An Improved in Vivo Deuterium Labeling Method for Measuring the Biosynthetic Rate of Cytokinins

Molecules

Petr Tarkowski¹  Kristýna Floková¹  Kateřina Václavíková¹  Pavel Jaworek¹  Martin Raus¹  Anders Nordström¹  Ondřej Novák¹  Karel Doležal¹  Marek Šebela¹ 

[1] ¹Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic

关键词: cytokinin;    deuterium labelling;    biosynthetic rate;    UPLC;    MS;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules15129214

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

An improved method for determining the relative biosynthetic rate of isoprenoid cytokinins has been developed. A set of 11 relevant isoprenoid cytokinins, including zeatin isomers, was separated by ultra performance liquid chromatography in less than 6 min. The iP-type cytokinins were observed to give rise to a previously-unknown fragment at m/z 69; we suggest that the diagnostic (204-69) transition can be used to monitor the biosynthetic rate of isopentenyladenine. Furthermore, we found that by treating the cytokinin nucleotides with alkaline phosphatase prior to analysis, the sensitivity of the detection process could be increased. In addition, derivatization (propionylation) improved the ESI-MS response by increasing the analytes' hydrophobicity. Indeed, the ESI-MS response of propionylated isopentenyladenosine was about 34% higher than that of its underivatized counterpart. Moreover, the response of the derivatized zeatin ribosides was about 75% higher than that of underivatized zeatin ribosides. Finally, we created a web-based calculator (IZOTOP) that facilitates MS/MS data processing and offer it freely to the research community.

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