Synthesis of a Prostaglandin Intermediate and Synthesis of Dihydrojasmone and Methyl Dihydrojasmonate

The synthesis of 2-(6-methoxycarbonylhexyl)cyclopent-2-ene-1-one (5), a valuable intermediate in the synthesis of prostaglandins, is described starting from ethyl 3-oxoglutarate (1). The same reaction sequence also produces dihydrojasmone (12) and methyl dihydrojasmonate (13).     

茉莉酸甲酯与二氢茉莉酮酸甲酯对悬浮培养的甘草细胞生长和黄酮积累的影响

建立了稳定的甘草细胞悬浮培养体系,在一个培养周期内,细胞的生长曲线呈"S"型,培养21 d的干重、鲜重和黄酮产量都达到最高值.甘草细胞悬浮培养体系中分別添加100 μmol·L-1 二氢茉莉酮酸甲酯和茉莉酸甲酯时,虽然对细胞生长有一定程度的抑制,但细胞中甘草黄酮产量仍有提高.添加二氢茉莉酮酸甲酯和茉莉酸甲酯的最适时间分别为细胞培养后的第5天和第10天.     

Methyl Jasmonate Reduces Water Stress in Strawberry

The effect of methyl jasmonate (MJ) on changes of oxygen-scavenging enzyme activities and membrane lipid composition was studied in strawberry leaves under water stress. Under water stress, MJ treatment reduced the increase of peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7; POD) activity, maintained higher catalase (EC 1.11.1.6; CAT) and superoxide dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1; SOD) activities, and ascorbic acid content. In addition, MJ treatment reduced transpiration and membrane-lipid peroxidation as expressed by malondialdehyde (MDA) content, lessened the reduction of membrane lipids, glycolipids [monogalactosyl diglyceride (MGDG), digalactosyl diglyceride (DGDG)], and phospholipids [phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), and phosphatidylinositol (PI)]. In water-deficit conditions, MJ treatment also alleviated the decline in the degree of fatty acid unsaturation and the ratio of linolenic (18:3) to linoleic acid (18:2). These results indicate that MJ treatment appears to alter the metabolism of strawberry plants rendering the tissue better able to withstand water stress. Received June 16, 1999; accepted October 1, 1999     

茉莉酸甲酯:一种重要的植物信号转导分子

作为一种信号转导分子,茉莉酸甲酯在植物生长发育、代谢调节、抗病、耐逆、防御相关基因的诱导表达等方面均起着重要的作用。由于茉莉酸甲酯所具有的上述多效性,其作用与机制受到人们的广泛关注。本文简要介绍了植物中茉莉酸甲酯信号转导作用的相关研究进展。     

Influence of Temperature and Methyl Jasmonate on Scenedesmus Incrassulatus

The effect of the methyl ester of jasmonic acid (MeJA) in 10 M concentration was studied on the development of the bacterial contaminants and on the content of some metabolites in Scenedesmus incrassulatus cultivated at temperatures 15, 20, 25, 30, and 36 °C. The number of bacteria on algae cells increased with the rise in temperature. Application of MeJA into nutrient medium inhibited the development of bacterial pathogens more than 3 times at 20 °C, 2.3 times at 30 °C, and 2.6 times at 36 °C without changing the species composition. MeJA caused an increase of the protein content in algae cells. The contents of palmitic and linoleic acids increased with the rise of temperature from 15 to 36 °C. At the same time the contents of linolenic and oleic acid decreased. At low temperatures, cultivation with MeJA induced more significant changes in the composition of C18 acids while at high temperature the changes were more pronounced in C16 acids. Treatment with MeJA decreased the activity of glutamate dehydrogenase at optimal and suboptimal temperatures and increased it at superoptimal temperature. Hence MeJA jasmonate had a positive effect on the tolerance of S. incrassulatus to stress temperatures, which was also demonstrated by better growth.     

