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Ethylene involvement in the regulation of heat stress tolerance in plants

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Because of the rise in global temperature, heat stress has become a major concern for crop production. Heat stress deteriorates plant productivity and alters phenological and physiological responses that aid in precise monitoring and sensing of mild-to-severe transient heat stress. Plants have evolved several sophisticated mechanisms including hormone-signaling pathways to sense heat stimuli and acquire heat stress tolerance. In response to heat stress, ethylene, a gaseous hormone, is produced which is indispensable for plant growth and development and tolerance to various abiotic stresses including heat stress. The manipulation of ethylene in developing heat stress tolerance targeting ethylene biosynthesis and signaling pathways has brought promising out comes. Conversely increased ethylene biosynthesis and signaling seem to exhibit inhibitory effects in plant growth responses from primitive to maturity stages. This review mainly focuses on the recent studies of ethylene involvement in plant responses to heat stress and its functional regulation, and molecular mechanism underlying the plant responses in the mitigation of heat-induced damages. Furthermore, this review also describes the crosstalk between ethylene and other signaling molecules under heat stress and approaches to improve heat stress tolerance in plants.

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Abbreviations

ACC:

1-Aminocyclopropane-1-caroboxylic acid

ACO:

1-Aminocyclopropane-1-caroboxylic acid oxidase

ACS:

1-Aminocyclopropane-1-caroboxylic acid synthase

AVG:

Aminoethoxy vinyl glycine

CEF:

Cyclic electron flow

CMT:

Chromomethylase

CTR:

Constitutive triple response

DRM:

Domains rearranged methyltransferase

EBP:

Ethylene-responsive element-binding protein

EIL:

Ethylene insensitive-like

EIN:

Ethylene insensitive

EREB:

Ethylene-responsive element-binding protein

ERF:

Ethylene response factor

ERS:

Ethylene response sensor

ETR:

Ethylene response

FPKM:

Fragments Per Kb per Million fragments

GEO:

Gene Expression Omnibus

Hsf:

Heat shock factor

HSP:

Heat shock protein

LHC:

Light-harvesting complexes

MCP:

1-Methylcyclopropene

NADPH oxidase:

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase

NO:

Nitric oxide

Nr:

Never ripe

OEC:

Oxygen-evolving complex

PCD:

Programmed cell death

PS:

Photosystem

RAP:

The Rice Annotation Project

RNS:

Reactive nitrogen species

SNP:

Sodium nitroprusside

TAIR:

The Arabidopsis Information Resource

UBP:

Oligouridylate-binding protein

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Poór, P., Nawaz, K., Gupta, R. et al. Ethylene involvement in the regulation of heat stress tolerance in plants. Plant Cell Rep 41, 675–698 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-021-02675-8

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