Affiliation:
1. School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
2. Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
Abstract
H2S is a signaling molecule in plants and animals. Here we investigated the effects of H2S on programmed cell death (PCD) in barley (Hordeum vulgareL.) aleurone layers. The H2S donor NaHS significantly delayed PCD in aleurone layers isolated from imbibed embryoless barley grain. NaHS at 0.25 mM effectively reduced the accumulation of superoxide anion (·O2-), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and malondialdehyde (MDA), promoted the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), guaiacol peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), and ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and decreased those of lipoxygenase (LOX) in isolated aleurone layers. Quantitative-PCR showed that NaHS treatment of aleurone tissue led to enhanced transcript levels of the antioxidant genesHvSOD1, HvAPX, HvCAT1, andHvCAT2and repressed transcript levels ofHvLOX(lipoxygenase gene) and of two cysteine protease genesHvEPAandHvCP3-31. NaHS treatment in gibberellic acid- (GA-) treated aleurone layers also delayed the PCD process, reduced the content of·O2-, and increased POD activity while decreasing LOX activity. Furthermore,α-amylase secretion in barley aleurone layers was enhanced by NaHS treatment regardless of the presence or absence of GA. These data imply that H2S acted as an antioxidant in delaying PCD and enhancesα-amylase secretion regardless of the presence of GA in barley aleurone layers.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Cell Biology,Aging,General Medicine,Biochemistry
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