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Hassan H, Elaksher SH, Shabala S, Ouyang B. Cadmium uptake and detoxification in tomato plants: Revealing promising targets for genetic improvement. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 214:108968. [PMID: 39074436 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 07/01/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
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Cadmium (Cd) is a hazardous heavy metal known for its detrimental effects on plants, human health, and the environment. This review article delves into the dynamics of Cd uptake, long-distance transport, and its impact on plant performance, with a specific focus on tomato plants. The process of Cd uptake by roots and its subsequent long-distance transport in the xylem and phloem are explored to understand how Cd influences plants operation. The toxic effects of Cd on tomato plants are discussed, highlighting on the challenges it poses to plant growth and development. Furthermore, the review investigates various Cd tolerance mechanisms in plants, including avoidance or exclusion by the root cell wall, root-to-shoot translocation, detoxification pathways, and antioxidative defence systems against Cd-induced stress. In addition, the transcriptomic analyses of tomato plants under Cd stress provide insights into the molecular responses and adaptations of plants to Cd toxicity. Overall, this comprehensive review enhances our understanding of Cd-plant interactions and reveal promising genes for tomato genetic improvement to increase its tolerance to cadmium.
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- Heba Hassan
- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, Joint International Research Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China; Genetics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11241, Egypt.
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- Genetics and Genetic Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Moshtohor, 13736, Qalyubia, Egypt.
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- School of Biological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia; International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, China.
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, Joint International Research Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Charagh S, Hui S, Wang J, Raza A, Zhou L, Xu B, Zhang Y, Sheng Z, Tang S, Hu S, Hu P. Unveiling Innovative Approaches to Mitigate Metals/Metalloids Toxicity for Sustainable Agriculture. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2024; 176:e14226. [PMID: 38410873 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 01/21/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Due to anthropogenic activities, environmental pollution of heavy metals/metalloids (HMs) has increased and received growing attention in recent decades. Plants growing in HM-contaminated soils have slower growth and development, resulting in lower agricultural yield. Exposure to HMs leads to the generation of free radicals (oxidative stress), which alters plant morpho-physiological and biochemical pathways at the cellular and tissue levels. Plants have evolved complex defense mechanisms to avoid or tolerate the toxic effects of HMs, including HMs absorption and accumulation in cell organelles, immobilization by forming complexes with organic chelates, extraction via numerous transporters, ion channels, signaling cascades, and transcription elements, among others. Nonetheless, these internal defensive mechanisms are insufficient to overcome HMs toxicity. Therefore, unveiling HMs adaptation and tolerance mechanisms is necessary for sustainable agriculture. Recent breakthroughs in cutting-edge approaches such as phytohormone and gasotransmitters application, nanotechnology, omics, and genetic engineering tools have identified molecular regulators linked to HMs tolerance, which may be applied to generate HMs-tolerant future plants. This review summarizes numerous systems that plants have adapted to resist HMs toxicity, such as physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses. Diverse adaptation strategies have also been comprehensively presented to advance plant resilience to HMs toxicity that could enable sustainable agricultural production.
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- Sidra Charagh
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Hangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Hangzhou, China
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Ambroise V, Legay S, Jozefczak M, Leclercq CC, Planchon S, Hausman JF, Renaut J, Cuypers A, Sergeant K. Impact of Heavy Metals on Cold Acclimation of Salix viminalis Roots. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:1545. [PMID: 38338824 PMCID: PMC10855682 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25031545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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In nature, plants are exposed to a range of climatic conditions. Those negatively impacting plant growth and survival are called abiotic stresses. Although abiotic stresses have been extensively studied separately, little is known about their interactions. Here, we investigate the impact of long-term mild metal exposure on the cold acclimation of Salix viminalis roots using physiological, transcriptomic, and proteomic approaches. We found that, while metal exposure significantly affected plant morphology and physiology, it did not impede cold acclimation. Cold acclimation alone increased glutathione content and glutathione reductase activity. It also resulted in the increase in transcripts and proteins belonging to the heat-shock proteins and related to the energy metabolism. Exposure to metals decreased antioxidant capacity but increased catalase and superoxide dismutase activity. It also resulted in the overexpression of transcripts and proteins related to metal homeostasis, protein folding, and the antioxidant machinery. The simultaneous exposure to both stressors resulted in effects that were not the simple addition of the effects of both stressors taken separately. At the antioxidant level, the response to both stressors was like the response to metals alone. While this should have led to a reduction of frost tolerance, this was not observed. The impact of the simultaneous exposure to metals and cold acclimation on the transcriptome was unique, while at the proteomic level the cold acclimation component seemed to be dominant. Some genes and proteins displayed positive interaction patterns. These genes and proteins were related to the mitigation and reparation of oxidative damage, sugar catabolism, and the production of lignans, trehalose, and raffinose. Interestingly, none of these genes and proteins belonged to the traditional ROS homeostasis system. These results highlight the importance of the under-studied role of lignans and the ROS damage repair and removal system in plants simultaneously exposed to multiple stressors.
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- Valentin Ambroise
- Greentech Innovation Centre (GTIC), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; (V.A.); (S.L.); (C.C.L.); (S.P.); (J.-F.H.); (J.R.)
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium; (M.J.); (A.C.)
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- Greentech Innovation Centre (GTIC), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; (V.A.); (S.L.); (C.C.L.); (S.P.); (J.-F.H.); (J.R.)
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium; (M.J.); (A.C.)
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- Greentech Innovation Centre (GTIC), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; (V.A.); (S.L.); (C.C.L.); (S.P.); (J.-F.H.); (J.R.)
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- Greentech Innovation Centre (GTIC), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; (V.A.); (S.L.); (C.C.L.); (S.P.); (J.-F.H.); (J.R.)
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- Greentech Innovation Centre (GTIC), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; (V.A.); (S.L.); (C.C.L.); (S.P.); (J.-F.H.); (J.R.)
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- Greentech Innovation Centre (GTIC), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; (V.A.); (S.L.); (C.C.L.); (S.P.); (J.-F.H.); (J.R.)
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium; (M.J.); (A.C.)
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- Greentech Innovation Centre (GTIC), Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; (V.A.); (S.L.); (C.C.L.); (S.P.); (J.-F.H.); (J.R.)
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Li Y, Xu R, Ma C, Yu J, Lei S, Han Q, Wang H. Potential functions of engineered nanomaterials in cadmium remediation in soil-plant system: A review. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 336:122340. [PMID: 37562530 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Soil cadmium (Cd) contamination is a global environmental issue facing agriculture. Under certain conditions, the stable Cd that bound to soil particles tend to be remobilized and absorbed into plants, which is seriously toxic to plant growth and threat food safety. Engineering nanomaterials (ENMs) has attracted increasing attentions in the remediation of Cd pollution in soil-plant system due to their excellent properties with nano-scale size. Herein, this article firstly systematically summarized Cd transformation in soil, transport in soil-plant system, and the toxic effects in plants, following which the functions of ENMs in these processes to remediate Cd pollution are comprehensively reviewed, including immobilization of Cd in soil, inhibition in Cd uptake, transport, and accumulation, as well as physiological detoxication to Cd stress. Finally, some issues to be further studied were raised to promote nano-remediation technology in the environment. This review provides a significant reference for the practical application of ENMs in remediation of Cd pollution in soil, and contributes to sustainable development of agriculture.
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- Yadong Li
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Close-to-Nature Restoration Technology of Wetlands, School of Eco-Environment, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China; Institute of Xiong'an New Area, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Close-to-Nature Restoration Technology of Wetlands, School of Eco-Environment, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China; Institute of Xiong'an New Area, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Close-to-Nature Restoration Technology of Wetlands, School of Eco-Environment, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China; Institute of Xiong'an New Area, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Close-to-Nature Restoration Technology of Wetlands, School of Eco-Environment, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China; Institute of Xiong'an New Area, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Close-to-Nature Restoration Technology of Wetlands, School of Eco-Environment, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China; Institute of Xiong'an New Area, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Close-to-Nature Restoration Technology of Wetlands, School of Eco-Environment, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China; Institute of Xiong'an New Area, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Close-to-Nature Restoration Technology of Wetlands, School of Eco-Environment, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China; College of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China; Institute of Xiong'an New Area, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China.
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Sun L, Wang R, Ju Q, Xing M, Li R, Li W, Li W, Wang W, Deng Y, Xu J. Mitigation mechanism of zinc oxide nanoparticles on cadmium toxicity in tomato. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1162372. [PMID: 37051084 PMCID: PMC10083253 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1162372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) pollution seriously reduces the yield and quality of vegetables. Reducing Cd accumulation in vegetables is of great significance for improving food safety and sustainable agricultural development. Here, using tomato as the material, we analyzed the effect of foliar spraying with zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) on Cd accumulation and tolerance in tomato seedlings. Foliar spraying with ZnO NPs improved Cd tolerance by increasing photosynthesis efficiency and antioxidative capacity, while it reduced Cd accumulation by 40.2% in roots and 34.5% in leaves but increased Zn content by 33.9% in roots and 78.6% in leaves. Foliar spraying with ZnO NPs also increased the contents of copper (Cu) and manganese (Mn) in the leaves of Cd-treated tomato seedlings. Subsequent metabonomic analysis showed that ZnO NPs exposure alleviated the fluctuation of metabolic profiling in response to Cd toxicity, and it had a more prominent effect in leaves than in roots. Correlation analysis revealed that several differentially accumulated metabolites were positively or negatively correlated with the growth parameters and physiol-biochemical indexes. We also found that flavonoids and alkaloid metabolites may play an important role in ZnO NP-alleviated Cd toxicity in tomato seedlings. Taken together, the results of this study indicated that foliar spraying with ZnO NPs effectively reduced Cd accumulation in tomato seedlings; moreover, it also reduced oxidative damage, improved the absorption of trace elements, and reduced the metabolic fluctuation caused by Cd toxicity, thus alleviating Cd-induced growth inhibition in tomato seedlings. This study will enable us to better understand how ZnO NPs regulate plant growth and development and provide new insights into the use of ZnO NPs for improving growth and reducing Cd accumulation in vegetables.
