Nitrate enhances cadmium accumulation through modulating sulfur metabolism in sweet sorghum.

Sweet sorghum deploys tremendous potential for phytoremediation of cadmium (Cd)-polluted soils. Nitrate increases Cd accumulation in sweet sorghum, but the mechanism underlying this is still elusive. Sulfur-containing metabolites have been corroborated to play important roles in Cd tolerance in plants. Thus, whether sulfur metabolism contributed to nitrate-increased Cd accumulation in sweet sorghum was investigated in the present study. Two-way ANOVA analysis showed that most sulfur-containing metabolites concentrations and enzymes activities were regulated by nitrate, Cd and interplay of nitrate and Cd. By using grey correlation analysis and Pearson correlation coefficient, Cd accumulation in shoots as affected by nitrate was also mainly ascribed to sulfur metabolism. ATP sulfurylase (ATPS) activities and non-protein thiol (NPT) concentrations in leaves were the two prominent factors that positively correlated with Cd accumulation in shoots. Excess nitrate elevated ATPS activities in leaves which contributed to increased NPT and phytochelatins (PCs) concentrations in leaves. Nitrate enhanced Cd accumulation in shoots of sweet sorghum under a low level of Cd treatment. Intriguingly, Cd accumulation in shoots of sweet sorghum was similar between a low level and a high level of Cd treatment. Principal Components Analysis (PCA) based on 34 parameters failed to separate the low Cd treatment from the high Cd treatment either, suggesting sweet sorghum is exclusively suitable for phytoremediation of slight Cd-polluted arable lands. Taken together, enhanced Cd accumulation in shoots of sweet sorghum by excess nitrate application is closely correlated with sulfur metabolism containing elevated ATPS activities, NPT and PCs concentrations in leaves.

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  Chemosphere

• Publication date

  2022-11-28

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.2139/ssrn.4144036PMID 36455657
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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