Profiling of hormones and related metabolites in seed dormancy and germination studies

Methods Mol Biol. 2011:773:99-111. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-231-1_7.

Abstract

Seed dormancy and germination are regulated by several plant hormones, such as abscisic acid, gibberellin, auxin (indole-3-acetic acid), ethylene, and brassinosteroid. Endogenous concentrations of a hormone are determined by the balance between biosynthesis and deactivation, and contribute to the regulation of physiological responses. Therefore, profiling of all hormones and their metabolites (hormonome) is a powerful approach to elucidate the regulatory networks of hormone metabolism. The methods involved in the use of liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry to develop a high-sensitive and high-throughput hormonome platform are described in this chapter.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abscisic Acid / metabolism
  • Arabidopsis / metabolism
  • Ethylenes / metabolism
  • Germination / genetics
  • Germination / physiology*
  • Gibberellins / biosynthesis
  • Gibberellins / metabolism
  • Indoleacetic Acids / metabolism
  • Plant Dormancy
  • Plant Growth Regulators / metabolism*
  • Seeds / growth & development*
  • Seeds / metabolism*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Ethylenes
  • Gibberellins
  • Indoleacetic Acids
  • Plant Growth Regulators
  • indoleacetic acid
  • Abscisic Acid
  • ethylene