methyl-jasmonate and gibberellic-acid

Plant hormones are signal molecules of different chemical structure, secreted by plant cells and acting at low concentrations as regulators of plant growth and differentiation. Certain plant hormones are similar to animal hormones or can be produced by animal cells. A number of studies show that the effect of biologically active components of plant origin including plant/phytohormones is much wider than was previously thought, but so far there are no objective criteria for assessing the influence of phytohormones on the physiological state of animal cells. Presented in the survey data show that plant hormones, which have different effects on plant growth and development (jasmonic, abscisic and gibberellic acids), are not neutral to the cells of animal origin, and animal cells response to them may be either positive or negative.

Topics: Abscisic Acid; Acetates; Animals; Apoptosis; Cell Line; Cyclopentanes; Fibroblasts; Gibberellins; Humans; Linoleic Acids; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; Mice; Oxylipins; Plant Growth Regulators; Signal Transduction; Swine; Toxoplasma

The role played by phytohormone signaling in the modulation of DNA repair gene and the resulting effects on plant adaptation to genotoxic stress are poorly investigated. Information has been gathered using the Arabidopsis ABA (abscisic acid) overly sensitive mutant abo4-1, defective in the DNA polymerase ε function that is required for DNA repair and recombination. Similarly, phytohormone-mediated regulation of the Ku genes, encoding the Ku heterodimer protein involved in DNA repair, cell cycle control and telomere homeostasis has been demonstrated, highlighting a scenario in which hormones might affect genome stability by modulating the frequency of homologous recombination, favoring plant adaptation to genotoxic stress. Within this context, the characterisation of Arabidopsis AtKu mutants allowed disclosing novel connections between DNA repair and phytohormone networks. Another intriguing aspect deals with the emerging correlation between plant defense response and the mechanisms responsible for genome stability. There is increasing evidence that systemic acquired resistance (SAR) and homologous recombination share common elements represented by proteins involved in DNA repair and chromatin remodeling. This hypothesis is supported by the finding that volatile compounds, such as methyl salicylate (MeSA) and methyl jasmonate (MeJA), participating in the plant-to-plant communication can trigger genome instability in response to genotoxic stress agents. Phytohormone-mediated control of genome stability involves also chromatin remodeling, thus expanding the range of molecular targets. The present review describes the most significant advances in this specific research field, in the attempt to provide a better comprehension of how plant hormones modulate DNA repair proteins as a function of stress.

Topics: Abscisic Acid; Acetates; Cyclopentanes; DNA Repair; Gibberellins; Models, Biological; Oxylipins; Plant Growth Regulators; Salicylates; Salicylic Acid; Signal Transduction

Adventitious root (AR) formation is a bottleneck for the mass propagation of apple rootstocks, and water stress severely restricts it. Different hormones and sugar signaling pathways in apple clones determine AR formation under water stress, but these are not entirely understood. To identify them, GL-3 stem cuttings were cultured on polyethylene glycol (PEG) treatment. The AR formation was dramatically decreased compared with the PEG-free control (CK) cuttings by increasing the endogenous contents of abscisic acid (ABA), zeatin riboside (ZR), and methyl jasmonate (JA-me) and reducing the indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and gibberellic acid 3 (GA3) contents. We performed a transcriptomic analysis to identify the responses behind the phenotype. A total of 3204 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified between CK and PEG, with 1702 upregulated and 1502 downregulated genes. Investigation revealed that approximately 312 DEGs were strongly enriched in hormone signaling, sugar metabolism, root development, and cell cycle-related pathways. Thus, they were selected for their possible involvement in adventitious rooting. However, the higher accumulation of ABA, ZR, and JA-me contents and the upregulation of their related genes, as well as the downregulation of sugar metabolism-related genes, lead to the inhibition of ARs. These results indicate that AR formation is a complicated biological process chiefly influenced by multiple hormonal signaling pathways and sugar metabolism. This is the first study to demonstrate how PEG inhibits AR formation in apple plants.

