Root response in Pisum sativum under naproxen stress: Morpho-anatomical, cytological, and biochemical traits

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SVOBODNÍKOVÁ Lucie KUMMEROVÁ Marie ZEZULKA Štěpán BABULA Petr SENDECKÁ Katarína

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Chemosphere
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127411
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127411
Keywords Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; Products of transformation; Root system structure; Oxidative stress; Antioxidant defence;
Description Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as an important group of emerging environmental contaminants in irrigation water and soils can influence biochemical and physiological processes essential for growth and development in plants as non-target organisms. Plants are able to take up, transport, transform, and accumulate drugs in the roots. Root biomass in ten-days old pea plants was lowered by 6% already under 0.1 mg/L naproxen (NPX) due to a lowered number of lateral roots, although 0.5 mg/L NPX stimulated the total root length by 30% as against control. Higher section area (by 40%) in root tip, area of xylem (by 150%) or stele-to-section ratio (by 10%) in zone of maturation, and lower section area in zone of lateral roots (by 18%) prove the changes in primary root anatomy and its earlier differentiation at 10 mg/L NPX. Accumulated NPX (up to 10 ug/g DW at 10 mg/L) and products of its metabolization in roots increased the amounts of hydrogen peroxide (by 33%), and superoxide (by 62%), which was reflected in elevated lipid peroxidation (by 32%), disruption of membrane integrity (by 89%) and lowering both oxidoreductase and dehydrogenase activities (by up to 40%). Elevated antioxidant capacity (SOD, APX, and other molecules) under low treatments decreased at 10 mg/L NPX (both by approx. 30%). Naproxen was proved to cause changes at both cellular and tissue levels in roots, which was also reflected in their anatomy and morphology. Higher environmental loading through drugs thus can influence even the root function.
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