In Site Bioimaging of Hydrogen Sulfide Uncovers Its Pivotal Role in Regulating Nitric Oxide-Induced Lateral Root Formation

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an important gasotransmitter in mammals. Despite physiological changes induced by exogenous H2S donor NaHS to plants, whether and how H2S works as a true cellular signal in plants need to be examined. A self-developed specific fluorescent probe (WSP-1) was applied to track endogenous H2S in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) roots in site. Bioimaging combined with pharmacological and biochemical approaches were used to investigate the cross-talk among H2S, nitric oxide (NO), and Ca2+ in regulating lateral root formation. Endogenous H2S accumulation was clearly associated with primordium initiation and lateral root emergence. NO donor SNP stimulated the generation of endogenous H2S and the expression of the gene coding for the enzyme responsible for endogenous H2S synthesis. Scavenging H2S or inhibiting H2S synthesis partially blocked SNP-induced lateral root formation and the expression of lateral root-related genes. The stimulatory effect of SNP on Ca2+ accumulation and CaM1 (calmodulin 1) expression could be abolished by inhibiting H2S synthesis. Ca2+ chelator or Ca2+ channel blocker attenuated NaHS-induced lateral root formation. Our study confirmed the role of H2S as a cellular signal in plants being a mediator between NO and Ca2+ in regulating lateral root formation.


Introduction
Hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) is considered as the third gasotransmitter in medical biology after nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO) [1]. The clinical relevance of H 2 S as a signaling molecule has been highly appreciated in mammals [2][3][4]. In mammals and bacteria, two multifunctional pyridoxal 59-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzymes, cystathionine c-lyase (CSE) and cystathionine b-synthase (CBS), are demonstrated to be the major sources of endogenous H 2 S production [5]. H 2 S can also be produced by 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (3SMT) along with cysteine aminotransferase (CAT) in brain [6]. In plants H 2 S is considered to be a by-product from cysteine desulfuration catalyzed by L -cysteine desulfhydrase (LCD, EC4.4.1.1) and Dcysteine desulfhydrase (DCD, EC4.4.1.15), both of which belonging to the PLP protein family [7]. Both genes (LCD and DCD) have been characterized in Arabidopsis [8]. A recent study suggests that O-acetylserine(thiol)lyase (OASTL), a cysteine synthase-like protein, also possesses the activity of cysteine desulfuration [9].
The detailed studies in the biological role of H 2 S in plants are very limited compared to those in mammals [10]. Exogenous application of NaHS, a H 2 S donor, confers the tolerance of plants to oxidative stress [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. H 2 S is also proposed to be involved in regulating stomatal closure [21][22][23], photosynthesis [24], and seed germination [25,26]. However, the major challenge of identifying the nature of H 2 S as a plant signaling molecule is the lack of data of tracking endogenous H 2 S in site in plants. The traditional approaches of determining H 2 S from biological tissues include colorimetric in-tube assay [27], sulfide electrode assay [21], and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry [28]. These methods require tissue pre-processing (e.g. homogenization), leading to the unavoidable loss of H 2 S. Therefore, in the last two years, a group of chemists have developed some specific fluorescent probes for capturing and tracking H 2 S in vivo through instantaneous bioimaging [29], which show great potential for revealing the biological behavior of H 2 S. However, the application of these probes in biological study, especially for plants, is rarely reported.
NO-modulated lateral root formation is a well characterized signaling event in plants [30,31]. NO can modulate the expression of cell cycle regulatory genes (e.g. CYCD and CDKA), which are essential for lateral root initiation from primordia [32,33]. The key of lateral root formation is lateral root emergence, which is a process that new primordia break through the outer layer cells from primary roots [33]. Auxin has been confirmed as a regulatory star in this process by positively regulating Auxin Response Factors (ARFs) (e.g. ARF4/7/19) [33][34][35] and endogenous NO [30]. In addition, a recent study suggests that cytosolic Ca 2+ combined with its sensor calmodulin (CaM) acts downstream of NO during lateral root formation [36]. The auxin-NO signaling event has been considered to play a vital role in regulating lateral root growth, but the detailed regulatory network needs to be illuminated by mining novel components. The biological interplay among H 2 S, NO, and Ca 2+ has been well investigated in mammals [37,38]. Thus, it is of interest to study whether and how H 2 S acts as a gasotransmitter in NO signaling cassette for the regulation of lateral root formation. WSP-1 (Washington State Probe-1) is a self-developed fluorescent probe for detecting H 2 S within living cells with high-sensitivity and selectivity [39,40]. In the present study, tracking and bioimaging endogenous H 2 S with WSP-1 in plant cells provide direct evidence that H 2 S is a novel regulator in NO-modulated lateral root formation. This study confirmed the role of H 2 S as a cellular signal molecule in plant signaling events.

