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Isoproturon-induced salicylic acid confers Arabidopsis resistance to isoproturon phytotoxicity and degradation in plants Feng Fan Lu, Jiang-Yan Xu, Li Ya Ma, Xiang Ning Su, Xin Qiang Wang, and Hong Yang J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b04281 • Publication Date (Web): 07 Nov 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on November 29, 2018

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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

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Title: Isoproturon-induced salicylic acid confers Arabidopsis resistance to isoproturon

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phytotoxicity and degradation in plants

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Running head: Degradation of isoproturon by salicylic acid

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Name of authors: Feng Fan Lua, Jiang Yan Xua, Li Ya Maa, Xiang Ning Sua,b, Xin Qiang

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Wanga, Hong Yanga,b

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Institute: aJiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Science, College of Sciences, Nanjing

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Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;

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Management of Crop Diseases and Pest Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural

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University, Nanjing, China

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Laboratory of Monitoring and

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Mailing address: Weigang No.1, Chemistry Building, College of Sciences, Nanjing

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Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China

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*Corresponding author: Hong Yang

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Telephone number: +86-25-84395204

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Email: [email protected]

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ABSTRACT

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This study identified the effect of salicylic acid on degradation of isoproturon in Arabidopsis.

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Three T-DNA insertion mutant lines pal1-1, pal1-2 and eps1-1 defective in salicylic acid

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synthesis were tested, which showed higher isoproturon accumulation and toxic symptom in the

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mutants. When treated with 5 mg/L salicylic acid, these lines displayed a lower level of

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isoproturon and showed attenuated toxic symptom. RNA-sequencing study identified 2651

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(1421 up and 1230 down) differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in eps1-1 and 2211 (1556 up

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and 655 down) in pal1-2 mutant plants (> 2.0 fold change, p< 0.05). Some of the DEGs covered

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Phase IIII reaction components like glycosyltransferases (GTs) and ATP-binding cassette

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transporters (ABCs). Using ultra performance liquid chromatography-time of fight tandem-mass

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spectrometer/mass spectrometer (UPLC-TOF-MS/MS), thirteen Phase I and four Phase II

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metabolites were characterized. Of these, two metabolites 1-OH-isopropyl-benzene-O-glucoside

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and 4-isopropylphenol-S-2-methylbutanoyl-serine have been identified and reported for the first

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time.

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KEYWORDS: isoproturon; detoxification; degradation; Arabidopsis; salicylic acid

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INTRODUCTION

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Salicylic acid (SA) is one of the plant signal molecules for mediating diverse biological

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processes including defense to environmental stresses.

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salicylic acid is to actively participate in biotic and abiotic stress responses such as systemic

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defense to bacteria or viruses and plant resistance to salt and metal toxicity. 2-5 Recently, several

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studies have demonstrated that pesticide-induced phytotoxicity and cellular damage in plants are

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prevented by exogenous salicylic acid.

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exposed to propazine followed by salicylic acid spraying exhibit improved growth,

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physiological responses and propazine degradation. 9 Salicylic acid also reduces the toxic effect

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of chlorpyrifos (≥ 20 mg kg-1) on wheat by accumulating fewer pesticides in plants.

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Furthermore, degradation of several other types of herbicides in plants and their rhizosphere can

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be intensified by salicylic acid. 7,10,11 The enhanced degradation of isoproturon is associated with

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active glycosyltransferases, suggesting that the process is involved in Phase II mechanism for

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modification and degradation.

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toxicants in the presence of salicylic acid is still poorly understood.

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One of the major roles played by

Wheat, maize and rapeseed crops growing in soils

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However, the mechanism underlying the disappearance of

Isoproturon [3-(4-isopropylphenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea] (IPU) belongs to the phenylurea 11,13

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herbicide family widely applied for killing weeds in farmland.

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practical use of isoproturon in the field is beneficial to crop productivity, the long-term input of

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isoproturon into soil has a negative effect on crop production.

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become one of the widespread environmental contaminants because it is frequently traced down

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in soil and ground water.

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prone to enter plants and thus risks the safe crop production.

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way of detoxifying and degrading isoproturon in the crops growing in the herbicide-polluted

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Despite of the fact that

In fact, isoproturon has

Isoproturon is hydrophobic, weakly absorbed by soil particles and

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It is necessary to find out a


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soils and environment.

