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Determination of stability constants of mercury(II) by garlic organosulfur ligands with differential pulse voltammetry. J APPL ELECTROCHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10800-021-01577-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Serrano N, Pérez-Ràfols C, Ariño C, Esteban M, Manuel Díaz-Cruz J. MCR-ALS of voltammetric data for the study of environmentally relevant substances. Microchem J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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González H, Fernández-Fuego D, Bertrand A, González A. Effect of pH and citric acid on the growth, arsenic accumulation, and phytochelatin synthesis in Eupatorium cannabinum L., a promising plant for phytostabilization. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:26242-26253. [PMID: 31286371 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05657-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Heavy-metal contamination of soils has increased in the last decades due to anthropogenic and industrial activities. Arsenic is one of the pollutants that is commonly found in industrial soils and is toxic for both plants and humans. The pH of the soil or the culture medium is one of the most important factors that interferes with the bioavailability of this metalloid to the plant. The addition of chelating agents, such as citric acid (CA), can increase the absorption of As by plants. Therefore, the objective of this work is to study the effect of the pH and the exogenous addition of citric acid on the growth, As accumulation, and thiol compounds in Eupatorium cannabinum; this plant grows naturally in contaminated soils in Asturias, Spain, and has a potential use in phytoremediation. The results showed that E. cannabinum was able to tolerate As stress even at extreme pH values and accumulated a high amounts of As in its roots, which makes it a promising species for the phytostabilization of soils polluted with this metalloid. An addition of 20 mg CA L-1 led to increased biomass and As accumulation at acidic pH. In order to determine if thiolic compounds, such as phytochelatins, are involved in As accumulation and detoxification in E. cannabinum, we analyzed the synthesis of these compounds in the presence and absence of As and/or citric acid. Our results suggest that these thiolic compounds play a major role in As detoxification, since the presence of CA as a chelating agent reduced the amount of thiols necessary to cope with the toxicity caused by As.
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- Héctor González
- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Oviedo, C/ Catedrático Rodrigo Uría s/n, 33071, Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Oviedo, C/ Catedrático Rodrigo Uría s/n, 33071, Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Oviedo, C/ Catedrático Rodrigo Uría s/n, 33071, Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Oviedo, C/ Catedrático Rodrigo Uría s/n, 33071, Oviedo, Spain.
- Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
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Pedroza RHP, Serrano N, Díaz-Cruz JM, Ariño C, Esteban M. Integration of Commercial Screen-printed Electrodes into a Voltammetric Electronic Tongue for the Analysis of Aminothiols. ELECTROANAL 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201501112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Ricardo H. P. Pedroza
- Biological Chemistry and Chemometrics; Institute of Chemistry; Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte; 59072-970 Natal-RN Brazil
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- Departament de Química Analítica; Facultat de Química; Universitat de Barcelona; Martí i Franquès 1-11 E-08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Departament de Química Analítica; Facultat de Química; Universitat de Barcelona; Martí i Franquès 1-11 E-08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Departament de Química Analítica; Facultat de Química; Universitat de Barcelona; Martí i Franquès 1-11 E-08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Departament de Química Analítica; Facultat de Química; Universitat de Barcelona; Martí i Franquès 1-11 E-08028 Barcelona Spain
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Serrano N, Díaz-Cruz JM, Ariño C, Esteban M. Recent contributions to the study of phytochelatins with an analytical approach. Trends Analyt Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2015.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Serrano N, Prieto-Simón B, Cetó X, del Valle M. Array of peptide-modified electrodes for the simultaneous determination of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Zn(II). Talanta 2014; 125:159-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2014.02.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Fernández R, Fernández-Fuego D, Bertrand A, González A. Strategies for Cd accumulation in Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter: role of the cell wall, non-protein thiols and organic acids. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2014; 78:63-70. [PMID: 24636908 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 02/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter is plant species commonly found in degraded zones of Asturias (Spain), where it accumulates high levels of Cd, but the mechanisms involved in this response in non-model plants have not been elucidated. In this way, we analysed the fraction of the total Cd bound to the cell walls, the ultrastructural localization of this metal, and non-protein thiol and organic acid concentrations of two clones of D. viscosa: DV-A (from a metal-polluted soil) and DV-W (from a non-polluted area). After 10 days of hydroponic culture with Cd, fractionation and ultrastructural localisation studies showed that most of the Cd accumulated by D. viscosa was kept in the cell wall. The non-protein thiol content rose in D. viscosa with Cd exposure, especially in the non-metallicolous DV-W clone, and in both clones we found with Cd exposure a synthesis de novo of phytochelatins PC2 and PC3 in shoots and roots and also of other phytochelatin-related compounds, particularly in roots. Regarding organic acids, their concentration in both clones decreased in shoots after Cd treatment, but increased in roots, mainly due to changes in the citric acid concentration. Thus, retention of Cd in the cell wall seems to be the first strategy in response to metal entry in D. viscosa and once inside cells non-protein thiols and organic acids might also participate in Cd tolerance.