Plant culture and treatments
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum, Suhong2003 wild type) seeds were surface-sterilized with 1% NaClO for 10 min followed by washing with distilled water. Seeds were germinated in Petri dishes on filter papers imbibed with distilled water. Then the selected identical seedlings with radicles 1.5 cm were transferred to another Petri dish containing various treatment solutions in a chamber with a photosynthetic active radiation of 200 mmol/m 2 /s, a photoperiod of 12 h, and the temperature at 2561uC. SNP (sodium nitroprusside) and GSNO (S-Nitrosoglutathione) as NO donors were applied at concentrations of 0.05-0.4 mM and 0.5 mM, respectively. The 0.1 mM of cPTIO [2-(4-carboxy-2phenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylinidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide] was applied as NO scavenger. The 0.2-2 mM of NaHS (sodium hydrosulphide) was applied as H 2 S donor. PAG ( DL -propargylglicine) (0.1 mM) and HT (hypotaurine) (0.1 mM) are H 2 S biosynthesis inhibitors and H 2 S scavengers, respectively. Na 2 SO 4 , Na 2 SO 3 , and NaHSO 3 at the concentration of 2 mM are applied as NaHS homologues to identify the specificity for NaHS as H 2 S donor. EGTA [ethylene glycol-bis(2-aminoethylether)-N,N,N,Ntetraacetic acid] (0.1 mM) and LaCL 3 (0.5 mM) are Ca 2+ chelators and Ca 2+ channel blockers, respectively. The treatment solution is composed of different chemicals as mentioned above according to the experimental design. After treatments, the roots were washed with distilled water for physiological, histochemical, and biochemical analysis.

Histochemical detection of endogenous H 2 S and cytosolic Ca 2+ in vivo
Intracellular NO was visualized using DAF-FM DA (3-Amino, 4-aminomethyl-29,79-difluorescein, diacetate) fluorescent probe described by Guo et al [41]. The roots of seedlings after treatment were transferred to 20 mM of Hepes-NaOH (pH 7.5) buffer solution containing 15 mM of DAF-FM DA. After being incubated in darkness at 25uC for 15 min, the roots were rinsed with distilled water for three times and were visualized (excitation 490 nm and emission 525 nm) by a fluorescence microscope (ECLIPSE, TE2000-S, Nikon).
The cytosolic Ca 2+ was visualized using Ca 2+ -sensitive fluorescent probe Fluo-3 AM. Similarly, the probe was loaded to roots in 20 mM Hepes-NaOH (pH 7.5) buffer solution containing 15 mM of Fluo-3 AM in darkness at 25uC for 30 min. Then, the fluorescent image was captured using a fluorescence microscope with 488/525 nm and an excitation/emission filter set (ECLIPSE, TE2000-S, Nikon).
The relative fluorescent density of the fluorescent images was analyzed using Image-Pro Plus 6.0 (Media Cybernetics, Inc.).

Analysis of transcripts
Semiquantitative RT-PCR was performed with the total RNA for the transcription analysis. Total RNA was extracted from root samples using Trizol (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Reverse transcription was performed at 42uC in a 25 ml reaction mixture including 3 mg of RNA, 0.5 mg of oligo(dT) primers, 12.5 nmol of dNTPs, 20 units of RNase inhibitor and 200 units of MLV. The first cDNA was used as a template for PCR to analyze the transcripts of genes. The total 25 ml of PCR reaction mixture in Tris-HCl buffer (pH 8.3, 10 mM) was composed of 1 ml of normalized cDNA template, 10 pmol of sense primer, 10 pmol of antisense primer, 5 nmol of dNTPs, 32.5 nmol of Mg 2+ , and 0.5 U of Tag DNA polymerase. PCR was performed as follows: 95uC for 3 min, 30 cycles at 94uC for 30 s, different annealing temperature for 30 s, 68uC for 1.5 min, and a final extension step at 68uC for 7 min. All the tested genes were retrieved from tomato genome (Sol Genomics Network, http:// solgenomics.net/organism/Solanum_lycopersicum/genome) or NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information, http:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/). The following primers and annealing temperatures were used to amplify the genes:

