B 2 O 3 nanoparticles alleviate salt stress in maize leaf growth zones by enhancing photosynthesis and maintaining mineral and redox status.

Autor: El-Shafey NM; Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt., Avramova V; Department of Biology, Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium., Beemster GTS; Department of Biology, Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium., Korany SM; Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., AbdElgawad H; Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.; Department of Biology, Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physiologia plantarum [Physiol Plant] 2023 Sep-Oct; Vol. 175 (5), pp. e14033.
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14033
Abstrakt: Salt stress induces significant loss in crop yield worldwide. Although the growth-stimulating effects of micronutrient nanoparticles (NPs) application under salinity have been studied, the molecular and biochemical mechanisms underlying these effects are poorly understood. The large size of maize leaf growth zones provides an ideal model system to sample and investigate the molecular and physiological bases of growth at subzonal resolution. Using kinematic analysis, our study indicated that salinity at 150 mM inhibited maize leaf growth by decreasing cell division and expansion in the meristem and elongation zones. Consistently, salinity downregulated cell cycle gene expression (wee1, mcm4, and cyclin-B2-4). B 2 O 3 NP (BNP) mitigated the stress-induced growth inhibition by reducing the decrease in cell division and expansion. BNP also enhanced the photosynthesis-related parameters. Simultaneously, chlorophyll, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase were stimulated in the mature zone. Concomitant with growth stimulation by BNP, mineral homeostasis, particularly for B and Ca, was monitored. BNP reduced oxidative stress (e.g., lessened H 2 O 2 generation along the leaf zones and reduced lipid peroxidation in the mature zone) induced by salinity. This resulted from better maintenance of the redox status, that is, increased the glutathione-ascorbate cycle in the meristem and elongation zones, and flavonoids and tocopherol levels in the mature zone. Our study has important implications for assessing the salinity stress impact mitigated by BNP on maize growth, providing a basis to improve the resilience of crop species under salinity stress conditions.
(© 2023 Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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