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Nickell S, Park PSH, Baumeister W, Palczewski K. Three-dimensional architecture of murine rod outer segments determined by cryoelectron tomography. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 177:917-25. [PMID: 17535966 PMCID: PMC2064290 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200612010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The rod outer segment (ROS) of photoreceptor cells houses all components necessary for phototransduction, a set of biochemical reactions that amplify and propagate a light signal. Theoretical approaches to quantify this process require precise information about the physical boundaries of the ROS. Dimensions of internal structures within the ROS of mammalian species have yet to be determined with the precision required for quantitative considerations. Cryoelectron tomography was utilized to obtain reliable three-dimensional morphological information about this important structure from murine retina. Vitrification of samples permitted imaging of the ROS in a minimally perturbed manner and the preservation of substructures. Tomograms revealed the characteristic highly organized arrangement of disc membranes stacked on top of one another with a surrounding plasma membrane. Distances among the various membrane components of the ROS were measured to define the space available for phototransduction to occur. Reconstruction of segments of the ROS from single-axis tilt series images provided a glimpse into the three-dimensional architecture of this highly differentiated neuron. The reconstructions revealed spacers that likely maintain the proper distance between adjacent discs and between discs and the plasma membrane. Spacers were found distributed throughout the discs, including regions that are distant from the rim region of discs.
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- Stephan Nickell
- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Travis GH, Golczak M, Moise AR, Palczewski K. Diseases caused by defects in the visual cycle: retinoids as potential therapeutic agents. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2007; 47:469-512. [PMID: 16968212 PMCID: PMC2442882 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.47.120505.105225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 307] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Absorption of a photon by an opsin pigment causes isomerization of the chromophore from 11-cis-retinaldehyde to all-trans-retinaldehyde. Regeneration of visual chromophore following light exposure is dependent on an enzyme pathway called the retinoid or visual cycle. Our understanding of this pathway has been greatly facilitated by the identification of disease-causing mutations in the genes coding for visual cycle enzymes. Defects in nearly every step of this pathway are responsible for human-inherited retinal dystrophies. These retinal dystrophies can be divided into two etiologic groups. One involves the impaired synthesis of visual chromophore. The second involves accumulation of cytotoxic products derived from all-trans-retinaldehyde. Gene therapy has been successfully used in animal models of these diseases to rescue the function of enzymes involved in chromophore regeneration, restoring vision. Dystrophies resulting from impaired chromophore synthesis can also be treated by supplementation with a chromophore analog. Dystrophies resulting from the accumulation of toxic pigments can be treated pharmacologically by inhibiting the visual cycle, or limiting the supply of vitamin A to the eyes. Recent progress in both areas provides hope that multiple inherited retinal diseases will soon be treated by pharmaceutical intervention.
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- Gabriel H. Travis
- Department of Ophthalmology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095;
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4965;
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4965;
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4965;
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Vrecl M, Drinovec L, Elling C, Heding A. Opsin oligomerization in a heterologous cell system. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2007; 26:505-26. [PMID: 17118796 DOI: 10.1080/10799890600932253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Using bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) we studied opsin oligomerization in heterologous expression systems and quantitatively assessed its oligomerization state. BRET2 saturation and competition experiments were performed with live COS-7 cells expressing Rluc-and GFP2-tagged receptor constructs. BRET2 saturation curves obtained were hyperbolic, and the calculated oligomerization state (N = 1 for dimers) suggested that opsin (N = 1.34 +/- 0.25) forms higher oligomers. Very high BRET2 values obtained for the opsin homo-dimer pair indicated a large energy transfer efficiency (E) and for cases where E >> 0.1 a modified saturation curve was proposed. The existence of homo-dimer complexes was additionally supported by competition assay results and was also observed in HEK-293 cells. Furthermore, evidence was provided for homo-and hetero-dimerization of family A (beta2-adrenergic) and B (gastric inhibitory polypeptide, GIP) receptors. In summary, these experiments demonstrate homo-and hetero-dimerization for opsin, beta 2-adrenergic, and GIP receptors.
