1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Distribution of gibberellin-related antheridiogens in ferns and their mode of action
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04660134
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
製造化学・食品
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMANE Hisakazu The University of Tokyo, Biotechnology Research Center Associated professor, 生物生産工学研究センター, 助教授 (80090520)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1992 – 1993
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| Keywords | Schizaeaceae / Lygodium flexuosum / Lygodium circinnatum / Mohria caffrorum / Ceratopteris richardii / antheridiogens / Lygodium japonicum / differential screening |
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| Research Abstract |
Fern antheridiogens are divided into several groups based on cross-testing of biological activities. However, all the antheridiogens characterized so far were derived from Schizaeaceous ferns, and they are gibberellin-related compounds. The purpose of this study is to identify antheridiogens in three species of Scizaeaceous ferns (Lygodium flexuosum, L.circinnatum and Mohria caffrorum) and Ceratopteris richardii. The antheridiogens of C.richardii didn't show any cross-activity on Schizaeaceous ferns, but their biosynthesis was inhibited by treatment with gibberellin biosynthetic inhibitors. From culture media of prothallia of L.flexuosum and L.circinnatum, gibberellin A_<73> methyl ester (GA_<73>-Me) was identified by GC-MS as the principal antheridiogen. From theculture medium of prothallia of Mohria caffrorum, antheridic acid and 3-epi-GA_<63> were similarly identified as antheridiogens. The antheridiogens of C.richardii were shown to consist of at least two compounds, one of them being purified by HPLC to show a single peak on the chromatogrom.
As a case study to investigate mode of action of the antheridiogens, cloning of GA_<73>-Me-inducing genes in L.japonicum prothallia was attempted. Differential screening on a cDNA library from GA_<73>-Me-treated prothallia was carried out using ^<32>P-labeled probes prepared from mRNA from GA_<73>-Me-treated and non-treated prothallia. However, no GA_<73>-Me-inducing gene has been obtained so far. We will attempt subtraction methods to clone antheridiogen-inducing genes.
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