Selenium mitigates the chromium toxicity in Brassicca napus L. by ameliorating nutrients uptake, amino acids metabolism and antioxidant defense system

Ulhassan, Zaid; Gill, Rafaqat Ali; Huang, Huifang; Ali, Sehrish; Mwamba, Theodore M.; Ali, Basharat; Huang, Qian; Hamid, Yasir; Khan, Ali Raza; Wang, Jian; Zhou, Weijun

doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.10.035

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“…Research into this relationship has included Chinese cabbage [203], pak choi (Brassica campestris L. ssp. Chinensis Makino) [204], and mitigating Cr-toxicity in Brassicca napus L. [205], Brassica juncea seedlings [206], and cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. Pekinensis) [207].…”

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Selenium and Nano-Selenium Biofortification for Human Health: Opportunities and Challenges

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Selenium is an essential micronutrient required for the health of humans and lower plants, but its importance for higher plants is still being investigated. The biological functions of Se related to human health revolve around its presence in 25 known selenoproteins (e.g., selenocysteine or the 21st amino acid). Humans may receive their required Se through plant uptake of soil Se, foods enriched in Se, or Se dietary supplements. Selenium nanoparticles (Se-NPs) have been applied to biofortified foods and feeds. Due to low toxicity and high efficiency, Se-NPs are used in applications such as cancer therapy and nano-medicines. Selenium and nano-selenium may be able to support and enhance the productivity of cultivated plants and animals under stressful conditions because they are antimicrobial and anti-carcinogenic agents, with antioxidant capacity and immune-modulatory efficacy. Thus, nano-selenium could be inserted in the feeds of fish and livestock to improvise stress resilience and productivity. This review offers new insights in Se and Se-NPs biofortification for edible plants and farm animals under stressful environments. Further, extensive research on Se-NPs is required to identify possible adverse effects on humans and their cytotoxicity.

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“…Chromium phytotoxicity has been widely studied ( Han et al., 2004 ; Samantaray et al., 1998 ), and its impact on B. napus was clearly revealed through the plant mortality ( Table 2 ). It has been described that Cr(VI) toxicity can cause B. napus plants to develop less biomass and present lower contents of photosynthetic pigments ( Ulhassan et al., 2019 ). In unamended soils, the surviving plants reached a significantly lower biomass compared to controls, and only the presence of actinobacteria made the survival of plants possible ( Table 2 ).…”

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Gentle remediation options for soil with mixed chromium (VI) and lindane pollution: biostimulation, bioaugmentation, phytoremediation and vermiremediation

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Gentle Remediation Options (GROs), such as biostimulation, bioaugmentation, phytoremediation and vermiremediation, are cost-effective and environmentally-friendly solutions for soils simultaneously polluted with organic and inorganic compounds. This study assessed the individual and combined effectiveness of GROs in recovering the health of a soil artificially polluted with hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] and lindane. A greenhouse experiment was performed using organically-amended vs. non-amended mixed polluted soils. All soils received the following treatments: (i) no treatment; (ii) bioaugmentation with an actinobacteria consortium; (iii) vermiremediation with Eisenia fetida ; (iv) phytoremediation with Brassica napus ; (v) bioaugmentation + vermiremediation; (vi) bioaugmentation + phytoremediation; and (vii) bioaugmentation + vermiremediation + phytoremediation. Soil health recovery was determined based on Cr(VI) and lindane concentrations, microbial properties and toxicity bioassays with plants and worms. Cr(VI) pollution caused high toxicity, but some GROs were able to partly recover soil health: (i) the organic amendment decreased Cr(VI) concentrations, alleviating toxicity; (ii) the actinobacteria consortium was effective at removing both Cr(VI) and lindane; (iii) B. napus and E. fetida had a positive effect on the removal of pollutants and improved microbial properties. The combination of the organic amendment, B. napus , E. fetida and the actinobacteria consortium was the most effective strategy.

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“…By contrast, the root growth of stem vegetables (e.g., celery) and root vegetables (e.g., radish) was less affected by Cr contamination. Cr contaminants generally damaged the root architecture of plants by limiting water and nutrient uptake efficiency [34], and induced a negative impact on the functioning of leaf photosynthetic machinery by reducing Fe and Mg uptake, which are essential for chlorophyll biosynthesis [35,36]. Photosynthesis was the physiological foundation for crop growth and was considered to be one of the most stress-sensitive processes [37].…”

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Deriving Soil Quality Criteria of Chromium Based on Species Sensitivity Distribution Methodology

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Chromium (Cr) is one of the most severe heavy metal contaminants in soil, and it seriously threatens ecosystems and human health through the food chain. It is fundamental to collect toxicity data of Cr before developing soil quality criteria/standards in order to efficiently prevent health risks. In this work, the short-term toxic effects of Cr(VI) and Cr(III) on the root growth of eleven terrestrial plants were investigated. The corresponding fifth percentile hazardous concentrations (HC5) by the best fitting species sensitivity distribution (SSD) curves based on the tenth percentile effect concentrations (EC10) were determined to be 0.60 and 4.51 mg/kg for Cr (VI) and Cr (III), respectively. Compared to the screening level values worldwide, the HC5 values in this study were higher for Cr(VI) and lower for Cr(III) to some extent. The results provide useful toxicity data for deriving national or local soil quality criteria for trivalent and hexavalent Cr.

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Selenium mitigates the chromium toxicity in Brassicca napus L. by ameliorating nutrients uptake, amino acids metabolism and antioxidant defense system

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Selenium and Nano-Selenium Biofortification for Human Health: Opportunities and Challenges

Selenium and Nano-Selenium Biofortification for Human Health: Opportunities and Challenges

Gentle remediation options for soil with mixed chromium (VI) and lindane pollution: biostimulation, bioaugmentation, phytoremediation and vermiremediation

Deriving Soil Quality Criteria of Chromium Based on Species Sensitivity Distribution Methodology

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