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Melatonin promotes seed germination under high salinity by regulating antioxidant systems, ABA and GA4 interaction in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Zhang, Hai‐Jun, Zhang, Na, Yang, Rong‐Chao, Wang, Li, Sun, Qian‐Qian, Li, Dian‐Bo, Cao, Yun‐Yun, Weeda, Sarah, Zhao, Bing, Ren, Shuxin, Guo, Yang‐Dong·2014·Journal of Pineal Research
DOI 10.1111/jpi.12167
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Although previous studies have found that melatonin can promote seed germination, the mechanisms involved in perceiving and signaling melatonin remain poorly understood. In this study, it was found that melatonin was synthesized during cucumber seed germination with a peak in melatonin levels occurring 14 hr into germination. This is indicative of a correlation between melatonin synthesis and seed germination. Meanwhile, seeds pretreated with exogenous melatonin (1 μm) showed enhanced germination rates under 150 m m NaCl stress compared to water‐pretreated seeds under salinity stress. There are two apparent mechanisms by which melatonin alleviated salinity‐induced inhibition of seed germination. Exogenous melatonin decreased oxidative damage induced by NaCl stress by enhancing gene expression of antioxidants. Under NaCl stress, compared to untreated control, the activities of antioxidant enzymes including superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and peroxidase (POD) were significantly increased by approximately 1.3–5.0‐fold, with a concomitant 1.4–2.0‐fold increase of CsCu‐Zn SOD, CsFe‐Zn SOD, Cs CAT, and Cs POD in melatonin‐pretreated seeds. Melatonin also alleviated salinity stress by affecting abscisic acid (ABA) and gibberellin acid (GA) biosynthesis and catabolism during seed germination. Compared to NaCl treatment, melatonin significantly up‐regulated ABA catabolism genes (e.g., Cs CYP 707A1 and Cs CYP 707A2, 3.5 and 105‐fold higher than NaCl treatment at 16 hr, respectively) and down‐regulated ABA biosynthesis genes (e.g., Cs NECD 2, 0.29‐fold of CK 2 at 16 hr), resulting in a rapid decrease of ABA content during the early stage of germination. At the same time, melatonin positively up‐regulated GA biosynthesis genes (e.g., GA 20ox and GA 3ox, 2.3 and 3.9‐fold higher than NaCl treatment at 0 and 12 hr, respectively), contributing to a significant increase of GA (especially GA4) content. In this study, we provide new evidence suggesting that melatonin alleviates the inhibitory effects of NaCl stress on germination mainly by regulating the biosynthesis and catabolism of ABA and GA4.

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Authors
Zhang, H., Zhang, N., Yang, R., Wang, L., Sun, Q., Li, D., Cao, Y., Weeda, S., Zhao, B., Ren, S., & Guo, Y.
Venue
Journal of Pineal Research
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-09-09
Volume
57
Issue
3
Pages
269-279
ISSN
  • 0742-3098 (ISSN-L)
  • 1600-079X
DOI
10.1111/jpi.12167
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W2063726662
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614
References
60
FWCI
20.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
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