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NRT1.1 Regulates Nitrate Allocation and Cadmium Tolerance in Arabidopsis.

ABSTRACT: Abiotic stress induces nitrate (NO₃ ^-) allocation to roots, which increases stress tolerance in plants. NRT1.1 is broadly involved in abiotic stress tolerance in plants, but the relationship between NRT1.1 and NO₃ ^- allocation under stress conditions is unclear. In this study, we found that Arabidopsis wild-type Col-0 was more cadmium (Cd²⁺)-tolerant than the nrt1.1 mutant at 20 μM CdCl₂. Cd²⁺ exposure repressed NRT1.5 but upregulated NRT1.8 in roots of Col-0 plants, resulting in increased NO₃ ^- allocation to roots and higher [NO₃ ^-] root-to-shoot (R:S) ratios. Interestingly, NITRATE REGULATORY GENE2 (NRG2) was upregulated by Cd²⁺ stress in Col-0 but not in nrt1.1. Under Cd²⁺ stress, nrg2 and nrg2-3chl1-13 mutants exhibited similar phenotypes and NO₃ ^- allocation patterns as observed in the nrt1.1 mutant, but overexpression of NRG2 in Col-0 and nrt1.1 increased the [NO₃ ^-] R:S ratio and restored Cd²⁺ stress tolerance. Our results indicated that NRT1.1 and NRG2 regulated Cd²⁺ stress-induced NO₃ ^- allocation to roots and that NRG2 functioned downstream of NRT1.1. Cd²⁺ uptake did not differ between Col-0 and nrt1.1, but Cd²⁺ allocation to roots was higher in Col-0 than in nrt1.1. Stressed Col-0 plants increased Cd²⁺ and NO₃ ^- allocation to root vacuoles, which reduced their cytosolic allocation and transport to the shoots. Our results suggest that NRT1.1 regulates NO₃ ^- allocation to roots by coordinating Cd²⁺ accumulation in root vacuoles, which facilitates Cd²⁺ detoxification.

SUBMITTER: Jian S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6445965 | biostudies-literature |

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