Brassinosteroid signaling in plant development and adaptation to stress

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroid hormones that are essential for plant growth and development. These hormones control the division, elongation and differentiation of various cell types throughout the entire plant life cycle. Our current understanding of the BR signaling pathway has mostly been obt...

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Autores: Planas Riverola, Ainoa|||0000-0001-8679-7812, Gupta, Aditi|||0000-0002-3299-1625, Betegón Putze, Isabel|||0000-0002-5456-5205, Bosch, Nadja|||0000-0001-7562-8685, Ibañes, Marta|||0000-0002-7913-7936, Caño Delgado, Ana I.|||0000-0002-8071-6724
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:205993
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/205993
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1242/dev.151894
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Brassinosteroid
Growth
Root
Stem cell
Stress
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Sumario:Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroid hormones that are essential for plant growth and development. These hormones control the division, elongation and differentiation of various cell types throughout the entire plant life cycle. Our current understanding of the BR signaling pathway has mostly been obtained from studies using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model. In this context, the membrane steroid receptor BRI1 (BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1) binds directly to the BR ligand, triggering a signal cascade in the cytoplasm that leads to the transcription of BR-responsive genes that drive cellular growth. However, recent studies of the primary root have revealed distinct BR signaling pathways in different cell types and have highlighted cell-specific roles for BR signaling in controlling adaptation to stress. In this Review, we summarize our current knowledge of the spatiotemporal control of BR action in plant growth and development, focusing on BR functions in primary root development and growth, in stem cell self-renewal and death, and in plant adaption to environmental stress.