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- R Fernández
- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, University of Oviedo, Catedrático Rodrigo Uría s/n, 33071 Oviedo, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, University of Oviedo, Catedrático Rodrigo Uría s/n, 33071 Oviedo, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, University of Oviedo, Catedrático Rodrigo Uría s/n, 33071 Oviedo, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, University of Oviedo, Catedrático Rodrigo Uría s/n, 33071 Oviedo, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, Spain.
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Alves GMS, Magalhães JMCS, Tauler R, Soares HMVM. Simultaneous Anodic Stripping Voltammetric Determination of Pb and Cd, Using a Vibrating Gold Microwire Electrode, Assisted by Chemometric Techniques. ELECTROANAL 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201300198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A central role for thiols in plant tolerance to abiotic stress. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:7405-32. [PMID: 23549272 PMCID: PMC3645693 DOI: 10.3390/ijms14047405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Abiotic stress poses major problems to agriculture and increasing efforts are being made to understand plant stress response and tolerance mechanisms and to develop new tools that underpin successful agriculture. However, the molecular mechanisms of plant stress tolerance are not fully understood, and the data available is incomplete and sometimes contradictory. Here, we review the significance of protein and non-protein thiol compounds in relation to plant tolerance of abiotic stress. First, the roles of the amino acids cysteine and methionine, are discussed, followed by an extensive discussion of the low-molecular-weight tripeptide, thiol glutathione, which plays a central part in plant stress response and oxidative signalling and of glutathione-related enzymes, including those involved in the biosynthesis of non-protein thiol compounds. Special attention is given to the glutathione redox state, to phytochelatins and to the role of glutathione in the regulation of the cell cycle. The protein thiol section focuses on glutaredoxins and thioredoxins, proteins with oxidoreductase activity, which are involved in protein glutathionylation. The review concludes with a brief overview of and future perspectives for the involvement of plant thiols in abiotic stress tolerance.
