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On the Uptake, Metabolism and Retention of [³H] Gibberellin A₁ by Barley Aleurone Layers at Low Temperatures ¹

Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6

Barley (c.v. Himalaya) aleurone layers were incubated in [³H]gibberellin A₁ (GA₁) at low temperatures. At 3 and 4 C, ³H-activity was steadily accumulated in aleurone layers, and this accumulation was correlated with significant [³H]GA₁ metabolism. At 1 and 1.5 C, metabolism could not be detected, and at these temperatures aleurone layers equilibrated with the [³H]GA₁ concentration in the incubation medium. At equilibrium, the total amount of ³H-activity per unit volume in the aleurone layers was higher than in the incubation medium. Aleurone layers incubated at 0.5 C for 72 hours with [³H]GA₁ in the presence of saturating levels of carrier GA₁ consistently retained lower levels of ³H-activity than when incubated in [³H]GA₁ alone. The retention of [³H]GA₁ was unaffected by saturating levels of carrier GA₈. GA₁ retained by barley aleurone layers that were incubated at 0.5 C for 72 hours was able to induce -amylase synthesis when aleurone layers were subsequently washed and transferred to a gibberellin-free medium at 25 C.