Guidelines for naming and studying plasma membrane domains in plants

Jaillais Y, Bayer E, Bergmann DC, Botella MA, Boutté Y, Bozkurt TO, Caillaud MC, Germain V, Grossmann G, Heilmann I, Hemsley PA, Kirchhelle C, Martinière A, Miao Y, Mongrand S, Müller S, Noack LC, Oda Y, Ott T, Pan X, Pleskot R, Potocky M, Robert S, Rodriguez CS, Simon-Plas F, Russinova E, Van Damme D, Van Norman JM, Weijers D, Yalovsky S, Yang Z, Zelazny E, Gronnier J (2024)

Publication Type: Journal article, Review article

Publication year: 2024

Journal

DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01742-8

Abstract

Biological membranes play a crucial role in actively hosting, modulating and coordinating a wide range of molecular events essential for cellular function. Membranes are organized into diverse domains giving rise to dynamic molecular patchworks. However, the very definition of membrane domains has been the subject of continuous debate. For example, in the plant field, membrane domains are often referred to as nanodomains, nanoclusters, microdomains, lipid rafts, membrane rafts, signalling platforms, foci or liquid-ordered membranes without any clear rationale. In the context of plant–microbe interactions, microdomains have sometimes been used to refer to the large area at the plant–microbe interface. Some of these terms have partially overlapping meanings at best, but they are often used interchangeably in the literature. This situation generates much confusion and limits conceptual progress. There is thus an urgent need for us as a scientific community to resolve these semantic and conceptual controversies by defining an unambiguous nomenclature of membrane domains. In this Review, experts in the field get together to provide explicit definitions of plasma membrane domains in plant systems and experimental guidelines for their study. We propose that plasma membrane domains should not be considered on the basis of their size alone but rather according to the biological system being considered, such as the local membrane environment or the entire cell.

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Imperial College London / The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine United Kingdom (GB) École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS) France (FR) Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire France (FR) Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Germany (DE) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) Spain (ES) Universiteit Gent (UGent) / Ghent University Belgium (BE) University of California, Riverside (UCR) United States (USA) (US) Wageningen University & Research Netherlands (NL) Tel Aviv University Israel (IL) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Germany (DE) Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) Germany (DE) University of Dundee United Kingdom (GB) National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore (SG) Nagoya University / 名古屋大学 Japan (JP) Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Germany (DE) University of Toronto Canada (CA) Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR Czech Republic (CZ) Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) Sweden (SE) University of Copenhagen Denmark (DK) Stanford University United States (USA) (US) Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora" Spain (ES)

How to cite

APA:

Jaillais, Y., Bayer, E., Bergmann, D.C., Botella, M.A., Boutté, Y., Bozkurt, T.O.,... Gronnier, J. (2024). Guidelines for naming and studying plasma membrane domains in plants. Nature Plants. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01742-8

MLA:

Jaillais, Yvon, et al. "Guidelines for naming and studying plasma membrane domains in plants." Nature Plants (2024).

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