
A. Savouré©UMR7618
Drought, salinity and pollution can have serious negative consequences on crop productivity and the distribution of wild species.
With global climate change and an increasing world population, it is even more urgent to understand how these stresses affect plant growth.
The aim of our research is to understand the potential of plants to adapt to abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, with a particular focus on the role of mitochondria in these processes.
So, how do plants tolerate and adapt to a changing environment ?
Under abiotic stresses, plant mitochondria appear to be a key player in perceiving stress, triggering tolerance mechanisms, and then resuming growth when conditions become favourable again.

S. Planchais©UMR7618
Mitochondria do this by :
- supplying energy via ATP synthesis,
- generating metabolic flux from proline or ornithine catabolism, for example,
- and regulating redox homeostasis by modulating the NADH/NAD ratio and reactive oxygen species.
- Our laboratory works on several plant species :
- Arabidopsis thaliana is a model plant with many natural accessions which can be used for in-depth molecular, biochemical and genetic studies.
- Eutrema salsugineum/Thellungiella salsuginea, a close relative of A. thaliana, is an extremophile adapted to harsh saline environments.
- In an international network of collaborations, we are also working on European searocket (Cakile maritima, Tunisia), wheat (Triticum turgidum, Algeria) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata, Algeria).
- In an iEES collaboration on urban trees, we are also working on the characterization of stress markers in silver lime (Tilia tomentosa).

A. Savouré et S. Planchais©UMR7618
Using these various species and accessions we aim to gain a comprehensive understanding of the role of respiration and associated metabolism in plant adaptation to environmental constraints at both ecophysiological and evolutionary levels.
Most of our team members are Professors or Associate Professors who are involved in teaching biology and plant physiology at UPMC. We also provide training for Bachelor and Master students through internships in the laboratory.
Our main expertise lies in plant stress physiology, mitochondrial respiration, biochemistry, proline and amino acid metabolism, and plant development.
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Only applies to publications from 2017 to present. To see all the publications go to the Publications page.
Référence | Liens | Journal | Equipes et départements impliqués |
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Iry Andrianjara~, Marianne Bordenave-Jacquemin*, Virginie Roy*, Cécile Cabassa*, Pierre Federici*, David Carmignac*, Yoan Marcangeli*, Germinal Rouhan, Mathilde Renard, François Nold, Jean-Christophe Lata*, Patricia Genet*, Séverine Planchais* (2021) Urban tree management: diversity of Tilia genus in streets and parks of Paris based on morphological and genetic characteristics, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening | 10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127382 🔗 HAL | URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING | APCE – IPE ;BioDIS – DCFE ; EERI – DCFE ; EMS – DCFE ; ESEAE – EcoEvo |
Boublin F. ~, Cabassa-Hourton C.*, Leymarie J.*, Leitao L.*(2021) Potential involvement of proline and flavonols in plant responses to ozone. Environmental Research, in press | 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112214 | Environmental Research | APCE – IPE ; EcoPhyS – IPE |