Statistical analysis
Each result was presented as the mean of at least three replicated measurements. The significant differences between treatments were statistically evaluated by standard deviation and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) using Microsoft Excel 2010 (Microsoft Corporation, USA). The data between different treatments were compared statistically by ANOVA, followed by Ftest if the ANOVA result is significant at P,0.05.

NO induced lateral root formation
NO donors were used to assess the regulatory effect of NO on tomato lateral root formation. The NO donor SNP stimulated lateral root growth in both dose-and time-dependent manner (Figure 1a and b). On the contrary, treatments with NO scavenger cPTIO alone remarkably inhibited lateral root formation (Figure 1c and d). Another NO donor GSNO could stimulate lateral root formation as well (Figure 1c and d). However, the addition of cPTIO could abolish the promoting effect of both NO donors on lateral roots (Figure 1c and d). These results confirmed the promoting effect of NO on tomato lateral root formation.

WSP-1 can be used for the selective detection of H 2 S in tomato root
In order to investigate the potential of WSP-1 in the detection of H 2 S in plant system, tomato roots treated with NaHS at different concentrations (0.2, 0.4, and 2 mM) were loaded with WSP-1. These concentrations were within the range of those that have been used to elicit physiological responses of H 2 S in plants [19,20,24,42]. The strong fluorescent density was observed in roots in the presence of NaHS in a dose-dependent manner (Figure 2a and b). This result was similar to the detection of H 2 S with WSP-1 in mammalian system [40]. To further identify the selectivity of WSP-1 probe for H 2 S, several kinds of reactive sulfur species (e.g. sulfane sulfur, inorganic sulfur derivatives, ploysulfide, sulfenic acid derivative, and S-nitrosothiol) were detected in solution. As expected, compared to the significant fluorescence signal yielded from the reaction of WSP-1 with NaHS solution, other tested reactive sulfur species did not lead to significant fluorescence increase (Figure 2c). Analysis of fluorescent density showed that several sulfur compounds (e.g. NaHSO 4 , Na 2 SO 4 , Na 2 S 2 O 4 , and sulfonamide) had little fluorescence, but their values are too small as compared with NaHS ( Figure 2d). These results suggested that WSP-1 could be used for the selective detection of endogenous H 2 S in tomato roots. Endogenous H 2 S was involved in lateral root formation Next, we investigate the link between lateral root emergency and endogenous H 2 S. The bright green fluorescence of WSP-1 was clearly linked to the primordium initiation and lateral root emergence (Figure 3a). In a cross section of primary roots with lateral root primoidium, the fluorescence of WSP-1 was clearly concentrated in the region of primordium (Figure 3b). To further ascertain the role of H 2 S in regulating lateral root formation, we measured lateral root number by altering endogenous H 2 S level in roots. Both H 2 S biosynthesis inhibitor PAG and H 2 S scavenger HT induced significant decreases in lateral root number (Figure 3c and e). However, the treatment with NaHS significantly enhanced lateral root number compared to the control (Figure 3c and e). Treatments with several homologues of Na or S (e.g. Na 2 SO 4 , Na 2 SO 3 , and NaHSO 3 ) did not affect lateral root number (Figure 3d and f), suggesting that NaHS-released H 2 S contributed to the promotion of lateral root formation. This was further confirmed by in vivo fluorescent detection of endogenous H 2 S level in roots. Both PAG and HT led to the significant decrease in endogenous H 2 S levels (Figure 3g and h). NaHS, but not its homologues, remarkably enhanced endogenous H 2 S level in roots (Figure 3g and h).