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- Liangliang Sun
- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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- College of Life Science, Qinghai Normal University, Xining, China
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- Qinghai Service and Guarantee Center of Qilian Mountains National Park, Xining, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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Mashabela MD, Masamba P, Kappo AP. Applications of Metabolomics for the Elucidation of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants: A Special Focus on Osmotic Stress and Heavy Metal Toxicity. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:269. [PMID: 36678982 PMCID: PMC9860948 DOI: 10.3390/plants12020269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Plants undergo metabolic perturbations under various abiotic stress conditions; due to their sessile nature, the metabolic network of plants requires continuous reconfigurations in response to environmental stimuli to maintain homeostasis and combat stress. The comprehensive analysis of these metabolic features will thus give an overview of plant metabolic responses and strategies applied to mitigate the deleterious effects of stress conditions at a biochemical level. In recent years, the adoption of metabolomics studies has gained significant attention due to the growing technological advances in analytical biochemistry (plant metabolomics). The complexity of the plant biochemical landscape requires sophisticated, advanced analytical methods. As such, technological advancements in the field of metabolomics have been realized, aided much by the development and refinement of separatory techniques, including liquid and gas chromatography (LC and GC), often hyphenated to state-of-the-art detection instruments such as mass spectrometry (MS) or nuclear resonance magnetic (NMR) spectroscopy. Significant advances and developments in these techniques are briefly highlighted in this review. The enormous progress made thus far also comes with the dawn of the Internet of Things (IoT) and technology housed in machine learning (ML)-based computational tools for data acquisition, mining, and analysis in the 4IR era allowing for broader metabolic coverage and biological interpretation of the cellular status of plants under varying environmental conditions. Thus, scientists can paint a holistic and comprehensive roadmap and predictive models for metabolite-guided crop improvement. The current review outlines the application of metabolomics and related technological advances in elucidating plant responses to abiotic stress, mainly focusing on heavy metal toxicity and subsequent osmotic stress tolerance.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
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ZENG S, WU X, WU B, ZHOU H, WANG M. Rapid determination of cadmium residues in tomato leaves by Vis-NIR hyperspectral and Synergy interval PLS coupled Monte Carlo method. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1590/fst.113422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Jiangsu University, China; Jiangsu University, China
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- Chuzhou Polytechnic, China
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- Research Institute of Zhejiang University-Taizhou, China
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- Research Institute of Zhejiang University-Taizhou, China
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Nguyen NL, Bui VH, Pham HN, To HM, Dijoux-Franca MG, Vu CT, Nguyen KOT. Ionomics and metabolomics analysis reveal the molecular mechanism of metal tolerance of Pteris vittata L. dominating in a mining site in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:87268-87280. [PMID: 35802316 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-21820-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study aims to find the interaction between ionome and metabolome profiles of Pteris vittata L., an arsenic hyperaccumulator plant, to reveal its metal tolerance mechanism. Therefore, at the Pb-Zn mining sites located in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam, where these species dominate, soil and plant samples were collected. Their multi-element compositions were analyzed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and thus referred to as the "ionomics" approach. In parallel, the widely targeted metabolomics profiles of these plant samples were performed using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-QqQ-MS). Nineteen elements, including both metals and nonmetals, were detected and quantified in both tissues of thirty-five plant individuals. A comparison of these elements' levels in two tissues showed that above-ground parts accumulated more As and inorganic P, whereas Zn, Pb, and Sb were raised mostly in the under-ground samples. The partial least squares regression (PLSR) model predicting the level of each element by the whole metabolome indicated that the enhancement of flavonoids content plays an essential contribution in adaptation with the higher levels of Pb, Ag, and Ni accumulated in the aerial part, and Mn, Pb in subterranean part. Moreover, the models also highlighted the effect of Mn and Pb on the metabolic induction of adenosine derivatives in subterranean parts. At the same time, the model presented the most contribution of As to the metabolisms of the amino acids of this tissue. On those accounts, the developed integration approach linking the ionomics and metabolomics data of P. vittata improved the understanding of the molecular mechanism of hyperaccumulation characteristics and provided markers that could be targeted in future investigations.
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- Ngoc-Lien Nguyen
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Water, Environment, Oceanography, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- UMR 5557, Ecologie Microbienne, CNRS, INRA, VetagroSup, UCBL, Université de Lyon, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Water, Environment, Oceanography, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Li Z, Qiu Y, Li J, Wan K, Nie H, Su S. Chronic Cadmium Exposure Induces Impaired Olfactory Learning and Altered Brain Gene Expression in Honey Bees ( Apis mellifera). INSECTS 2022; 13:insects13110988. [PMID: 36354812 PMCID: PMC9696575 DOI: 10.3390/insects13110988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The honey bee (Apis mellifera) plays vital ecological roles in the pollination of crops and the maintenance of ecological balance, and adult honey bees may be exposed to exogenous chemicals including heavy metals during their foraging activities. Cadmium (Cd) is regarded as a nonessential toxic metal and is readily accumulated in plants; honey bees can therefore acquire Cd through the collection of contaminated nectar. In the present study, honey bees were chronically exposed to Cd to investigate the effects of sublethal cadmium doses on the olfactory learning and brain gene expression profiles of honey bees. The results showed that Cd-treated bees exhibited significantly impaired olfactory learning performances in comparison with control bees. Moreover, the head weight was significantly lower in Cd-treated bees than in control bees after chronic exposure to Cd. Gene expression profiles between the Cd treatment and the control revealed that 79 genes were significantly differentially expressed. Genes encoding chemoreceptors and olfactory proteins were downregulated, whereas genes involved in response to oxidative stress were upregulated in Cd-treated bees. The results suggest that Cd exposure exerts oxidative stress in the brain of honey bees, and the dysregulated expression of genes encoding chemoreceptors, olfactory proteins, and cytochrome P450 enzymes is probably associated with impaired olfactory learning in honey bees.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-136-6500-5782
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Zhang J, Wang M, Yang K, Li Y, Li Y, Wu B, Han Q. The New Hyperspectral Analysis Method for Distinguishing the Types of Heavy Metal Copper and Lead Pollution Elements. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:7755. [PMID: 35805414 PMCID: PMC9265336 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19137755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In recent years, the problem of heavy metal pollution in agriculture caused by industrial development has been particularly prominent, directly affecting food and ecological environmental safety. Hyperspectral remote sensing technology has the advantages of high spectral resolution and nondestructive monitoring. The physiological and biochemical parameters of crops undergo similar changes under different heavy metal stresses. Therefore, it is a great challenge to explore the use of hyperspectral technology to distinguish the types of the heavy metal copper (Cu) and lead (Pb) elements. This is also a hot topic in the current research. In this study, several models are proposed to distinguish copper and lead elements by combining multivariate empirical mode decomposition (MEMD) transformation and machine learning. First, MEMD is introduced to decompose the original spectrum, which effectively removes the noise and highlights and magnifies the weak information of the spectrum. The successive projections algorithm (SPA), competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS), and iteratively retaining informative variables (IRIV) were used to screen the characteristic bands and were combined with extreme learning machine (ELM), support vector machine (SVM), and general regression neural network (GRNN) algorithms to build models to distinguish the types of Cu and Pb elements. The quality of the model was evaluated using accuracy (A), precision (P), recall (R), and F-score. The results showed that the MEMD-SPA-SVM, MEMD-CARS-SVM, MEMD-SPA-ELM, MEMD-CARS-ELM, and MEMD-IRIV-ELM models intuitively and effectively distinguished the types of Cu and Pb elements. Their accuracy and F-scores were all greater than 0.8. To verify the superiority of these models, the same model was constructed based on first derivative (FD) and second derivative (SD) transformations, and the obtained classification and recognition accuracy (A) and F-score were both lower than 0.8, which further confirmed the superiority of the model established after MEMD transformation. The model proposed in this study has great potential for applying hyperspectral technology to distinguish the types of elements contaminated by Cu and Pb in crops.
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- Jianhong Zhang
- College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (Y.L.); (B.W.); (Q.H.)
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- Youth League Committee, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, China;
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- College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (Y.L.); (B.W.); (Q.H.)
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- College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (Y.L.); (B.W.); (Q.H.)
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- College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (Y.L.); (B.W.); (Q.H.)
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- College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (Y.L.); (B.W.); (Q.H.)
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- College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (J.Z.); (Y.L.); (Y.L.); (B.W.); (Q.H.)
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Roca M, Pérez-Gálvez A. Metabolomics of Chlorophylls and Carotenoids: Analytical Methods and Metabolome-Based Studies. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:1622. [PMID: 34679756 PMCID: PMC8533378 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10101622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Chlorophylls and carotenoids are two families of antioxidants present in daily ingested foods, whose recognition as added-value ingredients runs in parallel with the increasing number of demonstrated functional properties. Both groups include a complex and vast number of compounds, and extraction and analysis methods evolved recently to a modern protocol. New methodologies are more potent, precise, and accurate, but their application requires a better understanding of the technical and biological context. Therefore, the present review compiles the basic knowledge and recent advances of the metabolomics of chlorophylls and carotenoids, including the interrelation with the primary metabolism. The study includes material preparation and extraction protocols, the instrumental techniques for the acquisition of spectroscopic and spectrometric properties, the workflows and software tools for data pre-processing and analysis, and the application of mass spectrometry to pigment metabolomics. In addition, the review encompasses a critical description of studies where metabolomics analyses of chlorophylls and carotenoids were developed as an approach to analyzing the effects of biotic and abiotic stressors on living organisms.