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The environmental risk of pesticide residues relies on its dissipation in soils and crops.19,20

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Soils are the major media whereby the pesticides are dominantly degraded. 21 Many efforts have

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been made to remedy pesticide-polluted soil through multiple strategies.

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is the bioremediation by which indigenous microbial communities have been applied to

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degrading the toxic compounds in soil. 23 However, successful elimination of pesticide residues

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requires the long-lasting inoculation of active microbial species into the soil, which makes it

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practically difficult and almost infeasible on a large scale. Plant cultivation in lower

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pesticide-contaminated soil can be practicable because genetic divergence of plant genotypes

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provides valuable sources that can be selectively used for phytoremediation.22,24 In this regard,

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selecting the plants with multiple mechanisms for eliminating pesticides is critically important.9

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These plants bearing such specific traits have much lower levels of pesticide residues. Prior to

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the selection, the molecular understanding of toxicant uptake, root-to-shoot translocation and

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degradation is required for generating genetically engineered plants. 12 We previously found that

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exogenous salicylic acid reduced the herbicide napropamide-induced toxicity in rapeseed

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(Brassica napus).6 Exogenous salicylic acid supply could attenuate the physiological response to

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isoproturon toxicity in wheat

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even rhizosphere as well.

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degradation of isoproturon remains elusive. In this study, we characterized three lines of mutants

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from Arabidopsis exhibiting defective salicylic acid synthesis, and showed weak growth and

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severe injury of the plants under isoproturon exposure. To better understand the degradation

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pathways, comparative analyses of genome-wide transcripts between the mutants and wild-type

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were conducted. Numerous genes encoding enzymes for detoxification and degradation were

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and facilitate degradation of the herbicide in wheat plants and

However, the regulatory mechanism behind the detoxification and

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differentially expressed under isoproturon exposure, suggesting that these potential

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isoproturon-resistant components probably involve the metabolic pathways. Thus, the aim of the

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study is to shed light on how detoxification and catabolism of isoproturon residues are

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intensified by salicylic acid in plants.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Plant growth and treatment. Wild-type seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana (Col-0), the PAL1

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(AT2G37040) and EPS1 (AT5G67160) T-DNA insertion mutants pal1-1 (SALK_022804, Col-0

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background), pal1-2 (SALK_096474, Col-0 background) and eps1-1 (SALK_136105, Col-0

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background) were provided by the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center. Seeds were

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germinated on the 1/2 Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium (pH 5.7) in a growth chamber at 21

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°C with 260 μmol m-2s-1 photosynthetically active radiation and a 14 h light/10 h dark cycle for

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7 d. 25 Young plants were transferred to 1/2 Hoagland nutrient solution and grew under the same

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condition for 14 d. The wild-type plants along with eps1-1, pal1-2 and pal1-3 were examined in

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the presence and absence of isoproturon. The plants were transferred to the same fresh nutrient

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solution containing 0.2 mg/L isoproturon (98% purity)

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shoots of the plants were sprayed with 5 mg/L salicylic acid (Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co.)

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once a day until the end of the experiment. The growth and treatment solutions were changed

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every two days.

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and grew for 6 d. Meanwhile, the

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Transcript analysis. The quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

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(qRT-PCR) was used to examine transcripts of PAL1 and EPS1. Twenty day-old plants were

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exposed to isoproturon for 6 d. Total RNA was isolated from tissues. The extracted RNA was

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incubated at 37 C for 30 min with 1 unit of RNase-free DNase I (Takara) and 1 μL 10 reaction 5



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buffer.

The RNA quality was examined with agarose gel stained by ethidium bromide and

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checked on for protein contamination (A260 nm/A280 nm ratios). 25 The reverse transcription

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was undertaken based on instruction of a cDNA synthesis kit. The cDNA was kept at -20 C.

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The qRT-PCR was performed based on the following method described previously.

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volume solution contained cDNA, SYBR Premix Ex Taq and primers (Table S1), with the the

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thermal cycling condition: 1 cycle of 95 C for 30 s for denaturation, 40 cycles of 95 C for 5 s

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and 60 C for 34 s for annealing and extension, respectively.

