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  • Title: Comparative effect of potassium on K and Na uptake and transport in two accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana during salinity stress.
    Author: Kaddour R, Nasri N, M'rah S, Berthomieu P, Lachaâl M.
    Journal: C R Biol; 2009 Sep; 332(9):784-94. PubMed ID: 19748453.
    Abstract:
    Potassium-sodium interaction was compared in two natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana, Columbia-0 and NOK2. Seedlings were grown in the presence of 0 or 50 mM NaCl and 0.1; 0.625 or 2.5 mM K(+). At the lowest K(+) concentration, salt treatment inhibited both K(+) uptake and growth. Increasing the K(+) availability did not modified salt response in Columbia-0, but restored nearly normal net K(+) uptake in NaCl condition and alleviated NaCl growth reduction in NOK2. The effect of K(+) and NaCl on transcript level of several K(+) and Na(+) transporters in both shoots and roots was assessed using semi-quantitative RT-PCR. The mRNA abundance of the NHX1 and SOS1 Na(+)/H(+) antiporters was significantly increased by 50 mM NaCl in the two accessions. NHX1, which is responsible for Na(+) sequestration into vacuoles, was more up-regulated in NOK2 leaves than in Columbia-0's in NaCl stress condition. AKT1, which is the major channel involved in K(+) absorption, was down-regulated in salt stress condition, but was not responding to K(+) treatments. Only in NOK2, SKOR and AKT2, which respectively control xylem and phloem K(+) transport, were markedly up-regulated by 2.5 mM K(+) in both roots and shoots, independently of NaCl. Phenotypic and gene expression analyses suggest that the relative salt tolerance of NOK2 is mainly due to a high ability to sequester Na(+) in the vacuole and to take up and transport K(+). Up-regulation of SKOR and AKT2 by K(+), and of NHX1 by NaCl could participate in determining this phenotype.
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