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Cytokinin-Modulated Gene Expression in Excised Pumpkin Cotyledons ¹

Department of Life Science and Biomedical Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53141

Comparison of two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic maps of proteins isolated from benzyladenine-treated and untreated pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L. cv Halloween) cotyledons showed that the expression of certain proteins is enhanced, induced, or suppressed by the cytokinin treatment. The amount of poly(A)⁺ mRNA isolated from cotyledons incubated with 10^–4 molar benzyladenine for five days was about four-fold over the water-incubated control. The activity of hydroxypyruvate reductase prepared from purified cotyledonous microbodies and analyzed by native gel electrophoresis is proportionally enhanced by sequentially higher concentrations (10^–9 to 10^–4 molar) of benzyladenine. Ethidium bromide (1 microgram per milliliter) did not inhibit hydroxypyruvate reductase activity; thus, the enzyme synthesis does not appear to be controlled by organelle genes. Hydroxypyruvate reductase synthesis is inhibited by cycloheximide, cordycepin, and to a certain degree by actinomycin D. These data support the view of a close association between cytokinin action and gene expression.

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