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A final

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Analysis of dry weight and root growth. Wild-type and mutant plants grew

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hydroponically for 20 d and treated with 0 (control group) or 0.2 mg/L (treatment group)

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isoproturon for 6 d. When harvested, plants were rinsed thoroughly with sterile water. Shoots

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and roots were separately harvested and dried at 105 °C for 20 min and 70 °C for 60 h. The

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dried samples were weighted.

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Chlorophyll quantification and measurement of membrane permeability. Chlorophyll

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of leaves (0.1 g FW) was extracted with 80% (acetone/ultrapure water, v/v) acetone. Total

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Chlorophyll were determined by reading the absorbance at 665 nm and 649 nm, and calculated

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using the formula: chlorophyll content (mg/g FW)=(6.10×OD665+20.04×OD649) × 5/0.1. 26,27

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For conductivity, fresh plant tissues were submerged deionized water and stood for 2 h.

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The conductivity of the sample medium (EC1) was determined by an electrical conductivity

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meter. Samples were heated to 100 °C and kept for 20 min. The conductivity of the killed tissue

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extracts (EC2) was determined. 12 The electrolyte leakage (EL) was expressed with the formula

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EL = EC1/EC2100. 8

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Isoproturon determination in plants. Isoproturon was measured by the method described previously.

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(control) and 0.2 mg/L isoproturon for 6 d. Fresh tissues were ground and extracted

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ultrasonically three times in 15 mL of acetone–water (3:1, v/v) for 30 min, followed by

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centrifugation at 4000 × g for 10 min. The supernatant was concentrated to remove acetone in a

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vacuum rotary evaporator at 40 C. The residual solution was loaded onto an LC-C18 column

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(Supelco Co. Ltd. USA). Eluent was removed. The column was washed with 4 mL methanol.

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The washing solution was analyzed with high performance liquid chromatography.

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Characterization of isoproturon-degraded products in Arabidopsis. The isoproturon

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metabolic and degraded products were characterized by the previous method. 12 LC-MS analysis

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was performed on a Shimadzu LC 20ADXR LC system (Japan) with an AB SCIEX Triple TOF

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5600 mass spectrometer (USA). The injection was volumed with 20 μL. A Poroshell 120 EC-

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C18 column and a gradient system were applied with the mobile phase A (water +0.1% formic

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acid) and B (acetonitrile) at a rate of 0.3 mL/min. The MS was conducted by AB Sciex Triple

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TOF 5600 system with Accelerator TOF Analyzer and electrospray ionization source. TOF-MS

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parameters included ion source gas 1, 65 psi, ion source gas 2, 65 psi, curtain gas 30 psi, source

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temperature 550 °C and ionspray voltage ﬂoating 5500 V. The APCI positive calibration

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solution was used with the AB SCIEX Triple TOF systems on calibration delivery system once

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every 2 samples to ensure a working mass accuracy of 1

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were the baseline for judging the significant difference of gene expression. 28,29

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The clean reads were produced by removing the raw reads

False discovery rate (FDR) was applied to assessing the p-value in multiple tests

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Gene Ontology analysis. Gene Ontology (GO) category of differentially expressed genes

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with biological functions was applied to the ultra-geometric test using Benjamini-Hochberg

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correction (http://www.geneontology.org/). GO terms with corrected p-value (p ≤ 0.05) were

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considered as significant enrichment for the DEGs relative to the genome background.

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Statistical analysis. Experiments in the study were independently set up in triplicate. Each

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result shown in the figures was the mean of three replicated treatments, and each treatment

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contained at least 18 seedlings. When harvested, the treated samples were randomly selected.

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The significant differences between treatments were statistically assessed by through analyses of

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variance post hoc test (ANOVA, Tukey’s test). All data were analyzed using the statistical

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software package SPSS 22.0. 8


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RESULTS

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Effect of isoproturon on transcripts of salicylic acid synthetic components and

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endogenous salicylic acid production. In higher plants, two pathways of salicylic acid

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biosynthesis have been proposed.

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concerns the plant synthesis of salicylic acid from cinnamate catalyzed by phenylalanine

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ammonia lyase (PAL).32 The other has been identified by genetic studies, showing the salicylic

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acid production from isochorismate synthase (ICS).31 Additionally, two recently identified

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Arabidopsis genes, PBS3 and EPS1 related to pathogenesis and disease resistance, have been

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proposed to involve the synthesis of an important precursor of salicylic acid biosynthesis.

