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Sulfur dioxide enhance drought tolerance of wheat seedlings through H2S signaling

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111248

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Sulfur dioxide; Drought tolerance; Wheat; Antioxidant defense; Hydrogen sulfide

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  1. Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province [201901D111301]
  2. University Science and technology innovation project of Shanxi Province [2019L0887]
  3. Doctoral Startup and Research Fund of Jinzhong University [1000107]
  4. Program for 1331 Project Maker Team of Jinzhong University [Jzxycktd2019031, Jzxycktd2019032]

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The study showed that pre-exposure to an appropriate level of SO2 enhanced drought tolerance of wheat seedlings by inducing H2S signaling pathway. This provides a new strategy for improving plant tolerance to drought stress.
Drought is one of the most common factors that limit plant growth and productivity. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) has recently been found to play a benefical role in protection of plants against environmental stress. In this study, we investigated the effect of SO2 on the physiological and molecular response of wheat seedlings to drought stress. Pretreatment with 10 mg/m(3) SO2 significantly increased the survival rate and relative water content (RWC) of wheat seedlings under drought stress, indicating that pre-exposure to appropriate level of SO2 could enhance drought tolerance of plants. These responses were related to the enhanced proline accumulation in the drought-treated wheat seedlings that induced by SO2 pretreatment. Meanwhile, SO2 pretreatment increased the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD), and effectively reduced the content of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in drought-treated wheat seedlings, suggesting SO2 could alleviate drought -induced oxidative damage by enhancing antioxidant defense system in plants. Expression analysis of transcription factor genes also showed that SO2 pretreatment decreased the expression of TaNAC69, but the expression of TaERF1 and TaMYB30 changed slightly and maintained at higher levels in wheat seedlings in response to drought stress. Furthermore, SO2 pretreatment triggered marked accumulation of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in wheat seedlings under drought stress. When scavenged H2S by spraying Hypotaurine (HT), the activities of antioxidant enzymes and the expression of transcription factor genes were decreased, and the content of H2O2 and MDA increased to the level of drought treatment alone, suggesting a regulatory role of SO2-induced H2S in plant adaptation to drought stress. Together, this study indicated that SO2 enhanced drought tolerance of wheat seedlings through H2S signaling, and provided new strategy for enhancing plant tolerance to drought stress.

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