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JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 166, Issue 9, Pages 914-925Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.11.012
Keywords
Abscisic acid; Abscisic aldehyde oxidase; Polyamines; Salicylic acid; Salt stress
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- Hungarian National Scientific Research Foundation [OTKA T038392, OTKA K76854]
- GVOP [GVOP-3.2.1.-2004-04-0419/3.0]
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Pre-treatment with 10(-4) M salicylic acid (SA) in hydroponic culture medium provided protection against salinity stress in tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv. Rio Fuego). The effect of 10(-7) or 10(-4) M SA on the water status of plants was examined in relation to the biosynthesis and accumulation of abscisic acid (ABA) in order to reveal the role of SA in the subsequent response to salt stress. Both pre-treatments inhibited the K+ (Rb-86(+)) uptake of plants, reduced the K+ content of leaves, and caused a decrease in leaf water potential (psi(W)). Due to the changes in the cellular water status, SA triggered the accumulation of ABA. Since the decrease in psi(W), proved to be transient, the effect of SA on ABA synthesis may also develop via other mechanisms. In spite of osmotic adaptation, the application of 10(-4) M, but not 10(-7) M SA, led to prolonged ABA accumulation and to enhanced activity of aldehyde oxidase (AO1, EC.1.2.3.1.), an enzyme responsible for the conversion of ABA-aldehyde to ABA, both in root and leaf tissues. AO2-AO4 isoforms from the root extracts also exhibited increased activities. The fact that the activities of AO are significantly enhanced both in the leaves and roots of plants exposed to 10(-4) M SA, may indicate a positive feedback regulation of ABA synthesis by ABA in this system.
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