Cadmium uptake byLupinus albus(L.): Cadmium excretion, a possible mechanism of cadmium tolerance
- 1 October 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Plant Nutrition
- Vol. 16 (10) , 1921-1929
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01904169309364661
Abstract
Cadmium (Cd) uptake by white lupin (Lupinus albus) was studied at low Cd concentrations (0.05nM to 5 μM) in hydroponic solution. Ten 12‐day old seedlings were pretreated in 0.5 mM CaCl2 solution in presence and absence of metabolic inhibitors (DCCD, DNP or NaN3). Cadmium solutions were labelled with carrier free 109CdCl2. Cadmium uptake was measured after a 2 h desorption in unlabelled CdCl2 solution. In the absence of any metabolic inhibitor and at 5 [μM Cd, roots absorbed 235.23 μg Cd/g root dry weight. Over the range of lnM to 5 μM Cd, exchangeable Cd represented approximately 5% of the absorbed fraction, and about 25 % of the total absorbed Cd was adsorbed to the root. Cadmium was passively absorbed to about 30% as observed in the presence of the inhibitor (DCCD). Ative absorption which represented 70% of Cd uptake involved H+‐ATPase carriers. Cadmium absorption was reduced to 30 and 20% in presence of lanthanum (La3+) and zinc (Zn2+), respectively which suggested that calcium (Ca), Cd, and Zn use the same carriers. Cadmium uptake in presence of DNP or NaN3 was approximately 4‐ fold that in control. Data showed presomption for an excretion of Cd out of root cells which could be the expression of a detoxification process limiting cell contamination.Keywords
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