Abstract
Ethylene is a hormone involved in numerous aspects of growth, development, and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses in plants. Ethylene is perceived through its binding to endoplasmic reticulum-localized receptors that function as negative regulators of ethylene signaling in the absence of the hormone. In Arabidopsis thaliana, five structurally and functionally different ethylene receptors are present. These differ in their primary sequence, in the domains present, and in the type of kinase activity exhibited, which may suggest functional differences among the receptors. Whereas ethylene receptors functionally overlap to suppress ethylene signaling, certain other responses are controlled by specific receptors. In this review, I examine the nature of these receptor differences, how the evolution of the ethylene receptor gene family may provide insight into their differences, and how expression of receptors or their accessory proteins may underlie receptor-specific responses.
Introduction
The effects of ethylene on plant growth, development, and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses are wide-ranging, and the diversity of those processes affected is perhaps greater than for many other phytohormones [1–6]. Ethylene is perceived through its binding to receptors [7], which are localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi apparatus and which function to negatively regulate ethylene responses [5,6,8–16]. In the absence of the hormone, ethylene receptors activate constitutive triple response 1 (CTR1), a Raf-like serine/threonine (Ser/Thr) kinase [17,18]. CTR1 phosphorylates ethylene insensitive (EIN)-2, an ER-bound, Nramp-like transmembrane protein, to repress its ability to induce ethylene responses [19–22] (Figure 1). After the binding of ethylene to a receptor, CTR1 activity is repressed, and in the absence of CTR1 phosphorylation, EIN2 undergoes proteolytic processing to release its C-terminal domain, which migrates to the nucleus to activate a transcriptional cascade involving EIN3/EIN3-like and ethylene response factor (ERF) transcription factors [20–22] (Figure 1).
Five different types of ethylene receptors are present in Arabidopsis thaliana: ETR1, ERS1, EIN4, ETR2, and ERS2. Each contain N-terminal transmembrane, GAF, and histidine (His) kinase domains, and ETR1, EIN4, and ETR2 also contain a receiver domain (Figure 2) [23]. Ethylene receptors likely evolved from bacterial and yeast two-component regulators which have similar signal input and output domains with His kinase activity [9,24–26]. The receptors are divided into two subfamilies based on the presence or absence of conserved elements in the His kinase domain. Arabidopsis thaliana subfamily 1 receptors (ETR1 and ERS1) contain three membrane-spanning regions in their transmembrane domain and possess the motifs necessary for their His kinase activity, whereas subfamily 2 receptors (ETR2, ERS2, and EIN4) contain four transmembrane regions, lack most or all of the His kinase motifs, and exhibit Ser/Thr kinase activity which ERS1 also exhibits [23,27–33]. The role of phosphorylation in receptor function has been reviewed recently [6,14–16]. Thus, ethylene receptors exhibit a surprising level of structural and functional diversity that may be greater than that observed among receptors for other plant hormones.
Loss of subfamily 1 receptor expression in Arabidopsis induces a more severe constitutive ethylene response than does the loss of subfamily 2 receptor expression [34,35]. Expression of ETR1 as the only receptor suppresses ethylene responses to a greater extent than any other receptor [35,36]. Moreover, ectopic expression of subfamily 2 receptors cannot rescue subfamily 1 null mutants [34,37–40]. Although loss-of-function (LOF) mutant analysis suggested functional overlap among the receptors in suppressing ethylene responses [7] (with ETR1 being predominant), such analyses also indicated functional differences between the subfamilies.
Ethylene receptors form homodimers through a disulfide bond between Cys-4 and Cys-6, and the receptor dimer binds one molecule of ethylene [41–43]. Receptor heterodimers also occur, perhaps mediated through the GAF domain, suggesting receptor clustering for signal amplification and possible crosstalk between receptor types in a heterodimer [13,44,45]. Together, the receptors CTR1 and EIN2 interact to form a signaling complex at the ER [20].
Not all ethylene receptors are created equal
Although ethylene receptors functionally overlap in their ethylene signaling suppression activity [7], they also exhibit functional specialization and a surprising degree of complexity in their interactions with one another and with partner proteins. Specialized roles for receptor family members are supported by the observation that Arabidopsis receptor LOF mutants exhibit elevated expression of the remaining receptor isoforms at the level of mRNA expression and ethylene-binding activity but not at the level of receptor output [46]. Moreover, the dominance of ETR1 in growth responses to ethylene in Arabidopsis is consistent with the notion of functional differences among receptors, a conclusion supported by the observations that specific receptors exhibit a disproportionate effect on fruit ripening in tomato, on salt stress in tobacco, and on the growth and development of rice [32,33,47,48].
