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The metabolism of exogenously applied14C-24-epibrassinolide (14C-EBR) in seedlings of cucumber and wheat was examined. Total lipids were extracted with isopropanol and chloroform, and then partitioned with water. More than 80% of radioactivity was distributed to chloroform-phase. Concentrated chloroform-phase was applied to silica gel plate and was developed with chloroform-ethanol (5:1 v/v). Rf value of original14C-EBR was about 0.6. In cucumber leaves harvested after 2 day-culture, three peaks were detected at Rf 0.11, 0.47 and 0.84. In cucumber petioles of 2 day-culture, however, a major peak was detected at Rf 0.90. But14C-EBR was hardly metabolized in hypocotyls and roots after 2 days.
In wheat leaves harvested just after pulse labeling, a peak was detected at Rf 0.63. By further analysis of this peak using ODS-HPLC, however, an original peak of14C-EBR and two metabolites having higher polarity were detected. In wheat leaves harvested after 2 day-culture, the profile of TLC scanning was similar to that just after pulse labeling, although, an original peak of14C-EBR was no longer detected by ODS-HPLC. In wheat roots,14C-EBR was hardly metabolized. These results indicate that14C-EBR occurring in leaves and petioles is metabolized to produce several kinds of metabolites.
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Abbreviations
- EBR:
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24-epibrassinolide
- BR:
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brassinosteroid
- MPLC:
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high-performance liquid chromatography
- TLC:
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thin layer chromatography
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Nishikawa, N., Shida, A. & Toyama, S. Metabolism of14C-labeled epibrassinolide in intact seedlings of cucumber and wheat. J. Plant Res. 108, 65–69 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02344307
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