Effect of Serine on Growth and Biochemical Constituents of Zea mays L., Triticum aestivum L., and Abelmoschus esculentus L. under Arsenic Toxicity

Sabrina Shahid, Fayaz Asad, Fida Hussain, Tabassum Yaseen, Naveen Dilawar, Imtiaz Ahmad, Sharipova Vasila

Abstract


Background: Various human activities, such as industrialization, modern farming methods, and mining increase the concentration of heavy metals in air, water and soil. Heavy metal poisoning of soil results in a number of environmental issues and has deleterious effects on both plants and animals. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Arsenite (As) and As+ Serine (Ser) on growth and biochemical components in the early growth stages of Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench, Triticum aestivum L., and Zea mays L. (selected crops).

Methods: Pot experiments were carried out at completely random manner, with 10-12 seeds grown in each pot with three replicates. Seeds and seedlings in pots treated with different concentrations of As and As+Ser. After a 21-days of germination period, we gathered the growth-related parameters (root number, root length, shoot length, and leaf number) and conducted a biochemical analysis.

Results: The growth of selected plants was adversely impacted by Arsenic stress, whereas the detrimental impact was minimal after treatments with Serine. Compression of the selected crops showed that Abelmoschus esculentus L. had the most detrimental impact on agronomic parameters. Biochemical constituents such Chlorophyll “a” “b”, Total-chlorophyll (Photosynthetic pigments), protein and carotenoid contents formation were reduced at individual treatments of As (25, 50, 75 and 100pmm) compared to As+Ser and control treatment, while the proline contents were increased considerably at treatment 100 ppm (As) of the selected crops.

Conclusion: The results showed that As had a greater negative impact on growth and biochemical constituents, whereas Ser had a reduced adverse impact on selected crops. Abelmoschus esculentusL. had a higher sensitivity compared to other selected crops.

Full Text:

PDF

References


Khan MA, Ho Y-S. Arsenic in drinking water: a review on toxicological effects, mechanism of accumulation and remediation. Asian Journal of Chemistry, (2011); 23(5): 1889.

Toor I, Tahir S. Study of arsenic concentration levels in Pakistani drinking water. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, (2009); 18(5).

Kaltreider RC, Davis AM, Lariviere JP, Hamilton JW. Arsenic alters the function of the glucocorticoid receptor as a transcription factor. Environmental health perspectives, (2001); 109(3): 245-251.

Ali MU, Liu G, Yousaf B, Ullah H, Abbas Q, et al. A systematic review on global pollution status of particulate matter-associated potential toxic elements and health perspectives in urban environment. Environmental geochemistry and health, (2019); 41(3): 1131-1162.

Zemanová V, Popov M, Pavlíková D, Kotrba P, Hnilička F, et al. Effect of arsenic stress on 5-methylcytosine, photosynthetic parameters and nutrient content in arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris cretica (L.) var. Albo-lineata. BMC plant biology, (2020); 20(1): 1-10.

Tu C, Ma LQ. Effects of arsenate and phosphate on their accumulation by an arsenic-hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. Plant and soil, (2003); 249(2): 373-382.

Zhang W, Cai Y, Tu C, Ma LQ. Arsenic speciation and distribution in an arsenic hyperaccumulating plant. Science of the total Environment, (2002); 300(1-3): 167-177.

Le XC, Yalcin S, Ma M. Speciation of submicrogram per liter levels of arsenic in water: On-site species separation integrated with sample collection. Environmental science & technology, (2000); 34(11): 2342-2347.

Qureshi AS. Groundwater governance in Pakistan: From colossal development to neglected management. Water, (2020); 12(11): 3017.

Nagajyoti PC, Lee KD, Sreekanth T. Heavy metals, occurrence and toxicity for plants: a review. Environmental chemistry letters, (2010); 8(3): 199-216.

Li C-x, Feng S-l, Yun S, Jiang L-n, Lu X-y, et al. Effects of arsenic on seed germination and physiological activities of wheat seedlings. Journal of Environmental Sciences, (2007); 19(6): 725-732.

Moulick D, Ghosh D, Santra SC. Evaluation of effectiveness of seed priming with selenium in rice during germination under arsenic stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, (2016); 109571-578.

Barrachina AC, Carbonell FB, Beneyto JM. Arsenic uptake, distribution, and accumulation in tomato plants: effect of arsenite on plant growth and yield. Journal of plant nutrition, (1995); 18(6): 1237-1250.

Islam M, Islam S, Jahiruddin M, Islam M. Effects of irrigation water arsenic in the rice-rice cropping system. J Biol Sci, (2004); 4(4): 542-546.

Kamran MA, Xu R-K, Li J-Y, Jiang J, Nkoh JN. Effect of different phosphorus sources on soybean growth and arsenic uptake under arsenic stress conditions in an acidic ultisol. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, (2018); 16511-18.

