Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (8): 1-12.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2024-0234

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Research Progress in Light Signal and Circadian Rhythm Regulating the Perception of Plants to Cold Stress

LI Wen-cui(), PENG Yu-jia, LIU Yong-bo()   

  1. State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Regional Ecological Process and Functional Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012
  • Received:2024-03-10 Online:2024-08-26 Published:2024-09-05
  • Contact: LIU Yong-bo E-mail:2796057166@qq.com;liuyb@craes.org.cn

Abstract:

Temperature and light are important environmental factors in regulating plant growth and development, and plants perceive temperature changes and respond to cold stress by altering gene expression patterns and other responses. The responses are affected by light signal and circadian rhythms. However, the molecular regulatory networks involved in plant response to cold stress are not well understood. This review focuses the roles of light signal and circadian rhythms in the perception of plants to cold stress. Light signal is involved in cold stress mainly through photopigment-induced CBF gene pathways to activate the expressions of cold genes. It includes two main pathways: one is that photosensitive pigments directly regulate cold tolerance by modulating CBF and COR gene expression; the other is the activation of CORCOLD REGULATED)genes by HY5, a positive regulator factor. Circadian rhythms are involved in cold stress mainly through their components, CCA1/LHY and RVE4/RVE8, regulating the expression of DREB1 downstream gene. Clarifying the roles of light signal and circadian rhythms in cold perception and conduction pathways not only contributes to a better understanding of the mechanisms of cold resistance in plants, but also helps in the trade-offs between plant growth and stress responses. It provides a theoretical basis for enhancing the response sensitivities of plants to diurnal and nocturnal temperature variations.

Key words: cold perception, cold resistance genes, light signal, circadian rhythm