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. 1987 Oct;85(2):400–406. doi: 10.1104/pp.85.2.400

Protein Synthesis Associated with Quiescence and Senescence in Auxin-Starved Pear Cells 1

Jean-Marc Lelievre 1,2, Claudine Balague 1,2, Jean-Claude Pech 1,2, Yves Meyer 1,2
PMCID: PMC1054268  PMID: 16665710

Abstract

Pear fruit cells (Pyrus communis L. cv Passe Crassane) stopped dividing when subcultured in a bioreactor under auxin starvation in the presence of 0.37 molar mannitol. The cessation of cell division was preceded by the accumulation of a specific basic polypeptide of 24 kilodalton. Readdition of 2.3 micromolar 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) neither caused a resumption of cell division nor depressed the accumulation of this polypeptide. Under complete auxin starvation, cells began to die at day 18. In vivo radioactive labeling of proteins followed by two-dimensional electrophoresis showed that during auxin starvation the synthesis of some polypeptides including the 24 kilodalton one (referred to as homeostasis-related proteins, HRPs) was decreased while the synthesis of some others (referred as senescence-related proteins, SRPs) was increased. Readdition of 2.3 micromolar 2,4-D postponed the onset of cell death by 10 to 15 days while supplementation with 7.6 micromolar abscisic acid advanced cell death by 8 days. Two-dimensional analysis of protein synthesis indicated that both hormones interact on the synthesis of these two groups of polypeptides. The levels of most HRPs were maintained or increased in the presence of auxin, while the levels of the SRPs were decreased by auxin and increased by abscisic acid. Short and long-term effects of 2,4-D and abscisic acid on the synthesis of specific polypeptides were observed, allowing a discrimination between the direct and indirect effect of both hormones on the development of cell senescence.

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