Abedin M, Meharg AA. Relative toxicity of arsenite and arsenate on germination and early seedling growth of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant and soil, (2002); 243(1): 57-66.

Rahman M. Influence of soil arsenic concentrations on rice (Oryza sativa L.). Subtrop Agric Res Dev, (2004); 2(3): 24-31.

Chen Y, Han Y-H, Cao Y, Zhu Y-G, Rathinasabapathi B, et al. Arsenic transport in rice and biological solutions to reduce arsenic risk from rice. Frontiers in plant science, (2017); 8268.

Jiang QQ, Singh BR. Effect of different forms and sources of arsenic on crop yield and arsenic concentration. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, (1994); 74(3): 321-343.

Gunes A, Pilbeam DJ, Inal A. Effect of arsenic–phosphorus interaction on arsenic-induced oxidative stress in chickpea plants. Plant and Soil, (2009); 314(1): 211-220.

Marin A, Masscheleyn P, Patrick W. The influence of chemical form and concentration of arsenic on rice growth and tissue arsenic concentration. Plant and Soil, (1992); 139(2): 175-183.

Marin A, Pezeshki S, Masschelen P, Choi H. Effect of dimethylarsenic acid (DMAA) on growth, tissue arsenic, and photosynthesis of rice plants. Journal of Plant Nutrition, (1993); 16(5): 865-880.

Mandal BK, Suzuki KT. Arsenic round the world: a review. Talanta, (2002); 58(1): 201-235.

Hammond JB, Kruger NJ (1988) The bradford method for protein quantitation. New Protein Techniques: Springer. pp. 25-32.

Maclachlan S, Zalik S. Plastid structure, chlorophyll concentration, and free amino acid composition of a chlorophyll mutant of barley. Canadian Journal of Botany, (1963); 41(7): 1053-1062.

Bates LS, Waldren RP, Teare I. Rapid determination of free proline for water-stress studies. Plant and soil, (1973); 39(1): 205-207.

Sahay S, Khan E, Praveen A, Panthri M, Mirza Z, et al. Sulphur potentiates selenium to alleviate arsenic-induced stress by modulating oxidative stress, accumulation and thiol-ascorbate metabolism in Brassica juncea L. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, (2020);

-11713.

Nahar K, Rhaman MS, Parvin K, Bardhan K, Marques DN, et al. Arsenic-induced oxidative stress and antioxidant defense in plants. Stresses, (2022); 2(2): 179-209.

Mairuae N, Connor JR, Lee SY, Cheepsunthorn P, Tongjaroenbuangam W. The effects of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus Linn.) on the cellular events associated with Alzheimer’s disease in a stably expressed HFE neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell line. Neuroscience letters, (2015); 6036-11.

Kabir A. Biochemical and molecular changes in rice seedlings (Oryza sativa L.) to cope with chromium stress. Plant Biology, (2016); 18(4): 710-719.

Maglovski M, Gerši Z, Rybanský Ľ, Bardáčová M, Moravčíková J, et al. Effects of nutrition on wheat photosynthetic pigment responses to arsenic stress. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, (2019); 28(3): 1821-1829.

Mahdieh S, Ghaderian SM, Karimi N. Effect of arsenic on germination, photosynthesis and growth parameters of two winter wheat varieties in Iran. Journal of plant nutrition, (2013); 36(4): 651-664.

Sharma A, Shahzad B, Kumar V, Kohli SK, Sidhu GPS, et al. Phytohormones regulate accumulation of osmolytes under abiotic stress. Biomolecules, (2019); 9(7): 285.

Vasanth K, Lakshmiprabha A, Jayabalan N. Amino acids enhancing plant regeneration from cotyledon and embryonal axis of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Indian Journal of Crop Science, (2006); 1(1and2): 79-83.

Verslues PE, Sharma S. Proline metabolism and its implications for plant-environment interaction. The Arabidopsis Book/American Society of Plant Biologists, (2010); 8.

Li X, Li B, Yang Y. Effects of foliar selenite on the nutrient components of turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa Linn.). Frontiers in Chemistry, (2018); 642.

Velayutham M, Ojha B, Issac PK, Lite C, Guru A, et al. NV14 from serine O‐acetyltransferase of cyanobacteria influences the antioxidant enzymes in vitro cells, gene expression against H2O2 and other responses in vivo zebrafish larval model. Cell Biology International, (2021); 45(11): 2331-2346.

Mokgalabone TT, Mpai S, Ndhlala AR. Organic Medium Enclosed Trough Growing Technique Improves Abelmoschus esculentus (Okra) Growth, Yield and Some Nutritional Components. Applied Sciences, (2023); 13(9): 5645.

Kopriva S, Rennenberg H. Control of sulphate assimilation and glutathione synthesis: interaction with N and C metabolism. Journal of experimental botany, (2004); 55(404): 1831-1842.




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.62940/als.v10i3.1743

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.