Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has the ability to strengthen plant stress tolerance; however, the effects of H2S on wheat seedlings under salt stress and the underlying molecular mechanism are still unclear. This study examined the effects of exogenous NaHS as H2S donor on photosynthesis, antioxidant system, and the expression profile of genes related to antioxidant defense responses, the salt overly sensitive (SOS) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways in wheat seedlings treated with NaCl stress. H2S application improved photosynthesis, and decreased H2O2 and malondialdehyde (MDA) contents in wheat seedling leaves under NaCl stress. In addition, antioxidant enzyme activity and the content of ascorbic acid and reduced glutathione increased with H2S application. Moreover, H2S pretreatment up-regulated expression levels of genes related to antioxidant system, SOS pathway and MAPK pathway as well as the transcription factor dehydration-responsive element binding gene. Overall, these findings suggest that H2S alleviates salt stress in wheat seedlings not only by strengthening antioxidant defense systems, but by coordinating signal transduction pathways related to the stress response at a transcriptional level.
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Shanxi Univ, Sch Life Sci, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R China
N Univ China, Sch Chem Engn & Environm, Taiyuan 030051, Peoples R ChinaLakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Jin, Zhuping
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Shen, Jiejie
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Shanxi Univ, Sch Life Sci, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R ChinaLakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Shen, Jiejie
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Qiao, Zengjie
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Shanxi Univ, Sch Life Sci, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R ChinaLakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Qiao, Zengjie
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Yang, Guangdong
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Lakehead Univ, Sch Kinesiol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, CanadaLakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Yang, Guangdong
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Wang, Rui
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Lakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, CanadaLakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Wang, Rui
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Pei, Yanxi
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Shanxi Univ, Sch Life Sci, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R ChinaLakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
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Yunnan Normal Univ, Engn Res Ctr Sustainable Dev & Utilizat Biomass E, Key Lab Biomass Energy & Environm Biotechnol, Sch Life Sci,Minist Educ, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, Peoples R ChinaYunnan Normal Univ, Engn Res Ctr Sustainable Dev & Utilizat Biomass E, Key Lab Biomass Energy & Environm Biotechnol, Sch Life Sci,Minist Educ, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, Peoples R China
Li, Zhong-Guang
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Gong, Ming
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Yunnan Normal Univ, Engn Res Ctr Sustainable Dev & Utilizat Biomass E, Key Lab Biomass Energy & Environm Biotechnol, Sch Life Sci,Minist Educ, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, Peoples R ChinaYunnan Normal Univ, Engn Res Ctr Sustainable Dev & Utilizat Biomass E, Key Lab Biomass Energy & Environm Biotechnol, Sch Life Sci,Minist Educ, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, Peoples R China
Gong, Ming
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Liu, Ping
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Yunnan Normal Univ, Engn Res Ctr Sustainable Dev & Utilizat Biomass E, Key Lab Biomass Energy & Environm Biotechnol, Sch Life Sci,Minist Educ, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, Peoples R ChinaYunnan Normal Univ, Engn Res Ctr Sustainable Dev & Utilizat Biomass E, Key Lab Biomass Energy & Environm Biotechnol, Sch Life Sci,Minist Educ, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, Peoples R China
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Ton Duc Thang Univ, Plant Abiot Stress Res Grp, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Ton Duc Thang Univ, Fac Sci Appl, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
RIKEN Ctr Sustainable Resource Sci, Signaling Pathway Res Unit, Yokohama, Kanagawa, JapanBangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agr Univ, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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Shanxi Univ, Sch Life Sci, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R China
N Univ China, Sch Chem Engn & Environm, Taiyuan 030051, Peoples R ChinaLakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Jin, Zhuping
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Shen, Jiejie
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Shanxi Univ, Sch Life Sci, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R ChinaLakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Shen, Jiejie
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Qiao, Zengjie
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Shanxi Univ, Sch Life Sci, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R ChinaLakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Qiao, Zengjie
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Yang, Guangdong
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Lakehead Univ, Sch Kinesiol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, CanadaLakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Yang, Guangdong
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Wang, Rui
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Lakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, CanadaLakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Wang, Rui
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Pei, Yanxi
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Shanxi Univ, Sch Life Sci, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R ChinaLakehead Univ, Dept Biol, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
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Yunnan Normal Univ, Engn Res Ctr Sustainable Dev & Utilizat Biomass E, Key Lab Biomass Energy & Environm Biotechnol, Sch Life Sci,Minist Educ, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, Peoples R ChinaYunnan Normal Univ, Engn Res Ctr Sustainable Dev & Utilizat Biomass E, Key Lab Biomass Energy & Environm Biotechnol, Sch Life Sci,Minist Educ, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, Peoples R China
Li, Zhong-Guang
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Gong, Ming
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Yunnan Normal Univ, Engn Res Ctr Sustainable Dev & Utilizat Biomass E, Key Lab Biomass Energy & Environm Biotechnol, Sch Life Sci,Minist Educ, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, Peoples R ChinaYunnan Normal Univ, Engn Res Ctr Sustainable Dev & Utilizat Biomass E, Key Lab Biomass Energy & Environm Biotechnol, Sch Life Sci,Minist Educ, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, Peoples R China
Gong, Ming
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Liu, Ping
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Yunnan Normal Univ, Engn Res Ctr Sustainable Dev & Utilizat Biomass E, Key Lab Biomass Energy & Environm Biotechnol, Sch Life Sci,Minist Educ, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, Peoples R ChinaYunnan Normal Univ, Engn Res Ctr Sustainable Dev & Utilizat Biomass E, Key Lab Biomass Energy & Environm Biotechnol, Sch Life Sci,Minist Educ, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, Peoples R China
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Ton Duc Thang Univ, Plant Abiot Stress Res Grp, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Ton Duc Thang Univ, Fac Sci Appl, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
RIKEN Ctr Sustainable Resource Sci, Signaling Pathway Res Unit, Yokohama, Kanagawa, JapanBangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agr Univ, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, Gazipur, Bangladesh