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Zheng X, Zhang B, Pan N, Cheng X, Lu W. Hydrogen Sulfide Alleviates Cadmium Stress by Enhancing Photosynthetic Efficiency and Regulating Sugar Metabolism in Wheat Seedlings. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2413. [PMID: 37446974 DOI: 10.3390/plants12132413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) plays prominent multifunctional roles in the mediation of various physiological processes and stress responses to plants. In this study, hydroponic experiments were carried out to explore the effects of NaHS pretreatment on the growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under 50 μM cadmium (Cd). Compared with Cd treatment alone, 50 μM NaHS pretreatment increased the plant height, soluble sugar content of shoots and roots, and dry weight of shoots and roots under Cd stress, while the Cd concentration of shoots and roots was significantly reduced by 18.1% and 25.9%, respectively. Meanwhile, NaHS pretreatment protected the photosynthetic apparatus by increasing the net photosynthetic rate and PSII electron transportation rate of wheat leaves under Cd stress. NaHS pretreatment significantly increased the soluble sugar content to maintain the osmotic pressure balance of the leaf cells. The gene expression results associated with photosynthetic carbon assimilation and sucrose synthesis in wheat leaves suggested that the NaHS pretreatment significantly up-regulated the expression of TaRBCL, TaRBCS, and TaPRK, while it down-regulated the expression of TaFBA, TaSuSy, TaSAInv, and TaA/NInv. In summary, NaHS pretreatment improved the resistance of wheat seedlings under Cd stress by increasing the rate of photosynthesis and regulating the expression of genes related to sugar metabolism.
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- Xiang Zheng
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Lourkisti R, Antoine S, Pailly O, Luro F, Gibon Y, Oustric J, Santini J, Berti L. GABA shunt pathway is stimulated in response to early defoliation-induced carbohydrate limitation in Mandarin fruits. Heliyon 2023; 9:e15573. [PMID: 37128327 PMCID: PMC10148037 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023] Open
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The regulation of sugar and organic acid metabolism during fruit development has a major effect on high-quality fruit production. The reduction of leaf area is a common feature in plant growth, induced by abiotic and biotic stresses and disturbing source/sink ratio, thus impacting fruit quality. Here, we induced carbohydrate limitation by partial leaf defoliation at the beginning of the second stage of mandarin development (before the citrate peak). Resulting changes were monitored in the short-term (48 h and 1 week) and long-term (7 weeks) after the defoliation. Short-term response to early defoliation implied metabolic settings to re-feed TCA for sustaining respiration rate. These features involved (i) vacuolar sucrose degradation (high acid invertase activity and mRNA expression level) and enhanced glycolytic flux (high ATP-phosphofructokinase activity), (ii) malic and citric acid utilization (increased phosphoenolpyruvate kinase and NADP-Isocitrate dehydrogenase) associated with vacuolar citric acid release (high mRNA expression of the transporter CsCit1) and (iii) stimulation of GABA shunt pathway (low GABA content and increased mRNA expression of succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase). A steady-state proline level was found in ED fruits although an increase in P5CS mRNA expression level. These results contribute to a better knowledge of the molecular basis of the relationship between defoliation and sugar and organic acid metabolism in mandarin fruit.
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- Radia Lourkisti
- Unité mixte de recherche (UMR) 6134 Laboratoire Sciences pour l’Environnement (SPE) Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Université de Corse, 20250, France
- Corresponding author.
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- Unité mixte de recherche (UMR) 6134 Laboratoire Sciences pour l’Environnement (SPE) Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Université de Corse, 20250, France
- UMR AGAP Institut, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université Montpellier, 20230 San Giuliano, France
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- UMR AGAP Institut, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université Montpellier, 20230 San Giuliano, France
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- UMR 1332 BFP, INRAE, Université de Bordeaux, 33883 Villenave d’Ornon, France
- MetaboHUB, Bordeaux Metabolome, INRAE, Université de Bordeaux, 33140 Villenave d’Ornon, France
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- Unité mixte de recherche (UMR) 6134 Laboratoire Sciences pour l’Environnement (SPE) Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Université de Corse, 20250, France
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- Unité mixte de recherche (UMR) 6134 Laboratoire Sciences pour l’Environnement (SPE) Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Université de Corse, 20250, France
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- Unité mixte de recherche (UMR) 6134 Laboratoire Sciences pour l’Environnement (SPE) Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Université de Corse, 20250, France
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Covarrubias MP, Lillo-Carmona V, Melet L, Benedetto G, Andrade D, Maucourt M, Deborde C, Fuentealba C, Moing A, Valenzuela ML, Pedreschi R, Almeida AM. Metabolite Fruit Profile Is Altered in Response to Source-Sink Imbalance and Can Be Used as an Early Predictor of Fruit Quality in Nectarine. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:604133. [PMID: 33488653 PMCID: PMC7820367 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.604133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Peaches and nectarines [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] are among the most exported fresh fruit from Chile to the Northern Hemisphere. Fruit acceptance by final consumers is defined by quality parameters such as the size, weight, taste, aroma, color, and juiciness of the fruit. In peaches and nectarines, the balance between soluble sugars present in the mesocarp and the predominant organic acids determines the taste. Biomass production and metabolite accumulation by fruits occur during the different developmental stages and depend on photosynthesis and carbon export by source leaves. Carbon supply to fruit can be potentiated through the field practice of thinning (removal of flowers and young fruit), leading to a change in the source-sink balance favoring fruit development. Thinning leads to fruit with increased size, but it is not known how this practice could influence fruit quality in terms of individual metabolite composition. In this work, we analyzed soluble metabolite profiles of nectarine fruit cv "Magique" at different developmental stages and from trees subjected to different thinning treatments. Mesocarp metabolites were analyzed throughout fruit development until harvest during two consecutive harvest seasons. Major polar compounds such as soluble sugars, amino acids, organic acids, and some secondary metabolites were measured by quantitative 1H-NMR profiling in the first season and GC-MS profiling in the second season. In addition, harvest and ripening quality parameters such as fruit weight, firmness, and acidity were determined. Our results indicated that thinning (i.e., source-sink imbalance) mainly affects fruit metabolic composition at early developmental stages. Metabolomic data revealed that sugar, organic acid, and phenylpropanoid pathway intermediates at early stages of development can be used to segregate fruits impacted by the change in source-sink balance. In conclusion, we suggest that the metabolite profile at early stages of development could be a metabolic predictor of final fruit quality in nectarines.
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- María Paz Covarrubias
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Genómica y Bioinformática, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Huechuraba, Chile
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- Escuela Ingeniería en Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Escuela Ingeniería en Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Centre INRAE de Nouvelle Aquitaine Bordeaux, MetaboHUB, INRAE 2018, Bordeaux Metabolome, UMR 1332, Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, Universit de Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre INRAE de Nouvelle Aquitaine Bordeaux, MetaboHUB, INRAE 2018, Bordeaux Metabolome, UMR 1332, Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, Universit de Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux, France
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- Escuela de Agronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas y de los Alimentos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Quillota, Chile
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- Centre INRAE de Nouvelle Aquitaine Bordeaux, MetaboHUB, INRAE 2018, Bordeaux Metabolome, UMR 1332, Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, Universit de Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux, France
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Material Center, Instituto de Ciencias Químicas Aplicadas, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Escuela de Agronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas y de los Alimentos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Quillota, Chile
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- Centro de Genómica y Bioinformática, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Huechuraba, Chile
- Escuela de Agronom a, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Huechuraba, Chile
- *Correspondence: Andréa Miyasaka Almeida, ;
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