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- Food Phytochemistry Department, Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC), Building 46, 41013 Sevilla, Spain;
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Xu Y, Liu H, Han D, Ren L, Gong X, Jiang F, Cui Y, Liu X, Ren C, Xue J, Tian X. Metabolomic Alterations in the Digestive System of the Mantis Shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria Following Short-Term Exposure to Cadmium. Front Physiol 2021; 12:706579. [PMID: 34421644 PMCID: PMC8374601 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.706579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria is an economically critical aquatic species along the coast of China but strongly accumulates marine pollutant cadmium (Cd) in its digestive system. It is necessary to characterize the toxicity of Cd in the digestive system of mantis shrimp. The metabolic process is an essential target of Cd toxicity response. In this work, we used ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-TOF-MS) for untargeted metabolomics to characterize the metabolic changes in the digestive system of O. oratoria, exposed to 0.05 mg/L for 96 h. The aim of this study was to further investigate the effect of O. oratoria on Cd response to toxicity and develop biomarkers. Metabolomics analysis showed the alteration of metabolism in the digestive system of mantis shrimp under Cd stress. A total of 91 metabolites were differentially expressed and their main functions were classified into amino acids, phospholipids, and fatty acid esters. The enrichment results of differential metabolite functional pathways showed that biological processes such as amino acid metabolism, transmembrane transport, energy metabolism, and signal transduction are significantly affected. Based on the above results, the Cd-induced oxidative stress and energy metabolism disorders were characterized by the differential expression of amino acids and ADP in mantis shrimp, while the interference of transmembrane transport and signal transduction was due to the differential expression of phospholipids. Overall, this work initially discussed the toxicological response of Cd stress to O. oratoria from the metabolic level and provided new insights into the mechanism.
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- Yingjiang Xu
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Restoration, Shandong Marine Resource and Environment Research Institute, Yantai, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Restoration, Shandong Marine Resource and Environment Research Institute, Yantai, China.,College of Food Sciences and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Restoration, Shandong Marine Resource and Environment Research Institute, Yantai, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Restoration, Shandong Marine Resource and Environment Research Institute, Yantai, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Restoration, Shandong Marine Resource and Environment Research Institute, Yantai, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Restoration, Shandong Marine Resource and Environment Research Institute, Yantai, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Restoration, Shandong Marine Resource and Environment Research Institute, Yantai, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Restoration, Shandong Marine Resource and Environment Research Institute, Yantai, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Restoration, Shandong Marine Resource and Environment Research Institute, Yantai, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Restoration, Shandong Marine Resource and Environment Research Institute, Yantai, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Restoration, Shandong Marine Resource and Environment Research Institute, Yantai, China
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Rai KK, Pandey N, Meena RP, Rai SP. Biotechnological strategies for enhancing heavy metal tolerance in neglected and underutilized legume crops: A comprehensive review. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 208:111750. [PMID: 33396075 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Contamination of agricultural land and water by heavy metals due to rapid industrialization and urbanization including various natural processes have become one of the major constraints to crop growth and productivity. Several studies have reported that to counteract heavy metal stress, plants should be able to maneuver various physiological, biochemical and molecular processes to improve their growth and development under heavy metal stress. With the advent of modern biotechnological tools and techniques it is now possible to tailor legume and other plants overexpressing stress-induced genes, transcription factors, proteins, and metabolites that are directly involved in heavy metal stress tolerance. This review provides an in-depth overview of various biotechnological approaches and/or strategies that can be used for enhancing detoxification of the heavy metals by stimulating phytoremediation processes. Synthetic biology tools involved in the engineering of legume and other crop plants against heavy metal stress tolerance are also discussed herewith some pioneering examples where synthetic biology tools that have been used to modify plants for specific traits. Also, CRISPR based genetic engineering of plants, including their role in modulating the expression of several genes/ transcription factors in the improvement of abiotic stress tolerance and phytoremediation ability using knockdown and knockout strategies has also been critically discussed.
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- Krishna Kumar Rai
- Centre of Advance Study in Botany, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Centre of Advance Study in Botany, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India; Department of Botany, CMP PG College, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India
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- Centre of Advance Study in Botany, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India; Department of Computer Science, IIT, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Centre of Advance Study in Botany, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Panda A, Rangani J, Parida AK. Unraveling salt responsive metabolites and metabolic pathways using non-targeted metabolomics approach and elucidation of salt tolerance mechanisms in the xero-halophyte Haloxylon salicornicum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2021; 158:284-296. [PMID: 33239222 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Haloxylon salicornicum is a xero-halophyte growing in saline and arid regions of the world. Metabolite profiling was carried out in shoot of both control and salinity treated (400 mM NaCl) samples by GC-QTOF-MS and HPLC-DAD analysis to decipher the salinity tolerance mechanism in this xero-halophyte. The present study investigates the alteration in metabolite profile of H. salicornicum that support the salinity tolerance of the plant. The metabolomic analysis of H. salicornicum shoot identified 56 metabolites, of which 47 metabolites were significantly changed in response to salinity. These metabolites were mainly included in the category of amino acids, organic acids, amines, sugar alcohols, sugars, fatty acids, alkaloids, and phytohormones. In response to salinity, most of the amino acids were down-regulated except alanine, phenylalanine, lysine, and tyramine, which were up-regulated in H. salicornicum. In contrast to amino acids, most sugars and organic acids were up-regulated in response to salinity. Correlation and pathway enrichment analysis identified important biological pathways playing significant roles in conferring salt tolerance of H. salicornicum. These biological pathways include amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism, citrate cycle (TCA cycle), starch and sucrose metabolism, phenylalanine metabolism, cysteine, methionine, glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism, etc. The data presented here suggest that the modulations of various metabolic pathways facilitate H. salicornicum to survive and grow optimally even under high salinity condition. This study offers comprehensive information on metabolic adaptations and overall salt tolerance mechanisms in H. salicornicum. The information gained through this study will provide guidance to plant breeders and molecular biologists to develop salinity tolerant crop varieties.
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- Ashok Panda
- Plant Omics Division, CSIR- Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364002, Gujarat, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR- Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364002, Gujarat, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Plant Omics Division, CSIR- Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, 364002, Gujarat, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India.
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Gutsch A, Hendrix S, Guerriero G, Renaut J, Lutts S, Alseekh S, Fernie AR, Hausman JF, Vangronsveld J, Cuypers A, Sergeant K. Long-Term Cd Exposure Alters the Metabolite Profile in Stem Tissue of Medicago sativa. Cells 2020; 9:E2707. [PMID: 33348837 PMCID: PMC7765984 DOI: 10.3390/cells9122707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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As a common pollutant, cadmium (Cd) is one of the most toxic heavy metals accumulating in agricultural soils through anthropogenic activities. The uptake of Cd by plants is the main entry route into the human food chain, whilst in plants it elicits oxidative stress by unbalancing the cellular redox status. Medicago sativa was subjected to chronic Cd stress for five months. Targeted and untargeted metabolic analyses were performed. Long-term Cd exposure altered the amino acid composition with levels of asparagine, histidine and proline decreasing in stems but increasing in leaves. This suggests tissue-specific metabolic stress responses, which are often not considered in environmental studies focused on leaves. In stem tissue, profiles of secondary metabolites were clearly separated between control and Cd-exposed plants. Fifty-one secondary metabolites were identified that changed significantly upon Cd exposure, of which the majority are (iso)flavonoid conjugates. Cadmium exposure stimulated the phenylpropanoid pathway that led to the accumulation of secondary metabolites in stems rather than cell wall lignification. Those metabolites are antioxidants mitigating oxidative stress and preventing cellular damage. By an adequate adjustment of its metabolic composition, M. sativa reaches a new steady state, which enables the plant to acclimate under chronic Cd stress.
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- Annelie Gutsch
- GreenTech Innovation Center, Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; (A.G.); (G.G.); (J.R.); (J.-F.H.)
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Campus Diepenbeek, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium; (S.H.); (J.V.); (A.C.)
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Campus Diepenbeek, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium; (S.H.); (J.V.); (A.C.)
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 144, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- GreenTech Innovation Center, Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; (A.G.); (G.G.); (J.R.); (J.-F.H.)
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- GreenTech Innovation Center, Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; (A.G.); (G.G.); (J.R.); (J.-F.H.)
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- Groupe de Recherche en Physiologie Végétale, Earth and Life Institute—Agronomy, Université Catholique de Louvain, 5, Place Croix du Sud, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Plant Molecular Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (S.A.); (A.R.F.)
- Centre of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Plant Molecular Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (S.A.); (A.R.F.)
- Centre of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- GreenTech Innovation Center, Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; (A.G.); (G.G.); (J.R.); (J.-F.H.)
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Campus Diepenbeek, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium; (S.H.); (J.V.); (A.C.)
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Campus Diepenbeek, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium; (S.H.); (J.V.); (A.C.)
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- GreenTech Innovation Center, Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; (A.G.); (G.G.); (J.R.); (J.-F.H.)
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Cornu JY, Bussière S, Coriou C, Robert T, Maucourt M, Deborde C, Moing A, Nguyen C. Changes in plant growth, Cd partitioning and xylem sap composition in two sunflower cultivars exposed to low Cd concentrations in hydroponics. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 205:111145. [PMID: 32846296 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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This study characterizes sunflower response to the levels of Cd encountered in moderately Cd-polluted soils. Two sunflower cultivars differing in their ability to sequestrate Cd in roots were exposed to low concentrations of Cd (0.5 nM or 100 nM) in hydroponics and sampled after 18 days (258 degree-days) when ten leaves were fully expanded. Plant growth, Cd uptake and partitioning among organs were monitored along with the ionomic (ICP-MS) and the metabolic (1H-NMR) composition of the xylem sap. Sunflower tolerance to Cd differed between the two cultivars. The cultivar with the highest ability to sequestrate Cd in roots (Kapllan) was more tolerant to Cd than the one with the lowest ability (ES RICA). The 23% penalization of plant growth observed at 100 nM in cultivar ES RICA was associated with reduced xylem loading fluxes of soluble sugars, perhaps pointing to disruption of carbohydrate metabolism. Retention of Cd in the stem was higher at 100 nM than at 0.5 nM in the Cd-sensitive cultivar ES RICA, which can be seen as a sunflower strategy to restrict the amount of Cd delivered to the leaves under Cd stress. No direct connection was found between the speciation of Cd in the xylem sap and the Cd translocation efficiency, although significant changes in the free ionic fraction of Cd were observed between the two cultivars at 0.5 nM. The relevance of these results in promoting the use of sunflower in phytomanagement of Cd-polluted soils is discussed.
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- J Y Cornu
- INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, UMR ISPA, F-33140, Villenave D'Ornon, France.
