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Abstract
Background: Heavy metals are major environmental pollutant when they present in high
concentration in soil and have toxic effects on growth and development of plants. Industrial
activities result in heavy metal pollution of large areas of land, which greatly affects natural
vegetation. Understanding the mechanism of how plants combat heavy metals adverse effects is
hence of great importance.
Materials and Methods: Two different localities were chosen; one locality was in the vicinity of
gypsum factory and the other one was 25 km away from the factory. Two Zygophyllum species (Z.
album and Z. coccineum) were naturally grown in the studied areas. The effects of soil heavy metal
stress on shoot heavy metal concentrations, lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzyme activities and
the root plasma membrane (PM) lipid composition were analyzed.
Results: Heavy metal concentrations and Lipid peroxidation increased in the shoot of both species
grown in the polluted area. The activities of ascorbate oxidase (ASO), guaiacal peroxidase (GPX),
ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were increased whereas these of
catalase (CAT) were decreased in both species under the polluted conditions. PM total lipids,
phospholipids, glycolipids and sterols were decreased in Z. album and Z. coccineum as a result of the
polluted soil. Heavy metal stress increased phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and decreased
phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phophatidylglycerol (PG), with no significant change in
phosphatidylcholine (PC) in the root PM of both species. Phosphatidylserine (PS) decreased in the
PM of Z. album whereas it increased in the PM of Z. coccineum under the pollution conditions. Heavy
metal stress changed the composition and concentration of fatty acids of the root PM, resulting in
increased sat/unsat ratio of both species.
Conclusion: the results suggest that efficient antioxidant machinery and favorable PM lipid
homeostasis are important to enable Zygophyllum species to withstand the prevailing heavy metal
stress.
Keywords: Antioxidant enzyme, fatty acid, heavy metal, lipid peroxidation, plasma membrane lipid,
Zygophyllum sp.
Morsy AA, Salama HHA, Kamel HA, Mansour MMF (2012) Effect of heavy metals on plasma
membrane lipids and antioxidant enzymes of Zygophyllum species. Eurasia J Biosci 6: 1-10.
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(1982). The reaction mixture contained 25 mM homogenization medium (the pH was adjusted to 7.5
potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0), 0.2 mM with Hepps-KOH): 250 mM sucrose, 5 mM EGTA, 5
guaiacol, 0.09 mM H2O2 and the enzyme extract. mM EDTA, 10 mM KF, 25 mM MOPS, and 1 mM PMSF.
H2O2-dependent oxidation of guaiacol was followed Two mM of DTT was added as powder. The
by an increase of absorbance at 470 nm. Enzyme homogenization of the root tissue was carried out
activity was calculated as the increase of absorbance three times for 20-s each with a 10-s pause. The
(ΔE) min-1 g-1 F. W. For ASO, the method of Chinoy et homogenate was filtered through miracloth. A new
al. (1976) was used. The reaction mixture consisted homogenization medium was added to the tissue
of 1 mL of 0.1 mM ascorbic acid, 1 mL of 0.5 mM and was homogenized once again. The pooled
phosphate buffer (pH 6.8) and 2 mL of enzyme solution was centrifuged at 10,000 g for 20 min. The
extract. This reaction mixture was incubated at 37°C supernatant containing the PM and other
for 25 min. After incubation, the 2, 6-dichlorophenol membranes was then centrifuge at 50,000 g for 1 h.
indophenol was added and the absorbance was The microsomal membrane pellet was resuspended
measured at 620 nm. CAT activity was assayed in 5 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.8)
spectrophotometrically (Hitachi U-3000, Japan) by containing 250 mM sucrose and 4 mM KCl. The PM
measuring the decrease in absorbance at 240 nm were prepared by partitioning of microsomal
because of H2O2 decomposition (Zhang et al. 2007). suspension in 27 g aqueous polymer two-phase
system containing 6.5% dextrane T-500 (Pharmacia),
SOD activity was determined by measuring the
6.5% polyethylene glycol 3350 (Sigma) in 250 mM
inhibition of the auto-oxidation of pyrogallol using a
sucrose, 5 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.8),
method described by Zhang et al. (2007). Ten mL of
4 mM KCl and 25 mM DTT. Into the two-phase
the reaction mixture comprised: 3.6 mL of distilled
system 108 μL of the solution (333 mM DTE and 33.3
water, 0.1 mL of the enzyme extract, 5.5 mL of 50
mM EDTA) was added, mixed thoroughly and
mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.8) and 0.8 mL of 3 mM
centrifuged at 1,500 g for 5 min. The microsomal
pyrogallol (dissolved in 10 mM HCl). The rate of
pellet was subjected to three successive phase
pyrogallol reduction was measured at 325 nm using
partitioning steps. The upper phase, containing the
UV- spectrophotometer. One unit of enzyme activity
PM fraction, centrifuged at 50,000 g for 1 h and the
was defined as the amount of the enzyme that
pellet resuspended in 1 mL of storage buffer (pH
resulted in 50% inhibition of the auto-oxidation rate
7.5). All steps of the PM isolation were carried out at
of pyrogallol at 25°C (Zhang et al. 2007). The enzyme
0-4°C. The purity of our PM preparation was based
activity was expressed as unit/mg protein.
on Mansour et al. (1994).
