Ascorbate-Glutathione Cycle Alteration in Cadmium Sensitive Rice Mutant cadB-1

摘要

A rice cadmium (Cd) sensitive mutant cadB-1 was obtained using Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated system.After exposure of cadB-1 and wild type (WT) rice seedlings to a range of Cd concentrations for 10 d,Cd accumulated to higher levels in roots,stems and leaves of both cadB-1 and WT with increasing external Cd concentrations,and the inhibition of seedling growth in cadB-1 was more serious than in WT.Hydrogen peroxide accumulation was higher in leaves and roots of cadB-1.The ratios of reduced glutathione (GSH)/oxidized glutathione (GSSG),ascorbate (ASC)/dehydroascorbate (DHA) and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)/oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) were lower in cadB-1 than in WT both in leaves and roots under high Cd levels.The activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APX),glutathione peroxidase (GR),dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR) and monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDHAR) were also lower in cadB-1 than in WT both in leaves and roots under the treatment of high levels of Cd.Our results suggest that under Cd stress,the ASC-GSH cycle was more seriously inhibited in cadB-1 than in WT,indicating that the mutant cadB-1 is less able to scavenge reactive oxygen species and sensitive to Cd.