[Research advances in plant lead tolerance and detoxification mechanism].
To have an overall understanding about the physiological mechanisms of plants in their lead (Pb) absorption, transportation, accumulation, and detoxification is the prerequisite of the phytoremediation of Pb-polluted soil. This paper reviewed the research advances in the mechanisms of plant Pb-adaptation and recovery, including the functions of cell wall and vacuole in Pb-inactivation and sequestration in plant cells, the effects of plant root exudates on Pb bioavailability, the roles of antioxidative enzymes dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR), and ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and of antioxidants phytochelatins (PCs) and glutathione in Pb detoxification, and the expression and function of metallothionein and Pb-specific genes. The further researches on the plant's Pb-tolerance and detoxification mechanisms as well as the technologies for phytoremediation of Pb-contaminated environments were prospected.
Huang
Hua-gang
HG
College of Resources and Environmental Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625014, Sichuan, China. huanghg82@gmail.com
Li
Ting-xuan
TX
Yang
Xiao-e
XE
Zhang
Xi-zhou
XZ
Wu
De-yong
DY
D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D004361:Drug Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D008658:Inactivation, Metabolic; D007854:Lead / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity*; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
D012989:Soil Pollutants; D007854:Lead; D009195:Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase