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Sodium chloride enhances cadmium tolerance through reducing cadmium accumulation and increasing anti‐oxidative enzyme activity in tobacco
Author(s) -
Zhang BingLin,
Shang ShengHua,
Zhang HaiTao,
Jabeen Zahra,
Zhang GuoPing
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.2183
Subject(s) - cadmium , cadmium chloride , chemistry , cadmium exposure , sodium , enzyme , environmental chemistry , enzyme assay , toxicology , oxidative phosphorylation , biochemistry , biology , organic chemistry
The effect of sodium chloride (NaCl) on cadmium (Cd) uptake, translocation, and oxidative stress was investigated using 2 tobacco cultivars differing in Cd tolerance. The growth inhibition of the tobacco plants exposed to Cd toxicity was in part alleviated by moderate addition of NaCl in the culture solution. Cadmium concentration of shoots and roots in the 2 cultivars increased with increasing Cd levels in the solution and decreased with the addition of NaCl. The addition of NaCl could alleviate the oxidative stress caused by Cd toxicity, as reflected by reduced production of malondialdehyde and recovered or enhanced activities of antioxidative enzymes catalase and glutathione peroxidase. The results also showed that the enhancement of antioxidative enzyme activity by NaCl for the tobacco plants exposed to Cd stress is related to induced Ca signaling. Environ Toxicol Chem 2013;32:1420–1425. © 2013 SETAC