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Since the ICS pathway is the major route for salicylic acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis, PBS3

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and EPS1 function under the ICS pathway by catalyzing reactions in the conversion of salicylic

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acid from isochorismate. 31

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One of them identified through biochemical approach

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To ensure that salicylic acid is actively involved in mediating response to

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isoproturon-induced toxicity in plants, three lines of T-DNA insertion knockout mutant lines

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eps1-1, pal1-2 and pal1-3 defective in synthesis of salicylic acid in Arabidopsis were identified.

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The genomic sequence of Arabidopsis EPS1 contains only an exon with a coding DNA

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sequence of 1669 bp. The mutant eps1-1 was verified by PCR using specific primers and

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inserted with a T-DNA in exon near the 3’-untranslated region (Figure S1), which, as a

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consequence, led to the null expression of EPS1 (Figure S1). The length of Arabidopsis PAL1 is

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3389 bp long, comprising 2 exons interrupted by 3 introns. The knockout mutant lines pal1-2

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and pal1-3 have a T-DNA insertion in the second intron and exon of PAL1 gene, respectively

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As showed in Figure 1, compared to the control (-isoproturon), the transcript level of PAL1

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in plants was significantly enhanced with the application of isoproturon. Treatment with 0.2

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mg/L isoproturon increased PLA1 transcripts by 5.7 fold compared to the control (Figure 1A).

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The transcription level of EPS1 under the isoproturon exposure showed a moderate increase in

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transcripts at 0.1 and 0.2 mg/L of isoproturon (Figure 1B). The endogenous salicylic acid

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concentration was measured in plants exposed to 0.2 mg/L of isoproturon using electrochemical

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method.

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4.0 fold compared to the control (Figure 1C). These results suggested that salicylic acid in its

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synthetic pathways was disturbed by the contamination with isoproturon and most likely

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involved in isoproturon metabolism in plants.

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Treatment with isoproturon enhanced the salicylic acid concentration by more than

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Mutation of salicylic acid-synthetic genes led to compromised growth under

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isoproturon exposure. Under the normal growth condition (-isoproturon) the root elongation,

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biomass (dry weight) and chlorophyll concentration were similar between the wild-type and

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mutants (Figure 2). To affirm the regulatory role of salicylic acid, the biomarker electrolyte

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leakage indicating the degree of injury by isoproturon was examined. 7 There was no difference

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between the mutants and wild-type. When plants were exposed to isoproturon, the growth of

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eps1-1, pal1-2 and pal1-3 mutants was more negatively affected than that of the wild-type

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(Figure 2A-D), whereas the electrolyte leakage was higher in the mutant lines than in the

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wild-type (Figure 2E), suggesting that the mutant plants were more sensitive to isoproturon

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exposure compared to the wild-type control.

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We then applied the exogenous salicylic acid to the mutants. In the absence of isoproturon,

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no difference of growth and physiological responses with salicylic acid supply was observed

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between the mutant and wild-type plants (Figure 2). However, compared to the isoproturon 10


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treatment (0.2 mg/L) alone, concomitant supply with 5 mg/L salicylic acid could significantly

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improve the growth and physiological response under isoproturon stress except the electrolyte

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leakage of pall-2 and pall-3 (Figure 2). For example, the root length in the wild-type, eps1-1,

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pal1-2 and pal1-3 plants with isoproturon and salicylic acid was increased by 8.99%, 19.30%,

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23.58% and 36.85%, respectively as compared to the control (isoproturon) (Figure 2B).

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Salicylic acid reduced isoproturon concentration in plants. Young plants were

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hydroponically grown for 20 d and transferred to the fresh nutrient solution containing 0.2 mg/L

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isoproturon. The isoproturon treatment lasted for 6 d. During the treatment time, leaves were

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sprayed with 5 mg/L salicylic acid once a day. Our studies showed that the three mutant lines

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eps1-1, pal1-2 and pal1-3 usually had higher isoproturon concentrations than the wild-type

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(Figure 3A-C). However, the isoproturon concentrations in both wild-type and mutant lines with

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salicylic acid supply were always lower than those without salicylic acid treatment. We then

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determined the IPU resides in the medium of plant growth. The concentrations of isoproturon

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left in the nutrient solution with the growth of mutant lines were slightly but significantly higher

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than those with the growth of wild-type (Figure 3D). Treatment with salicylic acid led to only a

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small reduction of isoproturon concentration in the growth medium than non-salicylic acid

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treatment (Figure 3D).

