Sun Yan, Ma Li, Ma Jing, Li Bingkun, Zhu Yanfeng, Chen Fu
School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, China.
School of Environmental Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China.
Front Plant Sci. 2022 Dec 28;13:1098755. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1098755. eCollection 2022.
Soil contamination with toxic heavy metals [such as arsenic (As)] is becoming a serious global problem because of the rapid development of the social economy. Although plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) and nanoparticles (NPs) are the major protectants to alleviate metal toxicity, the study of these chemicals in combination to ameliorate the toxic effects of As is limited. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the combined effects of different levels of (5 ppm and 10 ppm) and iron oxide nanoparticles (FeO-NPs) (50 mg/l and 100 mg/l) on plant growth and biomass, photosynthetic pigments, gas exchange attributes, oxidative stress and response of antioxidant compounds (enzymatic and non-enzymatic), and their specific gene expression, sugars, nutritional status of the plant, organic acid exudation pattern As accumulation from the different parts of the plants, and electron microscopy under the soil, which was spiked with different levels of As [0 μM (i.e., no As), 50 μM, and 100 μM] in Ajwain ( L.) seedlings. Results from the present study showed that the increasing levels of As in the soil significantly (< 0.05) decreased plant growth and biomass, photosynthetic pigments, gas exchange attributes, sugars, and nutritional contents from the roots and shoots of the plants, and destroyed the ultra-structure of membrane-bound organelles. In contrast, increasing levels of As in the soil significantly (< 0.05) increased oxidative stress indicators in term of malondialdehyde, hydrogen peroxide, and electrolyte leakage, and also increased organic acid exudation patter in the roots of . seedlings. The negative impact of As toxicity can overcome the application of PGPB () and FeO-NPs, which ultimately increased plant growth and biomass by capturing the reactive oxygen species, and decreased oxidative stress in . seedlings by decreasing the As contents in the roots and shoots of the plants. Our results also showed that the FeO-NPs were more sever and showed better results when we compared with PGPB () under the same treatment of As in the soil. Research findings, therefore, suggest that the combined application of and FeO-NPs can ameliorate As toxicity in . seedlings, resulting in improved plant growth and composition under metal stress, as depicted by balanced exudation of organic acids.
由于社会经济的快速发展,土壤被有毒重金属(如砷)污染正成为一个严重的全球性问题。尽管促植物生长细菌(PGPB)和纳米颗粒(NPs)是减轻金属毒性的主要保护剂,但对这些化学物质联合使用以改善砷的毒性作用的研究有限。因此,本研究旨在调查不同水平的砷(5 ppm和10 ppm)和氧化铁纳米颗粒(FeO-NPs)(50 mg/l和100 mg/l)对莳萝(Trachyspermum ammi (L.))幼苗的植物生长和生物量、光合色素、气体交换特性、氧化应激以及抗氧化化合物(酶促和非酶促)的反应及其特定基因表达、糖类、植物营养状况、有机酸渗出模式、植物不同部位的砷积累以及土壤中添加不同水平砷[0 μM(即无砷)、50 μM和100 μM]情况下的电子显微镜观察的联合影响。本研究结果表明,土壤中砷水平的增加显著(<0.05)降低了植物生长和生物量、光合色素、气体交换特性、糖类以及植物根和茎中的营养成分,并破坏了膜结合细胞器的超微结构。相反,土壤中砷水平的增加显著(<0.05)增加了丙二醛、过氧化氢和电解质渗漏方面的氧化应激指标,也增加了莳萝幼苗根中的有机酸渗出模式。砷毒性的负面影响可以通过施用PGPB(Trachyspermum ammi)和FeO-NPs来克服,这最终通过捕获活性氧增加了植物生长和生物量,并通过降低植物根和茎中的砷含量降低了莳萝幼苗的氧化应激。我们的结果还表明,在土壤中相同的砷处理下,与PGPB(Trachyspermum ammi)相比,FeO-NPs的效果更显著且更好。因此,研究结果表明,Trachyspermum ammi和FeO-NPs的联合应用可以改善莳萝幼苗中的砷毒性,如通过有机酸的平衡渗出所示,在金属胁迫下导致植物生长和组成得到改善。