Despite the role of ethylene receptors as negative regulators of ethylene responses, loss of ERS1 expression in Arabidopsis partially reverses the constitutive ethylene-response phenotype exhibited by any receptor mutant or combination of mutants in which wildtype ETR1 was present, suggesting that ERS1 modifies ETR1 activity or positively regulates ethylene responses under certain circumstances [35]. Arabidopsis mutants expressing only receptors without a receiver domain (that is, ERS1 and ERS2) recover from ethylene exposure more slowly than do mutants expressing receptors with a receiver domain (that is, ETR1, ETR2, and EIN4) [49], indicating that the receiver domain is important in growth recovery from ethylene.
Receptors may also regulate development differentially. Loss of ETR2 expression specifically resulted in an increase in branched root hairs and two-branch trichomes which was accompanied by altered expression of microtubule-associated protein 4 [50,51], suggesting that microtubule assembly is regulated specifically by ETR2. Moreover, EIN4 but not ETR1 is required for the ethylene suppression of defects in the development of root hairs in the Arabidopsis mutant root hair defective 1 (rhd1) [52].
Loss of ETR1 expression specifically resulted in a loss of the ethylene-mediated oscillatory movements of the apical hook known as nutational bending, whereas loss of expression of the other four receptors in Arabidopsis resulted in constitutive nutations [49,53], indicating that ETR1 is functionally distinct in this developmental response. ETR1 may also be involved in hydrogen peroxide signaling in stomatal guard cells that other receptors are not involved in [54].
Responses to pathogens may be receptor-specific. Gain-of-function mutants expressing etr1-1, which confers ethylene insensitivity, exhibited increased susceptibility to fumonisin B1, a fungal toxin that induces cell death, whereas ein4-1, which is also ethylene-insensitive, was less susceptible [50], suggesting that ETR1 and EIN4 have opposite roles in regulating susceptibility to fumonisin B1 toxin.
Receptor-specific interactions were observed between ERS1 and tetratricopeptide repeat protein 1 (AtTRP1) [55]. In addition to altering some auxin responses, AtTRP1 overexpression increased ethylene sensitivity, suggesting that AtTRP1 may compete with CTR1 for receptor binding or may promote receptor degradation [55].
ETR1 specifically interacts with RTE1, a transmembrane protein that stabilizes or promotes a stable signaling conformation [56–60]. RTE1 physically associates with cytochrome b5 (Cb5), which functions similarly to RTE1 in promoting ETR1 signaling, as loss of either partially suppresses the ethylene insensitivity conferred by etr1-2 and overexpression of either reduces ethylene sensitivity [61]. However, Cb5 overexpression phenotypes are RTE1-dependent, whereas RTE1 overexpression phenotypes do not require Cb5, suggesting that Cb5 functions upstream of RTE1. The specific interaction of RTE1 with ETR1 to promote its signaling may contribute to the dominance of ETR1.
ETR1 and EIN4 inhibit germination during salt stress, whereas ETR2 has the opposite effect [62]. The receiver domain of ETR1 was required for its inhibitory effect. As exposure to mannitol had a smaller effect, the receptors likely were mediating the effects of ion toxicity associated with salt rather than osmotic stress. Moreover, these effects were independent of ethylene signaling as they were lost under conditions of higher ethylene. Loss of ETR1 resulted in reduced sensitivity to ABA, whereas loss of ETR2 resulted in increased ABA sensitivity [62].
These results suggest that ethylene receptors differentially regulate an ethylene signaling component in addition to CTR1. One possible target might be EIN2, which is supported by the observation that ethylene receptors interact directly with EIN2 [63,64]. Whether an ethylene receptor possesses His kinase or Ser/Thr kinase activity may result in the phosphorylation of different sites in EIN2 and yield different signaling outcomes. The regulation of EIN2 activity through phosphorylation by CTR1 demonstrates that EIN2 is subject to such a mechanism.
Another, not mutually exclusive, possibility is that ethylene receptors differentially interact with His-containing phosphotransfer proteins (authentic histidine-containing phosphotransfer proteins [AHPs]), which receive a phosphate from the receiver domain of cytokinin receptors, or with response regulatory proteins (Arabidopsis thaliana response regulator [ARRs]), which receive the phosphate from AHPs [65–69]. The former is supported by the observation that ETR1, but not ERS1, interacts with AHPs [65], whereas the latter is supported by the observation that some ARRs exhibit opposing effects on germination during salt stress [70].