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Characterization of metabolites of isoproturon in salicylic acid loss of function

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mutants. To confirm that salicylic acid was able to lower isoproturon concentrations in plants,

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we identified metabolites of isoproturon by UPLC-LTQ-MS/MS. The accurate mass data (< 5

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parts per million errors) by high resolution MS were applied to confirming elemental formula.11

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A total of 13 degraded products via Phase I pathway and 4 glycosylated-isoproturon conjugates

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via Phase II pathway in isoproturon-exposed and/or salicylic acid -treated plants were 11



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successfully characterized (Table 1).

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The relative concentrations of isoproturon-degraded products in eps1-1 and pal1-2 mutants

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were generally lower than those of wild-type, although the differences changed considerably

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(Figure 4A). Among these, the concentration of m/z 135, 175, 205a, 237a and 237b were only

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half or less than that of the wild-type. The isoproturon-degraded product for m/z 205b in the

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mutants was vanished. For the rest of products, the degradation rate of eps1-1 and pal1-2 was

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8-50% of the wild-type. A similar comparative analysis was made on accumulation of

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glucosylated isoproturon-derivatives in the mutants and wild-type. The relative intensities of 4

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adducts of isoproturon were much lower in mutants than those in wild-type (Figure 4B). For

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example, the isoproturon-conjugates with m/z 357 in eps1-1 and pal1-2 plants were reduced by

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48.3% and 31.7%, respectively, relative to wild-type (Figure 4B).

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Thirteen degraded products were characterized according to the accurate MS data and the

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appropriate fragmentation patterns from MS2 data (Table 1; Figure S2). Isoproturon peaked at

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15.01 min. The MS2 data of isoproturon with fragment ions were m/z 134, 119, 72. Metabolite

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#1 (m/z 193), which peaked at 13.38 min, was considered as Monodemethyl-IPU by loss of

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isopropyl to form fragment ion m/z 150. Metabolite #2 (m/z 237a) peaking at 8.5 min was

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identified as 2-Methylehanoic-IPU due to the loss of hydroxy, leading to formation of fragment

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ions of m/z 219. Metabolite #3 (m/z 237b) peaking at 12.85 min with elimination of –O-CH3 (32

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Da) was identified as 2-Methoxyl-IPU according to the fragment ion of m/z 205. From m/z 187

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and its fragments at m/z 106/77, the new compound Metabolite #4 was confirmed as

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4-(1-hydroxyl -2-methyl-2-propanyl)-N-methylaniline. For metabolite #5 (m/z 205) peaking at

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6.05 min, the fragment ion of m/z 160 was generated by the loss of N-dimethyl. Thus, it was

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identified as isopropenyl-IPU. Metabolite #6 (m/z 175), which peaked at 22.23 min, was

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considered as Isopropenyl-demethyl-methyleneimido-IPU by loss of N=CH2 group to form

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fragment ion m/z 145. Metabolite #7 (m/z 120) peaking at 1.67 min with one main fragment ion

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(m/z 135) peaked at 26.32 min, and its main product ions was m/z 106 with loss of two methyl.

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Metabolite #9 (m/z 152) peaking at 2.26 min with one main fragment ion m/z 93 generated by

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the cleavage of isopropanol, was confirmed as 1-(4-Aminophenyl) 2-propanol. Metabolite #10

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(m/z 209) peaked at 4.67 min, the fragment ion of m/z 165 by loss of isopropyl. The loss of one

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methyl and one hydroxy from m/z 165 formed the fragment ion of m/z 132. Thus, it is

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N-OH-demethyl-IPU. Metabolite #11 (m/z 205) peaking at 6.05 min generated fragment ion m/z

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163 by removing an isopropyl. Metabolite #12 (m/z 195), which peaked at 12.10 min, was

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considered as 2-OH-didemethyl-IPU by loss of –NH2 and –NH2–C=O group to form fragment

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ion m/z 178 and 150. The mass spectrum of metabolite13# peaked at 4.68 min with

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223 was generated by addition of 17 Da hydroxy group from isoproturon. Therefore, metabolite

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13# should be hydroxylated isoproturon (2-OH-isopropyl-IPU).