Determination of malondialdehyde (MDA)
PM lipid extraction and separation
MDA content, as an indicator of lipid
Boiled isopropanol was immediately added to the
peroxidation, was determined using the procedure
PM suspension to inhibit the activity of lipase (Kates
described by Zhang et al. (2007). The plant shoot was
1972). Lipids were then extracted with 3.75 mM
homogenized in 1% trichloroacetic acid and then
chloroform: isopropanol (2:1, v/v) and 2.25 mL of 0.1
centrifuged at 10,000 rpm for 15 min. Supernatant
M KCl was added to enhance the chloroform phase
was heated with 0.05 thiobarbituric acid for 30 min
separation. Then, the mixture was centrifuged in
at 95°C. The heated supernatant was then
cold room at 1,000 g for 5 min. The upper water
centrifuged at 5000 rpm for 5 min and the
phase was re-extracted with 2 mL chloroform. The
absorbance was measured at 532 and 600 nm.
first and second chloroform phases (containing
Plasma membrane isolation
lipids) were collected and dried under CO2 stream.
Two-phase partitioning method (Mansour et al.
2002, Salama et al. 2007) was used to isolate the The dried lipids were dissolved in 2.5 mL chloroform
root PM of Zygophyllum album and Zygophyllum and stored at -80°C until analysis.
coccinum. The root was washed in cold bidistilled Determination of PM fatty acids
water and homogenized in a blender with a The method of Mansour et al. (2002) was used for
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the analysis of PM fatty acids. One mL of lipid added. The tubes were closed with a glass covers
extract, 6 mL of benzene and 1.5 mL of 10% alcoholic and heated at 180°C for 20 min and cooled. Next, 3.3
KOH were mixed together. The tubes were refluxed mL of deionized bi-distilled water, 0.4 mL of 10%
for 4 h in a boiling water bath and then the mixture ascorbic acid were added. After each addition, the
was evaporated. Excess of diethyl ether was added contents of the tube were mixed thoroughly. The
and shaken well. The organic phase (upper phase) tubes were then heated for 5 min in a boiling water
was pipetted and the aqueous phase (lower phase) bath to develop the color and allowed to stand until
was further washed three times with diethyl ether. the color was settled for 5 min. The absorbance of
The aqueous phase containing fatty acids was the developed color was read at 797 nm. The
acidified by 1 N H2SO4 and the pH was adjusted to standard curve of KH2PO4 was always run together
two. The sample was methylated by the addition of with samples.
2.5 mL of H2SO4 and 50 mL methanol and refluxed
for 24 h. The mixture was evaporated; excess of RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
diethyl ether was added and shaken well. The
organic phase was evaporated to determine the Soil and plant analysis
different fatty acids. The fatty acid methyl esters Industrial activities in Ras Malaab area resulted in
were determined by gas chromatography (HP-5890, significant increase of soil heavy metal
Little Falls, DE) equipped with a flame-ionization concentrations comparing with Wadi Thal soil (Table
detector. An HP-FFAP (free fatty acid phase) column 1). This result is consistent with those of Khan et al.
(25 m, 0.3 mm diameter) was used with helium (35 (2000) and Ciemense (2001) who reported that large
cm s-1) as a carrier gas. The injector temperature was areas of land are contaminated with heavy metals as
250°C, detector temperature was 260°C, and the a result of urban activities and industry. The heavy
temperature program during the analysis went from metal content of the soil samples of Ras Malaab
50 to 240°C (7°C min-1), after which temperature was exceeded that established by Anonymous (1986) for
kept constant at 240°C for 30 min. Al3+ and was very close to exceed the permissible
Determination of PM phospholipids limits for Zn2+. Table 1 showed increased heavy
Phospholipids (polar lipids) were assayed metal pollution of Ras Malaab soil, which was
according to Deinstrop and Weinheim (2000). The reflected in increasing their level in the shoot of
lipid extract was spotted along a glass thin layer both species (Table 2). Heavy metal contents of the
chromatography plate (TLC, Merk, Germany). shoot of both species were significantly increased in
Phospholipid classes were separated by two- Ras Malaab area comparing with those of Wadi Thal,
dimensional TLC with solvent mixtures of and more so in Z. coccineum (Table 2). On the
chloroform: methanol: deionized bidistilled water percentage basis, the greatest increase was found in
(75: 25: 2.5, v/v) in the first direction. After allowing Al3+, Zn2+ and Cu2+ in the shoot of both species
sufficient time for drying, the plate was developed (Table 2). Previous published data indicated that soil
at right angles to the first development in heavy metal pollution increased heavy metal
chloroform: methanol: acetic acid: water (80: 9: 12: 2, concentrations in different plant species (Sanders et
v/v) for the second direction. After separation of al. 1986, Devi and Prasad 1998, Sebastiani et al.
