PMID- 30977826 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200518 LR - 20200518 IS - 1758-4469 (Electronic) IS - 0829-318X (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 7 DP - 2019 Jul 18 TI - Copper accumulation, subcellular partitioning and physiological and molecular responses in relation to different copper tolerance in apple rootstocks. PG - 1215-1234 LID - 10.1093/treephys/tpz042 [doi] AB - To unravel the physiological and molecular regulation mechanisms underlying the variation in copper (Cu)accumulation, translocation and tolerance among five apple rootstocks, seedlings were exposed to either basal or excess Cu. Excess Cu suppressed plant biomass and root architecture, which was less pronounced in Malus prunifolia Borkh., indicating its relatively higher Cu tolerance. Among the five apple rootstocks, M. prunifolia exhibited the highest Cu concentration and bio-concentration factor in roots but the lowest translocation factor, indicating its greater ability to immobilize Cu and restrict translocation to the aerial parts. Higher Cu concentration in cell wall fraction but lower Cu proportion in membrane-containing and organelle-rich fractions were found in M. prunifolia. Compared with the other four apple rootstocks under excess Cu conditions, M. prunifolia had a lower increment of hydrogen peroxide in roots and leaves and malondialdehyde in roots, but higher concentrations of carbohydrates and enhanced antioxidants. Transcript levels of genes involved in Cu uptake, transport and detoxification revealed species-specific differences that are probably related to alterations in Cu tolerance. M. prunifolia had relatively higher gene transcript levels including copper transporters 2 (COPT2), COPT6 and zinc/iron-regulated transporter-related protein 2 (ZIP2), which probably took part in Cu uptake, and C-type ATP-binding cassette transporter 2 (ABCC2), copper chaperone for Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (CCS), Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase 1 (CSD1) and metallothionein 2 (MT2) probably implicated in Cu detoxification, and relatively lower mRNA levels of yellow stripe-like transporter 3 (YSL3) and heavy metal ATPase 5 (HMA5) involved in transport of Cu to aerial parts. These results suggest that M. prunifolia is more tolerant to excess Cu than the other four apple rootstocks under the current experimental conditions, which is probably attributed to more Cu retention in roots, subcellular partitioning, well-coordinated antioxidant defense mechanisms and transcriptional expression of genes involved in Cu uptake, translocation and detoxification. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Wan, Huixue AU - Wan H AD - College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. AD - Key Lab of Fruit Quality Development and Regulation of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. FAU - Du, Jiayi AU - Du J AD - College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. AD - Key Lab of Fruit Quality Development and Regulation of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. FAU - He, Jiali AU - He J AD - College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. AD - Key Lab of Fruit Quality Development and Regulation of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. FAU - Lyu, Deguo AU - Lyu D AD - College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. AD - Key Lab of Fruit Quality Development and Regulation of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. FAU - Li, Huifeng AU - Li H AD - Institute of Pomology, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tai'an, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Canada TA - Tree Physiol JT - Tree physiology JID - 100955338 RN - 789U1901C5 (Copper) RN - EC 1.15.1.1 (Superoxide Dismutase) SB - IM MH - Copper MH - *Malus MH - Plant Leaves MH - Plant Roots MH - Superoxide Dismutase OTO - NOTNLM OT - Malus rootstock OT - copper (Cu) OT - gene expression OT - subcellular distribution OT - tolerance EDAT- 2019/04/13 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/19 06:00 CRDT- 2019/04/13 06:00 PHST- 2019/02/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/04/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/04/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - 5445898 [pii] AID - 10.1093/treephys/tpz042 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Tree Physiol. 2019 Jul 18;39(7):1215-1234. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpz042.