Hydrogen-rich water (HRW) has been widely used in research on plant resistance to Cd. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of HRW in ameliorating cadmium stress in vegetables is largely unknown. In this study, the RNA-sequencing analyses were used to characterize the role of HRW in the alleviation of Cd toxicity in Chinese cabbage seedlings. Based on the obtained results, two genes encoding metal ionic transporters, BcIRT1 and BcZIP2 were ultimately selected out. Then, a systematic validation of the metal ion transport function of these two ZIP-encoding genes of pak choi were performed via a yeast transformation system. The results showed that BcIRT1 and BcZIP2 increased the sensitivity of different yeast mutant strains to relative metal ionic stresses and facilitated the accumulation of metal ions (Cd²⁺, Mn²⁺, Zn²⁺, and Fe²⁺) in yeast; thus, it suggests that BcIRT1 and BcZIP2 probably have the ability to transport Cd²⁺, Mn²⁺, Zn²⁺ and Fe²⁺ in pak choi. The time-course and concentration-dependent expression profiles of BcIRT1 and BcZIP2 showed that as time with HRW increased, the effectiveness of the repression on the expression of BcIRT1 and BcZIP2 increased, and as the seedlings were exposed to increased Cd concentrations, the inhibition of BcIRT1 and BcZIP2 by HRW was also increased. Over all, these findings provide new insights into the genome-wide transcriptome profiles in pak choi and show that HRW reduced Cd uptake probably through inhibiting the expression of transporters related to Cd absorption, BcIRT1 and BcZIP2.

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Wu X, Zhu ZB, Chen JH, Huang YF, Liu ZL, Zou JW, Chen YH, Su NN, Cui J

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