title: 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.
authors.affiliation: The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, Japan.
authors.forename: Qiao-Lin
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakatsuka
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itamura
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D029788:Diospyros / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005030:Ethylenes / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D025461:Feedback, Physiological; D005638:Fruit / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D006706:Homeostasis; D008190:Lyases / Q000235:genetics; D010812:Physical Stimulation
chemical_list: D003521:Cyclopropanes; D005030:Ethylenes; C036216:ethylene; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; C059460:1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase; D008190:Lyases; C021773:1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylate synthase; C412563:1-methylcyclopropene