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Title: | Cadmium responses in Arabidopsis thaliana: glutathione metabolism and antioxidative defence system | Authors: | SEMANE, Brahim CUYPERS, Ann SMEETS, Karen VAN BELLEGHEM, Frank HOREMANS, Nele Schat, Henk VANGRONSVELD, Jaco |
Issue Date: | 2007 | Publisher: | BLACKWELL PUBLISHING | Source: | PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM, 129(3). p. 519-528 | Abstract: | We investigated the effect of cadmium (Cd) on leaves of 3-week-old Arabidopsis thaliana with a particular interest on glutathione (GSH) production and consumption, and antioxidative defence. Plants were exposed to either 1 or 10 mu M Cd for 1 week. Several genes and correspondent proteins known to participate in the regulation of redox states in plants were analysed in Cd-stressed and unstressed plants. Cd induced a significant increase in the messenger RNA level of genes involved in GSH synthesis (gsh1 and gsh2) and phytochelatin synthase (pcs1). We observed a significant decrease of reduced GSH in Cd-treated plants. In parallel, an increase of phytochelatin (PC), predominantly PC2 was observed. Cd treatment increased the accumulation of glutathione disulphide (GSSG), keeping the GSH/GSSG ratio lower than in control plants. The accumulation of GSSG was accompanied by a decrease of the glutathione reductase (gr) transcript level, while the activities of GR and nicotinamide nucleotide phosphate-reducing enzymes were significantly enhanced. The antioxidative defence mechanism related to the ascorbate (AsA)-GSH cycle was studied in parallel. A general increase of reactive oxygen species scavenging enzymes such as ascorbate peroxidase, catalase or superoxide dismutase was observed. Our data suggest that the plants respond to Cd stress by the AsA-GSH defence network at both transcriptional and enzymatic level. Taken together, it appears that Arabidopsis plants exposed to 1 mu M Cd were able to adopt a new metabolic equilibrium, allowing them to cope with this metal. However, when exposed to 10 mu M Cd, loss of cellular redox homeostasis resulted in oxidative stress and toxicity. | Notes: | Hasselt Univ, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. Hasselt Univ, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. Univ Antwerp, Dept Biol, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium. Free Univ Amsterdam, Dept Ecol & Physiol Plants, NL-1081 Amsterdam, Netherlands.CUYPERS, A, Hasselt Univ, Agoralaan Bldg D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.ann.cuypers@uhasselt.be | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/4052 | ISSN: | 0031-9317 | e-ISSN: | 1399-3054 | DOI: | 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00822.x | ISI #: | 000244457200006 | Rights: | Copyright (C) Physiologia Plantarum 2006 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2008 |
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