scholarly journals Unearthing The Alleviatory Mechanisms of Hydrogen Sulfide in Aluminum Toxicity in Rice

Author(s):  
Chun Quan Zhu ◽  
Wen Jun Hu ◽  
QianQian Wei ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Xiao Chuang Cao ◽  
...  

Abstract Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) improves aluminum (Al) resistance in rice; however, the underlying molecular mechanism remains unclear. In the present study, treatment with 30-μM Al significantly inhibited rice root growth and increased the total Al content and apoplastic and cytoplasm Al concentration in the rice roots. However, pretreatment with NaHS (H2S donor) reversed these negative effects. Transcriptomics and physiological experiments confirmed that H2S increased the ATP, sucrose, glutathione, and ascorbic acid contents, which was accompanied by decreased O2·- and H2O2 contents, to alleviate Al toxicity. H2S significantly inhibited ethylene emissions in the rice and then inhibited pectin synthesis and increased the pectin methylation degree to reduce cell wall Al deposition. The phytohormones indole-3-acetic and brassinolide were also involved in the alleviation of Al toxicity by H2S. In addition, other pathways of material and energy metabolism, secondary metabolism, cell wall components, signal transduction, and transcriptional and translational pathways in the rice roots were also regulated by H2S under Al toxicity conditions. These findings improve our understanding of how H2S affects rice responses to Al toxicity, which will facilitate further studies on crop safety.

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (03) ◽  
pp. 623-631
Author(s):  
Xinjing Qu

Aluminum (Al) toxicity is one of the most important impeding factors for plant growth and productivity in acidic soils. Phosphorus (P) application may alleviate Al stress in many plants. In this study we investigated the effect of P on Al toxicity in cell wall components and oxidative stress and to explore the underlying mechanisms in oil tea (Camellia oleifera Abel.) roots. Results indicated that Al toxicity severely inhibited root elongation, changed cell wall components, and caused oxidative damage to the roots of oil tea. However, P supply reduced the adsorption of Al in the cell wall by decreasing the demethylesterfied pectin content and hemicellulose 1 content that decreased the Al binding sites. Moreover, the addition of Palleviated the inhibition of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase and endo-β-1,4-glucanases activities under Al stress, which enhanced the loosening of the cell wall. P addition reduced the activities of polyphenol oxidase and phenylalanine ammonia lyase and enhanced the activities of reactive oxygen species scavenging enzymes, which reduced the oxidative damage caused by Al toxicity. The results reveal important mechanisms of P-induced mitigation of Al stress in oil tea roots that might be useful in the cultivation of plants on acidic soils.© 2021 Friends Science Publishers


2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Alexandre Vitorello ◽  
Flávia Regina Capaldi ◽  
Vanderlei Antonio Stefanuto

Aluminum toxicity is a major soil constraint to food and biomass production throughout the world. Considerable advances in the understanding of the mechanism of resistance involving exudation of organic acids have been made in recent years. However, despite intense research efforts, there are many aspects of Al toxicity that remain unclear. This article reviews the features of the chemistry of Al relevant to its toxicity followed by an examination of the mechanisms of toxicity and resistance. Emphasis, however, is given to the mechanisms of Al toxicity, since resistance has been covered recently by several reviews. Some topics which are specifically discussed in this review are: a) The possible role of cellular effects of low pH in Al toxicity, which has been largely ignored and needs to be addressed; b) The relevance of non-genotypic (cell-to-cell) variations in sensitivity to Al; c) Evidence indicating that although Al may well exert its toxic effects in the cell wall, it is highly unlikely that Al does so in a non-specific manner by mere exchangeable binding; and d) The hypothesis that the primary target of Al toxicity resides in the cell wall-plasma membrane-cytoskeleton (CW-PM-CSK) continuum has the potential to integrate and conciliate much of the apparently conflicting results in this field.


Toxins ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 352
Author(s):  
Yongjiang Wu ◽  
Yawang Sun ◽  
Ruiming Zhang ◽  
Tianle He ◽  
Guohao Huang ◽  
...  