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Four conjugates were identified based on the accurate MS data and the fragmentation

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patterns from MS2 data (Figure S3). The MS2 spectrum generated from conjugate #1 (m/z 357,

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tR=13.51 min) showed major fragment ions at m/z 179 and m/z 137. Thus, the conjugate was

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identified as 1/2-OH-didemethyl-IPU-O-glucoside. For Conjugate #3 (m/z 399, tR=5.28 min),

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m/z

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4-Isopropylphenol-S-(2-methylbutanoyl) serine. Conjugate #2 (m/z 399) peaking at 15.23 min

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generated the fragment ion of m/z 340 by loss of acetaldehyde. The loss of a glucose moiety

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(220 Da) led to the fragment ion m/z 179. The fragment ion m/z 282 was generated by loss of

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methyl, and the loss of a glucose moiety (179 Da) led to the fragment ion m/z 120. Thus, this

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conjugate was identified as 2-OH-Cumene-O-glucoside (conjugate #4, m/z 299, tR=10.32 min).

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Genomic RNA-sequencing revealed that expression of many detoxified genes was

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altered in eps1-1 and pal1-2. Because mutation of EPS1 and PAL1 triggered toxic phenotypes

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of Arabidopsis under isoproturon stress, we hypothesized that the isoproturon-responsive

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transcripts would be changed in eps1-1 and pal1-2 plants. To verify it, the genome-wide 13



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RNA-sequencing was performed with six libraries prepared by wild-type and eps1-1 or pal1-2

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mutant lines merged with –isoproturon and +isoproturon treatments. Eighteen samples with

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three biological replicates (6 treatments  3 repeats) were set up. In total, 88.15 Gb clean reads

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with 12 (43) samples were sequenced from the libraries using the Illumina HiSeq 2500

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platform. Assessment of the sequenced data revealed that more than 92.9% of each sample had a

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quality score of Q30 (those with a base quality  30) (Table S2).

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We have obtained 20.2-25.1 million clean reads from each of the six libraries following

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filtering low quality reads (Table S2). The diagram of FPKM density distribution of each sample

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was plotted, showing that the vast majority of genes was concentrated but only a small part of

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genes was scattered, suggesting that expression of these genes was drastically changed (Figure

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S4). By mapping the reads to Arabidopsis genome, we identified 3106 (1414 up and 1692 down)

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genes in wild-type, 2651 (1421 up and 1230 down) in eps1-1 and 2211 (1556 up and 655 down)

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in pal1-2 mutants (> 2.0 fold change, p< 0.05) under isoproturon stress, respectively (Figure 5A,

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B, E, F; Table S3). The number of the DEGs was further presented by plotting Venn diagrams.

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In total, 520 genes were specifically induced and 984 genes were repressed in wild-type, while

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527 genes were specifically induced and 522 genes were repressed in eps1-1 mutants (Figure 5A,

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B). Similarly, 528 genes were specifically induced and 1457 genes were repressed in wild-type,

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whereas 670 genes were specifically induced and 420 genes were repressed in pal1-2 mutants

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(Figure 5E, F). Comparative analysis of DEGs between wild-type and eps1-1 or pal1-2 mutant

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plants revealed that there were 155 genes specifically upregulated and 383 downregulated in

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wild-type and 386 specifically upregulated genes and 818 repressed genes were found in the

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eps1-1 mutants under isoproturon stress (Figure 5C, D). In similar, there were 141 genes

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genes and 640 repressed genes were found in the pal1-2 line under isoproturon stress (Figure 5G,

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H). The distribution of DEGs abundance in wild-type and mutant lines was confirmed by the

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color dots (green, down and red, up) (Figure 5I). For example, the dataset of WT/pal1-2 in the

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presence of isoproturon showed more red dots (DEGs upregulated) than the green dots (DEGs

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downregulated) (Figure 5K), suggesting that more DEGs in WT tended to be upregulated

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compared to those in pal1-2. We further randomly selected eight genes for qRT-PCR validation,

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which showed that expression of all genes could fit in well with those of the DEGs from

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RNA-Seq (Figure S5).