Topics: Abscisic Acid; Acetates; Cyclopentanes; Dehydration; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gibberellins; Indoleacetic Acids; Isopentenyladenosine; Malus; Oxylipins; Plant Proteins; Plant Roots; Polyethylene Glycols; Sequence Analysis, RNA

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Topics: Animals; Glutathione; Hemiptera; Hormones; Hydrogen Peroxide; Oryza

Polyphenol oxidases (PPOs) as inducible defense proteins, contribute to tea (Camellia sinensis) resistance against tea geometrid larvae (Ectropis grisescens), and this resistance has been associated with the jasmonic acid (JA) signaling by testing geometrid performance in our previous work. However, the regulation of PPO-based defense by JA and other hormone signaling underlying these defense responses is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the role of phytohormones in regulating the PPO response to tea geometrids. We profiled levels of defense hormones, PPO activity and CsPPO genes in leaves infested with tea geometrids. Then, hormone levels were manipulated by exogenous application of methyl jasmonate (MeJA), gibberellin acid (GA

Topics: Abscisic Acid; Acetates; Animals; Antibiosis; Camellia sinensis; Catechol Oxidase; Cyclopentanes; Gibberellins; Herbivory; Larva; Moths; Oxylipins; Plant Growth Regulators; Plant Proteins; Signal Transduction

MIR396b had been cloned and overexpressed in Salvia miltiorrhiza hairy roots. MiR396b targets SmGRFs, SmHDT1, and SmMYB37/4 to regulate cell growth and secondary metabolism in S. miltiorrhiza hairy roots. Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge) is a valuable medicinal herb with two kinds of clinically used natural products, salvianolic acids and tanshinones. miR396 is a conserved microRNA and plays extensive roles in plants. However, it is still unclear how miR396 works in S. miltiorrhiza. In this study, an smi-MIR396b has been cloned from S. miltiorrhiza. Overexpression of miR396b in danshen hairy roots inhibited hairy root growth, reduced salvianolic acid concentration, but enhanced tanshinone accumulation, resulting in the biomass and total salvianolic acids respectively reduced to 55.5 and 72.1% of the control and total tanshinones increased up to 1.91-fold of the control. Applied degradome sequencing, 5'RLM-RACE, and qRT-PCR, 13 targets for miR396b were identified including seven conserved SmGRF1-7 and six novel ones. Comparative transcriptomics and microRNomics analysis together with qRT-PCR results confirmed that miR396b targets SmGRFs, SmHDT1, and SmMYB37/4 to mediate the phytohormone, especially gibberellin signaling pathways and consequentially resulted in the phenotype variation of miR396b-OE hairy roots. Furthermore, miR396b could be activated by methyl jasmonate, abscisic acid, gibberellin, salt, and drought stresses. The findings in this study indicated that smi-miR396b acts as an upstream and central regulator in cell growth and the biosynthesis of tanshinones and salvianolic acids, shedding light on the coordinated regulation of plant growth and biosynthesis of active ingredients in S. miltiorrhiza.

Topics: Abietanes; Abscisic Acid; Acetates; Alkenes; Anthocyanins; Binding Sites; Biomass; Cell Proliferation; Cyclopentanes; Droughts; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gene Ontology; Gene Regulatory Networks; Gibberellins; MicroRNAs; Oxylipins; Phylogeny; Plant Proteins; Plant Roots; Plants, Genetically Modified; Polyphenols; Propanols; RNA Stability; Salt Stress; Salvia miltiorrhiza; Secondary Metabolism; Terpenes; Transcription Factors; Transcription, Genetic; Transcriptome

Cordyceps militaris is a mushroom species with high nutritive and medicinal values based on diverse bioactive metabolites. The contents of bioactive ingredients are indicative of the quality of commercially available fruit body of this fungus. Although the application of biotic elicitors has been an efficient strategy to induce the accumulation of valuable bioactive compounds in vivo, related research in C. militaris is rarely reported. In this study, five biotic elicitors in different concentrations (0.05, 0.5, 1, and 2 mg/mL), including chitosan (CHT), 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), methyl jasmonate (MeJA), gibberellic acid (GA), and triacontanol (TRIA), were first introduced to enhance the production of 10 kinds of major bioactive components in the fruit body of C. militaris. Results showed that the effect of biotic elicitors on bioactive compounds in the fruit body of C. militaris was elicitor-specific and concentration-dependent. Overall, 1 mg/L CHT was considered the most favorable for the production of 10 bioactive ingredients in C. militaris fruit body, which could increase the content of protein, polysaccharides, polyphenol, triterpenoids, flavonoids, cordyceps acid, cordycepin, and anthocyanins by 20.38-, 1.41-, 0.7-, 0.47-, 11.90-, 1.09-, 0.34-, and 2.64-fold, respectively, compared with the control. The results of this study would provide an efficient strategy for the production of a superior quality fruit body of and contribute to further elucidation of the effects of biotic elicitors on metabolite accumulation in C. militaris.

