biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 62:601-616, 2018 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-018-0805-4

Physiological and molecular mechanisms of brassinosteroid-induced tolerance to high and low temperature in plants

I. Sadura1, A. Janeczko1,*
1 The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are plant hormones that were isolated for the first time in the 1970s. This group currently includes more than 70 compounds that differ in their structure and physiological activity. BRs are present in plants in a free form or in the form of conjugates. BRs are known as plant growth regulators, but they also play a role in the plant response to environmental stresses. In the case of plants that are exposed to low/high temperature, exogenous BRs can counteract growth inhibition and reduce biomass losses as well as increase plant survival. BRs show a multidirectional activity in regulating the metabolism of plants exposed to extreme temperatures. The following BRs actions can be distinguished: changes in membrane physicochemical properties, regulation of the expression of selected genes (including stress-responsive genes), as well as indirect effects on metabolism through other hormones or signalling molecules (such as hydrogen peroxide). This review summarizes the current knowledge about the effects of BRs on the physiological and biochemical processes that occur in plants during exposure to low or high temperatures.

Keywords: plant acclimation; cell membranes; cold; freezing; gene expression; heat; oxidative damage; photosynthesis; proline
Subjects: brassinosteroids; heat; cold; acclimation; cell membranes; gene expression; oxidative stress; antioxidants; chlorophyll; net photosynthetic rate; proline; glycine betaine

Received: October 27, 2017; Revised: February 12, 2018; Accepted: March 7, 2018; Published: August 1, 2018  Show citation

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Sadura, I., & Janeczko, A. (2018). Physiological and molecular mechanisms of brassinosteroid-induced tolerance to high and low temperature in plants. Biologia plantarum, 62(4), 601-616. doi: 10.1007/s10535-018-0805-4
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