Abstract
Jasmonic acid (JA) and its methyl ester (JA-Me) promoted the abscission of bean petiole expiants in the dark and light, and the activity of these compounds was almost same. JA and JA-Me did not enhance ethylene production in bean petiole expiants in the light, indicating that the abscission-promoting effects of these compounds are not the result of ethylene. Cells in the petiole adjacent to the abscission zone expanded during abscission but not in the pulvinus, and JA-Me promoted cell expansion in the petiole and the pulvinus. JA-Me had no effect on the total amounts of pectic and hemicellulosic polysaccharides in 2-mm segments of the abscission region, which included 1 mm of pulvinus and 1 mm of petiole from the abscission zone. On the other hand, the total amounts of cellulosic polysaccharides in this region were reduced significantly by the addition of JA-Me in the light. JA-Me had no effect on the neutral sugar composition of hemicellulosic polysaccharides during abscission. The decrease in the endogenous levels of UDP-sugars in the petiole adjacent to the abscission zone was accelerated during abscission by the addition of JA-Me in the light. Cellulase activities of pulvinus and petiole in 10-day-old seedlings were enhanced by the addition of JA. These results suggest that the promoting effect of JA or JA-Me on the abscission of bean petiole explants is due to the change of sugar metabolism in the abscission zone, in which the increase in cellulase activity involves the degradation of cell wall polysaccharides. Jasmonic acid (JA) and its methyl ester (JA-Me) are considered to be putative plant hormones for a number of reasons, including their wide occurrence in the plant kingdom, biologic, activities in multiple aspects at low concentrations, and their interaction with other plant hormones (for reviews see Parthier 1991, Hamberg and Gardner 1992, Sembdner and Parthier 1993, Ueda et al. 1994a). We have already reported that JA and JA-Me and C18-unsaturated fatty acids, which are considered to be the substrates of the biosynthesis of jasmonates, are powerful senescence-promoting substances (Ueda et al. 1982b, 1991a). Senescence symptoms induced by these compounds are identical to those of natural senescence. Recently we have also found that JA inhibited indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)-induced elongation of oat (Avena sativa L. cv. Victory) coleoptile segments by inhibiting the synthesis of cell wall polysaccharides (Ueda et al. 1994b, 1995). These facts led us to study the mode of actions of JA and JA-Me on promoting abscission, which is considered the last dramatic phenomenon of senescence. In this paper we report that JA and JA-Me promote abscission in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Masterpiece) petiole expiants and that the changes in the metabolism of cell wall polysaccharides in the petiole and the pulvinus adjacent to the abscission zone are involved in the promotive effects of these compounds.
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Abbreviations
- ABA:
-
abscisic acid
- ACC:
-
1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid
- DCB:
-
2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile
- HPLC:
-
high performance liquid chromatography
- IAA:
-
indole-3-acetic acid
- JA:
-
jasmonic acid
- JA-Me:
-
methyl jasmonate
- MES:
-
2-(N-morpholino)ethane-sulfonic acid, monohydrate
- TCA:
-
trichloroacetic acid
- Tris:
-
2-amino-2-hydroxymethy-1,3-propanediole
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Ueda, J., Miyamoto, K. & Hashimoto, M. Jasmonates promote abscission in bean petiole expiants: Its relationship to the metabolism of cell wall polysaccharides and cellulase activity. J Plant Growth Regul 15, 189–195 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00190583
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