Cadmium tolerance in Brassica juncea roots and shoots is affected by antioxidant status and phytochelatin biosynthesis

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-22

  Mohamed, Amal Amin ^a   Castagna, Antonella ^b   Ranieri, Annamaria ^b   Sanità di Toppi, Luigi ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cd; Chlorophyll; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Photosynthesis; Phytochelatins

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CADMIUM; PHYTOCHELATIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MUSTARD; PLANT; PLANT ROOT;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CADMIUM; MUSTARD PLANT; PHYTOCHELATINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS;

BRASSICA JUNCEA;

EID: 84861470498     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Uraguchi S., Mori S., Kuramata M., Kawasaki A., Arao T., Ishikawa S. Root-to-shoot Cd translocation via the xylem is the major process determining shoot and grain cadmium accumulation in rice. J. Exp. Bot. 2009, 60:2677-2688.
2. Sanità di Toppi L., Gabbrielli R. Response to Cd in higher plants. Environ. Exp. Bot. 1999, 41:105-130.
3. Schützendübel A., Polle A. Plant responses to abiotic stress: heavy metal-induced oxidative stress and protection by mycorrhization. J. Exp. Bot. 2002, 53:1351-1365.
4. 2+ toxicity during the early phases of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) seed germination. Plant Cell Environ. 1997, 20:600-608.
5. Iannone M.F., Rosales E.P., Groppa M.D., Benavides M.P. Reactive oxygen species formation and cell death in catalse deficient tobacco leaf disks exposed to cadmium. Protoplasma 2010, 245:15-27.
6. 2 in pea leaves. Plant Cell Environ. 2004, 27:1122-1134.
7. Ranieri A., Castagna A., Scebba F., Careri M., Zagnoni I., Predieri G., Pagliari M., Sanità di Toppi L. Oxidative stress and PC characterisation in bread wheat exposed to Cd excess. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 2005, 43:45-54.
8. Mittler R. Oxidative stress, antioxidants and stress tolerance. Trends Plant Sci. 2002, 7:405-410.
9. Vatamaniuk O.K., Mari S., Lu Y.P., Rea P.A. Mechanism of heavy metal ion activation of phytochelatin (PC) synthase: blocked thiols are sufficient for PC synthase-catalyzed transpeptidation of glutathione and related thiol peptides. J. Biol. Chem. 2000, 275:31451-31459.
10. Grill E., Winnacker E.L., Zenk M.H. PCs: the principal heavy-metal complexing peptides of higher plants. Science 1985, 230:674-676.
11. Cobett C.S. PCs and their roles in heavy metal detoxification. Plant Physiol. 2000, 123:825-832.
12. Speiser D., Abrahamson S.L., Banuelos G., Ow D. Indian mustard produces a PC-Cd-sulfide complex. Plant Physiol. 1992, 99:817-821.
13. Sanità di Toppi L., Favali M.A., Gabbrielli R., Gremigni P. Brassicaceae. Metals in the Environment: Analysis by Biodiversity 2001, 219-257. Marcel Dekker Inc., New York/Basel. M.N.V. Prasad (Ed.).
14. Šimonová E., Henselová M., Masarovičová E., Kohanová J. Comparison of tolerance of Brassica juncea and Vigna radiata to cadmium. Biol. Plant 2007, 51:488-492.
15. Hassan Z., Aarts M.G.M. Opportunities and feasibilities for biotechnological improvement of Zn, Cd or Ni tolerance and accumulation in plants. Environ. Exp. Bot. 2011, 72:53-63.
16. Verbruggen N., Hermans C., Schat H. Molecular mechanisms of metal hyperaccumulation in plants. New Phytol. 2009, 181:759-776.
17. Guo Y., Marschner H. Uptake, distribution and binding of cadmium and nickel in different plant species. J. Plant Nutr. 1995, 18:2691-2706.
18. Verkleij J.A.C., Schat H. Mechanisms of metal tolerance in higher plants. Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants: Evolutionary Aspects 1990, 179-193. CRC Press, Boca Raton. A.J. Shaw (Ed.).
19. Jiang X.J., Luo Y.M., Liu Q., Liu S.L., Zhao Q.G. Effects of cadmium on nutrient uptake and translocation by Indian mustard. Environ. Geochem. Health 2004, 26(2-3):319-324.
20. Astolfi S., Zuchi S., Neumann G., Cesco S., Sanità di Toppi L., Pinton R. Response of barley plants to Fe deficiency and Cd contamination as affected by S starvation. J. Exp. Bot. 2012, 63:1241-1250.
21. Salt D.E., Blaylock M., Kumar N.P.B.A., Dushenkov V., Ensley B.D., Chet I., Raskin I. Phytoremediation: a novel strategy for the removal of toxic metals from the environment using plants. Nat. Biotechnol. 1995, 13:468-474.
22. Salt D.E., Prince R.C., Pickering I.J., Raskin I. Mechanisms of cadmium mobility and accumulation in Indian mustard. Plant Physiol. 1995, 109:1427-1433.
23. Larbi A., Morales F., Abadía A., Gogorcena Y., Lucena J.J., Abadía J. Effects of Cd and Pb in sugar beet plants grown in nutrient solution: induced Fe deficiency and growth inhibition. Funct. Plant Biol. 2002, 29:1453-1464.
24. Gonçalves J.F., Nicoloso F.T., Becker A.G., Pereira L.B., Tabaldi L.A., Cargnelutti D., de Pelegrin C.M.G., Dressler V.L., da Rocha J.B.T., Schetinger M.R.C. Photosynthetic pigments content, δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase and acid phosphatase activities and mineral nutrients concentration in Cd-exposed Cucumis sativus L. Biologia 2009, 64/2:310-318.
