PMID- 33594435 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211018 LR - 20211028 IS - 1471-9053 (Electronic) IS - 0032-0781 (Linking) VI - 62 IP - 4 DP - 2021 Sep 24 TI - EIN3-Mediated Ethylene Signaling Attenuates Auxin Response during Hypocotyl Thermomorphogenesis. PG - 708-720 LID - 10.1093/pcp/pcab028 [doi] AB - The gaseous phytohormone ethylene plays vital roles in diverse developmental and environmental adaptation processes, such as fruit ripening, seedling establishment, mechanical stress tolerance and submergence escape. It is also known that in the light, ethylene promotes hypocotyl growth by stimulating the expression of PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR3 (PIF3) transcription factor, which triggers microtubule reorganization during hypocotyl cell elongation. In particular, ethylene has been implicated in plant responses to warm temperatures in recent years. However, it is currently unclear how ethylene signals are functionally associated with hypocotyl thermomorphogenesis at the molecular level. Here, we show that ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE3 (EIN3)-mediated ethylene signals attenuate hypocotyl thermomorphogenesis by suppressing auxin response. At warm temperatures, when the activity of the PIF4 thermomorphogenesis promoter is prominently high, the ethylene-activated EIN3 transcription factor directly induces the transcription of ARABIDOPSIS PP2C CLADE D7 (APD7) gene encoding a protein phosphatase that inactivates the plasma membrane (PM) H+-ATPase proton pumps. In conjunction with the promotive role of the PM H+-ATPases in hypocotyl cell elongation, our observations strongly support that the EIN3-directed induction of APD7 gene is linked with the suppression of auxin-induced cell expansion, leading to the reduction in thermomorphogenic hypocotyl growth. Our data demonstrate that APD7 acts as a molecular hub that integrates ethylene and auxin signals into hypocotyl thermomorphogenesis. We propose that the ethylene-auxin signaling crosstalks via the EIN3-APD7 module facilitate the fine-tuning of hypocotyl thermomorphogenesis under natural environments, which often fluctuate in a complex manner. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Kim, Jae Young AU - Kim JY AD - Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. FAU - Park, Young-Joon AU - Park YJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0513-1766 AD - Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. FAU - Lee, June-Hee AU - Lee JH AD - Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. FAU - Kim, Zee Hwan AU - Kim ZH AD - Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. FAU - Park, Chung-Mo AU - Park CM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8841-8361 AD - Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. AD - Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. LA - eng GR - NRF-2018R1A2A1A19020840/The Leaping Research/ GR - National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)/ PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - Plant Cell Physiol JT - Plant & cell physiology JID - 9430925 RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 0 (Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (EIN3 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - 0 (Ethylenes) RN - 0 (Indoleacetic Acids) RN - 0 (PIF4 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 91GW059KN7 (ethylene) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (At5g02760 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Phosphoprotein Phosphatases) SB - IM MH - Arabidopsis/*physiology MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ethylenes/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - Hypocotyl/growth & development/*physiology MH - Indoleacetic Acids/metabolism MH - Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/genetics/metabolism MH - Plants, Genetically Modified MH - Signal Transduction MH - Temperature MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Arabidopsis thaliana OT - APD7 OT - EIN3 OT - Ethylene OT - PIF4 OT - Thermomorphogenesis EDAT- 2021/02/18 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/21 06:00 CRDT- 2021/02/17 05:57 PHST- 2020/10/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/02/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/02/17 05:57 [entrez] AID - 6140783 [pii] AID - 10.1093/pcp/pcab028 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant Cell Physiol. 2021 Sep 24;62(4):708-720. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcab028.