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- INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, UMR ISPA, F-33140, Villenave D'Ornon, France
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- INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, UMR ISPA, F-33140, Villenave D'Ornon, France
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- INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, UMR ISPA, F-33140, Villenave D'Ornon, France
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- INRAE, Univ. Bordeaux, UMR Fruit Biology and Pathology, F-33140, Villenave D'Ornon, France; PMB-Metabolome, INRAE, 2018. Bordeaux Metabolome Facility, France
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- INRAE, Univ. Bordeaux, UMR Fruit Biology and Pathology, F-33140, Villenave D'Ornon, France; PMB-Metabolome, INRAE, 2018. Bordeaux Metabolome Facility, France
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- INRAE, Univ. Bordeaux, UMR Fruit Biology and Pathology, F-33140, Villenave D'Ornon, France; PMB-Metabolome, INRAE, 2018. Bordeaux Metabolome Facility, France
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- INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, UMR ISPA, F-33140, Villenave D'Ornon, France
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Abreu AC, Fernández I. NMR Metabolomics Applied on the Discrimination of Variables Influencing Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum). Molecules 2020; 25:E3738. [PMID: 32824282 PMCID: PMC7463728 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25163738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Tomato composition and nutritional value are attracting increasing attention and interest from both consumers and producers. The interest in enhancing fruits' quality with respect to beneficious nutrients and flavor/aroma components is based not only in their economic added value but also in their implications involving organoleptic and healthy properties and has generated considerable research interest among nutraceutical and horticultural industries. The present article reviews up to March 2020 some of the most relevant studies based on the application of NMR coupled to multivariate statistical analysis that have addressed the investigation on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Specifically, the NMR untargeted technique in the agri-food sector can generate comprehensive data on metabolic networks and is paving the way towards the understanding of variables affecting tomato crops and composition such as origin, variety, salt-water irrigation, cultivation techniques, stage of development, among many others. Such knowledge is helpful to improve fruit quality through cultural practices that divert the metabolism towards the desired pathways and, probably more importantly, drives further efforts towards the differentiation of those crops developed under controlled and desired agronomical conditions.
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL, University of Almería, Ctra. Sacramento, 04120 Almería, Spain;
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Phytoremediation of Cadmium: Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Mechanisms. BIOLOGY 2020; 9:biology9070177. [PMID: 32708065 PMCID: PMC7407403 DOI: 10.3390/biology9070177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most toxic metals in the environment, and has noxious effects on plant growth and production. Cd-accumulating plants showed reduced growth and productivity. Therefore, remediation of this non-essential and toxic pollutant is a prerequisite. Plant-based phytoremediation methodology is considered as one a secure, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective approach for toxic metal remediation. Phytoremediating plants transport and accumulate Cd inside their roots, shoots, leaves, and vacuoles. Phytoremediation of Cd-contaminated sites through hyperaccumulator plants proves a ground-breaking and profitable choice to combat the contaminants. Moreover, the efficiency of Cd phytoremediation and Cd bioavailability can be improved by using plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB). Emerging modern molecular technologies have augmented our insight into the metabolic processes involved in Cd tolerance in regular cultivated crops and hyperaccumulator plants. Plants’ development via genetic engineering tools, like enhanced metal uptake, metal transport, Cd accumulation, and the overall Cd tolerance, unlocks new directions for phytoremediation. In this review, we outline the physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms involved in Cd phytoremediation. Further, a focus on the potential of omics and genetic engineering strategies has been documented for the efficient remediation of a Cd-contaminated environment.
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Sun H, Wang X, Li H, Bi J, Yu J, Liu X, Zhou H, Rong Z. Selenium modulates cadmium-induced ultrastructural and metabolic changes in cucumber seedlings. RSC Adv 2020; 10:17892-17905. [PMID: 35515607 PMCID: PMC9053616 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra02866e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Intensive insight into the potential mechanisms of Se-induced Cd tolerance in cucumber seedlings is essential for further improvement of vegetable crop cultivation and breeding to obtain high yields and quality in Cd-contaminated soil. To reveal the ultrastructural and metabolic differences in Se-induced Cd tolerance, we examined the ultrastructures of chloroplasts and root cells and characterised 155 differentially expressed metabolites under Cd and/or Se stress using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)-based metabolomics. Exogenous Se greatly relieved Cd-caused injuries to the ultrastructures of cucumber leaves and roots; for example, the shapes of chloroplasts treated with Cd + Se improved or even began to return to normal, the nuclei of root cells began to regenerate better and the chromatin was well-distributed compared with plants treated with Cd alone. Metabolite profiling revealed several intermediates of glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle; also, some amino acids were up-accumulated in Cd + Se-treated cucumber seedlings and down-accumulated in Cd-treated cucumber seedlings, such as pyruvic acid, galactose, lactose, glutaric acid and alanine in leaves, glucose-6-phosphate and serine in roots, and lactic acid and glycine in both leaves and roots. These metabolites may play dominant roles in developing Se-mediated Cd tolerance. Moreover, a high level of sugars and polyols, amino acids and organic acids were up-accumulated in Cd-treated plants. Meanwhile, our data suggest that high accumulation of fructose, α-ketoglutaric acid, shikimic acid, fumaric acid and succinic acid in roots is a Cd-specific response, indicating that these metabolites are vital for cucumbers to develop Cd resistance. This study extends the current understanding of the mechanisms of Se in abating Cd contamination in cucumber and demonstrates that metabolomics profiling provides a more comprehensive view of the response of plants to heavy metals. Intensive insight into the potential mechanisms of Se-induced Cd tolerance in cucumber seedlings is essential for further improvement of vegetable crop cultivation and breeding to obtain high yields and quality in Cd-contaminated soil.![]()
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- Hongyan Sun
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology Taiyuan 030024 P. R. China +86 351 4399509 +86 15234173601
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Shanxi Agricultural University Taiyuan 030045 P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology Taiyuan 030024 P. R. China +86 351 4399509 +86 15234173601
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology Taiyuan 030024 P. R. China +86 351 4399509 +86 15234173601
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology Taiyuan 030024 P. R. China +86 351 4399509 +86 15234173601
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology Taiyuan 030024 P. R. China +86 351 4399509 +86 15234173601
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology Taiyuan 030024 P. R. China +86 351 4399509 +86 15234173601
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology Taiyuan 030024 P. R. China +86 351 4399509 +86 15234173601
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Guo Q, He Z, Liu X, Liu B, Zhang Y. High-throughput non-targeted metabolomics study of the effects of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) on the metabolic characteristics of A. thaliana leaves. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 710:135542. [PMID: 31785916 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Revised: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The ecotoxicity of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) is complex and has been reported in animals (including fish and mice), but the effects of PFOS in plants, especially the toxic mechanisms, have rarely been studied. High-throughput nontargeted metabolomics methods for comprehensive assessment were selected to study changes in metabolic characteristics in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves by exposure to different concentrations of PFOS throughout the growth period (30 days). All the metabolites were analyzed by PCA and OPLS-DA methods, by the cutoff of VIP and p-value, 53 biomarkers were found and significantly regulated, all amino acids except glutamate were inhibited and probably associated with binding to protein, auxin and cytokinin of phytohormones were significantly down-regulated. In response mechanism to oxidative stress from PFOS, the phenylpropanoid pathway were fully activated to form several polyphenols and further enhanced into several flavonoids against the reactive oxygen species (ROS) as the primary defend pathway, in addition, ascorbate, trehalose and nicotinamide also were activated and help decrease the damage from oxidative stress. These results provide insights into the mechanism underlying the phytotoxicity of PFOS.
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- Qiqi Guo
- Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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- Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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- Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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- Shanghai AB Sciex Analytical Instrument Trading Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China.
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Copper-induced changes in growth, photosynthesis, antioxidative system activities and lipid metabolism of cilantro (Coriandrum sativum L.). Biologia (Bratisl) 2020. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-020-00419-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Jun S, Xin Z, Xiaohong W, Bing L, Chunxia D, Jifeng S. Research and analysis of cadmium residue in tomato leaves based on WT-LSSVR and Vis-NIR hyperspectral imaging. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2019; 212:215-221. [PMID: 30641361 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.12.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The reliability and validity of Vis-NIR hyperspectral imaging were investigated for the determination of heavy metal content in tomato leaves under different cadmium stress. Besides, a method involving wavelet transform and least square support vector machine regression (WT-LSSVR) is proposed to select the optimal wavelength and establish the detection model. The Vis-NIR hyperspectral images of 405 tomato leaf samples were obtained and the whole region of tomato leaf sample spectral data was collected and preprocessed. In addition, WT-LSSVR is used to select optimal wavelength and establish the detection model using db4 and db6 as wavelet basis function, respectively. Furthermore, the best prediction performances for detecting cadmium (Cd) content in tomato leaves was obtained by second derivative (2nd Der) pre-processing method, with Rc2 of 0.9437, RMSEC of 0.0988 mg/kg, Rp2 of 0.8937, RMSEP of 0.2331 mg/kg, Rcv2 of 0.9357, RMSECV of 0.1455 mg/kg, RPD of 3.081 and bias of 0.00863 using db6 (daubechies 6) as wavelet basis function with wavelet fourth layer decomposition. The results of this study indicated that WT-LSSVR can effectively select the optimal wavelength and Vis-NIR hyperspectral imaging has great potential for detecting heavy metal content in tomato leaves under different cadmium stresses.
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- Sun Jun
- School of Electrical and Information Engineering of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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Khan MA, Ding X, Khan S, Brusseau ML, Khan A, Nawab J. The influence of various organic amendments on the bioavailability and plant uptake of cadmium present in mine-degraded soil. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 636:810-817. [PMID: 29727847 PMCID: PMC6063314 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 04/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Mining of minerals and precious elements leads to land degradation that need to be reclaimed using environmentally friendly and cost effective techniques. The present study investigated the potential effects of different organic amendments on cadmium (Cd) bioavailability in mining-degraded soil and its subsequent bioaccumulation in tomato and cucumber. The selected organic geosorbents (hard wood biochar (HWB), bagasse (BG), rice husk (RH), and maize comb waste (MCW)) were added at application rates of 3% and 5% to chromite mine-degraded soil containing Cd. Tomato and cucumber plants were then grown in the soil, and the roots, shoots, leaves, and fruits of each plant were analysed for Cd concentration, biomass production, and chlorophyll content. The results indicated that the different organic materials have variable effects on physiochemical characteristics of vegetables and Cd bioavailability. The biochar amendment significantly (P < 0.01) increased chlorophyll contents (20-40%) and biomass (40-63%), as did RH to a lesser extent (increase of 10-18% in chlorophyll content and 3-45% in biomass). Among the amendments, HWB was the most effective at reducing Cd bioavailability, wherein significant decreases were observed in Cd uptake by fruits of tomato (24-30%) and cucumber (36-54%). The higher application rate of 5% was found to be more effective for mitigation of Cd mobility and bioaccumulation in plants grown in mine degraded soil. The study results indicate that effective use of organic amendments, especially HWB, can significantly reduce Cd levels in vegetables, improve food quality, and reduce human-health risk while increasing biomass production.