Topics: Acetates; Adenosine; Agaricales; Chitosan; Cordyceps; Cyclopentanes; Deoxyadenosines; Fruiting Bodies, Fungal; Gibberellins; Oxylipins; Plant Extracts; Plant Growth Regulators; Polysaccharides

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Topics: Abscisic Acid; Acetates; Camellia sinensis; Cyclopentanes; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gibberellins; Oxylipins; Plant Proteins; Signal Transduction; Transcription Factors

Microtubules are important components of eukaryotic cells, and they play vital roles in cell morphogenesis, carrying of signaling molecules, transport of materials, and establishing the cell polarity. During bolting of biennial plants, cell division and elongation are involved, and cell elongation inevitably involves the microtubules arrangement and expression of related genes. So we deduce that it is of great significance to figure out the mechanism of bolting and flowering in which TUA genes are involved. In the present study, bioinformatic methods were used to predict and identify the α-tubulin gene family (BrTUAs) in Brassica rapa L. ssp pekinensis (Chinese cabbage) through the alignment of AtTUA gene sequence from Arabidopsis thaliana with the B. rapa genome database (http://brassicadb.org/brad/) using the basic local alignment search tool. The change in the structure and functions of BrTUAs during the process of evolution, cis-acting elements in the promoter sequences of BrTUAs, and the expression of the identified genes was also analyzed. Twelve members of the α-tubulin gene family were identified from Chinese cabbage. The gene length, intron, exon, and promoter regions were determined to have changed significantly during the genome evolution. Only five of the 12 members were encoded completely and were observed to differ in their spatial and temporal expression. The five BrTUA promoter sequences contained different numbers of cis-elements responsive to light and low-temperature response, cis-elements responsive among which hormonal responses were significantly different. We also report that the BrTUAs were involved in the regulation of the bolting in Chinese cabbage, and propose that this process could be controlled by regulating the expression of BrTUAs.

Topics: Acetates; Arabidopsis; Base Sequence; Brassica rapa; Cyclopentanes; Exons; Flowers; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Genome, Plant; Gibberellins; Introns; Microtubules; Molecular Sequence Data; Oxylipins; Paclitaxel; Plant Development; Plant Growth Regulators; Plant Proteins; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Protein Isoforms; Sequence Alignment; Tubulin

Small rubber particle protein (SRPP) is a major component of Hevea brasiliensis latex, and obviously participates in the biosynthesis of natural rubber. However, little information is available about regulation of SRPP gene expression. In this study, the promoter region of HbSRPP was isolated and characterized. Its sequence included regulatory elements predicted to be responsive to hormones and other environmental cues. Promoter deletion analysis revealed that 219 nucleotides (nt) upstream of the transcription start site were sufficient for expression. The region from -1,055 to -219 nt positively regulated expression induced by methyl jasmonate (MeJA), abscisic acid (ABA), and wounding; the region from -734 to -528 nt positively regulated expression induced by gibberellic acid (GA); the region from -734 to -219 nt positively regulated expression induced by heat; the region from -1,055 to -4 negatively regulated expression induced by cold; the region from -219 to -4 nt was associated with negative regulation of expression induced by ABA and wounding; the region from -528 to -4 nt negatively regulated expression induced by GA. These results suggest the activity of the HbSRPP promoter is regulated by MeJA, ABA, GA, cold, heat, and wounding.