NO induced lateral root formation by regulating endogenous H 2 S generation
To determine the role of H 2 S in NO-induced lateral root formation, we first investigated the effect of NO donors on the generation of endogenous H 2 S in roots detected by WSP-1. Treatments with NO scavenger cPTIO induced a significant decrease in endogenous H 2 S level in roots (Figure 4a and b). Two NO donors (SNP and GSNO) stimulated the generation of endogenous H 2 S, which could be blocked by the addition of cPTIO (Figure 4a and b). SNP stimulated the generation of endogenous NO and H 2 S in dose-dependent manners (Figure 4c).
Since NO was able to stimulate H 2 S generation in tomato roots, it is essential to know whether NO-governed H 2 S generation is able to manipulate lateral root formation. The addition of NaHS reversed the inhibitory effect of cPTIO on lateral root formation (Figure 4d and f). Furthermore, the addition of PAG abolished the stimulatory effect of SNP on lateral root formation (Figure 4e and g). These effects could be observed in the emergence of lateral root primordia as well (Figure 4h and i). Then we tested the effect of the interplay between NO and H 2 S on the expression of four genes related to lateral root emergence, including two cell cycle regulatory genes (CYCD3;1 and CDKA1) and two ARF genes (ARF4 and ARF7). As expected, both SNP and NaHS could stimulate the expression of these genes while the addition of PAG could block the stimulatory effect of SNP (Figure 4j and k).

Ca 2+ /CaM1 acted downstream of H 2 S in NO-induced lateral root formation
By using Fluo-3 AM to detect cytosolic Ca 2+ in tomato roots, we found that both SNP and NaHS stimulated the accumulation of cytosolic Ca 2+ in roots while the addition of PAG reversed the (c-f) The roots of three-day old tomato seedlings were exposed to NaHS (2 mM), PAG (0.1 mM), HT (0.1 mM), Na 2 SO 4 (2 mM), Na 2 SO 3 (2 mM), and NaHSO 3 (2 mM) for 6 days for photographing root phenotype (c-d) and measuring lateral root numbers (e-f). Vertical bars represent the standard deviations of the mean (n = 6). (g-h) The roots of three-day old tomato seedlings were exposed to NaHS (2 mM), PAG (0.1 mM), HT (0.1 mM), Na 2 SO 4 (2 mM), Na 2 SO 3 (2 mM), and NaHSO 3 (2 mM) for 3 days. Then, the roots were loaded with WSP-1 for fluorescent imaging (g) and the calculation of relative fluorescent density (h). Vertical bars represent standard deviations of the mean (n = 3). Asterisk indicates that mean values are significantly different (P,0.05) between the treatment and the control. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090340.g003 Then, the roots were loaded with WSP-1 for fluorescent imaging (a) and the calculation of relative fluorescent density (b). Vertical bars represent standard deviations of the mean (n = 3). (c) The roots of three-day old tomato seedlings were exposed to 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.4 mM of SNP for 3 days. Then, the roots were loaded with DAF-FM DA and WSP-1 for fluorescent imaging, respectively. (d-g) The roots of three-day old tomato seedlings were exposed to cPTIO (0.1 mM), cPTIO (0.1 mM) + NaHS (2 mM), SNP (0.2 mM), and SNP (0.2 mM) + PAG (0.1 mM) for 6 days for photographing root phenotype (d-e) and measuring lateral root number (f-g). (h-i) The roots of three-day old tomato seedlings were exposed to cPTIO (0.1 mM), cPTIO (0.1 mM) + NaHS (2 mM), SNP (0.2 mM), and SNP (0.2 mM) + PAG (0.1 mM) for 2 days for the measurement of lateral root primordia. Vertical bars represent standard deviations of the mean (n = 6). (j) The roots of three-day old tomato seedlings were exposed to SNP (0.2 mM), NaHS (2 mM), and SNP (0.2 mM)+PAG (0.1 mM) for 2 days for the analysis of genes transcripts. (k) Quantitative analysis of genes transcript levels under different treatment conditions. The data were obtained by densitometric analysis of the relative abundance of the transcripts with respect to the loading control Actin. Asterisk indicates that mean values are significantly different (P,0.05) between the treatment and the control. Actin was used for cDNA normalization. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090340.g004  (a-c) The roots of three-day old tomato seedlings were exposed to SNP (0.2 mM), NaHS (2 mM), and SNP (0.2 mM) + PAG (0.1 mM) for 4 days. Then, the roots were loaded with Fluo-3 AM for fluorescent imaging (a) and the calculation of relative fluorescent density (b). Vertical bars represent standard deviations of the mean (n = 3). The roots were also used for the analysis of the CaM1 transcripts (c). (d) Quantitative analysis of CaM1 transcript levels under different treatment conditions. The data were obtained by densitometric analysis of the relative abundance of the transcripts with respect to the loading control Actin. (e-f) The roots of three-day old tomato seedlings were exposed to NaHS (2 mM), NaHS (2 mM)+La 3+ (0.5 mM), and NaHS (2 mM)+EGTA (0.1 mM) for 6 days for photographing root phenotype (e) and measuring lateral root numbers (f). Vertical bars represent standard deviations of the mean (n = 6). (g) The roots of three-day old tomato seedlings were exposed to NaHS (2 mM), NaHS (2 mM)+La 3+ (0.5 mM), and NaHS (2 mM)+EGTA (0.1 mM) for 2 days for the analysis of genes transcripts. (h) Quantitative of genes transcript levels under different treatment conditions. The data were obtained by densitometric analysis of of the relative abundance of the transcripts with respect to the loading control Actin. Asterisk indicates that mean values are significantly different (P,0.05) between different treatments. Actin was used for cDNA normalization. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090340.g005 stimulatory effect of SNP and NaHS (Figure 5a and b). The changes in the CaM1 expression showed similar patterns with cytosolic Ca 2+ under the above treatments (Figure 5c and d).
Next, we determined the cross-talk between H 2 S and Ca 2+ on lateral root formation. As expected, both Ca 2+ channel blocker La 3+ and Ca 2+ chelator EGTA could abolish the stimulatory effect of NaHS on lateral root formation (Figure 5e and f) and the expression of CYCD3;1, CDKA1, ARF4, and ARF7 (Figure 5g and h).