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- Muhammad Amjad Khan
- College of Resources and Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China; Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- College of Resources and Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan.
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- College of Resources and Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Department of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, University of Swat, Swat 19130, Pakistan
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Podlešáková K, Ugena L, Spíchal L, Doležal K, De Diego N. Phytohormones and polyamines regulate plant stress responses by altering GABA pathway. N Biotechnol 2018; 48:53-65. [PMID: 30048769 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In plants, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) accumulates rapidly in response to environmental stress and variations in its endogenous concentration have been shown to affect plant growth. Exogenous application of GABA has also conferred higher stress tolerance by modulating the expression of genes involved in plant signalling, transcriptional regulation, hormone biosynthesis, reactive oxygen species production and polyamine metabolism. Plant hormones play critical roles in adaptation of plants to adverse environmental conditions through a sophisticated crosstalk among them. Several studies have provided evidence for the relationships between GABA, polyamines and hormones such as abscisic acid, cytokinins, auxins, gibberellins and ethylene, among others, focussing on the effect that one specific group of compounds exerts over the metabolic and signalling pathways of others. In this review, we bring together information obtained from plants exposed to several stress conditions and discuss the possible links among these different groups of molecules. The analysis supports the view that highly conserved pathways connect primary and secondary metabolism, with an overlap of regulatory functions related to stress responses and tolerance among phytohormones, amino acids and polyamines.
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- Kateřina Podlešáková
- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ-78371, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ-78371, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ-78371, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ-78371, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ-78371, Czech Republic.
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Carvalho MEA, Piotto FA, Nogueira ML, Gomes-Junior FG, Chamma HMCP, Pizzaia D, Azevedo RA. Cadmium exposure triggers genotype-dependent changes in seed vigor and germination of tomato offspring. PROTOPLASMA 2018; 255:989-999. [PMID: 29354852 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-018-1210-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Although negative effects on the offspring fitness can be triggered by the mother-plant exposure to environmental stresses, some plants are able to "remember" past incidents and enhance the progeny tolerance. Here, the mineral profile, cytogenetic modifications, and physiological potential of seeds from two tomato cultivars, with contrasting tolerance degrees to cadmium (Cd) toxicity, were evaluated after plant exposure to this metal. Both cultivars exhibited high Cd translocation to the seeds; however, the tolerant tomato accumulated more Cd than did the sensitive one. As a consequence of the Cd accumulation, reductions in the Mn concentration in Cd-challenged plants were detected. Surprisingly, seed germination and vigor were increased in the tolerant tomato cultivar after Cd exposure, despite increases in the chromosomal abnormalities. By contrast, seeds from the sensitive cultivar exhibited no changes in their physiological potential after Cd exposure, despite Cd-induced reductions in the mitotic index. Moreover, bunch position exerted effects on the vigor and type of chromosomal abnormality. The results show that maternal plant exposure to Cd can affect tomato offspring by changing the seed physiological potential, and such effect can be partially explained by alterations in the seed-derived elements (essential and non-essential) and genotype-dependent tolerance mechanisms.
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- Marcia Eugenia Amaral Carvalho
- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo (Esalq/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo (Esalq/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo (Esalq/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Produção Vegetal, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo (Esalq/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Produção Vegetal, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo (Esalq/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo (Esalq/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo (Esalq/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil.
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Carvalho MEA, Piotto FA, Gaziola SA, Jacomino AP, Jozefczak M, Cuypers A, Azevedo RA. New insights about cadmium impacts on tomato: Plant acclimation, nutritional changes, fruit quality and yield. Food Energy Secur 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/fes3.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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- Marcia E. A. Carvalho
- Departamento de Genética; Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”/Universidade de São Paulo (Esalq/USP); Piracicaba Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética; Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”/Universidade de São Paulo (Esalq/USP); Piracicaba Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética; Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”/Universidade de São Paulo (Esalq/USP); Piracicaba Brazil
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- Departamento de Produção Vegetal; Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz De Queiroz”/Universidade de São Paulo (Esalq/USP); Piracicaba Brazil
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences; Hasselt University; Diepenbeek Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences; Hasselt University; Diepenbeek Belgium
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- Departamento de Genética; Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”/Universidade de São Paulo (Esalq/USP); Piracicaba Brazil
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Borges KLR, Salvato F, Alcântara BK, Nalin RS, Piotto FÂ, Azevedo RA. Temporal dynamic responses of roots in contrasting tomato genotypes to cadmium tolerance. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2018; 27:245-258. [PMID: 29294240 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-017-1889-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Despite numerous studies on cadmium (Cd) uptake and accumulation in crops, relatively little is available considering the temporal dynamic of Cd uptake and responses to stress focused on the root system. Here we highlighted the responses to Cd-induced stress in roots of two tomato genotypes contrasting in Cd-tolerance: the tolerant Pusa Ruby and the sensitive Calabash Rouge. Tomato genotypes growing in the presence of 35 μM CdCl2 exhibited a similar trend of Cd accumulation in tissues, mainly in the root system and overall plants exhibited reduction in the dry matter weight. Both genotypes showed similar trends for malondialdehyde and hydrogen peroxide accumulation with increases when exposed to Cd, being this response more pronounced in the sensitive genotype. When the antioxidant machinery is concerned, in the presence of Cd the reduced glutathione content was decreased in roots while ascorbate peroxidase (APX), glutathione reductase (GR) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities were increased in the presence of Cd in the tolerant genotype. Altogether these results suggest APX, GR and GST as the main players of the antioxidant machinery against Cd-induced oxidative stress.
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- Karina Lima Reis Borges
- Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Biochemistry, Genetics Department, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Biochemistry, Genetics Department, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
- Laboratory of Molecular Physiology of Plants, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Statistical Genetics, Genetics Department, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Biochemistry, Genetics Department, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Biochemistry, Genetics Department, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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Fryzova R, Pohanka M, Martinkova P, Cihlarova H, Brtnicky M, Hladky J, Kynicky J. Oxidative Stress and Heavy Metals in Plants. REVIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2018; 245:129-156. [PMID: 29032515 DOI: 10.1007/398_2017_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Oxidative stress is a pathological process related to not only animal kingdom but also plants. Regarding oxidative stress in plants, heavy metals are frequently discussed as causative stimuli with relevance to ecology. Because heavy metals have broad technological importance, they can easily contaminate the environment. Much of previous effort regarding the harmful impact of the heavy metals was given to their toxicology in the animals and humans. Their implication in plant pathogeneses is less known and remains underestimated.The current paper summarizes basic facts about heavy metals, their distribution in soil, mobility, accumulation by plants, and initiation of oxidative stress including the decline in basal metabolism. The both actual and frontier studies in the field are summarized and discussed. The major pathophysiological pathways are introduced as well and link between heavy metals toxicity and their ability to initiate an oxidative damage is provided. Mobility and bioaccessibility of the metals is also considered as key factors in their impact on oxidative stress development in the plant. The metals like lead, mercury, copper, cadmium, iron, zinc, nickel, vanadium are depicted in the text.Heavy metals appear to be significant contributors to pathological processes in the plants and oxidative stress is probably an important contributor to the effect. The most sensitive plant species are enlisted and discussed in this review. The facts presented here outline next effort to investigate pathological processes in the plants.
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- Radka Fryzova
- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, Brno, 613 00, Czech Republic
- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 123, Brno, 612 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, Brno, 613 00, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Trebesska 1575, Hradec Kralove, 500 01, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 123, Brno, 612 00, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Trebesska 1575, Hradec Kralove, 500 01, Czech Republic
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, Brno, 613 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, Brno, 613 00, Czech Republic
- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 123, Brno, 612 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, Brno, 613 00, Czech Republic
- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 123, Brno, 612 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, Brno, 613 00, Czech Republic.
- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 123, Brno, 612 00, Czech Republic.
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Khan MA, Khan S, Khan A, Alam M. Soil contamination with cadmium, consequences and remediation using organic amendments. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 601-602:1591-1605. [PMID: 28609847 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 265] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Revised: 06/02/2017] [Accepted: 06/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) contamination of soil and food crops is a ubiquitous environmental problem that has resulted from uncontrolled industrialization, unsustainable urbanization and intensive agricultural practices. Being a toxic element, Cd poses high threats to soil quality, food safety, and human health. Land is the ultimate source of waste disposal and utilization therefore, Cd released from different sources (natural and anthropogenic), eventually reaches soil, and then subsequently bio-accumulates in food crops. The stabilization of Cd in contaminated soil using organic amendments is an environmentally friendly and cost effective technique used for remediation of moderate to high contaminated soil. Globally, substantial amounts of organic waste are generated every day that can be used as a source of nutrients, and also as conditioners to improve soil quality. This review paper focuses on the sources, generation, and use of different organic amendments to remediate Cd contaminated soil, discusses their effects on soil physical and chemical properties, Cd bioavailability, plant uptake, and human health risk. Moreover, it also provides an update of the most relevant findings about the application of organic amendments to remediate Cd contaminated soil and associated mechanisms. Finally, future research needs and directions for the remediation of Cd contaminated soil using organic amendments are discussed.
