Effect of Heavy Metal Treatment on Molecular Changes in Root Tips of Lupinus luteus L.

Heavy metals cause changes either in the pattern of cellular stress protein expression or in the enzyme activity. In the present study, the effect of three different toxic element treatments (heavy metals Pb, Cd and metaloid As) on small heat shock proteins synthesis as well as the superoxide dismut...

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Main Authors: K. Jomová, M. Morovič
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Language:English
Published: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2009-06-01
Series:Czech Journal of Food Sciences
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Online Access:https://cjfs.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/cjf-200910-0103_effect-of-heavy-metal-treatment-on-molecular-changes-in-root-tips-of-lupinus-luteus-l.php
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description Heavy metals cause changes either in the pattern of cellular stress protein expression or in the enzyme activity. In the present study, the effect of three different toxic element treatments (heavy metals Pb, Cd and metaloid As) on small heat shock proteins synthesis as well as the superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in root tips of yellow lupine (Lupinus luteus L., varieta Juno) was studied. Solutions with four different concentrations from each salt [Pb(NO3)2, Cd(NO3)2 and As2O3] were applied to achieve ascending oxidative stress conditions in comparison to unstressed, water treated, control variant. SDS-PAGE of crude protein extracts from treated variants showed enhanced protein signals in 15-17 kDa area comparing to the control one. The increased proteosynthetic activity indicates the possible participation of the low molecular weight proteins in the cell defence reactions. Similar increasing tendency was observed in the case of SOD enzymatic activity. Presence of heavy metals resulted in immediate elevated enzymatic response. Our results showed that methods applied in this study can be used for detection of oxidative stress in plants.
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spelling doaj.art-9caf375c979248b8a3c25f30e59fab3e2023-02-23T03:27:32ZengCzech Academy of Agricultural SciencesCzech Journal of Food Sciences1212-18001805-93172009-06-0127Special Issue 1S386S38910.17221/602-CJFScjf-200910-0103Effect of Heavy Metal Treatment on Molecular Changes in Root Tips of Lupinus luteus L.K. JomováM. Morovič0Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, 949 74 Nitra, Slovak Republic, *E-mail: kjomova@ukf.skHeavy metals cause changes either in the pattern of cellular stress protein expression or in the enzyme activity. In the present study, the effect of three different toxic element treatments (heavy metals Pb, Cd and metaloid As) on small heat shock proteins synthesis as well as the superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in root tips of yellow lupine (Lupinus luteus L., varieta Juno) was studied. Solutions with four different concentrations from each salt [Pb(NO3)2, Cd(NO3)2 and As2O3] were applied to achieve ascending oxidative stress conditions in comparison to unstressed, water treated, control variant. SDS-PAGE of crude protein extracts from treated variants showed enhanced protein signals in 15-17 kDa area comparing to the control one. The increased proteosynthetic activity indicates the possible participation of the low molecular weight proteins in the cell defence reactions. Similar increasing tendency was observed in the case of SOD enzymatic activity. Presence of heavy metals resulted in immediate elevated enzymatic response. Our results showed that methods applied in this study can be used for detection of oxidative stress in plants.https://cjfs.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/cjf-200910-0103_effect-of-heavy-metal-treatment-on-molecular-changes-in-root-tips-of-lupinus-luteus-l.phpoxidative stressheavy metalssuperoxid dismutaselupine
spellingShingle K. Jomová
M. Morovič
Effect of Heavy Metal Treatment on Molecular Changes in Root Tips of Lupinus luteus L.
Czech Journal of Food Sciences
oxidative stress
heavy metals
superoxid dismutase
lupine
title Effect of Heavy Metal Treatment on Molecular Changes in Root Tips of Lupinus luteus L.
title_full Effect of Heavy Metal Treatment on Molecular Changes in Root Tips of Lupinus luteus L.
title_fullStr Effect of Heavy Metal Treatment on Molecular Changes in Root Tips of Lupinus luteus L.
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Heavy Metal Treatment on Molecular Changes in Root Tips of Lupinus luteus L.
title_short Effect of Heavy Metal Treatment on Molecular Changes in Root Tips of Lupinus luteus L.
title_sort effect of heavy metal treatment on molecular changes in root tips of lupinus luteus l
topic oxidative stress
heavy metals
superoxid dismutase
lupine
url https://cjfs.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/cjf-200910-0103_effect-of-heavy-metal-treatment-on-molecular-changes-in-root-tips-of-lupinus-luteus-l.php
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