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Involvement of negative feedback regulation in wound-induced ethylene synthesis in 'Saijo' persimmon.

Abstract
Wounding is one of the most effective stress signals to induce ethylene synthesis in persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.). We found that wound-induced ethylene biosynthesis is subjected to negative feedback regulation in mature 'Saijo' persimmon fruit since ethylene production was enhanced by 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) (an inhibitor of ethylene perception) pretreatment, which was approximately 1.8 fold of that in control tissues (without 1-MCP pretreatment). Wound-induced 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase activity and DK-ACS2 gene expression were substantially increased by 1-MCP pretreatment after 12 h, which resulted in much higher ACC content in 1-MCP pretreated tissues than that in a control after 24 h. These results indicated that wound-induced DK-ACS2 gene expression was negatively regulated by ethylene in mature persimmon fruit. However, 1-MCP pretreatment had no effect on DK-ACO1 gene expression, suggesting the independence of wound-induced DK-ACO1 on ethylene. Out of accord with DK-ACO1 gene expression, ACC oxidase activity was enhanced 48 h after wounding in 1-MCP pretreated tissues, reaching a peak 1.5-fold higher than that in control tissues at 60 h.
AuthorsQiao-Lin Zheng, Akira Nakatsuka, Hiroyuki Itamura
JournalJournal of agricultural and food chemistry (J Agric Food Chem) Vol. 54 Issue 16 Pg. 5875-9 (Aug 09 2006) ISSN: 0021-8561 [Print] United States
PMID16881689 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Cyclopropanes
  • Ethylenes
  • ethylene
  • Amino Acid Oxidoreductases
  • 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase
  • Lyases
  • 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylate synthase
  • 1-methylcyclopropene
Topics
  • Amino Acid Oxidoreductases (genetics)
  • Cyclopropanes (pharmacology)
  • Diospyros (enzymology, genetics, metabolism)
  • Ethylenes (biosynthesis)
  • Feedback, Physiological
  • Fruit (drug effects, enzymology, metabolism)
  • Gene Expression
  • Homeostasis
  • Lyases (genetics)
  • Physical Stimulation

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