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Plant Physiol ; 169(4): 2587-96, 2015 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26450705

ABSTRACT

The physiological and metabolic mechanisms behind the humic acid-mediated plant growth enhancement are discussed in detail. Experiments using cucumber (Cucumis sativus) plants show that the shoot growth enhancement caused by a structurally well-characterized humic acid with sedimentary origin is functionally associated with significant increases in abscisic acid (ABA) root concentration and root hydraulic conductivity. Complementary experiments involving a blocking agent of cell wall pores and water root transport (polyethylenglycol) show that increases in root hydraulic conductivity are essential in the shoot growth-promoting action of the model humic acid. Further experiments involving an inhibitor of ABA biosynthesis in root and shoot (fluridone) show that the humic acid-mediated enhancement of both root hydraulic conductivity and shoot growth depended on ABA signaling pathways. These experiments also show that a significant increase in the gene expression of the main root plasma membrane aquaporins is associated with the increase of root hydraulic conductivity caused by the model humic acid. Finally, experimental data suggest that all of these actions of model humic acid on root functionality, which are linked to its beneficial action on plant shoot growth, are likely related to the conformational structure of humic acid in solution and its interaction with the cell wall at the root surface.


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Abscisic Acid/metabolism , Cucumis sativus/physiology , Humic Substances , Plant Growth Regulators/metabolism , Plant Shoots/physiology , Plant Transpiration , Aquaporins/genetics , Aquaporins/metabolism , Biological Transport , Cucumis sativus/genetics , Cucumis sativus/growth & development , Plant Roots/genetics , Plant Roots/growth & development , Plant Roots/physiology , Plant Shoots/genetics , Plant Shoots/growth & development , Rhizosphere , Water/metabolism
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Plant Sci ; 198: 39-45, 2013 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23199685

ABSTRACT

Numerous studies have investigated the molecular and physiological-morphological mechanisms induced in plant roots in response to specific nutrient deficiencies. Both transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms are involved that increase root uptake under nutrient deficiency. Root nutrient deficiency-stress root responses are mainly regulated by the nutrient status in the shoot. The signals involved in shoot to root cross-talk regulation processes for the activation of nutrient-deficiency induced root responses are not clearly elucidated. The physiological-molecular events in the leaf linked to the nutrient availability for metabolic use, are also poorly known. In this context, we focus our attention on iron plant nutrition. Some experimental evidence suggests the existence of a regulatory system concerned with the optimization of the metabolic use of iron, mainly under conditions of iron starvation. This system seems to be activated by the deficiency in iron-availability for metabolic processes in the leaf and regulates the activation of some iron-stress root responses. This regulation seems to be probably expressed by affecting the production and/or translocation of the activating signal sent from the shoot to the root under conditions of iron deficiency in the shoot.


Subject(s)
Arabidopsis/metabolism , Iron Deficiencies , Iron/pharmacokinetics , Plant Leaves/metabolism , Plant Roots/metabolism , Adaptation, Physiological , Biological Availability , Biological Transport , Signal Transduction/physiology , Stress, Physiological
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Plant Physiol Biochem ; 49(5): 545-56, 2011 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21411331

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of IAA and ABA in the shoot-to-root regulation of the expression of the main Fe-stress physiological root responses in cucumber plants subjected to shoot Fe functional deficiency. Changes in the expression of the genes CsFRO1, CsIRT1, CsHA1 and CsHA2 (coding for Fe(III)-chelate reductase (FCR), the Fe(II) transporter and H+-ATPase, respectively) and in the enzyme activity of FCR and the acidification capacity were measured. We studied first the ability of exogenous applications of IAA and ABA to induce these Fe-stress root responses in plants grown in Fe-sufficient conditions. The results showed that IAA was able to activate these responses at the transcriptional and functional levels, whereas the results with ABA were less conclusive. Thereafter, we explored the role of IAA in plants with or without shoot Fe functional deficiency in the presence of two types of IAA inhibitors, affecting either IAA polar transport (TIBA) or IAA functionality (PCIB). The results showed that IAA is involved in the regulation at the transcriptional and functional levels of both Fe root acquisition (FCR, Fe(II) transport) and rhizosphere acidification (H+-ATPase), although through different, and probably complementary, mechanisms. These results suggest that IAA is involved in the shoot-to-root regulation of the expression of Fe-stress physiological root responses.


Subject(s)
Cucumis sativus/enzymology , Indoleacetic Acids/metabolism , Iron/metabolism , Plant Roots/enzymology , Plant Shoots/physiology , Biological Transport , Clofibric Acid/pharmacology , Cucumis sativus/drug effects , Cucumis sativus/genetics , FMN Reductase/analysis , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , Genes, Plant , Plant Roots/drug effects , Plant Roots/genetics , Stress, Physiological , Transcription, Genetic , Triiodobenzoic Acids/pharmacokinetics
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Plant Foods Hum Nutr ; 62(4): 151-5, 2007 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17912643

ABSTRACT

Eighty-eight extracts of different polarity obtained from 18 Lamiaceae medicinal and aromatic plants were screened for their antioxidant and antifungal properties. A TLC analysis combined with two bioassays were used to detect these activities. In most cases the highest radical scavenger capacity was detected in methanolic and aqueous extracts and polyphenols may be responsible. The most interesting antioxidant activity was observed in polar extracts obtained from Lycopus europaeus, Melissa officinalis, Origanum vulgare subsp. virens and Lavandula latifolia. On the contrary, the best results for the antifungal test against Rhizopus stolonifer were produced by non-polar herbal extracts. Phlomis lychnitis, Salvia pratensis and Calamintha sylvatica caused the highest inhibition on Rhizopus growth.


Subject(s)
Antifungal Agents/pharmacology , Antioxidants/pharmacology , Lamiaceae/chemistry , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Rhizopus/drug effects , Antioxidants/metabolism , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods , Plant Extracts/metabolism , Rhizopus/growth & development
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