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Miszczak A, Rosłon M, Zbroja G, Brama K, Szalacha E, Gawrońska H, Pawlak K. SEC ICP MS and CZE ICP MS investigation of medium and high molecular weight complexes formed by cadmium ions with phytochelatins. Anal Bioanal Chem 2013; 405:4667-78. [PMID: 23525539 PMCID: PMC3637892 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6868-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2012] [Revised: 02/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry were applied to characterize low, medium, and high molecular weight cadmium complexes with glutathione and phytochelatins (PCs). The dominant stoichiometry of the complexes formed in vitro was established as 1:1 using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Calculated molecular masses of Cd1L1 complexes were used for calibration of the SEC and CZE methods. The results showed a lower (2 kDa) SEC column exclusion limit for cadmium complexes compared with free peptides (10 kDa), and most of the high molecular weight cadmium species were eluted in the void volume of the column. Moreover, the CZE method based on the semiempirical model of Offord to elucidate peptide migration allowed us to show a high propensity of Cd–PC complexes for polymorphism on complexation, which was also observed for extracts of Arabidopsis thaliana treated with cadmium. All the information presented is vital for understanding the mechanism of metal deactivation in plants. Estimation of molecular mass of Cd-thiopeptide complexes by size electrophoretic mobility ![]()
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- Agata Miszczak
- Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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Sosa V, Serrano N, Ariño C, Manuel Díaz-Cruz J, Esteban M. Can bismuth film screen printed carbon electrodes be used to study complexation? Talanta 2013; 107:356-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2013.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Revised: 01/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Gusmão R, Díaz-Cruz JM, Ariño C, Esteban M. Chemometric Analysis of Voltammetric Data on Metal Ion Binding by Selenocystine. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:6526-31. [DOI: 10.1021/jp2123696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Rui Gusmão
- Departament de Química Analítica Facultat
de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1 - 11, E - 08028 - Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Analítica Facultat
de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1 - 11, E - 08028 - Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Analítica Facultat
de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1 - 11, E - 08028 - Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Analítica Facultat
de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1 - 11, E - 08028 - Barcelona, Spain
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Cavanillas S, Gusmão R, Ariño C, Díaz-Cruz JM, Esteban M. Voltammetric Analysis of Phytochelatin Complexation in Ternary Metal Mixtures Supported by Multivariate Analysis and ESI-MS. ELECTROANAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201100578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Brunetti P, Zanella L, Proia A, De Paolis A, Falasca G, Altamura MM, Sanità di Toppi L, Costantino P, Cardarelli M. Cadmium tolerance and phytochelatin content of Arabidopsis seedlings over-expressing the phytochelatin synthase gene AtPCS1. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:5509-19. [PMID: 21841172 PMCID: PMC3223047 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Revised: 06/27/2011] [Accepted: 06/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Previous studies demonstrated that expression of the Arabidopsis phytochelatin (PC) biosynthetic gene AtPCS1 in Nicotiana tabacum plants increases the Cd tolerance in the presence of exogenous glutathione (GSH). In this paper, the Cd tolerance of Arabidopsis plants over-expressing AtPCS1 (AtPCSox lines) has been analysed and the differences between Arabidopsis and tobacco are shown. Based on the analysis of seedling fresh weight, primary root length, and alterations in root anatomy, evidence is provided that, at relatively low Cd concentrations, the Cd tolerance of AtPCSox lines is lower than the wild type, while AtPCS1 over-expressing tobacco is more tolerant to Cd than the wild type. At higher Cd concentrations, Arabidopsis AtPCSox seedlings are more tolerant to Cd than the wild type, while tobacco AtPCS1 seedlings are as sensitive as the wild type. Exogenous GSH, in contrast to what was observed in tobacco, did not increase the Cd tolerance of AtPCSox lines. The PC content in wild-type Arabidopsis at low Cd concentrations is more than three times higher than in tobacco and substantial differences were also found in the PC chain lengths. These data indicate that the differences in Cd tolerance and in its dependence on exogenous GSH between Arabidopsis and tobacco are due to species-specific differences in the endogenous content of PCs and GSH and may be in the relative abundance of PCs of different length.
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- Patrizia Brunetti
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie (formerly Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare), Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale (formerly Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale), Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
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- IBPM-CNR Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie (formerly Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare), Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale (formerly Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale), Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale (formerly Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale), Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie (formerly Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare), Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
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- IBPM-CNR Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie (formerly Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare), Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
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Combination of chemometrically assisted voltammetry, calorimetry, and circular dichroism as a new method for the study of bioinorganic substances: application to selenocystine metal complexes. J Biol Inorg Chem 2011; 17:321-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-011-0853-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2011] [Accepted: 10/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Dago À, González-García O, Ariño C, Díaz-Cruz JM, Esteban M. Characterization of Hg(II) binding with different length phytochelatins using liquid chromatography and amperometric detection. Anal Chim Acta 2011; 695:51-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2011.03.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Revised: 03/18/2011] [Accepted: 03/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chekmeneva E, Gusmão R, Díaz-Cruz JM, Ariño C, Esteban M. From cysteine to longer chain thiols: thermodynamic analysis of cadmium binding by phytochelatins and their fragments. Metallomics 2011; 3:838-46. [DOI: 10.1039/c1mt00028d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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