Salinity induces dose-dependent metabolic reprogramming while maintaining apparent growth stability in Limonium irtaense
Diana M Mircea, Carla Díaz-Tielas, Adela Sánchez-Moreiras, Pablo P Ferrer-Gallego, Ricardo Mir, Jaime Prohens, Oscar Vicente, Monica Boscaiu, Sara González-Orenga · 2026
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Diana M Mircea and colleagues present a 2026 journal article on how a salt-loving coastal plant keeps growing while salt quietly rewires its chemistry. Limonium irtaense is an endemic halophyte, a plant built for salty ground. The team grew it across rising salt doses, up to 0.3 molar sodium chloride, and combined growth measures with full metabolic profiling, a first for this species.
Outward growth barely changed, though a gentle downward drift hints at a hidden cost. Inside, the plant stockpiled proline, flavonoids, and sugar alcohols as protectants, step by step with dose. Readily used sugars fell and membrane damage markers rose. Amino acid and carbohydrate pathways shifted with dose, and stress hormones called catecholamines appeared, a new finding in this context.
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| CREATOR | Diana M Mircea, Carla Díaz-Tielas, Adela Sánchez-Moreiras, Pablo P Ferrer-Gallego, Ricardo Mir, Jaime Prohens, Oscar Vicente, Monica Boscaiu, Sara González-Orenga |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 69698 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |