Exogenous 24-Epibrassinolide stimulates root protection, and leaf antioxidant enzymes in lead stressed rice plants : Central roles to minimize Pb content and oxidative stress

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Lead (Pb) is an environmental pollutant that negatively affects rice plants, causing damage to the root system and chloroplast structures, as well as reducing growth. 24-Epibrasnolide (EBR) is a plant growth regulator with a high capacity to modulate antioxidant metabolism. The objective of this research was to investigate whether exogenous EBR application can mitigate oxidative damage in Pb-stressed rice plants, measure anatomical structures and evaluate physiological and biochemical responses connected with redox metabolism. The experiment was randomized with four treatments, including two lead treatments (0 and 200 μM PbCl2, described as - Pb and + Pb, respectively) and two treatments with brassinosteroid (0 and 100 nM EBR, described as - EBR and + EBR, respectively). The results revealed that plants exposed to Pb suffered significant disturbances, but the EBR alleviated the negative interferences, as confirmed by the improvements in the root structures and antioxidant system. This steroid stimulated the root structures, increasing the epidermis thickness (26%) and aerenchyma area (50%), resulting in higher protection of this tissue against Pb2+ ions. Additionally, EBR promoted significant increases in superoxide dismutase (26%), catalase (24%), ascorbate peroxidase (54%) and peroxidase (63%) enzymes, reducing oxidative stress on the photosynthetic machinery in Pb-stressed plants. This research proved that EBR mitigates the toxic effects generated by Pb in rice plants.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:280

Enthalten in:

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) - 280(2021) vom: 01. Juli, Seite 116992

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guedes, Flávia Raphaela Carvalho Miranda [VerfasserIn]
Maia, Camille Ferreira [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Breno Ricardo Serrão da [VerfasserIn]
Batista, Bruno Lemos [VerfasserIn]
Alyemeni, Mohammed Nasser [VerfasserIn]
Ahmad, Parvaiz [VerfasserIn]
Lobato, Allan Klynger da Silva [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2P299V784P
Antioxidants
Brassinolide
Brassinosteroids
Environmental pollutant
Journal Article
Lead
Oryza sativa L.
Redox status
Root structures
Steroids, Heterocyclic
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Date Completed 31.05.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116992

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NLM323403107