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- Muhammad Amjad Khan
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan; Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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Rizwan M, Ali S, Adrees M, Ibrahim M, Tsang DCW, Zia-Ur-Rehman M, Zahir ZA, Rinklebe J, Tack FMG, Ok YS. A critical review on effects, tolerance mechanisms and management of cadmium in vegetables. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 182:90-105. [PMID: 28494365 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) accumulation in vegetables is an important environmental issue that threatens human health globally. Understanding the response of vegetables to Cd stress and applying management strategies may help to reduce the Cd uptake by vegetables. The aim of the present review is to summarize the knowledge concerning the uptake and toxic effects of Cd in vegetables and the different management strategies to combat Cd stress in vegetables. Leafy vegetables grown in Cd contaminated soils potentially accumulate higher concentrations of Cd, posing a threat to food commodities. The Cd toxicity decreases seed germination, growth, biomass and quality of vegetables. This reduces the photosynthesis, stomatal conductance and alteration in mineral nutrition. Toxicity of Cd toxicity also interferes with vegetable biochemistry causing oxidative stress and resulting in decreased antioxidant enzyme activities. Several management options have been employed for the reduction of Cd uptake and toxicity in vegetables. The exogenous application of plant growth regulators, proper mineral nutrition, and the use of organic and inorganic amendments might be useful for reducing Cd toxicity in vegetables. The use of low Cd accumulating vegetable cultivars in conjunction with insolubilizing amendments and proper agricultural practices might be a useful technique for reducing Cd exposure in the food chain.
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- Muhammad Rizwan
- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama Iqbal Road, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama Iqbal Road, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama Iqbal Road, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama Iqbal Road, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
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- University of Wuppertal, Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285, Wuppertal, Germany; Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-dong, Gwnagjin-gu, Seoul, 143-747, South Korea
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- Department of Applied Analytical and Physical Chemistry, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- O-Jeong Eco-Resilience Institute (OJERI), Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Li X, Gitau MM, Han S, Fu J, Xie Y. Effects of cadmium-resistant fungi Aspergillus aculeatus on metabolic profiles of bermudagrass [Cynodondactylon (L.)Pers.] under Cd stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2017; 114:38-50. [PMID: 28273510 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Revised: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Plants' tolerance to heavy metal stress may be induced by the exploitation of microbes. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effect of cadmium (Cd)-resistant fungus, Aspergillus aculeatus, on tolerance to Cd and alteration of metabolites in bermudagrass under Cd stress, and identify the predominant metabolites associated with Cd tolerance. Two genotypes of bermudagrass with contrasting Cd tolerance (Cd-sensitive 'WB92' and Cd-tolerant 'WB242') were exposed to 0, 50, 150 and 250 mg kg-1 Cd for 21 days. Physiological responses of bermudagrass to Cd stress were evaluated based on the relative growth rate (RGR) and normalized relative transpiration rate (NRT). Plants inoculated with A. aculeatus exhibited higher RGR and NRT under Cd stress than those of non-inoculated plants, regardless of genotypes. A total of 32 Cd-responsive metabolites in leaves and 21 in roots were identified in the two genotypes, including organic acids, amino acids, sugars, and fatty acids and others. Interestingly, under Cd stress, the leaves of inoculated 'WB92' accumulated less citric acid, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, sucrose, galactose, but more sorbose and glucose, while inoculated 'WB242' leaves had less citric acid, malic acid, sucrose, sorbose, but more fructose and glucose, compared to non-inoculated plants. In 'WB92' roots, the A. aculeatus reduced mannose content, but increased trehalose and citric acid content, while in 'WB242', it decreased sucrose, but enhanced citric acid content, compared to Cd regime. The results of this study suggest that A. aculeatus may induce accumulation of different metabolites associated with Cd tolerance in bermudagrass.
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- Xiaoning Li
- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan 430074, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan 430074, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan 430074, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan 430074, China.
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Hou J, Liu X, Cui B, Bai J, Wang X. Concentration-dependent alterations in gene expression induced by cadmium in Solanum lycopersicum. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:10528-10536. [PMID: 28281075 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8748-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) toxicity in agricultural soil has received significant attention because of its higher transformation in the food chain and toxicity to humans. The aim of the present study was to develop sensitive and specific biomarkers for Cd stress. Therefore, transcriptional analyses were performed to investigate concentration-response characteristics of Cd responsive genes identified from a Solanum lycopersicum microarray. The results showed that the lowest observable adverse effect concentrations (LOAECs) of Cd to S. lycopersicum were 1 mg/kg for seed germination, 8 mg/kg for root dry weight, 8 mg/kg for root elongation, and 8 mg/kg for root morphology. Furthermore, the genes were differentially expressed even at the lowest Cd concentrations (0.5 mg/kg), indicating that the detection of Cd in soil at the molecular level is a highly sensitive method. Cd in soil was positively correlated with the expression of the F-box protein PP2-B15 (r = 0.809, p < 0.01) and zinc transporter 4 (r = 0.643, p < 0.01), indicating that these two genes could be selected as indicators of soil Cd contamination.
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- Jing Hou
- School of Environment And Chemical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- School of Environment And Chemical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China.
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Hou J, Liu X, Cui B, Bai J, Wang X. Microarray analysis and real-time PCR assay developed to find biomarkers for mercury-contaminated soil. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2016; 5:1539-1547. [PMID: 30090455 PMCID: PMC6062303 DOI: 10.1039/c6tx00210b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The evaluation of mercury (Hg) toxicity in agricultural soil is of great concern because its bioavailability and bioaccumulation in organisms through the food chain can have adverse effects on human health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop sensitive biomarkers for Hg stress in agricultural soil. With the results obtained from a high-throughput cDNA microarray, 12 Hg-responsive genes were selected to examine their concentration-dependent responses to Hg stress at different Hg concentrations. The lowest observable adverse effect concentrations (LOAECs) of Hg were 0.8 mg kg-1 for seed germination, 1.6 mg kg-1 for root biomass, 0.8 mg kg-1 for root elongation, and 0.8 mg kg-1 for root morphology, respectively, whereas the lowest Hg treatments (0.1-0.4 mg kg-1) could generally induce differential expression of genes. These results indicated that the detection of Hg in soil at the molecular level is a highly sensitive method. Moreover, the Hg soil content exhibited a significant positive correlation with the relative expression of probable glutathione S-transferase parA (r = 0.637, p = 0.05), chlorophyll a-b binding protein 13, chloroplastic-like (r = 0.689, p = 0.05) and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase 1 (r = 0.682, p = 0.05), implying that the three genes are good candidates to detect Hg-contaminated soil.
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- Jing Hou
- School of Environment and Chemical Engineering , North China Electric Power University , Beijing 102206 , China . ; ; Tel: +86-10-61772890
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation , School of Environment , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , China . ; ; Tel: +86-10-58802996
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation , School of Environment , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , China . ; ; Tel: +86-10-58802996
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation , School of Environment , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , China . ; ; Tel: +86-10-58802996
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- School of Environment and Chemical Engineering , North China Electric Power University , Beijing 102206 , China . ; ; Tel: +86-10-61772890
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Weremczuk A, Barabasz A, Ruszczyńska A, Bulska E, Antosiewicz DM. Determination the Usefulness of AhHMA4p1::AhHMA4 Expression in Biofortification Strategies. WATER, AIR, AND SOIL POLLUTION 2016; 227:186. [PMID: 27358503 PMCID: PMC4877419 DOI: 10.1007/s11270-016-2877-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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AhHMA4 from Arabidopsis thaliana encodes Zn/Cd export protein that controls Zn/Cd translocation to shoots. The focus of this manuscript is the evaluation of AhHMA4 expression in tomato for mineral biofortification (more Zn and less Cd in shoots and fruits). Hydroponic and soil-based experiments were performed. Transgenic and wild-type plants were grown on two dilution levels of Knop's medium (1/10, 1/2) with or without Cd, to determine if mineral composition affects the pattern of root/shoot partitioning of both metals due to AhHMA4 expression. Facilitation of Zn translocation to shoots of 19-day-old transgenic tomato was noted only when plants were grown in the more diluted medium. Moreover, the expression pattern of Zn-Cd-Fe cross-homeostasis genes (LeIRT1, LeChln, LeNRAMP1) was changed in transgenics in a medium composition-dependent fashion. In plants grown in soil (with/without Cd) up to maturity, expression of AhHMA4 resulted in more efficient translocation of Zn to shoots and restriction of Cd. These results indicate the usefulness of AhHMA4 expression to improve the growth of tomato on low-Zn soil, also contaminated with Cd.
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- Aleksandra Weremczuk
- />Faculty of Biology, Institute of Experimental Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa str 1, 02-096 Warszawa, Poland
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- />Faculty of Biology, Institute of Experimental Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa str 1, 02-096 Warszawa, Poland
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- />Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura str. 1, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland
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- />Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura str. 1, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland
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- />Faculty of Biology, Institute of Experimental Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa str 1, 02-096 Warszawa, Poland
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Mazzei P, Vinale F, Woo SL, Pascale A, Lorito M, Piccolo A. Metabolomics by Proton High-Resolution Magic-Angle-Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Tomato Plants Treated with Two Secondary Metabolites Isolated from Trichoderma. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2016; 64:3538-45. [PMID: 27088924 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b00801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Trichoderma fungi release 6-pentyl-2H-pyran-2-one (1) and harzianic acid (2) secondary metabolites to improve plant growth and health protection. We isolated metabolites 1 and 2 from Trichoderma strains, whose different concentrations were used to treat seeds of Solanum lycopersicum. The metabolic profile in the resulting 15 day old tomato leaves was studied by high-resolution magic-angle-spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (HRMAS NMR) spectroscopy directly on the whole samples without any preliminary extraction. Principal component analysis (PCA) of HRMAS NMR showed significantly enhanced acetylcholine and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content accompanied by variable amount of amino acids in samples treated with both Trichoderma secondary metabolites. Seed germination rates, seedling fresh weight, and the metabolome of tomato leaves were also dependent upon doses of metabolites 1 and 2 treatments. HRMAS NMR spectroscopy was proven to represent a rapid and reliable technique for evaluating specific changes in the metabolome of plant leaves and calibrating the best concentration of bioactive compounds required to stimulate plant growth.