Ksiaa M.~, Farhat N., Rabhi M., Elkhouni A., Smaoui A., Debez A., Cabassa-Hourton C.*, Savouré A.*, Abdelly C.’, Zorrig W.’ (2021) Silicon (Si) alleviates iron deficiency effects in sea barley (Hordeum marinum Huds.) by enhancing iron accumulation and photosystem activities. Silicon. 1-16 | 10.1007/s12633-021-01376-x | Silicon | APCE – IPE |
El Moukhtari A.~, Carol P.*, Mouradi M., Savouré A.*, and Farissi M.‘ (2021) Silicon improves physiological, biochemical, and morphological adaptations of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) during salinity stress. Symbiosis. In Press | 10.1007/s13199-021-00814-z | Symbiosis | APCE – IPE |
El Moukhtari A.~, Lamsaadi N., Oubenali A., Mouradi M., Savouré A.*, Farissi M. (2021). Exogenous silicon application promotes tolerance of legumes and their N2 fixing symbiosis to salt stress. Silicon. 1-18 | 10.1007/s12633-021-01466-w | Silicon | APCE – IPE |
Alvarez M.E., Savouré A.*, Szabados L. (2021). Proline metabolism as regulatory hub. Trends in Plant Science. In press. | 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.07.009 | Trends in Plant Science | APCE – IPE |
Zheng Y.*~, Cabassa-Hourton C.*, Planchais S.*, Lebreton L.*, Savouré A.* (2021) The proline cycle as a eukaryotic redox valve. Journal of Experimental Botany, erab361. In press. | 10.1093/jxb/erab361 | Journal of Experimental Botany | APCE – IPE |
Lebreton S.*, Cabassa-Hourton C.*, Savouré A.*, Funck D., Forlani G. (2020). Appropriate activity assays are crucial for the specific determination of proline dehydrogenase and pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase activities. Frontiers in Plant Science 11, 2113. | 10.3389/fpls.2020.602939 | Frontiers in Plant Science | APCE – IPE |
Laifa I., Hajji M., Farhat N., Elkhouni A., Smaoui A., M’nif A., Hichem Hamzaoui A., Savouré A.*, Abdelly C., Zorrig W. (2020). Beneficial Effects of Silicon (Si) on Sea Barley (Hordeum marinum Huds.) under Salt Stress. Silicon. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-020-00770-1 | 10.1007/s12633-020-00770-1 | Silicon | APCE – IPE |
El Moukhtari A.~, Cabassa-Hourton C.*, Farissi M., Savouré A.* (2020). How does proline treatment promote salt stress tolerance during crop plant development? Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 1127. | 10.3389/fpls.2020.01127 🔗 HAL | Frontiers in Plant Science | APCE – IPE |
Dourmap C∼, Roque S, Morin A, Caubriere D, Kerdiles M, Beguin K, Perdoux R, Reynoud N, Bourdet L, Audebert P-A, Le Moullec J and Couée I (2020) Stress signalling dynamics of the mitochondrial electron transport chain and oxidative phosophorylation system in higher plants. Annals of Botany, 125:721-736 | 10.1093/aob/mcz184 🔗 HAL | Annals of Botany | APCE – IPE |
Audusseau H.^, Vandenbulcke F., Dume C.°, Deschins V.°, Pauwels M., Gigon A.*, Bagard M.*, Dupont L.* (2020) Impacts of metallic trace elements on an earthworm community in an urban wasteland: Emphasis on the bioaccumulation and genetic characteristics in Lumbricus castaneus. Science of the Total Environnement, 718 : 137259 | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137259 🔗 HAL | Science of the Total Environment | BioDIS – DCFE ; APCE – IPE |
Ami K ~, Planchais S*, Cabassa C*, Guivarc’h A*, VeryA-A, Khelifi M`, Djebbar R`, Abrous-Belbachir O`, Carol P*(2020) Different proline responses of two Algerian durum wheat cultivars to in vitrosalt stress. Acta Physiol Plant 42, 21 | 10.1007/s11738-019-3004-9 🔗 HAL | Acta Physiologiae Plantarum | APCE – IPE |
