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Development and Growth Regulation

Identification of Gibberellins in Spinach and Effects of Light and Darkness on their Levels ¹

Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, Michigan State University-National Institute of Health Mass Spectrometry Facility, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

The endogenous gibberellin (GA) content of spinach (Spinacia oleracea) was reinvestigated by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. The 13-hydroxy GAs: GA₅₃, GA₄₄, GA₁₉, GA₁₇, GA₂₀, GA₅, GA₁, GA₂₉, and GA₈; the non-3, 13-hydroxy GAs: GA₁₂, GA₁₅, GA₉, and GA₅₁; and the 3-hydroxy GAs: GA₄, GA₇, and GA₃₄, were identified in spinach extracts by comparing full-scan mass spectra and Kovats retention indices with those of reference GAs. In addition, spinach plants contained GA₇-isolactone, 16,17-dihydro-17-hydroxy-GA₅₃, GA₂₉-catabolite, 3-epi-GA₁, and 10 uncharacterized GAs with mass spectra indicative of mono- and dihydroxy-GA₁₂, monohydroxy-GA₂₅, dihydroxy-GA₂₄, and dihydroxy-GA_g. The effect of light-dark conditions on the GA levels of the 13-hydroxylation pathway was studied by using labeled internal standards in selected ion monitoring mode. In short day, the GA levels were higher at the end of the light period than at the end of the dark period. Levels of GAs at the end of each short day were relatively constant. During the first supplementary light period of long day treatment, GA₅₃ and GA₁₉ declined dramatically, GA₄₄ and GA₁ decreased slightly, and GA₂₀ increased. During the subsequent high-intensity light period, the GA₂₀ level decreased and the levels of GA₅₃, GA₄₄, GA₁₉, and GA₁ increased slightly. Within 7 days after the beginning of long day treatment, similar patterns for GA₅₃ and GA₁₉ occurred. Furthermore, when these plants were transferred to darkness, an increase in the levels of GA₅₃ and GA₁₉ was observed. These results are compatible with the idea that in spinach, the flow through the GA biosynthetic pathway is much enhanced during the high-intensity light period, although GA turnover occurs also during the supplementary period of long day, both effects being responsible for the increase of GA₂₀ and GA₁ in long day.

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