Need as a creative force driving complexity?
The complexity of ethylene receptors may have been a result of the diverse regulatory roles the hormone has come to play during development and during responses to biotic and abiotic stimuli. The structural differences in receptors likely enable the association of isoform-specific factors (for example, RTE1) or binding of general signaling factors with different affinities that may be needed for these individual roles. Differences in general signaling factor binding affinity were observed with CTR1, which interacts more strongly with subfamily 1 receptors than with ETR2 and interacts with the receiver domain in addition to the kinase domain of receptors [18,71]. This may contribute to the dominance of subfamily 1 receptors and ETR1 in particular. However, studies examining the amount of membrane-associated CTR1, presumably through receptor association, in subfamily 1-deficient Arabidopsis expressing kinase-defective ETR1 revealed little correlation between the amount of bound CTR1 and ethylene sensitivity [72]. Moreover, loss of either ETR1 or ERS1, which increases ethylene sensitivity, was accompanied by increased levels of membrane-associated CTR1 [34,73]. Therefore, it may be the extent to which a receptor activates CTR1 that determines signal output intensity, and subfamily 1 receptors may activate CTR1 more effectively than subfamily 2 receptors.
Although ethylene receptors are thought to signal through CTR1 and EIN2 [74], recent evidence suggests that signaling independent of CTR1 or EIN2 can occur as well. The ctr1 mutant retains a degree of ethylene responsiveness [75], and expression of the N-terminal half of ETR1 partially suppresses the ctr1 phenotype [76], observations supporting receptor function through a CTR1-independent pathway. As the latter observation required RTE1, RTE1 may assist ETR1 signaling or ETR1 may function in an alternative pathway through RTE1.
The observation that ethylene receptors can also interact with AHP and ARR proteins [65,66,77] suggests the possibility of CTR1- or EIN2-independent signaling crosstalk with other hormone pathways. Collectively, these findings suggest that, despite their functional overlap in ethylene signaling suppression, there are also ethylene receptor-specific functions that argue for accessory signaling factors or involvement of additional signaling pathways (or both) that would help explain the diverse responses elicited by ethylene.
Can evolution inform function?
The presence of ethylene receptors in plants raises questions regarding when such receptors first appeared, which receptor was the foundational member, when other receptors evolved, and receptor distribution among species. Proteins in Synechocystis (slr1212) and Anabaena share limited similarity to ETR1, and slr1212 binds ethylene [43,78,79]. As chloroplasts and cyanobacteria share a common ancestor, these data might suggest that the ancestral ethylene receptor was introduced into evolving plants through the endosymbiosis of the ancestral cyanobacterium and subsequent migration of the gene to the nucleus accompanied by re-targeting the receptors to the ER. However, these cyanobacterial proteins differ structurally from ethylene receptors in that the former lack the GAF domain, some conserved sequence motifs of the His kinase domain, or the receiver domain entirely while at the same time contain domains not present in plant ethylene receptors [79]. Moreover, though not reported for Anabaena, Synechocystis produces no detectable ethylene, and the hormone elicits no obvious response [78], raising the question of what function its ethylene binding serves. Neither species contains homologs for the other components of ethylene signaling, suggesting that any ethylene signaling output from these putative receptors would require novel interactions. The observation that marine algae lack any clear ethylene receptor homolog supports the possibility that ethylene receptors had not evolved in early plants.
In contrast to this, proteins containing the hallmarks of an ETR1 receptor are present in the charophyte Klebsormidium flaccidum (Figure 3), a freshwater algae whose genome sequence was reported recently [80]. Moreover, homologs for CTR1, EIN3, and EBF1 are present in K. flaccidum, Spirogyra pratensis, and Coleochaete orbicularis [80,81]. The S. pratensis ETR1-like and EIN3-like homologs complement ethylene receptor and ein3 mutants, respectively, in Arabidopsis thaliana [81], demonstrating remarkable conservation in the ethylene signaling pathway between freshwater algae and higher plants. K. flaccidum, which represents an older plant lineage than S. pratensis, appears to lack ERF1, and its homolog for EIN2 lacks the C-terminal domain involved in signaling, whereas ethylene receptors may be absent altogether in Mesostigma viride, an even older charophyte [81]. These observations suggest that the ethylene signaling pathway may have been evolving concomitant with charophytes. As land plants evolved from aquatic ancestors that are sister groups to charophycean algae, these observations demonstrate that ethylene receptor evolution predates the appearance of land plants and may have arisen in response to the terrestrial aspects of charophycean habitats, which include growth in moist soils that might expose them to abiotic stresses.