Discussion
In plants, both NO and CO have been already identified as vital signaling molecules participating in an array of intrinsic signaling events [43,44]. But the biology of H 2 S in plants is not well understood. Many physiological changes in plants resulting from the exposure of exogenous H 2 S have been summarized by Lisjak et al. [10]. In order to identify whether H 2 S is a true cellular signal in plants, the in site concentration and the locality of endogenous H 2 S in plants need to be determined [10]. In the present study, we overcome the obstacle of tracking endogenous H 2 S in plants in site. The endogenous H 2 S in tomato roots have been successfully detected in site by specific fluorescent probe WSP-1, which provides the direct evidence supporting the interplay among NO, H 2 S, and Ca 2+ in regulating lateral root formation.
Basically, we provide three lines of evidence indicating that H 2 S is an important messenger operating downstream of NO during lateral root formation in tomato seedlings. First, endogenous H 2 S accumulation accompanies with lateral root emergency while lateral root formation is positively correlated with the changes of endogenous H 2 S concentration in pharmacological experiments. Second, PAG-or HT-induced decreases in endogenous H 2 S blocked NO-induced lateral root formation. Third, PAG is able to attenuate the stimulatory effect of NO on cytosolic Ca 2+ accumulation and CaM1 transcripts. Both Ca 2+ channel blocker and Ca 2+ chelator can inhibit H 2 S-induced lateral root formation.
The development of specific fluorescent probes provides a powerful tool for studying the biological function of gasotransmitters. WSP-1 has been demonstrated to be efficient fluorescence probe for selectively detecting H 2 S in mammalian system [40]. Whether WSP-1 is suitable for the detection of H 2 S in plants remains unclear because of the abundant reactive sulfur species in plants [45]. In the present study, NaHS, but not other five kinds of tested reactive sulfur species, can react with WSP-1 to produce significant fluorescence in vitro. Tomato roots treated with NaHS showed well-increased fluorescence detected by WSP-1. These evidences support that WSP-1 shows great potential for selectively detecting H 2 S in tomato roots. Our study widens the application of WSP-1 for detecting H 2 S in biological system.
According to the detection of endogenous NO using famous fluorescent probe DAF-2 DA, NO accumulation is clearly associated to lateral root primodium initiation [30]. Interestingly, the link between endogenous H 2 S accumulation and primodium emergence has been established successfully with using specific fluorescent probe WSP-1 in the present study. Based on our data, the endogenously generated NO induced lateral root formation through endogenous H 2 S generation. This can be confirmed by the fact that the decreases in the concentration of endogenous NO and H 2 S caused the inhibition of lateral root formation while treatment with NO donor SNP enhanced the concentration of endogenous NO, resulting in the increase in the concentration of endogenous H 2 S in roots. The promoting effect of NO on lateral root formation has been well characterized by Correa-Aragunde et al [30]. Here, we demonstrate that H 2 S is a new component of the signaling event for NO-induced lateral root formation, and that H 2 S acts downstream of NO signal. But Zhang et al. has reported that H 2 S may act upstream of NO in inducing adventitious root formation. However, a