茉莉酸甲酯与水杨酸对肉苁蓉悬浮细胞中苯乙醇甙合成的影响

向肉苁蓉悬浮细胞培养系中添加茉莉酸甲酯(MJ)和水杨酸(SA) ,分别考察了这两种诱导子的添加浓度及添加时间对肉苁蓉悬浮细胞系中苯乙醇甙含量的影响。研究结果表明:MJ和SA能够促进肉苁蓉悬浮细胞系中苯乙醇甙(PeG)和松果菊甙(Echinacoside)的合成,但两者的适用的浓度范围和最佳添加时间存在差异。与未经诱导子处理的细胞培养结果相比,MJ在对数生长初期(培养14d) ,添加浓度为5 μmol L条件下,可使肉苁蓉悬浮细胞系中PeG含量提高2 5 9倍,Echin含量提高3 82倍;而SA在对数生长后期(培养2 8d) ,添加浓度为5 0 μmol L条件下,可使PeG含量提高2 71倍,Echin含量提高3 16倍。     

Methyl Jasmonate and Lactones Including Jasmine Lactone in Ceylon Tea

The ester and lactone fraction possessing the most attractive aroma was separated from the aroma concentrate of Ceylon flavory tea by silica-gel column chromatography and analyzed by GC-MS.

Methyl 2-(cis-2′-pentenyl)-cyclopentanone-3-acetate(methyl jasmonate), 5-(cis-2′-pentenyl)-5-pentanolide (jasmine lactone), 2,3-dimethyl-2-nonen-4-olide, 4-octanolide, 4-nonanolide and 5-decanolide were newly identified as the constituents of tes aroma. Former two compounds seemed to carry a major share of aroma character of Ceylon flavory tea.     

Two Methyl Jasmonate-Insensitive Mutants Show Altered Expression of AtVsp in Response to Methyl Jasmonate and Wounding

Jasmonates are plant signal molecules that are derived from lipids through the action of lipoxygenase. Jasmonates regulate gene expression during plant development and in response to water deficit, wounding, and pathogen elicitors. The signal transduction chain that mediates jasmonate action was investigated by isolating and studying two methyl jasmonate (MeJA)-insensitive mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana. The recessive mutants, jin1 and jin4, are nonallelic and neither corresponds to coi1, a previously identified MeJA-insensitive mutant. Both mutants showed reduced sensitivity to MeJA-mediated root growth inhibition as well as reduced MeJA induction of AtVsp in leaves. Expression of AtVsp in flowers was not altered in the mutants. Furthermore, MeJA modulation of the jasmonate-responsive lipoxygenase and phenylalanine ammonia lyase genes was not altered in the mutants. jin4 plants exhibited increased sensitivity to abscisic acid in seed germination assays, whereas jin1 plants showed wild-type sensitivity. Neither mutant showed altered sensitivity to ethylene in hypocotyl growth inhibition assays. jin1 and jin4 identify genes that modulate the response of AtVsp to MeJA in leaves of A. thaliana.     

Opening of Rice Floret in Rapid Response to Methyl Jasmonate

Effects of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) on rice floret opening were investigated in seven cultivars or hybrid combinations covering various variety types. Intact or excised panicles, judged to have florets just before anthesis, were soaked in 4 × 10⁻⁵− 4 × 10⁻³M MeJA solutions for 2 min at different temperatures. The results indicated that MeJA significantly induced opening of rice florets within about 30 min, with the most rapid induction occurring just 6 min after treatment. Numbers of induced opening florets are correlated with MeJA concentrations. Higher concentrations of MeJA induced more florets. pH values had no influence on MeJA effect, but MeJA required less time and induced more florets at 34°C than at 25°C. As far as we know, this is the first evidence that floret opening is induced by plant hormones. CO₂ evolution from panicles was also increased by MeJA treatment. Field experiments revealed that perfect flowering synchrony between the cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) and restorer lines in hybrid seed production could be obtained by spraying MeJA solution on CMS line plants at the rate of 25 mg/m². As a result, many more hybrid seeds were harvested. Received July 19, 1999; accepted September 30, 1999     

