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Plant and Cell Physiology, 1994, Vol. 35, No. 8 1149-1157
© 1994

Inhibition of Gibberellin-Induced Elongation, Reorientation of Cortical Microtubules and Change of Isoform of Tubulin in Epicotyl Segments of Azuki Bean by Protein Kinase Inhibitors

Koichi Mizuno

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Osaka University Machikaneyama 1-1, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560 Japan

When the segments of azuki bean were incubated with 3-indoleacetic acid (IAA) plus gibberellin A3 (GA3), one isoform of {alpha}-tubulin, referred to as ab for convenience, was found to disappear after 12 h. The loss of this isoform was initially assumed to be the result of a shift in electrophoretic mobility due to post-translational modification, such as phosphorylation. This assumption led to an investigation of the effects of protein kinase inhibitors on GA3-induced phenomena.

6-Dimethylaminopurine (6-DMAP) prevented not only the disappearance of the ab isoform of tubulin but also simultaneously prevented the GA3-induced promotion of elongation. Moreover, the GA3-induced change in alignment of cortical MTs to the transverse orientation was also prevented and cortical MTs became aligned longitudinally or parallel to the cell axis. Although, in IAA-treated segments, 6-DMAP forced the longitudinal alignment of cortical MTs, no inhibition of IAA-induced elongation was detected. The disappearance of the ab isoform of tubulin was found only in the inner tissues of segments and not in epidermal tissue. Therefore, the change associated with this isoform seems not to be involved directly in GA3-induced promotion of elongation and the change in orientation of cortical MTs, but a protein kinase may still be a major participant in GA3-induced phenomena by alteration of other proteins.

(Received May 26, 1994; Accepted August 23, 1994)
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