Expressing Arsenite Antiporter PvACR3;1 in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Decreases Inorganic Arsenic Content in Rice Grains

Y Chen, CY Hua, JX Chen… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Rice (Oryza sativa) is a major food crop in the world, feeding half of the world's population.
However, rice is efficient in taking up toxic metalloid arsenic (As), adversely impacting …

Heterologous Expression of Pteris vittata Arsenite Antiporter PvACR3;1 Reduces Arsenic Accumulation in Plant Shoots

Y Chen, CY Hua, MR Jia, JW Fu, X Liu… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Arsenic (As) is a toxic carcinogen so it is crucial to decrease As accumulation in crops to
reduce its risk to human health. Arsenite (AsIII) antiporter ACR3 protein is critical for As …

Novel PvACR3; 2 and PvACR3; 3 genes from arsenic-hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata and their roles in manipulating plant arsenic accumulation

JX Chen, Y Cao, X Yan, Y Chen, LQ Ma - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Arsenite (AsIII) antiporter ACR3 is crucial for arsenic (As) translocation and sequestration in
As-hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata, which has potential for phytoremediation of As …

Arsenic transport in rice and biological solutions to reduce arsenic risk from rice

Y Chen, YH Han, Y Cao, YG Zhu… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) feeds∼ 3 billion people. Due to the wide occurrence of arsenic (As)
pollution in paddy soils and its efficient plant uptake, As in rice grains presents health risks …

Expressing ScACR3 in Rice Enhanced Arsenite Efflux and Reduced Arsenic Accumulation in Rice Grains

G Duan, T Kamiya, S Ishikawa, T Arao… - Plant and Cell …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Arsenic (As) accumulation in rice grain poses a serious health risk to populations with high
rice consumption. Extrusion of arsenite [As (III)] by ScAcr3p is the major arsenic …

Knocking Out OsPT4 Gene Decreases Arsenate Uptake by Rice Plants and Inorganic Arsenic Accumulation in Rice Grains

Y Cao, D Sun, H Ai, H Mei, X Liu, S Sun… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Arsenic (As) accumulation in rice grains poses health risk to humans. Plants including rice
take up arsenate (AsV) by phosphate transporters. In this study, rice phosphate transporter …

Engineering Arsenic Tolerance and Hyperaccumulation in Plants for Phytoremediation by a PvACR3 Transgenic Approach

Y Chen, W Xu, H Shen, H Yan, W Xu… - … Science & Technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Arsenic (As) pollution is a global problem, and the plant-based cleanup of contaminated
soils, called phytoremediation, is therefore of great interest. Recently, transgenic …

OsPT4 Contributes to Arsenate Uptake and Transport in Rice

Y Ye, P Li, T Xu, L Zeng, D Cheng, M Yang… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Arsenic (As) is toxic to organisms, and elevated As accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa) grain
may pose a significant health risk to humans. The predominant form of As in soil under …

Arsenic uptake and accumulation mechanisms in rice species

T Abedi, A Mojiri - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rice consumption is a source of arsenic (As) exposure, which poses serious health risks. In
this study, the accumulation of As in rice was studied. Research shows that As accumulation …

Decreasing arsenic accumulation in rice by overexpressing OsNIP1;1 and OsNIP3;3 through disrupting arsenite radial transport in roots

SK Sun, Y Chen, J Che, N Konishi, Z Tang… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Rice is a major dietary source of the toxic metalloid arsenic. Reducing arsenic accumulation
in rice grain is important for food safety. We generated transgenic rice overexpressing two …