Paper · 2025 · Plant Stress

OsAAI1 is dependent on the nitrate pathway toregulate rice root development in response to high salt stress

Jinli Liu; Haimin Liao; Shasha Chen; et al.

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Abstract

• OsAAI1 is salt-sensitive, inhibited by NaCl but promoted by nitrate. • Salt tolerance and ROS scavenging enzyme activity of OsAAI1 were enhanced by nitrate. • Root scanning provided more insight into root growth and development. • osaai1 was more resistant to salt stress compared to OE 19. • High concentration of nitrate reduced salt damage to OE 19. • OsAAI1 plays a key role in rice salt stress response through the nitrate pathway. Salt stress limits plant growth and yield. Though nitrogen fertilizer can alleviate salt damage, the effects of salt and nitrate on the stress resistance gene OsAAI1 are unclear. This study examined the Salt stress sensitivity of OsAAI1 transgenic lines and nitrate's role. Results showed OsAAI1 expression decreased with Salt and increased with nitrate. Under salt stress, the mutant OsAAI1 ( osaai1 ) had significantly higher plant height, root length and number, and lower ROS accumulation than ZH 11, while OsAAI1 overexpression (OE 19) showed opposite trends. OE 19 also had lower antioxidant enzyme activities and higher MDA content. Analyses of topology, biomass distribution and connectivity of root scans after 30 and 50 days of salt stress treatment showed that osaai1 was able to sustain root growth and development under salt stress conditions, whereas OE 19 was more damaged. Exogenous salt stress tests confirmed these findings. Notably, nitrate application enhanced OsAAI1 is salt tolerance, improving root growth and increasing ROS scavenging enzyme activities. Under KNO₃ induction, high-concentration KNO₃ restores the root phenotype in OE 19. In conclusion, overexpression of OsAAI1 was more sensitive to salt, and OsAAI1 regulated ROS homeostasis through the nitrate pathway to enhance its tolerance to salt stress.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Salt decreased OsAAI1 expression.

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Salte0
Gene
OsAAI1e0
Outcome
OsAAI1 expressione0
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decreasede0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Results showed OsAAI1 expression decreased with Salt and increased with nitrate”

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“rice root development”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Nitrate increased OsAAI1 expression.

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nitratee0
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OsAAI1e0
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OsAAI1 expressione0
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increasede0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Results showed OsAAI1 expression decreased with Salt and increased with nitrate”

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“rice root development”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Under salt stress, osaai1 had significantly greater plant height, root length and root number than ZH 11.

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osaai1e0
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salt stresse0
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OsAAI1e0
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plant height, root length and numbere0
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highere0
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ZH 11e0

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Oryza sativa
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“Under salt stress, the mutant OsAAI1 ( osaai1 ) had significantly higher plant height, root length and number, and lower ROS accumulation than ZH 11”

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“rice root development”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Under salt stress, osaai1 accumulated less ROS than ZH 11.

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osaai1e0
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salt stresse0
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ROS accumulatione0
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lowere0
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ZH 11e0

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“Under salt stress, the mutant OsAAI1 ( osaai1 ) had significantly higher plant height, root length and number, and lower ROS accumulation than ZH 11”

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“rice root development”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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OsAAI1 overexpression showed opposite growth and ROS trends to osaai1 under salt stress.

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OE 19e0
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salt stresse1
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OsAAI1e0
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plant height, root length and numbere1
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opposite trendse0
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ZH 11e1

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“while OsAAI1 overexpression (OE 19) showed opposite trends”

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“Under salt stress, the mutant OsAAI1 ( osaai1 ) had significantly higher plant height, root length and number, and lower ROS accumulation than ZH 11”

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“rice root development”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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OE 19 had lower antioxidant enzyme activities.

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antioxidant enzyme activitiese0
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lowere0

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“OE 19 also had lower antioxidant enzyme activities and higher MDA content”

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“rice root development”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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OE 19 had higher MDA content.

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“OE 19 also had lower antioxidant enzyme activities and higher MDA content”

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“rice root development”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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After 30 and 50 days of salt stress, osaai1 sustained root growth and development whereas OE 19 was more damaged.

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osaai1e0
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root growth and developmente0
Qualifier
after 30 and 50 days of salt stress treatmente1
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OE 19e0

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“osaai1 was able to sustain root growth and development under salt stress conditions, whereas OE 19 was more damaged”

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“after 30 and 50 days of salt stress treatment”

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“rice root development”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Nitrate application enhanced salt tolerance and root growth.

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nitrate applicatione0
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salt tolerance, improving root growthe0
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enhancede0

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“nitrate application enhanced OsAAI1 is salt tolerance, improving root growth and increasing ROS scavenging enzyme activities”

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“rice root development”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Nitrate application increased ROS scavenging enzyme activities.

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nitrate applicatione0
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ROS scavenging enzyme activitiese0
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increasinge0

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“nitrate application enhanced OsAAI1 is salt tolerance, improving root growth and increasing ROS scavenging enzyme activities”

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“rice root development”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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High-concentration KNO₃ restored the root phenotype of OE 19.

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OE 19e0
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high-concentration KNO₃e0
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root phenotypee0
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restorese0

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Oryza sativa
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“high-concentration KNO₃ restores the root phenotype in OE 19”

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“rice root development”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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OsAAI1 is interpreted to regulate ROS homeostasis through the nitrate pathway in salt tolerance.

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OsAAI1e0
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ROS homeostasise0
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through the nitrate pathwaye0

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“OsAAI1 regulated ROS homeostasis through the nitrate pathway to enhance its tolerance to salt stress”

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“rice root development”

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