Pedosphere 16(5): 616--623, 2006
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©2006 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
| Zn accumulation and subcellular distribution in the Zn hyperaccumulator Sedurn alfredii Hance |
LI Ting-Qiang , YANG Xiao-E, YANG Jin-Yan and HE Zhen-Li MOE |
| Key Laboratory of Environment Remediation and Ecosystem Health, Zhejiang University, Huajianchi Campus, Hangzhou 310029 (China). E-maid: litq76@163.com |
| ABSTRACT |
| Zn accumulation and subcellular distribution in leaves of the hyperaccumulating ecotype (HE) and non-hyperaccumula-ting ecotype (NHE) of Sedum alfredii Hance were studied using radiotracer and gradient centrifugation techniques. Leaf Zn accumulation in the HE of S. alfredii was 18.5-26.7 times greater than that in the NHE when the plants were grown at 1-500μmol Zn L-1. Leaf section uptake of 65Zn was highly dependent on external Zn levels. Greater 65Zn uptake in HE was noted only at external Zn levels ≥ 100 F44mol L-1. Zinc subcellular distribution in the leaves of the two ecotypes of S. alfredii was: cell wall > soluble fraction > cell organelle. However, more Zn was distributed to the leaf cell wall and soluble fractions for HE than for NHE. In the leaf of HE, 91%-94% of the Zn was found in the cell walls and the soluble fraction and only 6%-9% Zn was distributed in the cell organelle fraction. For NHE, about 20%-26% Zn was recovered in the cell organelle fraction. In stems, Zn distribution to the cell wall fraction was approximately two fold greater in the HE than that in the NHE. For the hyperaccumulating ecotype of S. alfredii, the cell wall and the vacuole played a very important role in Zn tolerance and hyperaccumulation. |
| Key Words: compartmentation, Sedum alfredii Hance, subcellular distribution, Zn hyperaccumulator |
| Citation: Li, T. Q., YANG Xiao-E, Yang, J. Y. and He, Z. L. 2006. Zn accumulation and subcellular distribution in the Zn hyperaccumulator Sedurn alfredii Hance. Pedosphere. 16(5): 616-623. |
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