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Multi-instrumental Analysis of Tissues of Sunflower Plants Treated with Silver(I) Ions - Plants as Bioindicators of Environmental Pollution

KŘÍŽKOVÁ, S. RYANT, P. KRYŠTOFOVÁ, O. ADAM, V. GALIOVÁ, M. BEKLOVÁ, M. BABULA, P. KAISER, J. NOVOTNÝ, K. NOVOTNÝ, J. LIŠKA, M. MALINA, R. ZEHNÁLEK, J. HUBÁLEK, J. HAVEL, L. KIZEK, R.

Original Title

Multi-instrumental Analysis of Tissues of Sunflower Plants Treated with Silver(I) Ions - Plants as Bioindicators of Environmental Pollution

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

The aim of this work is to investigate sunflower plants response on stress induced by silver(I) ions. The sunflower plants were exposed to silver(I) ions (0, 0.1, 0.5, and 1 mM) for 96 h. Primarily we aimed our attention to observation of basic physiological parameters. We found that the treated plants embodied growth depression, coloured changes and lack root hairs. Using of autofluorescence of anatomical structures, such as lignified cell walls, it was possible to determine the changes of important shoot and root structures, mainly vascular bungles and development of secondary thickening. The total content of proteins expressively decreased with increasing silver(I) ions dose and the time of the treatment. As we compare the results obtained by protein analysis - the total protein contents in shoot as well as root parts - we can assume on the transport of the proteins from the roots to shoots. This phenomenon can be related with the cascade of processes connecting with photosynthesis. The second biochemical parameter, which we investigated, was urease activity. If we compared the activity in treated plants with control, we found out that presence of silver(I) ions markedly enhanced the activity of urease at all applied doses of this toxic metal. Finally we studied the effect of silver(I) ions on activity of urease in in vitro conditions.

Keywords

Silver; Heavy metals; Plant biosensor; Sensors; Biochemical marker

Authors

KŘÍŽKOVÁ, S.; RYANT, P.; KRYŠTOFOVÁ, O.; ADAM, V.; GALIOVÁ, M.; BEKLOVÁ, M.; BABULA, P.; KAISER, J.; NOVOTNÝ, K.; NOVOTNÝ, J.; LIŠKA, M.; MALINA, R.; ZEHNÁLEK, J.; HUBÁLEK, J.; HAVEL, L.; KIZEK, R.

RIV year

2008

Released

24. 1. 2008

Publisher

MDPI

Location

Basel, Switzerland

ISBN

1424-8220

Periodical

SENSORS

Year of study

2008

Number

8

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

445

Pages to

463

Pages count

18

URL

http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/8/1/445

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/70069

BibTex

@article{BUT47210,
  author="KŘÍŽKOVÁ, S. and RYANT, P. and KRYŠTOFOVÁ, O. and ADAM, V. and GALIOVÁ, M. and BEKLOVÁ, M. and BABULA, P. and KAISER, J. and NOVOTNÝ, K. and NOVOTNÝ, J. and LIŠKA, M. and MALINA, R. and ZEHNÁLEK, J. and HUBÁLEK, J. and HAVEL, L. and KIZEK, R.",
  title="Multi-instrumental Analysis of Tissues of Sunflower Plants Treated with Silver(I) Ions - Plants as Bioindicators of Environmental Pollution",
  journal="SENSORS",
  year="2008",
  volume="2008",
  number="8",
  pages="445--463",
  doi="10.3390/s8010445",
  issn="1424-8220",
  url="http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/8/1/445"
}