The Role of Brassinosteroids in Plant Cold Stress Response

Overview

Journal Life (Basel)

Specialty Biology

Date 2024 Aug 29

PMID 39202757

Authors

Zhiqi He

Mengdi Zhou

Xiaojie Feng

Qinghua Di

Di Meng

Xianchang Yu

Yan Yan

Mintao Sun

Yansu Li

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Abstract

Temperature affects plant growth and geographical distribution. Cold stress occurs when temperatures fall below the physiologically optimal range for plants, causing permanent and irreversible damage to plant growth, development, and production. Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroid hormones that play an important role in plant growth and various stress responses. Recent studies have shown that low temperatures affect BR biosynthesis in many plant species and that BR signaling is involved in the regulation of plant tolerance to low temperatures, both in the CBF-dependent and CBF-independent pathways. These two regulatory pathways correspond to transient and acclimation responses of low temperature, respectively. The crosstalk between BRs and other hormones is a significant factor in low-temperature tolerance. We provide an overview of recent developments in our knowledge of BRs' function in plant responses to cold stress and how they interact with other plant hormones in this review.

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