文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Hou, Ze-Hao ¹ ; Gao, Yuan ¹ ; Zheng, Jia-Cheng ² ; Zhao, Meng-Jie ¹ ; Liu, Ying ¹ ; Cui, Xiao-Yu ³ ; Li, Zhi-Yong ⁴ ; Wei, Ji-Tong ¹ ; Yu, Tai-Fei ¹ ; Zheng, Lei ¹ ; Jiao, Yuan-Chen ¹ ; Yang, Shu-Hui ¹ ; Hao, Jia-Min ¹ ; Chen, Jun ¹ ; Zhou, Yong-Bin ¹ ; Chen, Ming ¹ ; Qiu, Lijuan ¹ ; Ma, You-Zhi ¹ ; Xu, Zhao-Shi ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Chinese Acad Agr Sci CAAS, Inst Crop Sci, State Key Lab Crop Gene Resources & Breeding, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China

2.Anhui Sci & Technol Univ, Coll Agron, Fengyang 233100, Peoples R China

3.Linyi Univ, Coll Agr & Forestry Sci, Linyi 276000, Peoples R China

4.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, SUSTech Acad Adv Interdisciplinary Studies, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China

5.Natl Nanfan Res Inst Sanya, Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Seed Ind Lab, Sanya 572024, Peoples R China

关键词： Soybean; BR signaling pathway; Heat stress; ROS; Regulation mechanism

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH （ 影响因子：13.0； 五年影响因子：11.6 ）

ISSN： 2090-1232

年卷期： 2025 年 73 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Introduction: Heat stress poses a severe threat to the growth and production of soybean (Glycine max). Brassinosteroids (BRs) actively participate in plant responses to abiotic stresses, however, the role of BR signaling pathway genes in response to heat stress in soybean remains poorly understood. Objectives: In this study, we investigate the regulatory mechanisms of GmBSK1 and GmBES1.5 in response to heat stress and the physiological characteristics and yield performance under heat stress conditions. Methods: Transgenic technology and CRISPR/Cas9 technology were used to generated GmBSK1-OE, GmBES1.5-OE and gmbsk1 transgenic soybean plants, and transcriptome analysis, LUC activity assay and EMSA assay were carried out to elucidate the potential molecular mechanism underlying GmBSK1-GmBES1.5-mediated heat stress tolerance in soybean. Results: CRISPR/Cas9-generated gmbsk1 knockout mutants exhibited increased sensitivity to heat stress due to a reduction in their ability to scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS). The expression of GmBES1.5 was up-regulated in GmBSK1-OE plants under heat stress conditions, and it directly binds to the E-box motif present in the promoters of abiotic stress-related genes, thereby enhancing heat stress tolerance in soybean plants. Furthermore, we identified an interaction between GmGSK1 and GmBES1.5, while GmGSK1 inhibits the transcriptional activity of GmBES1.5. Interestingly, the interaction between GmBSK1 and GmGSK1 promotes the localization of GmGSK1 to the plasma membrane and releases the transcriptional activity of GmBES1.5. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that both GmBSK1 and GmBES1.5 play crucial roles in conferring heat stress tolerance, highlighting a potential strategy for breeding heat-tolerant soybean crops involving the regulatory module consisting of GmBSK1-GmGSK1-GmBES1.5. (c) 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Cairo University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).