Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Autophagy and Endocytosis

  • Living reference work entry
  • First Online:
Cell Biology

Abstract

The plant cell is a functional unit that needs to interact with its extracellular environment as well as to recycle intracellular components to maintain homeostasis. Transport from the plasma membrane into the cell interior occurs via endocytosis, a process involving a complex and synchronized interplay of molecular components. Endocytosed cargo is usually relayed on to endosomal compartments for either recycling back to the plasma membrane or eventual degradation in the vacuole, thus contributing to cellular homeostasis. The endocytic machinery in plant cells has been adapted to regulate cell division, hormonal responses, nutrient uptake and defense from pathogens. Homeostasis is also maintained by the targeting of cell components, including proteins and organelles, to the vacuole for degradation through the autophagy pathway. Autophagy is important for developmental processes, programmed cell death, and stress tolerance. By recruiting the endocytic and autophagic machineries efficiently, plants can regulate a plethora of physiological processes for efficient growth and environmental responses.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Chen X, Irani NG, Friml J. Clathrin-mediated endocytosis: the gateway into plant cells. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2011;14(6):674–82.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Chung T. See how I eat my greens – autophagy in plant cells. J Plant Biol. 2011;54(6):339–50.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Contento AL, Bassham DC. Structure and function of endosomes in plant cells. J Cell Sci. 2012;125(15):3511–8.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Dhonukshe P, Baluska F, Schlicht M, Hlavacka A, Samaj J, Friml J, Gadella Jr TW. Endocytosis of cell surface material mediates cell plate formation during plant cytokinesis. Dev Cell. 2006;10(1):137–50.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Diaz-Troya S, Perez-Perez M, Florencio FJ, Crespo JL. The role of TOR in autophagy regulation from yeast to plants and mammals. Autophagy. 2008;4(7):851–65.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Doherty GJ, McMahon HT. Mechanisms of endocytosis. Annu Rev Biochem. 2009;78:857–902.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Eskelinen EL, Reggiori F, Baba M, Kovács AL, Seglen PO. Seeing is believing: the impact of electron microscopy on autophagy research. Autophagy. 2011;7(9):935–56.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Floyd BE, Morriss SC, Macintosh GC, Bassham DC. What to eat: evidence for selective autophagy in plants. J Integr Plant Biol. 2012;54(11):907–20.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Geldner N, Hyman DL, Wang X, Schumacher K, Chory J. Endosomal signaling of plant steroid receptor kinase BRI1. Genes Dev. 2007;21(13):1598–602.

    Article  CAS  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Irani N, Russinova E. Receptor endocytosis and signaling in plants. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2009;12(6):653–9.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Irani NG, Di Rubbo S, Mylle E, Van den Begin J, Schneider-Pizoń J, Hniliková J, Šíša M, Buyst D, Vilarrasa-Blasi J, Szatmári AM, Van Damme D, Mishev K, Codreanu MC, Kohout L, Strnad M, Caño-Delgado AI, Friml J, Madder A, Russinova E. Fluorescent castasterone reveals BRI1 signaling from the plasma membrane. Nat Chem Biol. 2012;8(6):583–9.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kleine-Vehn J, Friml J. Polar targeting and endocytic recycling in auxin-dependent plant development. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2008;24:447–73.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Klionsky DJ. Autophagy: from phenomenology to molecular understanding in less than a decade. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2007;8(11):931–7.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Li F, Vierstra RD. Autophagy: a multifaceted intracellular system for bulk and selective recycling. Trends Plant Sci. 2012;17(9):526–37.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Liu Y, Bassham DC. Autophagy: pathways for self-eating in plant cells. Annu Rev Plant Biol. 2012;63:215–37.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Marty F. The biogenesis of vacuoles: insights from microscopy. Adv Bot Res. 1997;25:1–42.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Moreau M, Sormani R, Menand B, Veit B, Robaglia C, Meyer C. The enzymes. Elsevier Inc; 2010. 27, p. 285–302.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reyes FC, Buono R, Otegui MS. Plant endosomal trafficking pathways. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2011;14(6):666–73.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Robatzek S. Vesicle trafficking in plant immune responses. Cell Microbiol. 2007;9(1):1–8.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Robatzek S, Chinchilla D, Boller T. Ligand-induced endocytosis of the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 in Arabidopsis. Genes Dev. 2006;20(5):537–42.

    Article  CAS  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Robinson DG, Jiang L, Schumacher K. The endosomal system of plants: charting new and familiar territories. Plant Physiol. 2008;147(4):1482–92.

    Article  CAS  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Šamaj J, Read ND, Volkmann D, Menzel D, Balska F. The endocytic network in plants. Trends Cell Biol. 2005;15(8):425–33.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Viotti C, Bubeck J, Stierhof YD, Krebs M, Langhans M, van den Berg W, van Dongen W, Richter S, Geldner N, Takano J, Jurgens G, de Vries SC, Robinson DG, Schumacher K. Endocytic and secretory traffic in Arabidopsis merge in the trans-Golgi network/early endosome, an independent and highly dynamic organelle. Plant Cell. 2010;22(4):1344–57.

    Article  CAS  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Yoshimoto K, Jikumaru Y, Kamiya Y, Kusano M, Consonni C, Panstruga R, Ohsumi Y, Shirasu K. Autophagy negatively regulates cell death by controlling NPR1-dependent salicylic acid signaling during senescence and the innate immune response in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 2009;21(9):2914–27.

    Article  CAS  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Yoshimoto K, Takano Y, Sakai Y. Autophagy in plants and phytopathogens. FEBS Lett. 2010;584(7):1350–8.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Further Reading

  • Klionsky DJ, Baehrecke EH, Brumell JH, Chu CT, Codogno P, Cuervo AM, Debnath J, Deretic V, Elazar Z, Eskelinen EL, Finkbeiner S, Fueyo-Margareto J, Gewirtz D, Jäättelä M, Kroemer G, Levine B, Melia TJ, Mizushima N, Rubinsztein DC, Simonsen A, Thorburn A, Thumm M, Tooze SA. A comprehensive glossary of autophagy-related molecules and processes (2nd edition). Autophagy. 2011;7(11):1273–94.

    Article  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Mitou G, Budak H, Gozuacik D. Techniques to study autophagy in plants. Int J Plant Genomics. 2009;1–14. Art. ID 539402.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Šamaj J. Endocytosis in plants. 1st ed. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schreiber A, Peter M. Substrate recognition in selective autophagy and the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013. doi:10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.03.019.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, 1043 Carver Co-Lab, Ames, IA, 50011, USA

    Rahul Roy, Brice E. Floyd & Prof. Diane C. Bassham

Authors
  1. Rahul Roy
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Brice E. Floyd
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Prof. Diane C. Bassham
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Diane C. Bassham .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    Sarah Assmann

  2. University of California Sect. Plant Biology, Davis, California, USA

    Bo Liu

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York

About this entry

Cite this entry

Roy, R., Floyd, B.E., Bassham, D.C. (2014). Autophagy and Endocytosis. In: Assmann, S., Liu, B. (eds) Cell Biology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7881-2_2-1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7881-2_2-1

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-7881-2

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Biomedicine and Life SciencesReference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation