Ethylene Control of Fruit Ripening: Revisiting the Complex Network of Transcriptional Regulation.
The plant hormone ethylene plays a key role in climacteric fruit ripening. Studies on components of ethylene signaling have revealed a linear transduction pathway leading to the activation of ethylene response factors. However, the means by which ethylene selects the ripening-related genes and interacts with other signaling pathways to regulate the ripening process are still to be elucidated. Using tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) as a reference species, the present review aims to revisit the mechanisms by which ethylene regulates fruit ripening by taking advantage of new tools available to perform in silico studies at the genome-wide scale, leading to a global view on the expression pattern of ethylene biosynthesis and response genes throughout ripening. Overall, it provides new insights on the transcriptional network by which this hormone coordinates the ripening process and emphasizes the interplay between ethylene and ripening-associated developmental factors and the link between epigenetic regulation and ethylene during fruit ripening.
Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China (M.L.);Université de Toulouse, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique, UMR990 Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, Castanet-Tolosan, CS 32607, F-31326, France (M.L., J.P., C.C., J.-P.R., M.B.); andInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR990 Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, Castanet-Tolosan, CS 52627, F-31326, France (M.L., J.P., C.C., J.-P.R., M.B.).
Mingchun
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8004-1758
M
Liu
Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China (M.L.);Université de Toulouse, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique, UMR990 Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, Castanet-Tolosan, CS 32607, F-31326, France (M.L., J.P., C.C., J.-P.R., M.B.); andInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR990 Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, Castanet-Tolosan, CS 52627, F-31326, France (M.L., J.P., C.C., J.-P.R., M.B.).
Julien
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5725-885X
J
Pirrello
Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China (M.L.);Université de Toulouse, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique, UMR990 Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, Castanet-Tolosan, CS 32607, F-31326, France (M.L., J.P., C.C., J.-P.R., M.B.); andInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR990 Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, Castanet-Tolosan, CS 52627, F-31326, France (M.L., J.P., C.C., J.-P.R., M.B.).
Christian
C
Chervin
Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China (M.L.);Université de Toulouse, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique, UMR990 Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, Castanet-Tolosan, CS 32607, F-31326, France (M.L., J.P., C.C., J.-P.R., M.B.); andInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR990 Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, Castanet-Tolosan, CS 52627, F-31326, France (M.L., J.P., C.C., J.-P.R., M.B.).
Jean-Paul
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7707-7776
JP
Roustan
Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China (M.L.);Université de Toulouse, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique, UMR990 Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, Castanet-Tolosan, CS 32607, F-31326, France (M.L., J.P., C.C., J.-P.R., M.B.); andInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR990 Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, Castanet-Tolosan, CS 52627, F-31326, France (M.L., J.P., C.C., J.-P.R., M.B.) bouzayen@ensat.fr.
Mondher
M
Bouzayen
D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D005030:Ethylenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005638:Fruit / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
D005030:Ethylenes; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; C036216:ethylene