phospholipids, spots were located by exposure to I2 2004, Rai et al. 2004, Tohidi et al. 2009). It is thus
vapor. Individual phospholipids were identified by obvious that industrial activities polluted the soil of
co-chromatography with authentic standards. The Ras Malaab, which resulted in increased heavy metal
area on TLC corresponding to each individual levels in the shoots of both Zygophyllum species
phospholipids was marked and scraped into a test Lipid peroxidation
tube and 0.5 mL HCl was added to neutralize silicate. MDA concentration increased in the shoot of
All tubes were heated for 10 min in a sand bath. both species grown in the polluted soil of Ras
After cooling, 0.26 mL of 70% perchloric acid was Malaab (Table 3), the increase was greater in Z.
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Table 1. Minerals and heavy metal concentrations of Ras Malaab (polluted) and Wadi Thal (unpolluted) soils.
album than Z. coccineum. Lipid peroxidation SOD. On the percentage basis, the increase in the
observed in the current work is indicative of heavy antioxidant enzyme activities was greater in Z. album
metal-induced oxidative stress in both species. Our than in Z. coccineum (Table 3) to scavenge greater
results are in agreement with previous reports lipid peroxidation observed in Z. album. Similar
where lipid peroxidation increased under soil heavy results have been reported in different plant
metal pollution in different plant species (Chaffai et species, where oxidative stress-induced by heavy
al. 2005, Chaffai et al. 2009, Janicka et al. 2008). The metals was alleviated by increasing antioxidant
results of lipid peroxidation were comparable with enzyme activities (Rucinska et al. 1999, Ciemense
those of reactive oxygen species scavengers 2001, Candan and Tarhan 2003, Zembala et al. 2010).
(antioxidant enzyme activities) reported in the Increased oxidative defense systems have been
following section (Table 3), where the increase in the reported to be correlated with tolerance to
antioxidant enzyme activities was greater in Z. album different stress conditions, thus plants perform
than Z. coccineum, in order to alleviate the greater normally under the adverse environment (Mittler
oxidative stress in induced Z. album. 2002, Candan and Tarhan 2003, Zembala et al. 2010).
Antioxidant enzymes Decreased activity of CAT observed in the current
Antioxidant enzymes are very good biochemical study was previously found in pea seedlings under
markers of stress and increasing their activities cadmium stress (Sandalio et al. 2001). It can be
could be a potential for remediation (Rucinska et al. concluded that soil heavy metal pollution enhanced
1999, Mittler 2002, Zembala et al. 2010). Except CAT, oxidative stress in both Zygophyllum species, and
the activities of GPX, ASO, APX and SOD were both species combat the heavy metal stress via
increased in both species (Table 3), more so with production of scavenging systems.
Table 2. Shoot minerals and heavy metal concentrations of two Zygophyllum species grown in Ras Malaab (polluted) and
Wadi Thall (unpolluted).
Table 3. Effect of heavy metal pollution on anitioxidant enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation (MDA concentration) of
two Zygophyllum species grown in Ras Malaab (polluted) and Wadi Thall (unpolluted).
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Table 4. Effect of heavy metal pollution on the root PM total lipids, total sterols, total glycolipids and total phospholipids
of two Zygophyllum species grown in Ras Malaab (polluted) and Wadi Thall (unpolluted).
Table 5. Effect of heavy metal pollution on the root PM phospholipid composition (nmol g-1) and PC/PE ratio of two
Zygophyllum species grown in Ras Malaab (polluted) and Wadi Thall (unpolluted).
Table 6. Effect of heavy metal pollution on the root PM fatty acid composition (mol %) and saturated/unsaturated ratio of
two Zygophyllum species grown in Ras Malaab (polluted) and Wadi Thall (unpolluted).
