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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2025

Multi-omic profiles of Sorghum genotypes with contrasting heat tolerance connect pathways related to thermotolerance.

Alexander Watson-Lazowski, Francisco Javier Cano, Mikael Kim, Urs Benning, Fiona Koller, Barbara George-Jaeggli, Alan Cruickshank, Emma Mace, David Jordan, Mathieu Pernice and 2 more

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12 authors.

Alexander Watson-LazowskiARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, 2753, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2323-8287
Francisco Javier CanoARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, 2753, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5720-5865
Mikael KimUniversity of Technology Sydney, Climate Change Cluster, 2007, Ultimo, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7059-9432
Urs BenningARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, 2753, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Fiona KollerARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, 2753, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Barbara George-JaeggliARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, 4067, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9711-2759
Alan CruickshankDepartment of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), Hermitage Research Facility, Agri-Science Queensland, 4370, Warwick, QLD, Australia.
Emma MaceARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, 4067, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5337-8168
David JordanARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, 4067, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8128-1304
Mathieu PerniceUniversity of Technology Sydney, Climate Change Cluster, 2007, Ultimo, NSW, Australia.
Charles WarrenSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, 2050, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Oula GhannoumARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, 2753, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1341-0741

Funding

AEI RYC2021-035064-IAustralian Research Council CE1401000015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding how crop varieties acclimate to elevated temperatures is key to priming them for future climates. Here, we imposed a 6 d heat shock treatment (reaching 45 °C) on two genotypes of Sorghum bicolor [one sensitive to heat shock (Sen) and one tolerant (Tol)] growing under two temperature regimes, and carried out a suite of measurements before and during the heat shock. Sen consistently reduced photosynthetic functioning during heat shock, while Tol increased its photosynthetic rate. Higher abundance of heat shock protein transcripts and metabolites related to heat tolerance were noted for Tol when compared with Sen both before and during heat shock, which can be attributed to constitutive and inducible responses to elevated temperatures. In addition, important changes in metabolic pathways were clearly identified for Tol during heat shock (including up-regulation of raffinose family oligosaccharides and down-regulation of the γ-aminobutyric acid catalytic pathway), even as the concentration of hexose sugars became depleted. We infer Tol was able to tolerate elevated temperatures due to up-regulation of osmoprotectants, chaperones, and reactive oxygen species scavengers and by the suppression of SnRK1 via transcripts and metabolites during heat shock. Our results highlight potential targets for attributes of high temperature tolerance that can be utilized in future breeding trials.

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SorghumThermotoleranceGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenotypeHeat-Shock ResponseHot TemperatureMultiomicsPhotosynthesisPlant ProteinsPlant ProteinsChlorophyll fluorescenceheat shockheat shock proteinsmetabolomicsphotosynthesisraffinose family oligosaccharidesRNA-SeqSnRK1thermotolerance

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PMID39700407
PMCPMC12587425

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