Senescence of Flag Leaves and Ears of Wheat Hastened by Methyl Jasmonate

Treatment of flag leaves and ears of wheat plants with MJ (jasmonic acid methylester) (10⁻⁵ and 10⁻⁴ m) did not increase ethylene production, but it did accelerate senescence as indicated by the loss of chlorophyll. MJ also caused the closure of stomata, and consequently the rates of transpiration and photosynthesis decreased. Early maturity shortened the grain filling period, so the thousand grain weight was lower. Although ethylene elicited the same physiologic effects, the syndrome of senescence by MJ is independent of the former. We conclude that senescence and death in wheat are far from being elucidated; however, MJ and ethylene seem to participate in the phenomenon. Received July 10, 1997; accepted January 5, 1998     

Methyl Jasmonate Induces Gums and Stimulates Anthocyanin Accumulation in Peach Shoots

The effect of methyl jasmonate (JA-Me) on the induction of gum was studied in relation to the action of ethylene in peach (Prunus persica Batsch cv. Benishimizu) shoots. JA-Me applied at concentrations of 0.1–2.5% (w/w) in lanolin paste to current growing or older shoots substantially induced gums 3 days after treatment. The amount of gums exuded increased depending on the dose of JA-Me. Ethephon (2-chloroethyl- phosphonic acid) at 1 or 2% (w/w) in lanolin induced gum and strongly enhanced the promoting effect of JA-Me on gum formation. JA-Me also induced anthocyanin accumulation in current growing shoots, but ethephon did not. Anthocyanin accumulation in response to JA-Me at a concentration of 10 mg/liter or higher was observed also in the cut shoots of peach. Ethephon (100 mg/liter) substantially inhibited anthocyanin accumulation induced by JA-Me. These facts suggest that JA-Me plays an important role in gum formation as well as ethylene and in anthocyanin accumulation and that these processes are not necessarily accompanied by each other in peach shoots. Received January 26, 1998; accepted March 4, 1998     

Plant Defense Genes Are Synergistically Induced by Ethylene and Methyl Jasmonate

Combinations of ethylene and methyl jasmonate (E/MeJA) synergistically induced members of both groups 1 and 5 of the pathogenesis-related (PR) superfamily of defense genes. E/MeJA caused a synergistic induction of PR-1b and osmotin (PR-5) mRNA accumulation in tobacco seedlings. E/MeJA also synergistically activated the osmotin promoter fused to a [beta]-glucuronidase marker gene in a tissue-specific manner. The E/MeJA responsiveness of the osmotin promoter was localized on a -248 to +45 fragment that exhibited responsiveness to several other inducers. E/MeJA induction also resulted in osmotin protein accumulation to levels similar to those induced by osmotic stress. Of the several known inducers of the osmotin gene, including salicylic acid (SA), fungal infection is the only other condition known to cause substantial osmotin protein accumulation in Wisconsin 38, a tobacco cultivar that does not respond hypersensitively to tobacco mosaic virus. Based on the ability of the protein kinase C inhibitor 1-(5-isoquinolinylsulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine to block ethylene induction of PR-1b mRNA accumulation and its inability to block osmotin mRNA induction by ethylene, these two PR gene groups appeared to have at least partially separate signal transduction pathways. Stimulation of osmotin mRNA accumulation by okadaic acid indicated that another protein kinase system is involved in regulation of the osmotin gene. SA, which is known to induce pathogen resistance in tobacco, could not induce the osmotin gene as much as E/MeJA and neither could it induce PR-1b as much as SA and MeJA combined.     

