Browsing by Author "Kumari Bhoomika"

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Differential responses of antioxidant enzymes to aluminum toxicity in two rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars with marked presence and elevated activity of Fe SOD and enhanced activities of Mn SOD and catalase in aluminum tolerant cultivar
(2013) Kumari Bhoomika; Samantha Pyngrope; R.S. Dubey
Seedlings of two Indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) cvs. HUR-105 and Vandana, differing in Al-tolerance were used to identify the key mechanisms involved in their differential behaviour towards Al toxicity. Cv. HUR-105 appeared to be Al sensitive by showing significant reduction (p ≤ 0.01) in root/shoot length, fresh weight, dry weight and water content in presence of 421 μM Al3+ in growth medium whereas cv. Vandana appeared to be fairly Al3+ tolerant. A conspicuous and significant reduction in dry weight of root and shoot was observed in Al sensitive cv. HUR-105 with 178 μM Al3+ treatment for 3 days. Al was readily taken up by the roots and transported to shoots in both the rice cultivars. Localization of absorbed Al was always greater in roots than in shoots. Our results of the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) H2O2 and O2 .- and activities of major antioxidant enzymes such as total superoxide dismutase (SOD), Cu/Zn SOD, Mn SOD, Fe SOD, catalase (CAT) and guaiacol peroxidase revealed Al induced higher oxidative stress, greater production of ROS and lesser capacity to scavenge ROS in cv. HUR-105 than Vandana. With Al treatment, higher oxidative stress was noted in shoots than in roots. Greatly enhanced activities of SOD (especially Fe and Mn SOD) and CAT in Al treated seedlings of cv. Vandana suggest the role of these enzymes in Al tolerance. Furthermore, a marked presence of Fe SOD in roots and shoots of the seedlings of Al tolerant cv. Vandana and its significant (p ≤ 0.01) increase in activity due to Al-treatment, appears to be the unique feature of this cultivar and indicates a vital role of Fe SOD in Al-tolerance in rice. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
Differential responses of antioxidative defense system to prolonged salinity stress in salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive Indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings
(Springer-Verlag Wien, 2013) Pallavi Mishra; Kumari Bhoomika; R.S. Dubey
The present investigation evaluated the ability of an antioxidative defense system in terms of the tolerance against salinity-induced oxidative stress and also explored a possible relationship between the status of the components of an antioxidative defense system and the salt tolerance in Indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes. When the seedlings of a salt-sensitive cultivar was grown in sand cultures containing different NaCl concentrations (7 and 14 dS m-1) for 5-20 days, a substantial increase was observed in the rate of superoxide anion (O2·-) production, elevated levels of H2O2 and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) which indicated an enhancement in lipid peroxidation. A declination in the level of thiol clearly indicated an increase in the protein oxidation as well as a decline in the reduced forms of ascorbate (AsA) and glutathione (GSH) and the ratios of their reduced to oxidized forms occurred in the salt-sensitive seedlings. Similar treatment caused a very little alteration or no change in the levels of these components in the seedlings of salt-tolerant cultivar. The activity of antioxidative enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD), its isoform Cu/Zn-SOD and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) increased in both the cultivars against salinity. In salt-sensitive seedlings, the activity of the various enzymes, guaiacol peroxidase (GPX), catalase (CAT), monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDHAR), dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR), and glutathione reductase (GR) increased at moderate salinity treatment of 7 dS m-1 NaCl while the activities of these enzymes declined with higher salinity level of 14 dS m-1 NaCl. However, a consistent increase was observed in the activities of these enzymes of salt-tolerant seedlings with an increase in the duration and the level of the salinity treatment. The results suggest that a higher status of antioxidants (AsA and GSH) and a coordinated higher activity of the enzymes (SOD, CAT, GPX, APX, and GR) can serve as the major determinants in the model for depicting salt tolerance in Indica rice seedlings. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
Effect of aluminum on protein oxidation, non-protein thiols and protease activity in seedlings of rice cultivars differing in aluminum tolerance
(Urban und Fischer Verlag GmbH und Co. KG, 2014) Kumari Bhoomika; Samantha Pyngrope; Rama S. Dubey
The effect of toxic concentrations of aluminum (Al) was investigated on contents of protein-thiols, non-protein and total thiols, protein carbonylation and protease activity in the seedlings of Al-sensitive (Al-S) Indica rice cv. HUR-105 and Al-tolerant (Al-T) cv. Vandana grown in sand cultures. Al treatment of 178. μM and 421. μM for 3-12 days caused a significant decline in the level of protein thiols, rise in non-protein thiols (NPTs) as well as protein carbonyl content and an insignificant alteration in the level of total thiols in cv. HUR-105 seedlings. However, in the seedlings of Al-T cv. Vandana, no significant alteration could be observed on any of these parameters with Al treatment. Al treatment inhibited protease activity in roots, whereas the opposite trend was seen in shoots. New isozymes of protease appeared in shoots of cv. Vandana with increased level of Al treatment. Our results show a link between protein thiols and NPTs and suggest the role of NPTs in the repair and protection of protein thiols. Inhibitory effect of Al on protease activity in roots could be a major reason for Al rhizotoxic effects. Al tolerance in rice appears to be associated with lesser content of protein thiols in roots, smaller amount of carbonylated proteins in roots as well as shoots and higher protease activity in shoots. © 2013 Elsevier GmbH.
