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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Exogenous Nitric Oxide Mitigates Nickel-Induced Oxidative Damage in Eggplant by Upregulating Antioxidants, Osmolyte Metabolism, and Glyoxalase Systems.

Mona Soliman, Haifa A Alhaithloul, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Basmah M Alharbi, Mohamed El-Esawi, Amr Elkelish

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Mona SolimanBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 12613, Giza, Egypt.
Haifa A AlhaithloulDepartment of Biology, College of science, Jouf University, Sakaka 2014, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid Rehman HakeemDepartment of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21577, Saudi Arabia.
Basmah M AlharbiDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk-71491, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed El-EsawiBotany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, 31527 Tanta, Egypt.
Amr ElkelishBotany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt.
Cairo University · EGJouf University · SAKing Abdulaziz University · SASuez Canal University · EGTanta University · EGUniversity of Tabuk · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO) at optimal levels is considered beneficial to plant functioning. The present study was carried out to investigate the role of exogenously applied NO (100 and 150 µM sodium nitropurusside, SNP) in amelioration of nickel (Ni)-mediated oxidative effects in eggplant. Ni stress declined growth and biomass production, relative water content (RWC), and chlorophyll pigment synthesis, thereby affecting the photosynthetic efficiency. Exogenously applied SNP proved beneficial in mitigating the Ni-mediated growth restrictions. NO-treated seedlings exhibited improved photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, and chlorophyll content with the effect of being apparent at lower concentration (100 µM SNP). SNP upregulated the antioxidant system mitigating the oxidative damage on membranes due to Ni stress. The activity of superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione S-transferase, ascorbate peroxidase, and glutathione reductase was upregulated due to SNP which also increased the ascorbate and reduced glutathione content. SNP-supplied seedlings also showed higher proline and glycine betaine accumulation, thereby improving RWC and antioxidant system. Glyoxalase I activity was induced due to SNP application declining the accumulation of methylglyoxal. NO-mediated mitigation of Ni toxicity was confirmed using NO scavenger (PTIO, 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide), which reversed the influence of SNP almost entirely on the parameters studied. Uptake of nitrogen (N), potassium (K), and calcium (Ca) was increased due to SNP application and Ni was reduced significantly. Therefore, this study revealed the efficiency of exogenous SNP in enhancing Ni stress tolerance through upregulating antioxidant and glyoxalase systems.

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AntioxidantsGlyoxalaseLipid peroxidationLipoxygenaseNickelNitric oxide

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PMCPMC6963868
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