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PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 91-100Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-007-9183-1
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aluminum; germination; glutathione; hydrogen peroxide; Oryza sativa L.; root growth; seedling
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The effect of Al stress on H2O2 production of rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings and difference in responses of antioxidant enzymes between Al-tolerant variety (Azucena) and Al-sensitive rice one (IR 64) were investigated. Aluminum-induced H2O2 production and malondialdehyde (MDA) content were more pronounced for IR 64 than for Azucena. In the presence of 2 mM Al, addition of 10 mM imidazole (inhibitor of NADPH oxidase) and 1 mM azide (inhibitor of peroxidase) significantly decreased H2O2 production by 16% and 43% for Azucena, and 21% and 68% for IR 64, respectively. Under Al treatment, the Al-tolerant variety Azucena had significantly higher activities of catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, dehydroascorbate reducase, glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase, and higher concentrations of reduced glutathione than the Al-sensitive one IR 64. Treatment with buthionine sulfoximine, a specific inhibitor of GSH synthesis, significantly increased H2O2 production in both varieties in the presence and absence of Al. In contrast, the treatment with GSH significantly decreased the production of H2O2 induced by Al stress. Results suggest that GSH may play an important role in scavenging H2O2 caused by Al stress.
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