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- Pierluigi Mazzei
- Centro Interdipartimentale per la Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare per l'Ambiente, l'Agro-Alimentare ed i Nuovi Materiali (CERMANU), Università di Napoli Federico II , Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) , Via Università 133, 80055 Portici, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) , Via Università 133, 80055 Portici, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II , Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II , Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) , Via Università 133, 80055 Portici, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II , Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Italy
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- Centro Interdipartimentale per la Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare per l'Ambiente, l'Agro-Alimentare ed i Nuovi Materiali (CERMANU), Università di Napoli Federico II , Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II , Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Italy
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Liu Z, Ding Y, Wang F, Ye Y, Zhu C. Role of salicylic acid in resistance to cadmium stress in plants. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2016; 35:719-31. [PMID: 26849671 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-015-1925-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We review and introduce the importance of salicylic acid in plants under cadmium stress, and provide insights into potential regulatory mechanisms for alleviating cadmium toxicity. Cadmium (Cd) is a widespread and potentially toxic environmental pollutant, originating mainly from rapid industrial processes, the application of fertilizers, manures and sewage sludge, and urban activities. It is easily taken up by plants, resulting in obvious toxicity symptoms, including growth retardation, leaf chlorosis, leaf and root necrosis, altered structures and ultrastructures, inhibition of photosynthesis, and cell death. Therefore, alleviating Cd toxicity in plants is a major aim of plant research. Salicylic acid (SA) is a ubiquitous plant phenolic compound that has been used in many plant species to alleviate Cd toxicity by regulating plant growth, reducing Cd uptake and distribution in plants, protecting membrane integrity and stability, scavenging reactive oxygen species and enhancing antioxidant defense system, improving photosynthetic capacity. Furthermore, SA functions as a signaling molecule involved in the expression of several important genes. Significant amounts of research have focused on understanding SA functions and signaling in plants under Cd stress, but several questions still remain unanswered. In this article, the influence of SA on Cd-induced stress in plants and the potential regulation mechanism for alleviating Cd toxicity are reviewed.
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- Zhouping Liu
- College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, People's Republic of China.
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Wang Y, Xu L, Shen H, Wang J, Liu W, Zhu X, Wang R, Sun X, Liu L. Metabolomic analysis with GC-MS to reveal potential metabolites and biological pathways involved in Pb &Cd stress response of radish roots. Sci Rep 2015; 5:18296. [PMID: 26673153 PMCID: PMC4682141 DOI: 10.1038/srep18296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The radish (Raphanus sativus L.) is an important root vegetable crop. In this study, the metabolite profiling analysis of radish roots exposed to lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) stresses has been performed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The score plots of principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares-discriminate analysis (PLS-DA) showed clear discrimination between control and Pb- or Cd-treated samples. The metabolic profiling indicated Pb or Cd stress could cause large metabolite alteration mainly on sugars, amino acids and organic acids. Furthermore, an integrated analysis of the effects of Pb or Cd stress was performed on the levels of metabolites and gene transcripts from our previous transcriptome work in radish roots. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis of integration data demonstrated that exposure of radish to Pb stress resulted in profound biochemical changes including carbohydrate metabolism, energy metabolism and glutathione metabolism, while the treatment of Cd stress caused significant variations in energy production, amino acid metabolism and oxidative phosphorylation-related pathways. These results would facilitate further dissection of the mechanisms of heavy metal (HM) accumulation/tolerance in plants and the effective management of HM contamination in vegetable crops by genetic manipulation.
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- Yan Wang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement; Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P.R. China; College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement; Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P.R. China; College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement; Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P.R. China; College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- The National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Center, Beijing 100125, P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement; Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P.R. China; College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement; Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P.R. China; College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement; Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P.R. China; College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement; Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Education of P.R. China; College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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García-Sevillano MÁ, García-Barrera T, Gómez-Ariza JL. Environmental metabolomics: Biological markers for metal toxicity. Electrophoresis 2015; 36:2348-2365. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201500052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2015] [Revised: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Miguel Ángel García-Sevillano
- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Faculty of Experimental Science; University of Huelva; Huelva Spain
- International Agrofood Campus of Excellence International ceiA3; University of Huelva; Spain
- Research Center of Health and Environment (CYSMA), University of Huelva; Huelva Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Faculty of Experimental Science; University of Huelva; Huelva Spain
- International Agrofood Campus of Excellence International ceiA3; University of Huelva; Spain
- Research Center of Health and Environment (CYSMA), University of Huelva; Huelva Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Faculty of Experimental Science; University of Huelva; Huelva Spain
- International Agrofood Campus of Excellence International ceiA3; University of Huelva; Spain
- Research Center of Health and Environment (CYSMA), University of Huelva; Huelva Spain
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Kumar P, Lucini L, Rouphael Y, Cardarelli M, Kalunke RM, Colla G. Insight into the role of grafting and arbuscular mycorrhiza on cadmium stress tolerance in tomato. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:477. [PMID: 26167168 PMCID: PMC4481154 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Physiological, biochemical, metabolite changes, and gene expression analysis of greenhouse tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) were investigated in two grafting combinations (self-grafted 'Ikram' and 'Ikram' grafted onto interspecific hybrid rootstock `Maxifort'), with and without arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM), exposed to 0 and 25 μM Cd. Tomato plants responded to moderate Cadmium (Cd) concentration by decreasing yield and crop growth parameters due to the accumulation of Cd in leaf tissue, inhibition of the PS II activity, reduced nutrients translocation, and also to the oxidative stress as evidenced by enhanced hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generation, ion leakage, and lipid peroxidation. AM inoculation significantly enhanced the metal concentration in shoots and reduced growth and yield. The Ikram/Maxifort combination induced higher antioxidant enzymes, higher accumulation of proline and reduction of lipid peroxidation products. This suggests that the use of Maxifort rootstock in tomato has a high reactive oxygen species scavenging activity since lower H2O2 concentrations were observed in the presence of Cd. The higher crop performance of Ikram/Maxifort in comparison to Ikram/Ikram combination was also due to the improved nutritional status (higher P, K, Ca, Fe, Mn, and Zn) and increased availability of metabolites involved in cadmium tolerance (phytochelatin PC2, fructans, and inulins). The up-regulation of LeNRAMP3 gene in leaf of Ikram/Maxifort could explain the better nutritional status of interspecific grafting combination (higher Fe, Mn, and Zn).
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- Pradeep Kumar
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research–Central Arid Zone Research Institute, JodhpurIndia
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Nature and Energy, University of Tuscia, ViterboItaly
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- Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Chemistry, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, PiacenzaItaly
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, PorticiItaly
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria, Centro di Ricerca per lo Studio delle Relazioni tra Pianta e Suolo, RomaItaly
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Nature and Energy, University of Tuscia, ViterboItaly
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Nature and Energy, University of Tuscia, ViterboItaly
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Cadmium stress antioxidant responses and root-to-shoot communication in grafted tomato plants. Biometals 2015; 28:803-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s10534-015-9867-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Xie Y, Hu L, Du Z, Sun X, Amombo E, Fan J, Fu J. Effects of cadmium exposure on growth and metabolic profile of bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers]. PLoS One 2014; 9:e115279. [PMID: 25545719 PMCID: PMC4278907 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Metabolic responses to cadmium (Cd) may be associated with variations in Cd tolerance in plants. The objectives of this study were to examine changes in metabolic profiles in bermudagrass in response to Cd stress and to identify predominant metabolites associated with differential Cd tolerance using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Two genotypes of bermudagrass with contrasting Cd tolerance were exposed to 0 and 1.5 mM CdSO4 for 14 days in hydroponics. Physiological responses to Cd were evaluated by determining turf quality, growth rate, chlorophyll content and normalized relative transpiration. All these parameters exhibited higher tolerance in WB242 than in WB144. Cd treated WB144 transported more Cd to the shoot than in WB242. The metabolite analysis of leaf polar extracts revealed 39 Cd responsive metabolites in both genotypes, mainly consisting of amino acids, organic acids, sugars, fatty acids and others. A difference in the metabolic profiles was observed between the two bermudagrass genotypes exposed to Cd stress. Seven amino acids (norvaline, glycine, proline, serine, threonine, glutamic acid and gulonic acid), four organic acids (glyceric acid, oxoglutaric acid, citric acid and malic acid,) and three sugars (xylulose, galactose and talose) accumulated more in WB242 than WB144. However, compared to the control, WB144 accumulated higher quantities of sugars than WB242 in the Cd regime. The differential accumulation of these metabolites could be associated with the differential Cd tolerance in bermudagrass.
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- Yan Xie
- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei, People's Republic of China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei, People's Republic of China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei, People's Republic of China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei, People's Republic of China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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Pereira SI, Figueiredo PI, Barros AS, Dias MC, Santos C, Duarte IF, Gil AM. Changes in the metabolome of lettuce leaves due to exposure to mancozeb pesticide. Food Chem 2014; 154:291-8. [PMID: 24518345 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Revised: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This paper describes a proton high resolution magic angle spinning (HRMAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomic study of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) leaves to characterise metabolic adaptations during leaf growth and exposure to mancozeb. Metabolite variations were identified through multivariate analysis and checked through spectral integration. Lettuce growth was accompanied by activation of energetic metabolism, preferential glucose use and changes in amino acids, phospholipids, ascorbate, nucleotides and nicotinate/nicotinamide. Phenylalanine and polyphenolic variations suggested higher oxidative stress at later growth stages. Exposure to mancozeb induced changes in amino acids, fumarate and malate, suggesting Krebs cycle up-regulation. In tandem disturbances in sugar, phospholipid, nucleotide and nicotinate/nicotinamide metabolism were noted. Additional changes in phenylalanine, dehydroascorbate, tartrate and formate were consistent with a higher demand for anti-oxidant defence mechanisms. Overall, lettuce exposure to mancozeb was shown to have a significant impact on plant metabolism, with mature leaves tending to be more extensively affected than younger leaves.
