Enzymatic antioxidants-Relevant or not to protect the photosynthetic system against cadmium-induced stress in Massai grass supplied with sulfur?

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2018-11-01

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Silveira Rabelo, Flavio Henrique
Alcantara da Silva, Berenice Kussumoto de
Borgo, Lucelia
Keunen, Els
Rossi, Monica Lanzoni
Lima Reis Borges, Karina
Santos, Elcio Ferreira dos
Reise, Andre Rodrigues dos [UNESP]
Martinelli, Adriana Pinheiro
Azevedo, Ricardo Antunes

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Elsevier B.V.

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Exposure to cadmium (Cd) can cause oxidative stress and injuries to the photosynthetic apparatus of plants. Otherwise, plant metabolism impaired by Cd toxicity can be aided by a proper sulfur (S) nutrition, since S is a component of antioxidants and photosynthetic systems. In this sense, our aim in this study was to evaluate the effect of S supply (0.1, 1.9 and 3.7 mmol L-1) on the antioxidant and photosynthetic systems of Massai grass exposed to Cd (0.0, 0.1 and 0.5 mmol L-1) as a prerequisite for studies of Cd phytoextraction. Plants supplied with 3.7 mmol L-1 S showed the lowest growth and the highest Cd concentrations when exposed to 0.5 mmol L-1 Cd. However, Massai grass grown without S deprivation showed the highest GSH + GSSG concentrations in all tissues and the lowest lipid peroxidation in stems and sheaths and roots. In general, the activities of SOD, CAT, APX, GPOX and GR did not increase in Massai grass exposed to Cd, even with proper S supply. Severe Cd exposure halted the photosynthetic system of Massai grass, although well-nourished plants with S exhibited greatest photosynthetic rate probably due to the action of GSH in the control of the oxidative stress.

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Antioxidants, Cadmium, Panicum maximum, Photosynthesis, Tolerance mechanisms

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Environmental And Experimental Botany. Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, v. 155, p. 702-717, 2018.