Feng M, Darabi M, Tubeuf E, Canicio A, Lhomme M, Frisdal E, Lebreton S*, Matheron L, Rached F, Ponnaiah M, Serran Jr CV, Santos RD, Brites F, Bolbach G, Gautier E, Huby T, Carrie A, Bruckert E, Guerin M, Couvert P, Giral P, Lesnik P, Le Goff W, Guillas I, Kontush A . Free cholesterol transfer to high-density lipoprotein (HDL) upon triglyceride lipolysis underlies the U-shape relationship between HDL-cholesterol and cardiovascular disease. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Sage Publications, In press, pp.204748731989411. | 10.1177/2047487319894114 🔗 HAL | European Journal of Preventive Cardiology | APCE – IPE |
Launay A.^, Cabassa-Hourton C.*, Eubel H., Maldiney R.*, Guivarc’h A.*, Crilat E.*, Planchais S.*, Lacoste J., Bordenave-Jacquemin M.*, Clément G., Richard L.*, Carol P.*, Braun H.-P., Lebreton S.*, Savouré A.* (2019). Proline oxidation fuels mitochondrial respiration upon dark-induced leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Exp. Bot. 70, 6203-6214. | 10.1093/jxb/erz351 🔗 HAL | Journal of Experimental Botany | APCE – IPE |
Zhang W, Cochet F, Ponnaiah M, Lebreton S*, Matheron L, Pionneau C, Boudsocq M, Resentini F, Huguet S, Blázquez MÁ, Bailly C, Puyaubert J, Baudouin E. The MPK8-TCP14 pathway promotes seed germination in Arabidopsis. the plant journal | 10.1111/tpj.14461 🔗 HAL | The Plant Journal | APCE – IPE |
Kalachova T~., Janda M, Šašek V., Ortmannová J., Nováková P., Dobrev I. P., Kravets V., Guivarc’h A*., Moura D^., Burketová L., Valentová O., Ruelland E* (2019) Identification of salicylic acid-independent responses in Arabidopsis beta phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase double mutant. Annals of Botany. | 10.1093/aob/mcz112 🔗 HAL | Annals of Botany | EcoPhyS – IPE ; APCE – IPE |
Daviere A, Sotomski M, Audibert A, Carol P*, Hubert S, Lebreton S*, Louvet-Vallee S, Pedron J, PuyaubertJ, Kraepiel Y, Lacoste J.(2019) Synergistic toxicity between glyphosate and 2,4-dinitrophenol on budding yeast is not due to H2O2-mediated oxidative stress. Matters 5 (4), e201903000030 | 10.19185/matters.201903000030 | Matters | APCE – IPE ; EMS – DCFE ; CoMiC – DCFE |
Quénéa K.,Andrianjara I.~°,Rankovic A.~, Gan E., Aubry E., Lata J.C.*, Barot S.*, Castrec-Rouelle M. (2019) Influence of the residence time of street trees and their soils on trace element contamination in Paris (France). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26 (10): 9785-9795 | 10.1007/s11356-019-04405-w 🔗 HAL | Environmental Science and Pollution Research | EMS – DCFE ; APCE – IPE ; EERI – DCFE |
Zegaoui Z ~, Planchais S*, Cabassa C*, Djebbar R`, Belbachir OA`, Carol P.* (2017) Variation in relative water content, proline accumulation and stress gene expression in two cowpea landraces under drought. Journal of Plant Physiology 218:26-34. | 10.1016/j.jplph.2017.07.009 🔗 HAL | Journal of Plant Physiology | APCE – IPE |
Ben Othman A.~, Ellouzi H., Planchais S.*, De Vos D., Faiyue B.^, Carol P.*, Abdelly C., Savouré A.* (2017) Phospholipases z1 and z2 have distinct roles in growth and antioxidant systems in Arabidopsis thaliana responding to salt stress. Planta, 246, 721-735 | 10.1007/s00425-017-2728-2 🔗 HAL | Planta | APCE – IPE |
Goetz M, Guivarc’h A*, Hirsche J, Bauerfeind MA, González MC, Hyun TK, Eom SH, Chriqui D, Engelke T, Großkinsky DK, Roitsch T. (2017) Metabolic control of tobacco pollination by sugars and invertases. Plant Physiol. 2017, 173(2):984-997 | 10.1104/pp.16.01601 | Plant Physiology | APCE – IPE |
Cabassa-Hourton C.*, Schertl P., Bordenave-Jacquemin M.*, Saadallah K., Guivarc’h A.*, Lebreton S.*, Planchais S.*, Klodmann J., Eubel H., Crilat E.*, Lefebvre-De Vos D., Ghelis T., Richard L.*, Abdelly C., Carol P.*, Braun HP., Savouré A.*(2016). Proteomic and functional analysis of proline dehydrogenase 1 link proline catabolism to mitochondrial electron transport in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochem J. 473, 2623-34. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20160314 | 10.1042/BCJ20160314 🔗 HAL | Biochemical Journal | APCE – IPE |
