Amino acid conjugates of jasmonic acid induce jasmonate-responsive gene expression in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves

FEBS Lett. 1997 Sep 8;414(2):197-202. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01005-3.

Abstract

Leaves of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Salome) treated with jasmonic acid (JA), its methyl ester (JM), or its amino acid conjugates exhibit up-regulation of specific genes and down-regulation of house-keeping genes. This transcriptional regulation exhibits several specificities. (i) The (-)-enantiomers are more active, and conjugates are mainly active if they carry an L-amino acid moiety. (ii) The various JA-responsive genes respond differentially to enantiomeric and chiralic forms. (iii) Both JA and its amino acid conjugates exhibiting no or negligible interconversion induce/repress genes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids
  • Cyclopentanes / chemistry
  • Cyclopentanes / metabolism*
  • Cyclopentanes / pharmacology*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / drug effects*
  • Genes, Plant
  • Hordeum / drug effects
  • Hordeum / metabolism*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxylipins
  • Plant Growth Regulators / pharmacology*
  • Plant Leaves
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Secondary Ion
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Transcription, Genetic / drug effects*

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Cyclopentanes
  • Oxylipins
  • Plant Growth Regulators
  • jasmonic acid