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Lectin involvement in the development of wheat tolerance to cadmium toxicity

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Abstract

In the roots of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings, the effects of pretreatment with 28 nM wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and successive action of 1 mM cadmium acetate on growth, phytohormone balance, lignin deposition, and also cadmium accumulation and distribution were studied. Priority data on cadmium-induced ABA-mediated reversible accumulation of WGA in the roots, which was accompanied by its excretion in the medium of seedling incubation, were obtained. Pretreatment with WGA exerted a clear protective effect on seedling growth in the presence of cadmium, which was based on a decrease in the amplitude of stress-induced shifts in the balance between IAA and ABA and preventing the reduction in the cytokinin level. Acceleration of lignification of the cell walls in the basal parts of roots of seedlings pretreated with WGA and subjected to stress is shown, and this limits cadmium entry into the plant.

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Abbreviations

HM:

heavy metals

MI:

mitotic index

POL:

peroxidation of lipids

WGA:

wheat germ agglutinin

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    M. V. Bezrukova, R. A. Fatkhutdinova, A. R. Lubyanova, A. R. Murzabaev, V. V. Fedyaev & F. M. Shakirova

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Original Russian Text © M.V. Bezrukova, R.A. Fatkhutdinova, A.R. Lubyanova, A.R. Murzabaev, V.V. Fedyaev, F.M. Shakirova, 2011, published in Fiziologiya Rastenii, 2011, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 907–914.

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Bezrukova, M.V., Fatkhutdinova, R.A., Lubyanova, A.R. et al. Lectin involvement in the development of wheat tolerance to cadmium toxicity. Russ J Plant Physiol 58, 1048–1054 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1021443711060021

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Keywords

  • Triticum aestivum
  • wheat germ agglutinin
  • cadmium acetate
  • mitotic index
  • phytohormones
  • lignification
  • cadmium localization