S-nitrosylation coordination enhances high salt tolerance in Ulva prolifera
摘要
Ulva prolifera, the primary causative species of green tide, has garnered significant attention due to its robust growth and reproductive capacity under high salt stress. However, there has been relatively little research on the regulation of high salt stress in this species. In this study, we observed that high salt stress suppressed the growth of U. prolifera and leading to the nitric oxide (NO) accumulation, along with increased gene expression levels and enzyme activity of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR). Treatment with GSNOR inhibitor resulted in elevated NO levels under high salt stress, accompanied by reduced activity of antioxidant enzymes and decreased glutathione (GSH) accumulation, making U. prolifera more sensitive to high salt stress. Conversely, NO scavenger treatment not only reduced NO levels, but also weakened the high salt stress tolerance of U. prolifera. Furthermore, using tandem mass tags (TMT) switch analysis and mass spectrometry, we observed a significant increase in S-nitrosylated protein levels in U. prolifera under high salt stress, with further augmentation upon GSNOR inhibitor treatment. We also found high salt stress induced S-nitrosylation (SNO) of glutathione reductase (GR), which is negatively regulated by GSNOR, resulting in increased GR activity. Our results show that under short-term high salt stress, the elevated expression level of GSNOR avoided excessive accumulation of NO, and a certain amount of NO enhanced the activity of antioxidant enzymes through SNO modification, which improve the high salt stress tolerance of U. prolifera, whereas under long-term high salt stress, excessive NO was toxic to U. prolifera.