Current knowledge about the impact of microgravity on gene regulation

TJ Corydon, H Schulz, P Richter, SM Strauch… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microgravity (µ g) has a massive impact on the health of space explorers. Microgravity
changes the proliferation, differentiation, and growth of cells. As crewed spaceflights into …

[HTML][HTML] Plant biology for space exploration–Building on the past, preparing for the future

E Kordyum, KH Hasenstein - Life sciences in space research, 2021 - Elsevier
A review of past insights of space experiments with plants outlines basic space and gravity
effects as well as gene expression. Efforts to grow plants in space gradually incorporated …

Plants grown in Apollo lunar regolith present stress-associated transcriptomes that inform prospects for lunar exploration

AL Paul, SM Elardo, R Ferl - Communications biology, 2022 - nature.com
The extent to which plants can enhance human life support on other worlds depends on the
ability of plants to thrive in extraterrestrial environments using in-situ resources. Using …

Arabidopsis telomerase takes off by uncoupling enzyme activity from telomere length maintenance in space

BB Barcenilla, AD Meyers, C Castillo-González… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Spaceflight-induced changes in astronaut telomeres have garnered significant attention in
recent years. While plants represent an essential component of future long-duration space …

Meta-analysis of the space flight and microgravity response of the Arabidopsis plant transcriptome

R Barker, CPS Kruse, C Johnson, A Saravia-Butler… - npj …, 2023 - nature.com
Spaceflight presents a multifaceted environment for plants, combining the effects on growth
of many stressors and factors including altered gravity, the influence of experiment …

Glycome profiling and immunohistochemistry uncover changes in cell walls of Arabidopsis thaliana roots during spaceflight

J Nakashima, S Pattathil, U Avci, S Chin… - npj …, 2023 - nature.com
A large and diverse library of glycan-directed monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) was used to
determine if plant cell walls are modified by low-gravity conditions encountered during …

Understanding reduced gravity effects on early plant development before attempting life-support farming in the moon and mars

FJ Medina, A Manzano, A Villacampa… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Plants are a necessary component of any system of bioregenerative life-support for human
space exploration. For this purpose, plants must be capable of surviving and adapting to …

Epigenomic Regulators Elongator Complex Subunit 2 and Methyltransferase 1 Differentially Condition the Spaceflight Response in Arabidopsis

AL Paul, N Haveman, B Califar, RJ Ferl - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Plants subjected to the novel environment of spaceflight show transcriptomic
changes that resemble aspects of several terrestrial abiotic stress responses. Under …

Integrative transcriptomics and proteomics profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana elucidates novel mechanisms underlying spaceflight adaptation

GO Olanrewaju, NJ Haveman, MJ Naldrett… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Spaceflight presents a unique environment with complex stressors, including microgravity
and radiation, that can influence plant physiology at molecular levels. Combining …

From Spaceflight to Mars g-Levels: Adaptive Response of A. Thaliana Seedlings in a Reduced Gravity Environment Is Enhanced by Red-Light Photostimulation

A Villacampa, M Ciska, A Manzano… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The response of plants to the spaceflight environment and microgravity is still not well
understood, although research has increased in this area. Even less is known about plants' …