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- Sara I Pereira
- CICECO, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- QOPNA, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CESAM, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CESAM, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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Mozafariyan M, Shekari L, Hawrylak-Nowak B, Kamelmanesh MM. Protective role of selenium on pepper exposed to cadmium stress during reproductive stage. Biol Trace Elem Res 2014; 160:97-107. [PMID: 24894830 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-014-0028-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of exogenous selenium (Se) supplementation on the tolerance of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) cv. Suryamukhi Cluster plants to cadmium (Cd) phytotoxicity at the reproductive stage. The pepper plants were supplied with Cd (0, 0.25 or 0.50 mM) and Se (0, 3 or 7 μM), individually or simultaneously, three times during the experiment. The obtained results show that Cd had deleterious effect on pepper plants at the reproductive stage. However, Se supplementation improved the flower number, fruit number and fruit diameter in plants exposed to 0.50 mM Cd. Moreover, both Se concentrations used in 0.25 mM Cd-treated plants and 3 μM Se in 0.50 mM Cd-treated plants enhanced fruit yield per plant as compared to Cd-alone treatment. The chlorophyll concentrations significantly increased in the fruits of Cd-exposed plants after Se addition. However, Se supplementation reduced total carotenoids and total soluble solid (TSS) concentrations in the pepper fruits exposed to Cd. Selenium also generally enhanced the total antioxidant activity of pepper fruits subjected to Cd. Both Se concentrations used increased mean productivity (MP), stress tolerance index (STI) and yield stability index (YSI) in plants grown in the medium containing 0.25 mM Cd. At low concentration (3 μM), Se significantly increased geometric mean productivity (GMP), STI and YSI of plant exposed to 0.50 mM Cd. The highest Cd concentration in the fruits was achieved at 0.50 mM Cd and Se application significantly reduced Cd accumulation in the Cd-exposed plants. Our results indicate that application of Se can alleviate Cd toxicity in pepper plants at the reproductive stage by restricting Cd accumulation in fruits, enhancing their antioxidant activity and thus improving the reproductive and stress tolerance parameters.
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- Maryam Mozafariyan
- Young Researchers and Elite Club, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran,
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Gu CS, Liu LQ, Zhao YH, Deng YM, Zhu XD, Huang SZ. Overexpression of Iris. lactea var. chinensis metallothionein llMT2a enhances cadmium tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2014; 105:22-28. [PMID: 24780229 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Revised: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Metallothioneins (MTs) are cysteine-rich, low molecular weight, heavy metal-binding protein molecules. Here, a full-length cDNA homologue of MT2a (type 2 metallothionein) was isolated from the cadmium-tolerant species Iris. lactea var. chinensis (I. lactea var. chinensis). Expression of IlMT2a in I. lactea var. chinensis roots and leaves was up-regulated in response to cadmium stress. When the gene was constitutively expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana (A. thaliana), root length of transgenic lines was longer than that of wild-type under 50μM or 100μM cadmium stress. However, there was no difference of cadmium absorption between wild-type and trangenic lines. Histochemical staining by 3,3-diaminobenzidine (DAB) and nitroblue tetrazoliu (NBT) clearly demonstrated that transgenic lines accumulated remarkably less H2O2 and O2(-) than wild-type. Together, IlMT2a may be a promising gene for the cadmium tolerance improvement.
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- Chun-Sun Gu
- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Agrobiotechnology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210014, China.
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Al Khateeb W, Al-Qwasemeh H. Cadmium, copper and zinc toxicity effects on growth, proline content and genetic stability of Solanum nigrum L., a crop wild relative for tomato; comparative study. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 20:31-9. [PMID: 24554836 PMCID: PMC3925478 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-013-0211-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Revised: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Plants like other organisms are affected by environmental factors. Cadmium, copper and zinc are considered the most important types of pollutants in the environment. In this study, a comparison of growth and biochemical parameters between the crop wild relative (CWR) Solanum nigrum versus its cultivated relative Solanum lycopersicum to different levels of Cu, Zn and Cd stress were investigated. The presence of ZnSO4 and CuSO4 in Murashige and Skoog medium affected severely many growth parameters (shoot length, number of roots and leaves, and fresh weight) of both S. nigrum and S. lycopersicum at high levels. On the other hand, CdCl2 significantly reduced most of the studied growth parameters for both species. S. nigrum exhibited higher tolerance than S. lycopersicum for all types of stress. In addition, results show that as stress level increased in the growing medium, proline content of both S. nigrum and S. lycopersicum increased. A significant difference was observed between the two species in proline accumulation as a result of stress. In addition, a higher accumulation rate was observed in the crop wild relative (S. nigrum) than in cultivated S. lycopersicum. Changes in Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) pattern of CuSO4 treated S. nigrum and S. lycopersicum plants were also observed. In conclusion, based on growth and biochemical analysis, S. nigrum showed higher level of metals tolerance than S. lycopersicum which indicates the possibility of using it as a crop wild relative for S. lycopersicum.
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- Wesam Al Khateeb
- Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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Belkadhi A, De Haro A, Soengas P, Obregon S, Cartea ME, Djebali W, Chaïbi W. Salicylic Acid Improves Root Antioxidant Defense System and Total Antioxidant Capacities of Flax Subjected to Cadmium. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2013; 17:398-406. [DOI: 10.1089/omi.2013.0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Aïcha Belkadhi
- Département de Biologie, Unité de Recherche de Physiologie et Biochimie de la tolérance des plantes aux contraintes abiotiques, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, Tunis, Tunisia
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Institute of Sustainable Agriculture, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Institute of Sustainable Agriculture, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Pontevedra, Spain
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Institute of Sustainable Agriculture, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Pontevedra, Spain
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- Département de Biologie, Unité de Recherche de Physiologie et Biochimie de la tolérance des plantes aux contraintes abiotiques, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Département de Biologie, Unité de Recherche de Physiologie et Biochimie de la tolérance des plantes aux contraintes abiotiques, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, Tunis, Tunisia
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Carvalho Bertoli A, Gabriel Cannata M, Carvalho R, Ribeiro Bastos AR, Puggina Freitas M, dos Santos Augusto A. Lycopersicon esculentum submitted to Cd-stressful conditions in nutrition solution: Nutrient contents and translocation. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2012; 86:176-181. [PMID: 23021106 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2012] [Revised: 08/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/11/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The increasing number of cases on soil contamination by heavy metals has affected crop yields, besides representing an imminent risk to food. Some of these contaminants, such as cadmium, are very similar to micronutrients and thus more easily absorbed by the plants. This study assessed the effect of increasing amounts of cadmium on the content and translocation of micro and macronutrients in tomato. Tomatoes were grown in Clark's nutrient solution and subjected to increasing levels of Cd: 0, 0.025, 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0mg L(-1). The plants contaminated by cadmium had a maximum reduction in the aerial part compared to the control of: 2.25g kg(-1), 2.80g kg(-1), 18.93mg kg(-1) and 14.15mg kg(-1) for K, Ca, Mn and Zn, respectively. In other parts of the tomato were reduced from 2.3g kg(-1) K in fruits and 280.5mg kg(-1) of Mn in the roots. In addition to changes in the levels of some nutrients, the restricted Cd translocation in 1.15 percent P and 2.8 percent Cu to shoots compared to control, but did not affect the translocation of K, Ca, Mg and Zn.
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- Alexandre Carvalho Bertoli
- Department of Chemistry and Federal University of Lavras, PO Box 3037, CEP 37200 000, Lavras, MG, Brazil.
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Sanità di Toppi L, Vurro E, De Benedictis M, Falasca G, Zanella L, Musetti R, Lenucci MS, Dalessandro G, Altamura MM. A bifasic response to cadmium stress in carrot: Early acclimatory mechanisms give way to root collapse further to prolonged metal exposure. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2012; 58:269-79. [PMID: 22868210 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 07/02/2012] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Very few studies have provided information about the effects of cadmium (Cd) at histoanatomical and ultrastructural levels, along with potential localization of the metal in planta. In particular, from this standpoint, almost nothing is known in Daucus carota L. (carrot), a particularly important species for in vitro and in vivo functional investigations. In this work we hypothesized that 36 μM Cd, supplied for 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 14 days to 30-day-old in vitro-cultured plants, might induce an early acclimation, but a final collapse of roots and leaves. In fact, as a general feature, a biphasic root response to Cd stress actually took place: in the first phase (1-4 days of Cd exposure), the cytological and functional events observed - by light microscopy, TEM, epifluorescence, as well as by the time-course of thiol-peptide compounds - can be interpreted as acclimatory responses aimed at diminishing the movement of Cd across the root. The second phase (from 4 to 14 days of Cd exposure) was instead characterized by cell hypertrophy, cell-to-cell separation events, increase in α-β-γ-tocopherol levels and, not least, endocytogenic processes, coupled with a dramatic drop in the amount of thiol-peptide compounds. These events led to a progressive root collapse, even if they did not ingenerate macro/microscopic injury symptoms in leaf blades and petioles.
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- Luigi Sanità di Toppi
- Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, Università di Parma, Viale delle Scienze 11/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy.
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Gratão PL, Monteiro CC, Carvalho RF, Tezotto T, Piotto FA, Peres LEP, Azevedo RA. Biochemical dissection of diageotropica and Never ripe tomato mutants to Cd-stressful conditions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2012; 56:79-96. [PMID: 22609458 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2012] [Accepted: 04/13/2012] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In order to further address the modulation of signaling pathways of stress responses and their relation to hormones, we used the ethylene-insensitive Never ripe (Nr) and the auxin-insensitive diageotropica (dgt) tomato mutants. The two mutants and the control Micro-Tom (MT) cultivar were grown over a 40-day period in the presence of Cd (0.2 mM CdCl₂ and 1 mM CdCl₂). Lipid peroxidation, leaf chlorophyll, proline content, Cd content and antioxidant enzyme activities in roots, leaves and fruits were determined. The overall results indicated that the MT genotype had the most pronounced Cd damage effects while Nr and dgt genotypes might withstand or avoid stress imposed by Cd. This fact may be attributed, at least in part, to the fact that the known auxin-stimulated ethylene production is comprised in dgt plants. Conversely, the Nr genotype was more affected by the Cd imposed stress than dgt, which may be explained by the fact that Nr retains a partial sensitivity to ethylene. These results add further information that should help unraveling the relative importance of ethylene in regulating the cell responses to stressful conditions.
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- Priscila L Gratão
- Departamento de Biologia Aplicada à Agropecuária, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho"-UNESP, 14884-900 Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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