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The DEGs from isoproturon-exposed eps1-1 vs WT and pal1-2 vs WT datasets were

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subjected to Gene Ontology analysis. Based on the specificity, the DEGs were classified into

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three groups including biological process, cellular component and molecular function (Figure

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S6). Some categories such as stimulus response, antioxidant activity and protein binding

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transcription factor activity were identified.

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Genes involved in isoproturon stress were differentially expressed in mutant lines. We

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focused on identifying some detoxified-genes from different families encoding cytochromes

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P450 (CYP), glutathione S-transferases (GST), ATP-binding cassette transporters (ABCs) and

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glycosyltransferases (GTs) from the datasets of eps1-1 vs WT (+isoproturon) and pal1-2 vs WT

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(+isoproturon)(Table S4, S5). Among those, 25 P450, 13 GST, 10 ABCs, and 11 GTs were

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identified from eps1-1 vs WT and 13 P450, 10 GST, 5 ABCs, and 3 GTs were identified from

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pal1-2 vs WT (Table S4, S5). Expression of all genes was shown to be downregulated under

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isoproturon exposure, suggesting they were under the direct or indirect control of AtEPS1 and

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AtPAL1. Despite the fact that both genes AtEPS1 and AtPAL1 control the salicylic acid synthesis

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AtPAL1 was found to be different. For example, there were 13 cytochrome genes found to be

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downregulated in pal1-2 line, whereas there were 25 in eps1-1 line (Table S4, S5).

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DISCUSSION

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We provided evidence that salicylic acid was able to regulate the isoproturon-induced

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toxicity in Arabidopsis. We showed that plants sprayed with 5 mg/L salicylic acid in the

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presence of 0.2 mg/L isoproturon displayed attenuated toxic symptom manifested as enhanced

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root elongation, total mass accumulation and chlorophyll concentrations. This observation was

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reinforced by the data of reduced damage of plasma membrane. The salicylic acid-mediated

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reduction of isoproturon-induced toxicity to plants has been associated with the decreased

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accumulation of isoproturon in both plants and the media where the plant grew, indicating that

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salicylic acid can reduce the isoproturon toxicity in the plants.

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Salicylic acid as a plant signal molecule plays pivotal roles in plant growth, development 5,7,35

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and resistance to various biotic and environmental stresses.

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underlying the detoxification and biodegradation of toxic organic compounds is poorly

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understood. The present studies showed that loss of salicylic acid function mutants led to more

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sensitivity to isoproturon in the growth of Arabidopsis compared to wild-type (Figure 2).

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Provision with exogenous salicylic acid could partially rescue the phenotypes in the presence of

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isoproturon, suggesting that the capability of resistance to isoproturon was impaired to some

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extent as a result of the salicylic acid disfunction. Consistent with it, mutation of salicylic acid

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function led to more accumulation of isoproturon in eps 1-1, pal 1-2 and pal 1-3 lines than

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wild-type, whereas more isoproturon was detected in the mutant growth media than in the

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wild-type growth media (Figure 3). These results suggested that disruption of salicylic acid 16


However, the mechanism

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responsive genes would most likely reduce the capability of isoproturon degradation in the

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plants and uptake of isoproturon from roots. On the other hand, a generally lower level of the

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isoproturon-degraded products and conjugates was examined in the mutants compared to the

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wild-type (Figure 4). From these observations we inferred that the capability of isoproturon

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metabolism or degradation in the mutants would be impaired.

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To support the assumption and better understand the mechanism leading to salicylic

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acid-mediated detoxification of isoproturon in plants, we profiled transcriptome from eps1-1 and

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pal1-2 mutant lines under isoproturon exposure. Substantial numbers of specific genes (522) in

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eps1-1 and (420) in pal1-2 were found to be repressed, indicating that salicylic acid is necessary

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for plant response to isoproturon stress (Figure 5). The Gene Ontology analysis revealed that

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some pathways were related with isoproturon stress response. Of these, genes involved in Phase

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I, II and III metabolisms should be the point of interests,

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glycosyltransferases, cytochrome, glutathione S-transferases, and ABC transporters were

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involved in the isoproturon-induced modification and degradation.

