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Various potentially toxic element tolerances in different rice genotypes correlate with distinct physiological responses and alterations in DNA methylation.

Chemosphere, ISSN: 0045-6535, Vol: 292, Page: 133462
2022
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Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are harmful to plant growth and reduce crop productivity. In this work, we studied three rice genotypes (T-35, RZ-1, and RZ-2) to quantify the diverse PTE effects and tolerances by examining morphology, physiology, and DNA methylation patterns. Morphological results showed that T-35 exhibits the highest tolerance to all studied PTE stressors (Cu, Cd, Cr). Physiological responses under PTE stresses confirmed earlier findings, where T-35 showed a higher potassium (K + ) content and more peroxidase (POD) accumulation in the roots than the other two rice genotypes. The differences in PTE tolerance levels observed among the three rice genotypes were also associated with variations in the heavy metal transportation ( HMT ) gene expression level. Moreover, methylation-sensitive blotting analysis of the selected genes showed that the DNA methylation changes occurring due to PTE treatments are mainly CHG hypomethylation in T-35 but hypermethylation in RZ-1 and RZ-2. Our results demonstrate a tight relationship among physiological response, expression levels of the HMT genes, and DNA methylation pattern under PTEs stresses. It is also indicated that plants use generic mechanisms to tolerate stresses; however, different genotypes employ different combinations of such tactics to confer tolerance, which results in diverse PTE stress tolerances. These findings shed light on the PTE stresses tolerance mechanism and help direct future breeding activities in rice.

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Miao, Yiling; Cong, Weixuan; Mu, Jingyao; Fu, Tiansi; Zhuang, Tingting; Yan, Yujia; Kang, Ying; Yu, Lina; Zhao, Wenhao; Li, Hebing; Lv, Yinhe; Zhang, Jiayu; Rustgi, Sachin; Liu, Bao; Ou, Xiufang

Elsevier BV

Environmental Science; Chemistry; Medicine

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