Despite possessing only ETR1-like receptors, the first indication of subfamily 2 gene evolution is revealed in the intron structure of one of the five K. flaccidum ETR1-like genes in which the single intron diagnostic of subfamily 2 receptor genes first appears [82]. A receptor lacking some of the conserved motifs of the His kinase domain first appears in gymnosperms followed by the appearance of an EIN4/ETR2-like receptor in Amborella trichopoda (Figure 3), the basal-most angiosperm species, with an intron structure characteristic of subfamily 2 genes [82]. Distinct EIN4-like and ETR2-like receptors appear only in core eudicots, and the occurrence of ERS2, the most recent subfamily 2 member to evolve, is limited to the Brassicaceae [82]. ERS1-like receptors did not appear until after A. trichopoda, and in these basal angiosperm species (as in monocots in general), only ERS1-like and EIN4/ETR2-like receptors are present [82]. Thus, despite being a foundational member, ETR1-like receptors are not present in all plants.
From these observations, we can conclude that an ETR1-like receptor evolved first and did so perhaps during charophycean evolution. The five- and eight-member gene families present in K. flaccidum and the bryophyte Physcomitrella patens suggest that ethylene responses were likely important during the transition to land environments. The differentiation of a charophycean receptor gene into a proto-subfamily 2 receptor gene followed by the appearance of a transitional subfamily 2 receptor in gymnosperms and then a true subfamily 2 receptor appearing in the basal-most angiosperm species suggests a need for this second subfamily receptor type as the colonization of land environments progressed, perhaps in response to drier and warmer conditions. The presence of an ERS1-like receptor as the only subfamily 1 receptor in some basal and early angiosperms as well as monocots demonstrates that ETR1-like receptors are not essential for plant competitiveness. However, at least one receiver domain-containing receptor is expressed in every land plant species examined. The recent evolution of ERS2 in the Brassicaceae indicates that the gene family continues to evolve in a dynamic and specific manner.
Is ethylene receptor expression regulated by small upstream open reading frames?
The amount of receptor expression influences ethylene responses as shown through the regulated expression of etr1-1 where the degree of ethylene insensitivity conferred was controlled by the level of mutant receptor expression [83]. Exposure to ethylene also results in the induction of specific receptors (for example, ERS1, ETR2, and ERS2 in Arabidopsis thaliana) perhaps to prevent an excessive response to ethylene [7,84–86].
Not all receptors function equally, however, in that subfamily 1 receptors appear to be more important than subfamily 2 receptors. For example, loss of ETR1 specifically results in greater ethylene responsiveness than does the loss of other receptors, supporting the notion that ETR1 is dominant [34,35]. This has been ascribed to its function and not to its expression level as ETR1 and ERS1 transcript abundance is similar [85]. Gene expression, however, is not controlled at the transcriptional level alone. Like many genes encoding regulators, ethylene receptor genes contain upstream open reading frames (uORFs) in their 5′-leader sequence (Figure 4). Translation of uORFs typically reduces expression from the main ORF, and uORFs can serve a regulatory role in response to internal or external cues.
An example of uORF-mediated translational regulation is yeast GCN4, which contains four uORFs upstream of the GCN4 ORF, which encodes an amino acid biosynthesis transcriptional activator (Figure 5A). The degree to which each uORF is translated is dependent on amino acid availability, which determines whether translation re-initiates at the GCN4 ORF (Figure 5A) [87,88]. For this type of regulation, the uORFs are typically no more than a few codons long and their encoded proteins have no function. Translation of such uORFs can cause up to 100% of ribosomes to dissociate after uORF translation, thus preventing translation from the main ORF. In a second type of uORF-mediated regulation, translation of the uORF results in ribosome stalling mediated by the nascent uORF-encoded polypeptide, whose activity is determined by the availability of a co-factor [88] (Figure 5B). For this type, the uORFs are longer, as the regulation is mediated by the encoded protein.
uORFs whose length is consistent with both of these uORF types are present in four of the five ethylene receptors in Arabidopsis (Figure 4). ETR1 and ERS1 contain a single uORF, EIN4 and ETR2 show a more complex uORF arrangement, and ERS2 lacks uORFs. Although the extent to which any of these uORFs is translated has not been investigated, the frequency of initiation at an upstream AUG is determined by the sequence context surrounding it and the presence of downstream proximal secondary structure [89]. Therefore, the extent to which expression of each receptor type is affected will be determined by the presence and number of uORFs and the extent to which each is translated. As in the cases above, one or more of the uORFs may regulate receptor expression in response to growth conditions which could result in relative changes in specific receptors in different tissues or after receipt of internal or external cues. Therefore, whether ETR1 is truly the dominant receptor would require measuring the steady-state protein level of this receptor relative to ERS1 or other receptors and in specific tissues or growth conditions. Moreover, the potentially repressive effect that multiple uORFs in EIN4 and ETR2 could exert necessitates comparing receptor expression at the protein level in addition to transcript abundance in order to draw accurate conclusions regarding dominance of any individual receptor.
