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A nitric oxide burst at the shoot apex triggers a heat-responsive pathway in Arabidopsis

Authors :
Ning-Yu He
Li-Sha Chen
Ai-Zhen Sun
Yao Zhao
Shui-Ning Yin
Fang-Qing Guo
Source :
Nature Plants. 8:434-450
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022.

Abstract

When confronted with heat stress, plants depend on the timely activation of cellular defences to survive by perceiving the rising temperature. However, how plants sense heat at the whole-plant level has remained unanswered. Here we demonstrate that shoot apical nitric oxide (NO) bursting under heat stress as a signal triggers cellular heat responses at the whole-plant level on the basis of our studies mainly using live-imaging of transgenic plants harbouring pHsfA2::LUC, micrografting, NO accumulation mutants and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis in Arabidopsis. Furthermore, we validate that S-nitrosylation of the trihelix transcription factor GT-1 by S-nitrosoglutathione promotes its binding to NO-responsive elements in the HsfA2 promoter and that loss of function of GT-1 disrupts the activation of HsfA2 and heat tolerance, revealing that GT-1 is the long-sought mediator linking signal perception to the activation of cellular heat responses. These findings uncover a heat-responsive mechanism that determines the timing and execution of cellular heat responses at the whole-plant level.

Details

ISSN :
20550278
Volume :
8
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Plants
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3b3e437a1249ce882b313bfbcfce92ed