possible feedback regulation of H 2 S by NO has also been suggested because plant roots treated with SNP maintained higher levels of endogenous H 2 S in comparison to control [46]. Our present study provides the detailed evidence that NO induces lateral root formation by regulating endogenous H 2 S. Therefore, it can be proposed that H 2 S is required for root organogenesis by functioning probably both upstream and downstream of NO. However, whether and how NO induces H 2 S generation by regulating LCD or DCD in tomato roots remains to be further investigated.
The function of Ca 2+ as a mediator in NO-induced lateral root formation of Arabidopsis has recently been studied by Wang et al [36]. In tobacco suspension cultured cells, the application of Ca 2+ chelator or CaM antagonists can decrease NaHS-induced heat tolerance, supporting that Ca 2+ may act downstream of H 2 S [13]. Here we suggests that H 2 S is a mediator between NO and Ca 2+ in lateral root development of tomato plants by fluorescently bioimaging intracellular H 2 S and cytosolic Ca 2+ . In the vascular tissues of mammals, H 2 S-induced cytosolic Ca 2+ rise is attributed to Ca 2+ release from multiple intracellular sources rather than extracellular Ca 2+ influx [38]. The different regulatory styles of cytosolic Ca 2+ by H 2 S between plants and mammals would be an interesting topic to be investigated further.
H 2 S regulates various physiological processes by targeting K ATP channels in mammals. H 2 S is an endogenous opener of K ATP channels by interacting with Cys6 and Cys26 in rvSUR1 (Sulphonylurea Receptor 1) subunit of K ATP channel complex through S-sulfhydration [47]. In plants, MRP5 (Multidrug Resistance-associated Protein 5) is a homologue of mammalian SUR [48]. In Arabidopsis, AtMRP5 not only works as an auxin conjugate transporter in modulating lateral root formation but also acts as a regulator of Ca 2+ channel in regulating guard cell signaling [49,50]. MRP5 can be possibly regulated by H 2 S due to the fact that the treatment with Gli (glibenclamide), a typical SUR inhibitor, blocks NaHS-induced stomatal closure [21]. Thus, whether H 2 S regulates Ca 2+ signaling through the S-sulfhydration of MRP5 during lateral root formation needs to be further investigated. In addition, NO may induce Ca 2+ influx by posttranscriptionally modified Ca 2+ channel proteins directly [51,52]. Therefore, it is possible that NO may act parallelly with H 2 S in inducing cytosolic Ca 2+ .
The biology of H 2 S in mammals has been significantly advanced, but mining the signaling role of H 2 S in plants is just emerging. Based on our observation, a model could be proposed of the crosstalk between NO and H 2 S in regulating lateral root formation ( Figure 6). The current regulatory network involving NO, H 2 S, and Ca 2+ in regulating later root formation is largely unknown, but our data suggest that H 2 S acting between NO and Ca 2+ is one of the possible signaling pathway in the complicated network for the regulation of lateral root formation. However, a possible feedback mechanism between NO and H 2 S maybe operating for the induction of lateral root formation. Our present study is the first report of bioimaging endogenous H 2 S in plants, which provides the direct evidence of identifying H 2 S as a true cellular signaling molecule in regulating lateral root formation. These results not only propose a novel component in lateral root signaling but also shed new light on the study of the biological role of H 2 S in plants.