Topics: Abscisic Acid; Acetates; Antigens, Plant; Cloning, Molecular; Cyclopentanes; DNA Primers; Fluorometry; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gibberellins; Glucuronidase; Hevea; Histocytochemistry; Nicotiana; Oxylipins; Plant Proteins; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Temperature

Plant cells respond to cold stress via a regulatory mechanism leading to enhanced cold acclimation accompanied by growth retardation. The C-repeat binding factor (CBF) signaling pathway is essential for cold response of flowering plants. Our previously study documented a novel CBF-like gene from the cold-tolerant Capsella bursa-pastoris named CbCBF, which was responsive to chilling temperatures. Here, we show that CbCBF expression is obviously responsive to chilling, freezing, abscisic acid, gibberellic acid (GA), indoleacetic acid or methyl jasmonate treatments and that the CbCBF:GFP fusion protein was localized to the nucleus. In addition, CbCBF overexpression conferred to the cold-sensitive tobacco plants enhanced tolerance to chilling and freezing, as well as dwarfism and delayed flowering. The leaf cells of CbCBF overexpression tobacco lines attained smaller sizes and underwent delayed cell division with reduced expression of cyclin D genes. The dwarfism of CbCBF transformants can be partially restored by GA application. Consistently, CbCBF overexpression reduced the bioactive gibberellin contents and disturbed the expression of gibberellin metabolic genes in tobacco. Meanwhile, cold induced CbCBF expression and cold tolerance in C. bursa-pastoris are reduced by GA. We conclude that CbCBF confers cold resistance and growth inhibition to tobacco cells by interacting with gibberellin and cell cycle pathways, likely through activation of downstream target genes.

Topics: Abscisic Acid; Acetates; Adaptation, Physiological; Capsella; Cell Cycle; Cloning, Molecular; Cold Temperature; Cyclins; Cyclopentanes; Gibberellins; Indoleacetic Acids; Nicotiana; Oxylipins; Phylogeny; Plant Proteins; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

Pharmacological investigations position withanolides as important bioactive molecules demanding their enhanced production. Therefore, one of the pivotal aims has been to gain knowledge about complete biosynthesis of withanolides in terms of enzymatic and regulatory genes of the pathway. However, the pathway remains elusive at the molecular level. P450s monooxygenases play a crucial role in secondary metabolism and predominantly help in functionalizing molecule core structures including withanolides.. In an endeavor towards identification and characterization of different P450s, we here describe molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of two A-type P450s, WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A from Withania somnifera. Full length cDNAs of WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A have open reading frames of 1536 and 1545 bp encoding 511 (58.0 kDa) and 515 (58.7 kDa) amino acid residues, respectively. Entire coding sequences of WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A cDNAs were expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) using pGEX4T-2 expression vector. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis indicated that both genes express widely in leaves, stalks, roots, flowers and berries with higher expression levels of WsCYP98A in stalks while WsCYP76A transcript levels were more obvious in roots. Further, transcript profiling after methyl jasmonate, salicylic acid, and gibberellic acid elicitations displayed differential transcriptional regulation of WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A. Copious transcript levels of both P450s correlated positively with the higher production of withanolides.. Two A-types P450 WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A were isolated, sequenced and heterologously expressed in E. coli. Both P450s are spatially regulated at transcript level showing differential tissue specificity. Exogenous elicitors acted as both positive and negative regulators of mRNA transcripts. Methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid resulted in copious expression of WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A. Enhanced mRNA levels also corroborated well with the increased accumulation of withanolides in response to elicitations. The empirical findings suggest that elicitors possibly incite defence or stress responses of the plant by triggering higher accumulation of withanolides.

Topics: Acetates; Amino Acid Sequence; Base Sequence; Cloning, Molecular; Cyclopentanes; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gibberellins; Molecular Sequence Data; Oxylipins; Phylogeny; Plant Growth Regulators; Plant Proteins; Salicylates; Sequence Alignment; Withania; Withanolides

