Blue light (BL) suppression accelerates the senescence rate of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) leaves exposed to shading. In order to study whether this effect involves the alteration of different cytokinin (CK) metabolites, CK-degradation, as well as the expression profile of genes responsible of CK-perception, -inactivation, -reactivation and/or -turnover, leaf segments of 30 day-old plants were placed in boxes containing bi-distilled water and covered with blue (B) or green (G) light filters, which supplied a similar irradiance but differed in the percentage of BL transmitted (G << B). A neutral (N) filter was used as control. When appropriate, different CK metabolites or an inhibitor of CK-degradation were added in order to alter the endogenous CK levels. A rapid decrement of trans-zeatin (tZ) and cis-zeatin (cZ) content was observed after leaf excision, which progressed at a higher rate in treatment G than in the control and B treatments. Senescence progression correlated with an accumulation of glycosylated forms (particularly cZ-derivatives), and an increment of CK-degradation, both of which were slowed in the presence of BL. On the contrary, CK-reactivation (analyzed through TaGLU1-3 expression) was delayed in the absence of BL. When different CK were exogenously supplied, tZ was the only natural free base capable to emulate the senescence-retarding effect of BL. Even though the signaling components involved in the regulation of senescence rate and CK-homeostasis by BL remain elusive, our data suggest that changes in the expression profile and/or functioning of the transcription factor HY5 might play an important role.

Department of Molecular Biology Centre of the Region of Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research Faculty of Science Palacký University Šlechtitelů 27 783 71 Olomouc Czech Republic

Institute of Biodiversity Experimental and Applied Biology University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences Ciudad Universitaria Pab 2 C1428EGA C A B A Argentina

Laboratory of Growth Regulators Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research Faculty of Science Palacký University and Institute of Experimental Botany Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Šlechtitelů 27 783 71 Olomouc Czech Republic

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