Sanchez-Rodriguez @ETH_en & @andaluzporlared José Pardo, Francisco Quintero at CSIC Sevilla!.

🚀 This study not only reshapes what we know about salt stress tolerance but also highlights the power of this new imaging technology for biology. What other plant secrets might we uncover? 🔍. #PlantScience.

🌾Translation to crops: Interestingly, testing this in rice showed the vacuole loading function still works, but a different transporter, not SOS1, seems to handle it. #soilsalinity #cropscience.

⚖️Critical balance: Plants lacking SOS1 show a failure in vacuole storge under severe salt stress accompanied by a perturbation in K+ levels in these cells making it harder for the plant to function. It’s all about keeping that Na-K balance!.

🌟The surprise: We found SOS1, a key transporter for salt tolerance, was important for loading Na+ into the vacuoles. This resolves a long-standing question and uncovers a new role for SOS1 in protecting root meristem cells under stress.

🎚️A switch in mechanism: We observe that the cells manage to keep out the sodium under low stress, but under high stress, they switch strategy to load Na+ into the vacuole!. #stressadaptation #stresstolerance.

🔬We mapped the root meristem cells (the part plant first in contact with the stress), using a newly developed CryoNanoSIMS and looked at the subcellular ion distribution landscape of Na, K, Ca, select other ions under different levels of #saltstress. #cryonanosims #Microscopy.

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