Future challenges – in pursuit of the known unknowns
Given the diversity of ethylene responses, we are just beginning to understand that ethylene signaling is considerably more complex than initially thought. The notion that multiple receptor types differ only in the level of their sensitivity to ethylene and signal output is likely insufficient to explain the many processes the hormone controls. Receptors of different types can form heterodimers, providing yet another level of complexity if receptor crosstalk within a heterodimer can alter the strength or type of signaling activity of a receptor. The observation that ethylene receptor expression exhibits an overlapping but distinct developmental pattern among the isoforms in Arabidopsis increases the potential for complexity, particularly when possible receptor crosstalk in heterodimer complexes affecting the strength and type of signal output is also considered [13]. The observation that ETR1 suppresses ethylene responses to a greater extent than does ERS1 when either is expressed as the only receptor in Arabidopsis [35,36] is illustrative of the need to determine whether receptors are inherently different in their signaling activity, whether receptors modify one another's output through the formation of heterodimers or higher-order complexes, or whether they differ in their strength or type of interactions with partner proteins.
Central to unraveling this complexity will be the identification of all components of the receptorsome, both those shared by all receptor members and those that are receptor-specific. This will require isolation of receptor complexes followed by proteomic identification of each associated protein. Identifying how the partner proteins present in a homodimeric receptorsome differ from those present in a heterodimeric receptorsome will be critical in determining how receptor interactions might alter their signaling behavior. Already, initial isolation has revealed considerable heterogeneity in receptor complexes, which may be regulated by ethylene in a receptor-specific manner [90].
As the ethylene signaling of receptors is dependent on their interactions with partner proteins (for example, CTR1), proteomic profiling of the receptorsome in different organs, different developmental stages, or under different growth conditions is needed to understand how changes in receptorsome components might explain the complexity of receptor-mediated responses to internal and external signals.
Whether such factors also alter receptor association with other receptors or with CTR1 or EIN2 could also be determined from this approach. Comparative proteomic profiling of receptorsomes in different species would be of particular interest, especially between Arabidopsis (which has five receptors) and P. patens (which possesses only ETR1-like receptors) or monocots (which express only ERS1-like and EIN4/ETR2-like receptors). How might the composition of the corresponding receptorsome differ among species?
Identification of receptorsome components may also reveal receptor signaling through CTR1- or EIN2-independent pathways or both. Ethylene receptor interaction with AHP proteins [65,66] is an example of how receptor signaling to other factors may work independently or together with EIN2 to tailor a response appropriately. This could involve the induction or repression of other genes which are not controlled by EIN2 but which alter or complement EIN2-mediated responses.
Given the potential for uORF-mediated regulation, the diversity of ethylene responses may involve differential changes in receptor mRNA translation which would alter the relative amounts of each receptor present. Profiling ethylene receptor expression at the level of transcription, translation, and mRNA and protein turnover will be needed to determine how expression contributes to the functional effects of each receptor and to resolve whether the dominance of ETR1 or subfamily 1 receptors is inherent or a result of expression differences.
Acknowledgments
Work cited from Daniel Gallie's laboratory was funded by the University of California Agricultural Experiment Station.
Abbreviations
- AHP
authentic histidine-containing phosphotransfer protein
- ARR
Arabidopsis thaliana response regulator
- AtTRP1
a tomato tetratricopeptide repeat protein 1
- Cb5
cytochrome b5
- CTR1
constitutive triple response 1
- Cys
cysteine
- EIL
ethylene insensitive 3-like
- EIN
ethylene insensitive
- ER
endoplasmic reticulum
- ERS
ethylene response sensor
- ETR
ethylene response
- GAF
cGMP-specific phosphodiesterases, adenylyl cyclases, and FhlA
- His
histidine
- LOF
loss-of-function
- ORF
open reading frame
- Ser
serine
- Thr
threonine
- uORF
upstream open reading frame
Disclosures
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