Biological activities and structure-activity relationship of substitution compounds of N-[2-(3-indolyl)ethyl]succinamic acid and N-[2-(1-naphthyl)ethyl]succinamic acid, derived from a new category of root-promoting substances, N-(phenethyl)succinamic acid analogs |
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Authors: | Mihoko Itagaki Hiroshi Soejima Ko Ishii Tamizi Sugiyama Yoshiharu Hayashi |
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Affiliation: | (1) Technical Research Institute, Snow Brand Seed Corporation Ltd., Ebetsu-shi, Hokkaido, 069-0832, Japan;(2) Faculty of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 214-8571, Japan;(3) Asahi Kasei Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8481, Japan |
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Abstract: | In a previous study, it was demonstrated that N-(phenethyl)succinamic acid (PESA) derivatives form a new category of root-promoting substances which do not exhibit auxin-like activities, such as stem elongation and leaf epinasty (Soejima et al., 2000 [Plant Cell Physiol. 41s: 197]). In this study, N-[2-(3-indolyl)ethyl]succinamic acid (IESA) and N-[2-(1-naphthyl)ethyl]succinamic acid (NESA) were synthesized, and their biological activities were evaluated. In an adzuki root-promoting assay, IESA and NESA exhibited root-promoting activity equivalent to PESA. In adzuki stem elongation assays, elongation activity was not observed in the stem segments soaked in either an IESA or NESA aqueous solution, whereas the stem segments immersed in Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) or 1-naphthylacetic acid (NAA) aqueous solution were clearly elongated. In an epinastic bending study, IAA and NAA exhibited leaf epinasty, whereas IESA and NESA did not, suggesting that the IESA and NESA derivatives belong to the same category of root-promoting substances as PESA derivatives and are different from auxin-like substances. In addition, eleven kinds of IESA derivatives and nineteen kinds of NESA derivatives were synthesized, and their root-promoting activities were measured. The activities of methyl ester derivatives were approximately three times higher than that of the acid compounds, with exceptions for some compounds. The partition coefficient (P) between 1-octanol and water for each IESA, NESA, and PESA derivative was measured in order to evaluate the hydrophobicity of their molecules and to determine their structure–activity relationship. The results indicate that the root-promoting activity of the acid compounds was significantly correlated with their hydrophobicity, whereas that of ester derivatives was not correlated. |
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Keywords: | N-[2-(3-indolyl)ethyl]succinamic acid derivatives N-[2-(1-naphthyl)ethyl]succinamic acid derivatives N-(phenethyl)succinamic acid derivatives root-promoting substance structure– activity relationship |
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