Jdey A., Ben Rejeb K.~, Slama I.^, Saadallah K.^, Bordenave M.*, Planchais S.*, Savouré A.*, Abdelly C. (2016). Effects of exogenous nitric oxide on growth, proline accumulation and antioxidant capacity in Cakile maritima seedlings subjected to water deficit stress. Functional Plant Biology 43, 939-948. | 10.1071/FP15363 | Functional Plant Biology | APCE – IPE |
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Team members
Nom Prénom | Corps | Employeur | Département et Équipe | Adresse | Téléphone | Mél |
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BORDENAVE-JACQUEMIN Marianne | MC | Sorbonne Université | Équipe APCE du Département IPE | Campus Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 5e Tour 44-34 – 5e étage – bureau : 522 | (+33) 01 44 27 62 32 | marianne.bordenave@upmc.fr |
CABASSA Cecile | MC | Sorbonne Université | Équipe APCE du Département IPE | Campus Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 5e Tour 44-34 – 5e étage – bureau : 522 | (+33) 01 44 27 62 32 | cecile.cabassa@upmc.fr |
CAROL Pierre | PU | Sorbonne Université | Équipe APCE du Département IPE | Campus Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 5e Tour 44-34 – 5e étage – bureau : 518 | (+33) 01 44 27 96 48 | pierre.carol@upmc.fr |
CRILAT Emilie | T | Sorbonne Université | Équipe APCE du Département IPE | Campus Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 5e Tour 44-34 – 5e étage – bureau : 520 | (+33) 0144275902 | emilie.crilat@upmc.fr |
DOURMAP Corentin | Doctorant | Sorbonne Université | Équipe APCE du Département IPE | Campus Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 5e Tour 44-34 – 5e étage – bureau : 516 | (+33) 01 44 27 84 18 | corentin.dourmap@upmc.fr |
EL MOUKHTARI Ahmed | Doctorant | Sorbonne Université | Équipe APCE du Département IPE | Campus Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 5e Tour 44-34 – 5e étage – bureau : 512 | (+33) 01 44 27 42 58 | ahmed.el_moukhtari@upmc.fr |
GUIVARCH Anne | MC | Sorbonne Université | Équipe APCE du Département IPE | Campus Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 5e Tour 44-34 – 5e étage – bureau : 516 | (+33) 01 44 27 84 18 | anne.guivarch@upmc.fr |
KSIAA Mariem | Doctorante | Sorbonne Université | Équipe APCE du Département IPE | Lieu d’accueil : Université Tunis El Manar Campus Pierre et Marie Curie Tour 44-45 – 5e étage – bureau : 518 | mariem.ksiaa@etu.sorbonne-universite.fr | |
LANFRANCHI Sandrine | MC | Sorbonne Université | Équipe APCE du Département IPE | Campus Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 5e Tour 44-34 – 5e étage – bureau : 520 | (+33) 01 44 27 59 02 | sandrine.lanfranchi@upmc.fr |
PLANCHAIS Severine | MC | Sorbonne Université | Équipe APCE du Département IPE | Campus Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 5e Tour 44-34 – 5e étage – bureau : 522 | (+33) 01 44 27 62 32 | severine.planchais@upmc.fr |
RICHARD Luc | MC | Sorbonne Université | Équipe APCE du Département IPE | Campus Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 5e Tour 44-34 – 5e étage – bureau : 516 | (+33) 01 44 27 84 18 | luc.richard@upmc.fr |
SAVOURE Arnould | PU | Sorbonne Université | Équipe APCE du Département IPE | Campus Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 5e Tour 44-34 – 5e étage – bureau : 518 | (+33) 01 44 27 26 72 | arnould.savoure@upmc.fr |
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