Organ-dependent responses of the African rice to short-term iron oxicity: ferritin regulation and antioxidative responses

• Published in: Biologia plantarum Vol. 51; no. 2
• Main Authors: Majerus, V.,Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Unite de Biologie Vegetale, Bertin, P.,Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Unite de Biologie Vegetale, Swenden, V.,Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Unite d'Ecophysiologie et Amelioration Vegetale, Fortemps, A.,Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Unite de Biologie Vegetale, Lobreaux, S.,Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Agronomie, Montpellier (France), Lutts, S.,Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Unite de Biologie Vegetale
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.04.2007
• Subjects: ABSORCION DE SUSTANCIAS NUTRITIVAS; ABSORPTION DE SUBSTANCES NUTRITIVES; ACIDE ASCORBIQUE; ACIDO ASCORBICO; ACTIVIDAD ENZIMATICA; ACTIVITE ENZYMATIQUE; ANTIOXIDANTES; ANTIOXIDANTS; ANTIOXYDANT; ARN MENSAJERO; ARN MESSAGER; ASCORBIC ACID; CULTIVO HIDROPONICO; CULTURE HYDROPONIQUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRES; FER; FERRITIN; FERRITINE; GLUTACION; GLUTATHION; GLUTATHIONE; HIERRO; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_11184; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24091; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2604; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_27990; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_35126; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3734; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_37715; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3950; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4765; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_511; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5273; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5436; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5472; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_661; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7452; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7826; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7869; HYDROPONICS; IRON; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORYZA GLABERRIMA; OXIDACION; OXIDATION; OXYDATION; PLANT TISSUES; STRESS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDO DISMUTASA; SUPEROXYDE DISMUTASE; TEJIDOS VEGETALES; TISSU VEGETAL; TOXICIDAD; TOXICITE; TOXICITY; TRANSCRIPCION; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSLOCATION; TRASLOCACION
• ISSN: 0006-3134; 1573-8264

Hydroponically grown African rice (Oryza glaberrima) was exposed for 72 h to a high Fe2+ concentration (500 mg/cubic dm) to identify the first steps of iron toxicity response in various organs. Iron accumulated in all plant parts analysed and had only a limited impact on absorption and translocation of other nutrients. The content of the iron-storage protein ferritin increased as a consequence of transcription stimulation or increase in mRNA stability and culminated after 48 h of treatment in laminae and to a lesser extent in sheaths but was not detected in roots. Although endogenous iron concentrations were similar in sheaths and laminae, superoxide dismutase activity was stimulated only in sheaths while ascorbate peroxidase activity increased mainly in laminae. It is concluded that both ferritin synthesis and antioxidative response may play a key role in the resistance of Oryza glaberrima to iron toxicity but that their relative importance are not the same in all organs.