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Molecular mechanisms underpinning the silicon-selenium (Si-Se) interactome and cross-talk in stress-induced plant responses

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The global agriculture system remains vulnerable to several kinds of spatio-temporal abiotic and biotic stressors. At the molecular and physiological levels, the elimination of challenges associated with these stressors in plants has been intensively explored. The plants appear to have evolved with a multitude of physio-biochemical survival strategies, including a central signaling cross-talk channel that allows the plant to arbitrate between active growth and defensive pathways. Furthermore, exogenous administration of micronutrients such as silicon (Si) and selenium (Se) has been shown to improve plant defense responses under stressful situations. These micro-nutrients exhibited a large number of physio-biochemical responses throughout various plant systems and were found associated with pathways of stress signaling cross-talk. Several studies had provided pieces of evidence for the potential role of Si/Se in the induction of phytohormonal and anti-oxidant stress signaling mechanisms. Except for greater Se-toxicity at low concentrations when compared to Si, the individual and combined effects of Si/Se in many plants have shown similar induction routes. However, the effectiveness of Si/Se levels in different plant species differs greatly. A vast number of omics studies are currently being conducted in order to determine the exact molecular mechanisms through which Si/Se activation of the defense response could well be understood. This review aims to uncover the possible molecular convergent points for Si and Se actions as well as their potential cross-talk with stress signaling mechanisms.

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Abbreviations

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

MDA:

Melondialdehyde

SOD:

Superoxide dismutase

POD:

Peroxidase

CAT:

Catalase

POD:

peroxidase

GPX:

Glutathione peroxidase

GST:

Glutathione S-transferase

APX:

Ascorbate peroxidase

GR:

Glutathione reductase

AsA:

Ascorbic acid

PS-II:

Photo System II

TFs:

Transcription factors

ABA:

Abscisic acid

JA:

Jasmonic acid

SA:

Salicylic acid

GA:

Gibberellin

BR:

Brassinosteroid

ET:

Ethylene

ppm:

parts per million

GAPDH:

glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase

DPPH:

2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl

DEGs:

differentially expressed genes

APS:

ATP sulfurylase

ACC:

aminocyclopropane-1-1-carboxylic acid

SAMDC:

S-adenosyl-L-methionine decarboxylase

APS:

ATP sulfurylase

APR:

adenosine 5′-phosphosulfate reductase

CBL:

cystathionine-β-synthase

CHS:

chalcone synthase

AREB:

abscisic acid-responsive element-binding protein

DDF2:

dwarf and delayed flowering

ERF:

ethylene response factor

HCAs:

Hydroxycinnamic acids

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Kapoor, B., Kumar, P., Gill, N.S. et al. Molecular mechanisms underpinning the silicon-selenium (Si-Se) interactome and cross-talk in stress-induced plant responses. Plant Soil 486, 45–68 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05482-6

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