25. Somashekaraiah B., Padmaja K., Prasad A. Phytotoxicity of cadmium ions on germinating seedlings of mung bean (Phaseolus vulgaris): involvement of lipid peroxides in chlorophyll degradation. Physiol. Plant 1992, 85:85-89.
26. Behera R.K., Mishra P.C., Choudhury N.K. High irradiance and water stress induce alterations in pigment composition and chloroplast activities of primary wheat leaves. J. Plant Physiol. 2002, 159:967-973.
27. Trebst A., Depka B. Role of carotene in the rapid turnover and assembly of photosystem II in Chlamidomonas reinhardtii. FEBS Lett. 1997, 400:359-362.
28. Demmig-Adams B., Adams W.W. Photoprotection and other responses of plants to high light stress. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 1992, 43:599-626.
29. Latowski D., Kruk J., Strzałka K. Inhibition of zeaxanthin epoxidase activity by cadmium ions in higher plants. J. Inorg. Biochem. 2005, 99:2081-2087.
30. Chaoui A., Mazhoudi S., Ghorbal M.H., El Ferjani E. Cd and zinc induction of lipid peroxidation and effects on antioxidant enzyme activities in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Plant Sci. 1997, 127:139-147.
31. Ahmad P., Nabi G., Ashraf M. Cd-induced oxidative damage in mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss.] plants can be alleviated by salicylic acid, S. Afr. J. Bot. 2011, 77:36-44.
32. Verma K., Shekhawat G.S., Sharma A., Mehta S.K., Sharma V. Cd induced oxidative stress and changes in soluble and ionically bound cell wall peroxidase activities in roots of seedling and 3-4 leaf stage plants of Brassica juncea (L.) czern. Plant Cell Rep. 2008, 27:1261-1269.
33. Demirevska-Kepova K., Simova-Stoilova L., Stoyanova Z., Feller U. Cd Stress in barley: growth, leaf pigment, and protein composition and detoxification of reactive oxygen species. J. Plant Nutr. 2006, 29:451-468.
34. Nouairi I., Ben Ammar W., Ben Youssef N., Douja Daoud B.M., Ghorbel M.H., Zarrouk M. Comparative study of Cd effects on membrane lipid composition of Brassica juncea and Brassica napus leaves. Plant Sci. 2006, 17:511-519.
35. Jin X., Yang X., Mahmood Q., Islam E., Liu D., Li H. Response of antioxidant enzymes, ascorbate and glutathione metabolism towards Cd in hyperaccumulator and nonhyperaccumulator ecotypes of Sedum Alfredii H. Environ. Toxicol. 2008, 23:517-529.
36. Markovska Y.K., Gorinova N.I., Nedkovska M.P., Miteva K.M. Cadmium-induced oxidative damage and antioxidative responses in Brassica juncea plants. Biol. Plant 2009, 53:151-154.
37. Meng H., Hua S., Shamsi I.H., Jilani G., Li Y., Jiang L. Cd-induced stress on the seed germination and seedling growth of Brassica napus L., and its alleviation through exogenous plant growth regulators. Plant Growth Regul. 2009, 58:47-59.
38. Das P., Samantaray S., Rout G.R. Studies on Cd toxicity in plants: a review. Environ. Pollut. 1997, 98:29-36.
39. Horemans N., Raeymaekers T., Van Beek K., Nowocin A., Blust R., Broos K., Cuypers A., Vangronsveld J., Guisez Y. Dehydroascorbate uptake is impaired in the early response of Arabidopsis plant cell cultures to Cd. J. Exp. Bot. 2007, 58:4307-4317.
40. Zhu Y.L., Pilon-Smits E.A.H., Jouanin L., Terry N. Overexpression of glutathione synthetase in Indian mustard enhances cadmium accumulation and tolerance. Plant Physiol. 1999, 119:73-79.
41. Pereira Navaza A., Montes-Bayón M., LeDuc D.L., Terry N., Sanz-Medel A. Study of phytochelatins and other related thiols as complexing biomolecules of As and Cd in wild type and genetically modified Brassica juncea plants. J. Mass Spectrom. 2006, 41:323-331.
42. Zhu Y.L., Pilon-Smits E.A.H., Tarun A.S., Weber S.U., Jouanin L., Terry N. Cadmium tolerance and accumulation in Indian mustard is enhanced by overexpressing γ-glutamylcysteine synthase. Plant Physiol. 1999, 121:1169-1177.
43. Hoagland D.R., Arnon D.I. The water-culture method for growing plants without soil. Calif. Agric. Exp. Stat. Circular 1950, 347.
44. Castagna A., Nali C., Ciompi S., Lorenzini G., Soldatini G.F., Ranieri A. Ozone exposure effects photosynthesis of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) plants. New Phytol. 2001, 152:223-229.
45. Ranieri A., Petacco F., Castagna A., Soldatini G.F. Redox state and peroxidase system in sunflower plants exposed to ozone. Plant Sci. 2000, 159:159-167.
46. De Knecht J.A., Van Dillen M., Koevoets P.L.M., Schat H., Verkleji J.A.C., Ernst W.H.O. PCs in Cd-sensitive and Cd-tolerant Silene vulgaris: chain length distribution and sulphide incorporation. Plant Physiol. 1994, 104:255-261.
47. Ranieri A., Castagna A., Lorenzini G., Soldatini G.F. Changes in thylakoid protein patterns and antioxidant levels in two wheat cultivars with different sensitivity to sulphur dioxide. Environ. Exp. Bot. 1997, 37:125-135.
48. Bradford M.M. A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding, Anal. Biochem 1976, 72:248-254.
49. Kosugi H., Kikugawa K. Thiobarbituric acid reaction of aldehyes and oxidized lipids in glacial acetic acid. Lipids 1985, 20:915-920.