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and 20:1) was reduced whereas the saturated fatty Mansour et al. 1994, 2002, 2003, Mansour and
acids (14:0, 16:0) was increased in both species Salama 2004, Nouairi et al. 2006, Ben Ammar et al.
under soil pollution (Table 6). This change in PM 2007, Salama et al. 2007). This appears to be the case
fatty acid abundance lead to increased sat/unsat in the current work, where some PM lipid changes
ratio in the PM of both species, the effect was more might maintain membrane integrity under heavy
pronounced in Z. album. A decrease in fatty acyl metal stress.
unsaturation of the PM under heavy metal pollution In conclusion, industrial activities increased the
has been also reported in wheat (Quartacci et al. level of heavy metals in the soil of Ras Malaab, which
2000), Brassica juncea (Nouairi et al. 2006) and resulted in drastic increase of shoot heavy metals of
tomato (Ben Ammar et al. 2007). The effect of fatty both species. Accumulated heavy metals induced
acid saturation may be counterbalanced by the non- oxidative stress in both species. Both Zygophyllum
significant increase in the PM PC, since PC increases species alleviated oxidative stress via increased
membrane lamellar structure and stability antioxidant enzyme activities. The root PM lipid
(Thompson 1992, Mansour et al. 1994, 2002, Nouairi composition of Zygophyllum species was altered in
et al. 2006, Ben Ammar et al. 2007, Salama et al. response to heavy metal pollution. Some of the PM
2007). An increase in the degree of fatty acid lipid changes might be in the favorable direction to
saturation is a typical reaction of plant PM to restore optimum membrane properties and
different environmental stresses. In addition, certain functions. Increased antioxidant enzyme activities as
changes in the membrane lipids were reported to be well as PM lipid alterations might thus enable both
an adaptive response to different environmental Zygophyllum species to withstand the prevailing
stresses, in order to restore optimum physical stressful environment.
membrane properties (Devi and Prasad 1999,
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Özet
Giriş: Ağır metaller, toprakta yüksek konsantrasyonlarda bulunduklarında, büyük çevresel kirleticilerdir ve bitkilerin
büyüme ve gelişimi üzerinde toksik etkileri vardır. Endüstriyel aktiviteler, çok geniş alanlarda ağır metallerin birikmesi
ve doğal bitki örtüsünün etkilenmesini netice vermektedir. Bu yüzden, bitkilerin ağır metallerin olumsuz etkileri ile
nasıl başa çıktıklarının anlaşılması çok büyük önem arzetmektdir.
Materyal ve Metot: İki farklı alan seçildi. Bunlardan biri, bir alçıtaşı fabrikası yakınlarında, diğeri ise fabrikadan 25 km
uzaklıktaydı. İki Zygophyllum türü (Z. album ve Z. coccineum) çalışma alanlarında doğal olarak yetişmekteydi. Topraktaki
ağır metal stresinin; sürgün ağır metal konsantrasyonu, lipid peroksidasyonu, antioksidan enzim aktiviteleri ve kök
plazma zarı (PM) lipid kompozisyonu üzerine etkileri analiz edildi.
Bulgular: Çevre kirliliğine maruz kalan alanda yetişen her iki türün sürgünlerinde, ağır metal konsantrasyonları ve lipid
peroksidasyonu arttı. Kirlilik şartları altında, her iki türde de; askorbat oksidaz (ASO), gayakol (GPX), askorbat
peroksidaz (APX) ve süperoksit dismutaz (SOD) aktiviteleri artarken, katalaz (CAT) aktiviteleri azaldı. Z. album ve Z.
coccineum'da PM toplam lipidleri, fosfolipidler, glikolipidler ve steroller azaldı. Ağır metal stresi; her iki türün kök
PM'ında fosfatidiletanolamini (PE) artırdı, fosfatidilinositol (PI) ve fosfatidilgliserolü (PG) azalttı, fosfatidilkolinde (PC) ise
önemli bir değişiklik oluşturmadı. Fosfatidilserin; kirlilik koşullarında, Z. album PM'ında (PS) azalırken, Z. coccineum
PM'ında arttı. Ağır metal stresi, kök PM'ındaki yağ asitlerinin kompozisyon ve konsantrasyonunu değiştirdi ve her iki
türde doymuş/doymamış oranının değişmesine yol açtı.
Sonuç: Zygophyllum türlerinin ağır metal stresine dayanabilmesi için, etkin bir antioksidan mekanizmasının ve olumlu
PM lipid dengesinin önemli olduğunu göstermektedir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Ağır metal, antioksidan enzim, lipid peroksidasyonu, plazma zarı yagı, yağ asidi, Zygophyllum sp.
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