How do humans and plants feel the heat?

Anthony Guihur; Mathieu E Rebeaud; Baptiste Bourgine; Pierre Goloubinoff

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2022.03.006

How do humans and plants feel the heat?

Trends Plant Sci. 2022 Jul;27(7):630-632. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.03.006. Epub 2022 Mar 28.

Authors

Anthony Guihur¹, Mathieu E Rebeaud², Baptiste Bourgine², Pierre Goloubinoff³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: anthony.guihur@gmail.com.
² Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: Pierre.Goloubinoff@unil.ch.

PMID: 35361524
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.03.006

Abstract

The 2021 Nobel prize was awarded for the discovery of the animal thermosensory channel TRPV1. We highlight notable shared features with the higher plant thermosensory channel CNGC2/4. Both channels respond to temperature-induced changes in plasma membrane fluidity, leading to hyperphosphorylation of the HSF1 transcription factor via a specific heat-signaling cascade.

Keywords: TRPV1; cyclic nucleotide gated channels; heat sensing; heat signaling; thermosensors.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cell Membrane / metabolism
Hot Temperature
Humans
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Signal Transduction*
Transcription Factors* / genetics
Transcription Factors* / metabolism

Substances

Transcription Factors