叶面喷施茉莉酸甲酯对马铃薯微型薯生长及产量的影响

以‘云薯505’马铃薯(Solanum tuberosum ‘Yunshu 505’)为材料,测定马铃薯块茎发育初期四个阶段茉莉酸含量,并以叶面喷施方式,研究茉莉酸甲酯对马铃薯生长和块茎产量的影响。结果表明,马铃薯块茎膨大过程中,茉莉酸的积累水平不断升高。在微型薯生产中,使用100 μmol·L^-1茉莉酸甲酯在结薯期以不同频率喷施叶面,测量并统计植株、块茎性状及产量变化。结果表明,与对照(CK)相比,1次·d^-1处理茎粗增加36.1%,2次·d^-1处理的叶绿素含量降低20.1%。此外,植株的叶色、茎色、花色、株型等生长性状及块茎大小整齐度、薯形、皮色、肉色、薯皮类型、芽眼深浅、裂薯率、大薯空心率等块茎性状在各组间没有显著差异。2次·d^-1、1次·d^-1、1次·2d^-1、CK四种处理的植株存活率分别为45.57%、100.00%、100.00%、87.29%;前三种喷施频率处理折合产量较CK分别增加-15.61%、8.77%、12.11%。综合分析,马铃薯在块茎形成初期茉莉酸积累水平不断升高,以1次·2d^-1频率叶面喷施100 μmol·L^-1茉莉酸甲酯,马铃薯微型薯的产量增加最大且不影响生长。     

Jasmonic Acid and Methyl Jasmonate in Pollens and Anthers of Three Camellia Species

Jasmonic acid (JA), which showed a nontoxic inhibitory effecton pollen germination in Camellia sinensis, was identified inpollens and anthers of C. sinensis, C. japonica and C. sasanquatogether with its methyl ester (JA-Me); the possibility thatJA is an endogenous pollen germination regulator is suggested.As JA-Me showed no effect on pollen germination, it may be formof JA inactive in pollen germination regulation. (Received April 15, 1982; Accepted June 15, 1982)     

不同浓度茉莉酸甲酯对悬浮培养的胀果甘草细胞合成甘草总黄酮的影响

研究了不同浓度的茉莉酸甲酯对胀果甘草悬浮培养细胞的生长和黄酮合成的影响,初步探讨了其影响甘草黄酮合成的机制.研究结果表明,一定浓度(10-200lanol/L)的茉莉酸甲酯对胀果甘草细胞的生长有抑制作用,但是能够促进甘草总黄酮产量的增加.此外,茉莉酸甲酯的添加导致细胞中过氧化氢含量升高,引起细胞中苯丙氨酸裂解酶、过氧化氢酶、过氧化物酶活性的增强和丙二醛含量升高,说明茉莉酸甲酯能够引起细胞产生防御反应,并提高防御反应的关键酶的活性,同时细胞膜在一定程度上仍发生过氧化,但最终促进了甘草总黄酮的合成,其最大产量达到对照的3.39倍.     

An Efficient Synthesis of 2-Acylpyrroles

Pyrrolylmagnesium bromide reacted with thiol- and selenolesters in the presence of cuprous iodide to afford 2-acylpyrroles regioselectively.     

Methyl Jasmonate and Cytokinin Mitigate the Salinity-Induced Oxidative Injury in Wheat Seedlings

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation - Application of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) has been shown to be effective in improving plant tolerance to various environmental stresses. Present research was...     

Inhibitory Effect of Methyl Jasmonate on Flowering and Elongation Growth in Pharbitis nil

The effect of methyl jasmonate (JA-Me) on the floral bud formation and elongation growth in the short-day plant Pharbitis nil was investigated. The placing of 4-day-old seedlings of P. nil in a solution of JA-Me for a period of 24 h before an inductive (16 h or 14 h of darkness) night led to a dramatic reduction in the number of flower buds formed by the plant. Plants treated with JA-Me also totally lost their capacity to form a generative terminal bud. JA-Me applied after photoinduction does not inhibit flowering. Gibberellic acid (GA3) partly reverses the inhibitory effect of JA-Me. Plants treated simultaneously with JA-Me and GA3 formed about 3 flower buds more than plants treated with JA-Me only. JA-Me at a concentration of 10-7 M stimulates slightly, but at higher concentrations it inhibits root growth and shoot growth. A distinct lack of correlation between the effect of JA-Me on inhibition of flowering and shoot and root growth was noted. This indicates the independent action of JA-Me in controlling both processes.