Oxidative stress, protein carbonylation, proteolysis and antioxidative defense system as a model for depicting water deficit tolerance in Indica rice seedlings
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2013) Samantha Pyngrope; Kumari Bhoomika; R.S. Dubey
Water deficit is an important constraint to rice (Oryza sativa L.) productivity. The present study was undertaken to investigate whether the level of oxidative stress, carbonylation of proteins, proteolysis and status of antioxidative defense could serve as a model to distinguish water deficit tolerant and sensitive rice cultivars. When 10-day-grown seedlings of two rice cultivars, Malviya-36 (drought-sensitive) and Brown Gora (drought-tolerant) were subjected to -1. 0 and -2. 1 MPa water deficit treatments for 24-72 h with polyethylene glycol 6000 in the medium, a greater decline in the growth of the seedlings and levels of leaf water potential, relative water content, Chl a, Chl b, carotenoids and greater increase in leaf water loss were observed in the sensitive cultivar than the tolerant. Under similar level of water deficit seedlings of sensitive cultivar showed higher level of superoxide anion generation, H2O2, lipid peroxidation and proteolysis in roots as well as shoots compared to the tolerant. Drought-tolerant cultivar had higher constitutive level of antioxidative enzymes superoxide dismutase and catalase and the activities of these two enzymes alongwith of guaiacol peroxidase showed greater increase in this cultivar under water deficit compared to the sensitive. A significant decline in the level of protein thiol and a higher increase in protein carbonyls content, also confirmed by protein gel blot analysis with an antibody against 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine was observed in the seedlings of drought sensitive cv. Malviya-36 compared to the tolerant cv. Brown Gora when subjected to similar level of water deficit. Seedlings of drought sensitive cultivar, under water deficit, showed higher proteolytic activity, higher number of in-gel activity stained proteolytic bands and higher expression of oxidized proteins in roots compared to the tolerant cultivar. Results suggest that poor capacity of antioxidative enzymes could be, at least partly, correlated with water deficit sensitivity of sensitive cultivar and that higher activity of antioxidative enzymes superoxide dismutase, catalase, guaiacol peroxidase, low proteolytic activity, lower level of protein carbonyls and protein thiolation could serve as a model to depict water deficit tolerance in Indica rice seedlings. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
Reactive oxygen species, ascorbate-glutathione pool, and enzymes of their metabolism in drought-sensitive and tolerant indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings subjected to progressing levels of water deficit
(Springer-Verlag Wien, 2013) Samantha Pyngrope; Kumari Bhoomika; R.S. Dubey
Water deficit for rice is a worldwide concern, and to produce drought-tolerant varieties, it is essential to elucidate molecular mechanisms associated with water deficit tolerance. In the present study, we investigated the differential responses of nonenzymatic antioxidants ascorbate (AsA), glutathione (GSH), and their redox pool as well as activity levels of enzymes of ascorbate-glutathione cycle in seedlings of drought-sensitive rice (Oryza sativa L.) cv. Malviya-36 and drought-tolerant cv. Brown Gora subjected to water deficit treatment of -1.0 and -2.1 MPa for 24-72 h using PEG-6000 in sand cultures. Water deficit caused increased production of reactive oxygen species such as O2·̄, H2O2, and HO· in the tissues, and the level of production was higher in the sensitive than the tolerant cultivar. Water deficit caused reduction in AsA and GSH and decline in their redox ratios (AsA/DHA and GSH/GSSG) with lesser decline in tolerant than the sensitive seedlings. With progressive level of water deficit, the activities of monodehydroascorbate reductase, dehydroascorbate reductase, ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and glutathione transferase increased in the seedlings of both rice cultivars, but the increased activity levels were higher in the seedlings of drought-tolerant cv. Brown Gora compared to the sensitive cv. Malviya-36. Greater accumulation of proline was observed in stressed seedlings of tolerant than the sensitive cultivar. In-gel activity staining of APX revealed varying numbers of their isoforms and their differential expression in sensitive and tolerant seedlings under water deficit. Results suggest that an enhanced oxidative stress tolerance by a well-coordinated cellular redox state of ascorbate and glutathione in reduced forms and induction of antioxidant defense system by elevated activity levels of enzymes of ascorbate-glutathione cycle is associated with water deficit tolerance in rice. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.