Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate Alleviates Salinity-Retarded Seed Germination and Oxidative Stress in Tomato

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Ahammed, Golam Jalal

作者： Ahammed, Golam Jalal;Chen, Shuangchen;Li, Yang;Li, Xin;Han, Wen-Yan

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关键词： Antioxidant; Epigallocatechin-3-gallate; Flavonoids; Salinity; Reactive oxygen species; Tomato

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION （ 影响因子：4.169； 五年影响因子：4.038 ）

ISSN： 0721-7595

年卷期： 2018 年 37 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Salinity is a global environmental problem, restricting crop production in a vast area of agricultural land. Although epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), the most abundant polyphenol in tea plants, has a strong antioxidative action in vitro, the role of EGCG in the plant response to salt stress remains unknown. In the present study, using a series of EGCG concentrations (10, 100, and 1000 mu M), we showed that EGCG could alleviate salt stress-induced inhibition in seed germination and root growth in tomato. Exogenous EGCG increased not only the seed germination rate, but also the germination energy and germination index under salt stress. The 150mM NaCl treatment significantly increased lipid peroxidation in roots by excessive accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In contrast, EGCG treatment, particularly at 100 mu M concentration, mitigated NaCl-induced oxidative stress as evidenced by the decreased H2O2 and malondialdehyde content in roots. Analysis of the antioxidant enzyme system reveals that EGCG increased the activity of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase, and catalase under salt stress. Considering the beneficial effect of EGCG on seed germination, root growth, ROS scavenging, and antioxidant enzyme activity, the 100 mu M EGCG treatment appears to be the most effective concentration of those tested under salt stress in tomato. Our results suggest that the EGCG-promoted tomato tolerance to salt stress is associated with the mitigation of oxidative stress through an efficient ROS scavenging mechanism by the action of enhanced antioxidant enzyme activity. Thus, the enhancement of plant tolerance by exogenous EGCG can potentially expand crop cultivation in saline soils.

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