Ornithine decarboxylase is involved in methyl jasmonate-regulated postharvest quality retention in button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus)

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
Demei MengZhen-Chuan Fan

Abstract

In the present study, we investigated the role of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) in the methyl jasmonate (MeJA)-regulated postharvest quality maintenance of Agaricus bisporus (J. E. Kange) Imbach button mushrooms by pretreating mushrooms with a specific irreversible inhibitor called α-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) before exposure to MeJA vapor. Mushrooms were treated with 0 or 100 µmol L-1 MeJA or a combination of 120 µmol L-1 DFMO and 100 µmol L-1 MeJA, respectively, before storage at 4 °C for 21 days. Treatment with MeJA alone induced the increase in ODC activity whereas this effect was greatly suppressed by pretreatment with DFMO. α-Difluoromethylornithine strongly attenuated the effect of MeJA on decreasing cap opening, slowing the decline rate of soluble protein and total sugar, and accumulating total phenolics and flavonoids. α-Difluoromethylornithine pretreatment also counteracted the ability of MeJA to inhibit polyphenol oxidase and lipoxygenase activities, and malondialdehyde production, and to stimulate superoxide dismutase and catalase activities. It also largely downregulated MeJA-induced accumulation of free putrescine (Put). These results reveal that ODC is involved in MeJA-regulated postharvest quality retention ...Continue Reading

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