Phytohormones control growth and development of plants. Their effects on the expression of nuclear genes are well investigated. Although they influence plastid-related processes, it is largely unknown whether phytohormones exert their control also by regulating the expression of plastid/chloroplast genes. We have therefore studied the effects of methyl jasmonate (MeJA), gibberellic acid (GA(3)), an auxin (indole-3-acetic acid, IAA), a brassinosteroid (24-epibrassinolide, BR) and a cytokinin (6-benzyladenine) on transcription (run-on assays) and transcript levels (RNA blot hybridization) of chloroplast genes after incubation of detached barley leaves in hormone solutions. BR was the only hormone without significant influence on chloroplast transcription. It showed, however, a weak reducing effect on transcript accumulation. MeJA, IAA and GA(3) repressed both transcription and transcript accumulation, while BA counteracted the effects of the other hormones. Effects of phytohormones on transcription differed in several cases from their influence on transcript levels suggesting that hormones may act via separate signaling pathways on transcription and transcript accumulation in chloroplasts. We observed striking differences in the response of chloroplast gene expression on phytohormones between the lower (young cells) and the upper segments (oldest cells) of barley leaves. Quantity and quality of the hormone effects on chloroplast gene expression seem to depend therefore on the age and/or developmental stage of the cells. As the individual chloroplast genes responded in different ways on phytohormone treatment, gene- and transcript-specific factors should be involved. Our data suggest that phytohormones adjust gene expression in the nucleo-cytoplasmic compartment and in plastids/chloroplasts in response to internal and external cues.

Topics: Acetates; Chloroplasts; Cyclopentanes; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Genes, Plant; Gibberellins; Hordeum; Indoleacetic Acids; Oxylipins; RNA, Messenger; Seedlings; Transcription, Genetic

Distillation waste water (DWW) is a by-product from steam distillation of essential-oil crops; and currently, it is discharged into streams and rivers. The effects of DWW from 13 essential-oil crops, extracts from two alkaloid-containing species, and three plant hormones (methyl jasmonate, MJ; gibberellic acid, GA3; and salicylic acid, SA) were evaluated on productivity, essential-oil content and composition of spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) cv. 'Native'.. Spearmint plant height was increased by the application of GA3 and Melissa officinalis DWW but suppressed by the application of Rosmarinus officinalis and Tagetes lucida DWW. Generally, MJ, GA3 and M. officinalis and Mentha arvensis DWW increased dry yields. The concentration of L-carvone in the oil ranged from 550 g kg(-1) (with Monarda citriodora DWW) to 670 g kg(-1) (with T. lucida DWW). M. citriodora DWW reduced the concentration of L-carvone in the oil by 23% relative to the control.. Results suggest that DWW from essential-oil crops may affect monoterpene synthesis in M. spicata and, hence, may have a direct effect on the essential oil composition. DWW from essential-oil crops may be used as a growth promoter and modifier of the essential oil composition of spearmint.

Topics: Acetates; Anti-Infective Agents; Antimalarials; Antiprotozoal Agents; Chemical Industry; Crops, Agricultural; Cyclohexane Monoterpenes; Cyclopentanes; Distillation; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Gibberellins; Industrial Waste; Melissa; Mentha spicata; Monoterpenes; Oils, Volatile; Oxylipins; Plant Growth Regulators; Rosmarinus; Salicylic Acid; Tagetes; Waste Disposal, Fluid

Viruses must create a suitable cell environment and elude defense mechanisms, which likely involves interactions with host proteins and subsequent interference with or usurpation of cellular machinery. Here, we describe a novel strategy used by plant DNA viruses (Geminiviruses) to redirect ubiquitination by interfering with the activity of the CSN (COP9 signalosome) complex. We show that geminiviral C2 protein interacts with CSN5, and its expression in transgenic plants compromises CSN activity on CUL1. Several responses regulated by the CUL1-based SCF ubiquitin E3 ligases (including responses to jasmonates, auxins, gibberellins, ethylene, and abscisic acid) are altered in these plants. Impairment of SCF function is confirmed by stabilization of yellow fluorescent protein-GAI, a substrate of the SCF(SLY1). Transcriptomic analysis of these transgenic plants highlights the response to jasmonates as the main SCF-dependent process affected by C2. Exogenous jasmonate treatment of Arabidopsis thaliana plants disrupts geminivirus infection, suggesting that the suppression of the jasmonate response might be crucial for infection. Our findings suggest that C2 affects the activity of SCFs, most likely through interference with the CSN. As SCFs are key regulators of many cellular processes, the capability of viruses to selectively interfere with or hijack the activity of these complexes might define a novel and powerful strategy in viral infections.