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because genes encoding

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The Phase I enzymes cytochrome P450s are a group of membrane-integrated enzymes

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relying on NADPH–P450 oxidoreductase complex. 37,38 The activities of cytochrome P450s are

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composed of cytochrome P450 protein and NADPH-P450 oxidoreductase to transfer reducing

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equivalents from NADPH to the cytochrome P450. 37,38 The biochemical process is engaged in a

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wide range of reactions such as biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, signaling molecules,

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defense-related chemicals and plant hormones.

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whose transcripts were substantially increased when plants were exposed to 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene

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and munition hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine in Arabidopsis.

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one of the important detoxified enzymes in Phase II reaction that catalyze the conjugation of

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We detected a CYP gene (AT3G28740),

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toxicants with aglycone like sugar to make them easy for degradation and detoxification.40,41 For

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example, a glucosyltransferase from Arabidopsis activates the metabolism of the persistent

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pollutant 3,4-dichloroaniline.

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herbicide atrazine in rice plants.

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induced by both salicylic acid and jasmonate when plants were infected by Fusarium

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pseudograminearum. 43

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We recently identified a GT that sufficiently degraded a 12

In wheat, a glucosyltransferase gene (CD876318) was

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We have identified a set of Phase II enzymes (such as GSTs) and ABC transporters from

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the Arabidopsis. GSTs catalyze the conjugation of toxicants and glutathione (GSH), and the

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generated GSH S-conjugate is sequestrated into subcellular organelles like vacuoles for further

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degradation.

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membrane proteins responsible for uptake, allocation and detoxification of a wide range of

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metabolites and xenobiotics.

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major role of this group would help move toxicants to subcellular compartments for degradation.

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function roles remain to be elucidated.

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The plant ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters are one of the integral

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ABC transporters belong to Phase II reaction components; the

We have identified a total of 15 members relevant to salicylic acid from Arabidopsis but their

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Based on the identified structure of metabolites, the catabolism and detoxification

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pathways of isoproturon (IPU) are summarized in Figure 6. Except metabolite 11#, other twelve

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products

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hydroxyl-2-methyl-2-

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isopropenyl-demethyl-methyleneimido-IPU,

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1-(4-Aminophenyl) 2-propanol, N-OH-demethyl-IPU, 2-methoxyl-IPU and 2-methoxyl-IPU

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were generated through O-methylated dealkylation, dehydrogenation or hydrolysis reaction by

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Phase I reaction. We also detected three O-glycosylated and one S-conjugated isoproteron

monodemethyl-IPU,

2-methylehanoic-IPU, propanyl)-N-methylaniline, 4-vinylanline,

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2-Methoxyl-IPU,

4-(1-

isopropenyl-IPU, desisopropyl-IPU,

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conjugates involved in Phase II reaction. Our data are potentially useful for enhancing

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isoproturon degradation in plants growing in isoproturon-contaminated environment and

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phytoremediation. Further charactering the components would better understand the detailed

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degradationpathways to the complete disappearance of isoproturon in Arabidopsis.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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The authors acknowledge the financial support of National Natural Science Foundation of China

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(No. 21577064).

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SUPPORTING INFORMATION AVAILABLE

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This information is online available.

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Figure 1. Effects of isoproturon (IPU) on transcriptional expression of PAL1 and EPS1 and SA

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concentration in Arabidopsis. Twenty day-old young plants grew in 1/2 strength Hoagland

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solution containing IPU at 0-0.8 mg/L for 6 d. qRT-PCR was used to measure expression of

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PAL1 (A) and EPS1 (B). The concentration of SA in plants was quantified using

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Figure 2. Analyses of growth responses of Arabidopsis wild-type (WT) and three mutants

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exposure. Twenty day-old young plants grown in 1/2 strength Hoagland nutrient solution were

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exposed to 0 and 0.2 mg/L IPU with or without 5 mg/L SA for 6 days. (A) Images of WT and

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three mutant seedlings of Arabidopsis. (B) Elongation of Arabidopsis roots. (C) Dry mass of

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Arabidopsis. (D) Chlorophyll content of Arabidopsis. (E) Membrane permeability of

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Arabidopsis. Vertical bars represent standard deviation of the mean. Data followed by different

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letters were significantly different between the treatments (p

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