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ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM
Volume 35, Issue 9, Pages 2685-2690Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-013-1300-3
Keywords
Barley; Cadmium; Glutathione-S-transferase; Hydrogen peroxide; Indole-3-acetic acid
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- Grant agency VEGA [2/0019/13]
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Transient exposure of barley roots to Cd, IAA or H2O2 for 30 min resulted in a significant root growth inhibition. Cd significantly increased the GST activity of roots 6 h after the end of short-term treatment. This increase was more relevant in root segment containing differentiation zone than in root segment just immediately behind the root apex. In contrast to Cd treatment, the short-term exposure of barley roots to IAA resulted in a significant increase of GST activity along the whole root tip and this increase was detectable already 3 h after the treatment with 10 mu M IAA. Similarly to IAA, exogenously applied 10 mM H2O2 for 30 min caused significant increase of GST activity along the whole root tip 6 h after the treatment. This increase was already detectable 3 h after the exposure, but only in the differentiation zone of root tip. Auxin influx or signalling inhibitor considerable decreased the Cd- or IAA-induced GST activity in barley root tips. The strong activation of GST even after a brief exposure of barley roots to Cd support the crucial role of GST in the Cd-induced stress response in which presumably IAA and H2O2 play an important signalling role including the activation of GST.
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