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Title: | Glutathione Is Required for the Early Alert Response and Subsequent Acclimation in Cadmium-Exposed Arabidopsis thaliana Plants | Authors: | DECKERS, Jana HENDRIX, Sophie Prinsen, Els VANGRONSVELD, Jaco CUYPERS, Ann |
Issue Date: | 2022 | Publisher: | MDPI | Source: | Antioxidants, 11 (1) (Art N° 6) | Abstract: | Pollution by cadmium (Cd) is a worldwide problem, posing risks to human health and impacting crop yield and quality. Cadmium-induced phytotoxicity arises from an imbalance between antioxidants and pro-oxidants in favour of the latter. The Cd-induced depletion of the major antioxidant glutathione (GSH) strongly contributes to this imbalance. Rather than being merely an adverse effect of Cd exposure, the rapid depletion of root GSH levels was proposed to serve as an alert response. This alarm phase is crucial for an optimal stress response, which defines acclimation later on. To obtain a better understanding on the importance of GSH in the course of these responses and how these are defined by the rapid GSH depletion, analyses were performed in the GSH-deficient cadmium-sensitive 2-1 (cad2-1) mutant. Cadmium-induced root and leaf responses related to oxidative challenge, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), GSH, ethylene, and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) were compared between wild-type (WT) and mutant Arabidopsis thaliana plants. Although the cad2-1 mutant has significantly lower GSH levels, root GSH depletion still occurred, suggesting that the chelating capacity of GSH is prioritised over its antioxidative function. We demonstrated that responses related to GSH metabolism and ACC production were accelerated in mutant roots and that stress persisted due to suboptimal acclimation. In general, the redox imbalance in cad2-1 mutant plants and the lack of proper transient ethylene signalling contributed to this suboptimal acclimation, resulting in a more pronounced Cd effect. | Notes: | Cuypers, A (corresponding author), Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci, Agoralaan Bldg D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. jana.deckers@uhasselt.be; sophie.hendrix@uhasselt.be; els.prinsen@uantwerpen.be; jaco.vangronsveld@uhasselt.be; ann.cuypers@uhasselt.be |
Keywords: | Arabidopsis thaliana;1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid;cadmium;cadmium-sensitive 2-1 mutant;ethylene;glutathione;hydrogen peroxide;oxidative challenge | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/36806 | e-ISSN: | 2076-3921 | DOI: | 10.3390/antiox11010006 | ISI #: | WOS:000757434400001 | Rights: | 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2023 |
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