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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 25, Issue 19, Pages 19012-19027Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2105-0
Keywords
Waxy maize; Antioxidant enzyme; Gene expression; Oxidative stress; Nicosulfuron
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- National key R D plan [2017YFD0101100]
- Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province of China [2014215031]
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Nicosulfuron is a post-emergence herbicide used for weed control in maize fields (Zea mays L.). Here, the pair of nearly isogenic inbred lines SN509-R (nicosulfuron resistant) and SN509-S (nicosulfuron sensitive) was used to study the effect of nicosulfuron on growth, oxidative stress, and the activity and gene expression of antioxidant enzymes in waxy maize seedlings. Nicosulfuron treatment was applied at the five-leaf stage and water treatment was used as control. After nicosulfuron treatment, the death of SN509-S might be associated with increased oxidative stress. Compared with SN509-R, higher O-2(-) and H2O2 accumulations were observed in SN509-S, which can severely damage lipids and proteins, thus reducing membrane stability. The effects were exacerbated with extended exposure time. Both O-2(-) and H2O2 detoxification is regulated by enzymes. After nicosulfuron treatment, superoxide dismutase (SOD). catalase, ascorbate peroxidase (APX), monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDHAR), dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR), glutathione reductase (GR), and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) of SN509-S were significantly lower than those of SN509-R. Compared to SN509-R, ascorbate content (AA), glutathione (GSH) content, GSH to glutathione disulfide ratios, and AA to dehydroascorbate ratios significantly declined with increasing exposure time in SN509-S. Compared to SN509-S, nicosulfuron treatment increased the transcript levels of most of the APX genes except for APX1, and in contrast to Gst1, upregulated the transcription of sod9, MDHAR, DHAR, and GR genes in SN509-R. These results suggest that on a transcription level and in accordance with their responses, detoxifying enzymes play a vital role in the O-2(-) and H2O2 detoxification of maize seedlings under nicosulfuron exposure.
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