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Therefore, we treated tree peony cultivar \u201cYuhong\u201d (<jats:italic>P. suffruticosa<\/jats:italic> \u201cYuhong\u201d) at normal (25\u00b0C) and high temperatures (40\u00b0C) and sequenced the transcriptomes, to investigate the molecular responsive mechanisms to heat stress. By comparing the transcriptomes, a total of 7,673 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were detected comprising 4,220 upregulated and 3,453 downregulated genes. Functional annotation showed that the DEGs were mainly related to the metabolic process, cells and binding, carbon metabolism, and endoplasmic reticulum protein processing. qRT-PCR revealed that three <jats:italic>sHSP<\/jats:italic> genes (<jats:italic>PsHSP17.8<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>PsHSP21<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>PsHSP27.4<\/jats:italic>) were upregulated in the response of tree peony to heat stress. Tissue quantification of the transgenic lines (<jats:italic>Arabidopsis thaliana<\/jats:italic>) showed that all three genes were most highly expressed in the leaves. The survival rates of transgenic lines (<jats:italic>PsHSP17.8<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>PsHSP21<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>PsHSP27.4<\/jats:italic>) restored to normal growth after high-temperature treatment were 43, 36, and 31%, respectively. In addition, the activity of superoxide dismutase, accumulation of free proline, and chlorophyll level was higher than those of the wild-type lines, while the malondialdehyde content and conductivity were lower, and the membrane lipid peroxidation reaction of the wild-type plant was more intense. Our research found several processes and pathways related to heat resistance in tree peony including metabolic process, single-organism process, phenylpropane biosynthesis pathway, and endoplasmic reticulum protein synthesis pathway. <jats:italic>PsHSP17.8<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>PsHSP21<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>PsHSP27.4<\/jats:italic> improved heat tolerance by increasing SOD activity and proline content. These findings can provide genetic resources for understanding the heat-resistance response of tree peony and benefit future germplasm innovation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpls.2022.926900","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,11]],"date-time":"2022-08-11T11:04:07Z","timestamp":1660215847000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Physiological and transcriptional responses to heat stress and functional analyses of PsHSPs in tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Jin","family":"Ma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jie","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qun","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Linxue","family":"Shang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Guozhe","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qingqing","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sidan","family":"Hong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cuihua","family":"Gu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"209","DOI":"10.1586\/14737159.5.2.209","article-title":"Basic principles of real-time quantitative PCR","volume":"5","author":"Arya","year":"2005","journal-title":"Expert. 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