Topics: Acetates; Amino Acids, Cyclic; Arabidopsis; Arabidopsis Proteins; COP9 Signalosome Complex; Cullin Proteins; Cyclopentanes; DNA-Binding Proteins; Geminiviridae; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gibberellins; Mutation; Oxylipins; Phenotype; Plant Growth Regulators; Plant Roots; Plants, Genetically Modified; Recombinant Fusion Proteins; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; Ubiquitination; Ubiquitins; Viral Proteins

The microalga Haematococcus pluvialis accumulates astaxanthin in response to abiotic stresses. Since methyl jasmonate (MJ) and gibberellins A(3) (GA(3)) are involved in the stress responses of plants, the impact of these compounds on astaxanthin metabolism was studied. Alga cells treated separately with MJ and GA(3) accumulated more astaxanthin than the controls. MJ and GA(3) treatment increased the transcription of three beta-carotene ketolase genes (bkts). MJ- and GA(3)-responsive cis-acting elements were identified in the 5'-flanking regions of bkt genes. These results suggest that MJ and GA(3) constitute molecular signals in the network of astaxanthin accumulation. Induction of astaxanthin accumulation by MJ or GA(3) without any other stimuli presents an attractive application potential.

Topics: Acetates; Base Sequence; Cyclopentanes; DNA Primers; DNA, Complementary; Eukaryota; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Genes, Plant; Gibberellins; Oxygenases; Oxylipins; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Transcription, Genetic; Up-Regulation; Xanthophylls

The enzyme squalene synthase (EC 2.5.1.21) catalyzes a reductive dimerization of two farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) molecules into squalene, a key precursor for the sterol and triterpene biosynthesis. A full-length cDNA encoding squalene synthase (designated as TcSqS) was isolated from Taxus cuspidata, a kind of important medicinal plants producing potent anti-cancer drug, taxol. The full-length cDNA of TcSqS was 1765 bp and contained a 1230 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a polypeptide of 409 amino acids. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that the deduced TcSqS protein had high similarity with other plant squalene synthases and a predicted crystal structure similar to other class I isoprenoid biosynthetic enzymes. Southern blot analysis revealed that there was one copy of TcSqS gene in the genome of T. cuspidata. Semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis and northern blotting analysis showed that TcSqS expressed constitutively in all tested tissues, with the highest expression in roots. The promoter region of TcSqS was also isolated by genomic walking and analysis showed that several cis-acting elements were present in the promoter region. The results of treatment experiments by different signaling components including methyl-jasmonate, salicylic acid and gibberellin revealed that the TcSqS expression level of treated cells had a prominent diversity to that of control, which was consistent with the prediction results of TcSqS promoter region in the PlantCARE database.

Topics: Acetates; Amino Acid Sequence; Base Sequence; Blotting, Northern; Blotting, Southern; Cloning, Molecular; Cyclopentanes; DNA, Complementary; Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gibberellins; Models, Molecular; Molecular Sequence Data; Open Reading Frames; Oxylipins; Plant Growth Regulators; Plant Proteins; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Protein Structure, Secondary; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Taxus

The present study reports quick and significant changes induced by plant hormones in the volume of mesophyll protoplasts of pea (Pisum sativum). Four plant hormones: gibberellic acid (GA3), indole 3-acetic acid (IAA), abscisic acid (ABA)(+/-) and methyl jasmonate (MJ), caused marked changes in the volume of mesophyll protoplasts. GA3 and IAA increased the volume of the protoplasts (up to 90%) whereas the ABA and MJ decreased (by about 40%) the volume. Aquaporins or water channels appear to play an important role in swelling/shrinkage of the protoplasts as indicated by the suppression of volume changes by HgCl2 and reversal by mercaptoethanol. The possible role of secondary messengers in volume changes induced by GA3 was investigated by using selected pharmacological reagents. The GA3 induced swelling was restricted by GDP-beta-S (G-protein antagonist), U73122 (phospholipase C inhibitor), and TFP (calmodulin antagonist), but was not affected by 1-butanol (phospholipase D inhibitor), GTP-gamma-S (G-protein agonist), or verapamil (calcium channel blocker). The results suggest that the mesophyll protoplasts can be a simple and useful system for further studies on volume changes in plant tissues.

Topics: Abscisic Acid; Acetates; Cyclopentanes; Gibberellins; Indoleacetic Acids; Oxylipins; Pisum sativum; Protoplasts; Time Factors