Plant Soil Environ., 2020, 66(10):483-492 | DOI: 10.17221/369/2020-PSE

Free amino acid regulation in fronds and roots of two Pteris cretica L. ferns under arsenic stressOriginal Paper

Veronika Zemanová ORCID...*,1, Daniela Pavlíková1, Milan Pavlík1,2
1 Department of Agro-Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2 Isotope Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

In the present study, free amino acid (AA) regulation in the arsenic (As) hyperaccumulating ferns was evaluated in a pot experiment to determine the relationship between As stress and the characteristic change in metabolism of AAs. The ferns Pteris cretica cv. Albo-lineata (Pc-Al) and cv. Parkerii (Pc-Pa) were exposed to As treatments at 0, 20, 100, and 250 mg As/kg for 90 days. Greater As content, as well as higher biomass production, were identified in Pc-Al compared with Pc-Pa. Ferns showed changes in the stress metabolism of free AA homeostasis. These results indicate a disturbance in nitrogen metabolism and depletion of pool assimilated carbon metabolism. In the fronds and roots, Pc-Pa accumulated higher amounts of free AAs than Pc-Al. The total free AA content, as well as the ratio of the main AA family pathway (glutamate family), were increased by the accumulation of toxic As in the ferns. Results suggest that Pc-Al tolerates higher As doses better due to changes in AA biosynthesis; however, at higher As doses, Pc-Pa upregulated AA biosynthesis due to As toxicity. The most abundant free AAs of ferns was glutamine, which was enhanced by As. Furthermore, the ratios of selected individual free AAs revealed a characteristic phenotype difference between ferns.

Keywords: amide; metalloid; pyruvate family; serine family; shikimate family; toxicity

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Zemanová V, Pavlíková D, Pavlík M. Free amino acid regulation in fronds and roots of two Pteris cretica L. ferns under arsenic stress. Plant Soil Environ.. 2020;66(10):483-492. doi: 10.17221/369/2020-PSE.
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