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Zeatin

About: Zeatin is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2467 publications have been published within this topic receiving 64092 citations. The topic is also known as: Zeatin & (E/Z)-zeatin.


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TL;DR: Explants from flower stalks of Nicotiana tabacum L. were cultured on different cytokinins to induce flower bud formation and it was concluded that the free cytokinin base is the main active compound.
Abstract: Explants from flower stalks of Nicotiana tabacum L. were cultured on different cytokinins to induce flower bud formation. All cytokinins tested except zeatin and zeatin-riboside induced the same maximal number of flower buds. Benzyladenine, benzyladenosine, and dihydrozeatin were the most active compounds whereas isopentenyladenosine and isopentenyladenine acted at a 20-fold higher concentration. These data suggest that the active cytokinins bind to the same receptor with different affinities. The presence of benzyladenine in the medium was necessary only during the first 2 days of culture (initiation period). The equilibrium between benzyladenine and its conjugates (the riboside, glucoside, and nucleotides) after a 4-day pulse was independent of the benzyladenine concentration whether it was inductive or noninductive for bud formation. The level of all derivatives was proportional to the benzyladenine concentration in the medium. Isopentenyladenine was used as a competitive inhibitor of benzyladenine conjugation. Isopentenyladenine concentrations that were too low for bud formation led to a synergistic increase in bud number when applied together with benzyladenine. Isopentenyladenine decreased benzyladenine uptake and conjugation. In spite of the lower uptake, the concentration of free benzyladenine inside the explants was higher in the presence of isopentenyladenine than in its absence whereas the concentration of the 7-glucoside of benzyladenine was lower. It was concluded that the free cytokinin base is the main active compound.

32 citations

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TL;DR: The increase in cytokinin levels in the susceptible host may be aiding the growth of the pathogen on one hand, while the decrease in the infected resistant host may signal the host to activate defenses against a potential pathogen at the early stage of infection.
Abstract: Infection of Hordeum vulgare L. by Pyrenophora teresand of Zea mays by Dreschslera maydis were characterized by ‘green island’ formation, higher cytokinin levels and accumulation of metabolites in the infected areas. Higher cytokinin concentrations of the order 6-Y,Y-dimethylallylaminopurine > zeatinriboside > zeatin >dihydrozeatinriboside were detected at infection sites of susceptible hosts. By virtue of these cytokinins, infection sites may be acting as metabolic sinks helping proliferation of the pathogen. Existence of translocatory sinks at infection zones was confirmed from autoradiographic studies,where, accumulation of labeled metabolites was prominent at infection sites of susceptible hosts. Upon infection the lower cytokinin levels of resistant hosts decreased further with progress of infection. In the infected resistant hosts the concentrations of zeatin/zeatinriboside were the maximum among the four identified cytokinins. The pathogen is also capable of secreting cytokinins as evident from quantification of cytokinins in culture filtrate extracts using HPLC. Since detached leaves were used in the experiments the increase/decrease of various cytokinin levels may be attributed to pathogen influence. The increase in cytokinin levels in the susceptible host may be aiding the growth of the pathogen on one hand, while the decrease in the infected resistant host may signal the host to activate defenses against a potential pathogen at the early stage of infection.

32 citations

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TL;DR: In order to identify molecular markers of the inhibiting action of auxin and those of the promotive action of cytokinin on indole alkaloid accumulation in a 2,4-D-dependent Catharanthus roseus cell line, protein changes were analyzed by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

32 citations

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TL;DR: A system for the in vitro regeneration of pasqueflowers (Pulsatilla koreana Nakai) based on somatic embryogenesis and shoot organogenesis was developed, and Globular and heart-shaped stages of somatic embryos were observed.
Abstract: We have developed a system for the in vitro regeneration of pasqueflowers (Pulsatilla koreana Nakai). The system was based on somatic embryogenesis and shoot organogenesis. Over a growth period of 6 weeks, multiple shoots were initiated from leaf, petiole, and pedicel explants on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing 0.5 mg l−1 indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and zeatin (Zn), kinetin (Kin), or 6-benzyladenine (BA). We achieved 100% of adventitious shoot induced when petiole and pedicel explants were cultured on MS, 0.5–2.0 mg l−1 Zn, and 0.5 mg l−1 IAA. Somatic embryos developed from the explants and generated shoots on MS medium containing 0.25 mg l−1 Zn and 0.5 mg l−1 IAA. Globular and heart-shaped stages of somatic embryos were observed. Histological studies have revealed the stages of development of somatic embryos. For propagation and growth, the regenerated shoots from organogenic or embryogenic calluses were transferred to MS medium containing either (1) 1.5 mg l−1 Zn and 0.05 mg l−1 IAA or (2) 1.0 mg l−1 BA and 0.05 mg l−1 IAA. After the length of the shoots reached 3 cm, the shoots initiated by organogenesis as well as those initiated by somatic embryogenesis were transferred to the root induction medium. After 2 months of culture in half-strength MS with 1.5 mg l−1 α-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA), the rooting ratio was 93%. Finally, the rooted plantlets were acclimatized in a mixture of mountain soil and perlite.

32 citations

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TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the zeatin from Fiatoua villosa appeared to be the most potent AChE inhibitor in AD.
Abstract: Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors, which enhance cholinergic transmission by reducing the enzymatic degradation of acetylcholine, are the only source of the compound that is currently approved for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The methanol extract from Fiatoua villosa among 100 traditional edible plants that were tested, showed the most potent inhibitory effect (51%) on acetylcholinesterase in vitro. After the sequential solvent fractionation of the methanol extract of Fiatoua villosa, the active fraction was repeatedly subjected to open-column chromatography on silica gel. From the highest inhibitory fraction, the chloroform fraction (75%) on AChE, the single compound, was obtained by the Sep-Pak ® Cartridge (C 1 8 : reverse phase column). This compound was finally purified by HPLC (μ-bondapack C 1 8 reverse phase column: 19 x 300 mm). According to the electron impact mass spectrometry (EI-MS), we confirmed that the molecular mass was 219 m/z. The structure of this compound was identified as zeatin [2-methyl-4-(1H-purine-6-ylamino)-2-buten-1-ol], one of the derivatives of purine adenine. The concentration that was required for 50% enzyme inhibition (IC 5 0 value) was 1.09 x 10 - 4 M. This study demonstrated that the zeatin from Fiatoua villosa appeared to be the most potent AChE inhibitor in AD.

32 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202333
2022103
202135
202034
201932
201848