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NANOSCALE
Volume 11, Issue 21, Pages 10511-10523Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8nr10514f
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- National Key Research and Development Plan [2016YFD0101306, 2016YFD0101300]
- SRT project in Nanjing Agricultural University [2018syzx021]
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Although there have been some studies on the plant-carbonaceous nanomaterials (CNMs) interactions, related conclusions were controversial. Here, we report that multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) can enter into rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) seedling root, and transport to stem. Further results showed that salinity-inhibited rapeseed seedling growth was obviously alleviated by MWCNTs. Meanwhile, NaClinduced nitrate reductase (NR)-dependent NO production was significantly intensified by MWCNTs. The redox and ion imbalance was reestablished as well, confirmed by the reduction in reactive oxygen species (ROS) overproduction, the decrease in thiobarbituric acid reactive substance production, and the lower Na+/K+ ratio. These beneficial effects could be explained by the changes in related antioxidant defense genes, sodium hydrogen exchanger 1 (NHX1), salt overly sensitive 1 (SOS1), and K+ transporter 1 (KT1) transcripts. The above responses were separately abolished after the removal of endogenous NO with its scavengers or the addition of the NR inhibitor. Genetic evidence revealed that the NaCl-triggered NO level in wild-type seedling roots was partly abolished in either the nitric reductase mutant (nia1/2) or noa1 mutant (exhibiting indirectly a reduced endogenous NO level). Treatment with MWCNTs could totally rescue the impaired NO production in the noa1 mutant rather than the nia1/2 mutant, suggesting that NR-dependent NO acts as a downstream signaling molecule in MWCNT signaling. This point was verified by phenotypic analyses, histochemical staining, and ion analysis. qPCR analysis further demonstrated that MWCNTs stimulated antioxidant genes and ion balance-related genes through NR-mediated NO. The above molecular and genetic evidence indicated that NR-dependent NO acts downstream of MWCNTs in salinity tolerance, which requires the reestablishment of redox and ion homeostasis.
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