Changes of oxidative stress and antioxidant enzyme activity of Mesembryanthe-mum crystallinum Linnaeus in response to different concentrations of seawater
A pot experiment was conducted by trea-ting Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. with six concen-trations of seawater ( 0, 20. 00%, 40. 00%, 60. 00%, 80. 00% and 100. 00%, respectively ) to analyze the growth pattern, oxidative stress and antioxidant enzyme ac-tivity every 30 d. Compared with no seawater treatment, growth was not inhibited in the treatments with seawater concentrations less than 60%, the contents of H2 O2 and O2.- were less than 10. 00μmol/g and 0. 15μmol/g, and the contents of malondialdehyde ( MDA) and relative electric conductivities were less than 27. 00 μmol/mg and 53. 70%, respectively. At the same time, the activity of superoxide dismutase ( SOD) increased over growth period, and peroxidase ( POD) activity increased twice. The activity of catalase ( CAT) was less than 1. 00 U/g. The most obvious positive growth stimulation was observed in 20. 00% seawater treatment. When seawater con-centration was more than 60. 00% , positively related growth inhibition was observsed, which were shown as sharply in-creased contents of H2O2 and O2.- in M. crystallinum L., increased MDA and relative conductivities, and decreased activi-ties of SOD and POD. CAT activity kept stable in 80. 00% seawater treatment, but increased sharply in 100. 00% treatment. The results indicated that M. crystallinum L. could grow under whole seawater irrigation and 20. 00% concentration was the optimum. When seawater concentration was more than 60. 00%, stress resistance decreased gradually. Sea water stress in-duced oxidative stress.