The present study was aimed at investigating the effects of sodium butyrate and sodium β-hydroxybutyrate on lactation and health of dairy cows fed a high-concentrate (HC) diet. Eighty mid-lactation dairy cows with an average milk yield of 33.75 ± 5.22 kg/d were randomly allocated to four groups (n = 20 per group) and were fed either a low-concentrate (LC) diet, a HC diet, the HC diet with 1% sodium butyrate (HCSB), or the HC diet with 1% sodium β-hydroxybutyrate (HCHB). The feeding trial lasted for 7 weeks, with a 2-week adaptation period and a 5-week measurement period, and the trial started from 96 ± 13 d in milk. Sodium butyrate supplementation delayed the decline in milk production and improved milk synthesis efficiency and milk fat content. Additionally, it decreased the proinflammatory cytokines and acute phase proteins (APPs) in plasma, the leucocytes in blood, the somatic cell count (SCC) in milk, and the gene expression of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and proinflammatory cytokines in the mammary gland, due to decreasing the contents of bacterial cell wall components (lipopolysaccharide, LPS; peptidoglycan, PGN; and lipoteichoic acid, LTA) in the rumen and plasma, compared with the HC diet. Sodium β-hydroxybutyrate supplementation also improved milk yield, milk synthesis efficiency and milk fat content and partially reduced the adverse effects caused by the HC diet, but it had no effect on decreasing bacterial cell wall components in the rumen and plasma, compared with the HC diet. Collectively, both sodium butyrate and sodium β-hydroxybutyrate mitigated the negative effects of HC diet on lactation and health of dairy cows, with sodium butyrate being more effective than sodium β-hydroxybutyrate.


Author(s):  
D. Reis ◽  
B. Vian ◽  
J. C. Roland

Wall morphogenesis in higher plants is a problem still open to controversy. Until now the possibility of a transmembrane control and the involvement of microtubules were mostly envisaged. Self-assembly processes have been observed in the case of walls of Chlamydomonas and bacteria. Spontaneous gelling interactions between xanthan and galactomannan from Ceratonia have been analyzed very recently. The present work provides indications that some processes of spontaneous aggregation could occur in higher plants during the formation and expansion of cell wall.Observations were performed on hypocotyl of mung bean (Phaseolus aureus) for which growth characteristics and wall composition have been previously defined.In situ, the walls of actively growing cells (primary walls) show an ordered three-dimensional organization (fig. 1). The wall is typically polylamellate with multifibrillar layers alternately transverse and longitudinal. Between these layers intermediate strata exist in which the orientation of microfibrils progressively rotates. Thus a progressive change in the morphogenetic activity occurs.


1993 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 505-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro YAMADA ◽  
Haruki KITAZAWA ◽  
Junko UEMURA ◽  
Tadao SAITOH ◽  
Takatoshi ITOH

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 1169
Author(s):  
Yuhan Chang ◽  
Chih-Chien Hu ◽  
Ying-Yu Wu ◽  
Steve W. N. Ueng ◽  
Chih-Hsiang Chang ◽  
...  

Bacterial infection in orthopedic surgery is challenging because cell wall components released after bactericidal treatment can alter osteoblast and osteoclast activity and impair fracture stability. However, the precise effects and mechanisms whereby cell wall components impair bone healing are unclear. In this study, we characterized the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on bone healing and osteoclast and osteoblast activity in vitro and in vivo and evaluated the effects of ibudilast, an antagonist of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), on LPS-induced changes. In particular, micro-computed tomography was used to reconstruct femoral morphology and analyze callus bone content in a femoral defect mouse model. In the sham-treated group, significant bone bridge and cancellous bone formation were observed after surgery, however, LPS treatment delayed bone bridge and cancellous bone formation. LPS inhibited osteogenic factor-induced MC3T3-E1 cell differentiation, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels, calcium deposition, and osteopontin secretion and increased the activity of osteoclast-associated molecules, including cathepsin K and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase in vitro. Finally, ibudilast blocked the LPS-induced inhibition of osteoblast activation and activation of osteoclast in vitro and attenuated LPS-induced delayed callus bone formation in vivo. Our results provide a basis for the development of a novel strategy for the treatment of bone infection.


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