Seed pretreatment with melatonin confers cadmium tolerance to chickpea seedlings through cellular redox homeostasis and antioxidant gene expression improvement.

Autor: Sakouhi L; Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, LR18ES38 Plant Toxicology and Environmental Microbiology, University of Carthage, 7021, Bizerte, Tunisia. lamiasakouhi@hotmail.com., Kadri O; Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan., Werghi S; Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Immunology and Biotechnology (LR99ES12), Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia., Massoud MB; Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, LR18ES38 Plant Toxicology and Environmental Microbiology, University of Carthage, 7021, Bizerte, Tunisia.; School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, T23N73K, Ireland., Kharbech O; Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, LR18ES38 Plant Toxicology and Environmental Microbiology, University of Carthage, 7021, Bizerte, Tunisia., Murata Y; Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan., Chaoui A; Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, LR18ES38 Plant Toxicology and Environmental Microbiology, University of Carthage, 7021, Bizerte, Tunisia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental science and pollution research international [Environ Sci Pollut Res Int] 2023 Jun; Vol. 30 (29), pp. 73612-73627. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 16.
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27562-5
Abstrakt: Several phytoremediation strategies have been undertaken to alleviate cadmium (Cd)-mediated injury to crop yield resulting from agricultural land pollution. In the present study, the potentially beneficial effect of melatonin (Me) was appraised. Therefore, chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) seeds were imbibed for 12 H in distilled water or Me (10 µM) solution. Then, the seeds germinated in the presence or the absence of 200 µM CdCl 2 for 6 days. Seedlings obtained from Me-pretreated seeds exhibited enhanced growth traits, reflected by fresh biomass and length increase. This beneficial effect was associated with a decreased Cd accumulation in seedling tissues (by 46 and 89% in roots and shoots, respectively). Besides, Me efficiently protected the cell membrane integrity of Cd-subjected seedlings. This protective effect was manifested by the decreased lipoxygenase activity and the subsequently reduced accumulation of 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal. Melatonin counteracted the Cd-mediated stimulation of the pro-oxidant NADPH-oxidase (90 and 45% decrease compared to non-pretreated Cd-stressed roots and shoots, respectively) and NADH-oxidase activities (almost 40% decrease compared to non-pretreated roots and shoots), preventing, thus, hydrogen peroxide overaccumulation (50 and 35% lesser than non-pretreated roots and shoots, respectively). Furthermore, Me enhanced the cellular content of pyridine nicotinamide reduced forms [NAD(P)H] and their redox state. This effect was associated with the Me-mediated stimulation of the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) and malate dehydrogenase activities, concomitantly with the inhibition of NAD(P)H-consuming activities. These effects were accompanied by the up-regulation of G6PDH gene expression (45% increase in roots) and the down-regulation of the respiratory burst oxidase homolog protein F (RBOHF) gene expression (53% decrease in roots and shoots). Likewise, Me induced an increased activity and gene transcription of the Asada-Halliwell cycle, namely ascorbate peroxidase, monodehydroascorbate reductase, dehydroascorbate reductase, and glutathione reductase, concomitantly with a reduction of the glutathione peroxidase activity. This modulating effect led to the restoration of the redox homeostasis of the ascorbate and the glutathione pools. Overall, current results attest that seed pretreatment with Me is effective in Cd stress relief and can be a beneficial crop-protective approach.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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