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Kashiwabara T, Kitajima N, Onuma R, Fukuda N, Endo S, Terada Y, Abe T, Hokura A, Nakai I. Synchrotron micro-X-ray fluorescence imaging of arsenic in frozen-hydrated sections of a root of Pteris vittata. Metallomics 2021; 13:6164887. [PMID: 33693839 PMCID: PMC8716073 DOI: 10.1093/mtomcs/mfab009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
We performed micro-X-ray fluorescence imaging of frozen-hydrated sections of a root of Pteris vittata for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, to reveal the mechanism of arsenic (As) uptake. The As distribution was successfully visualized in cross sections of different parts of the root, which showed that (i) the major pathway of As uptake changes from symplastic to apoplastic transport in the direction of root growth, and (ii) As and K have different mobilities around the stele before xylem loading, despite their similar distributions outside the stele in the cross sections. These data can reasonably explain As reduction, axially observed around the root tip in the direction of root growth and radially observed in the endodermis in the cross sections, as a consequence of the incorporation of As into the cells or symplast of the root. In addition, previous observations of As species in the midrib can be reconciled by ascribing a reduction capacity to the root cells, which implies that As reduction mechanisms at the cellular level may be an important control on the peculiar root-to-shoot transport of As in P. vittata.
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Affiliation(s)
- Teruhiko Kashiwabara
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushimacho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0068, Japan.,Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- SPring-8, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, Tokyo Denki University, 5 Senju-Asahicho, Adachi, Tokyo 120-8551, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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