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- Milka Vrecl
- Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Ljubljana, Veterinary Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Imai H, Kefalov V, Sakurai K, Chisaka O, Ueda Y, Onishi A, Morizumi T, Fu Y, Ichikawa K, Nakatani K, Honda Y, Chen J, Yau KW, Shichida Y. Molecular properties of rhodopsin and rod function. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:6677-84. [PMID: 17194706 PMCID: PMC2885910 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610086200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Signal transduction in rod cells begins with photon absorption by rhodopsin and leads to the generation of an electrical response. The response profile is determined by the molecular properties of the phototransduction components. To examine how the molecular properties of rhodopsin correlate with the rod-response profile, we have generated a knock-in mouse with rhodopsin replaced by its E122Q mutant, which exhibits properties different from those of wild-type (WT) rhodopsin. Knock-in mouse rods with E122Q rhodopsin exhibited a photosensitivity about 70% of WT. Correspondingly, their single-photon response had an amplitude about 80% of WT, and a rate of decline from peak about 1.3 times of WT. The overall 30% lower photosensitivity of mutant rods can be explained by a lower pigment photosensitivity (0.9) and the smaller single-photon response (0.8). The slower decline of the response, however, did not correlate with the 10-fold shorter lifetime of the meta-II state of E122Q rhodopsin. This shorter lifetime became evident in the recovery phase of rod cells only when arrestin was absent. Simulation analysis of the photoresponse profile indicated that the slower decline and the smaller amplitude of the single-photon response can both be explained by the shift in the meta-I/meta-II equilibrium of E122Q rhodopsin toward meta-I. The difference in meta-III lifetime between WT and E122Q mutant became obvious in the recovery phase of the dark current after moderate photobleaching of rod cells. Thus, the present study clearly reveals how the molecular properties of rhodopsin affect the amplitude, shape, and kinetics of the rod response.
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- Hiroo Imai
- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Department of Brain and Bioinformation Science, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Ishikawa 924-0838, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- The Mary D. Allen Laboratory for Vision Research, Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Gorbatyuk M, Justilien V, Liu J, Hauswirth WW, Lewin AS. Suppression of mouse rhodopsin expression in vivo by AAV mediated siRNA delivery. Vision Res 2007; 47:1202-8. [PMID: 17292939 PMCID: PMC1892214 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2006] [Revised: 11/20/2006] [Accepted: 11/29/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the expression of rhodopsin can be down regulated in vivo by AAV-delivered siRNA. This is the first step in an RNA replacement strategy for the allele-independent treatment of Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa (ADRP). METHODS HEK 293 cells were co-transfected with a plasmid carrying mouse RHO cDNA driven by the CMV promoter and a chemically synthesized siRNA duplex of 21 nucleotides. Reduction of RHO mRNA was confirmed by RT-PCR. One active siRNA and a control siRNA were embedded in a small hairpin RNA (shRNA) and cloned in Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector under regulation of the H1 promoter and containing a GFP reporter. AAV5 expressing either active siRNA or an irrelevant siRNA were subretinaly injected into the right eyes of wild-type or RHO+/- heterozygote mice at post-natal day 16. At 1 and 2 months post-injection, animals were analyzed by electroretinography (ERG). Animals were then sacrificed, and retinas were examined by Western blot, RT-PCR, histology and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS All of the siRNAs tested in HEK 293 cells caused degradation of RHO mRNA, although the efficiency varied from 25% to 80%. In vivo siRNA delivery to the retina led to more than 40% reduction of scotopic a- and b-wave amplitudes in RHO+/- heterozygotes. Although the reduction of RHO mRNA was estimated at 30% compared to control animals, Western blots revealed 60% decrease in rhodopsin content. Histological analysis showed significant reduction in the thickness of the ONL, ranging between 53% and 86%. CONCLUSIONS AAV-siRNA delivery into the subretinal space resulted in the reduction of retinal function caused by diminished RHO mRNA and protein content. This level of reduction may permit the replacement of endogenous mRNA with siRNA-resistant mRNA encoding wild-type RHO.
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- M Gorbatyuk
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Florida, Box 100266, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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Ridge KD, Palczewski K. Visual rhodopsin sees the light: structure and mechanism of G protein signaling. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:9297-9301. [PMID: 17289671 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r600032200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The availability of crystal structures for the dark, inactive, and several light-activated photointermediate states of vertebrate visual rhodopsin has provided important mechanistic and energetic insights into the transformations underlying agonist-dependent activation of this and other G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The high natural abundance of rhodopsin in the vertebrate retina, together with its specific localization to the disk membranes of the rod cell, has also enabled direct imaging of rhodopsin in its native environment. These advances have provided compelling evidence that rhodopsin, like many other GPCRs, forms highly organized oligomeric structures that, in all likelihood, are important for receptor biosynthesis, optimal activation, and signaling.
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- Kevin D Ridge
- Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030.
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
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The rhodopsin crystal structure provides a structural basis for understanding the function of this and other G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The major structural motifs observed for rhodopsin are expected to carry over to other GPCRs, and the mechanism of transformation of the receptor from inactive to active forms is thus likely conserved. Moreover, the high expression level of rhodopsin in the retina, its specific localization in the internal disks of the photoreceptor structures [termed rod outer segments (ROS)], and the lack of other highly abundant membrane proteins allow rhodopsin to be examined in the native disk membranes by a number of methods. The results of these investigations provide evidence of the propensity of rhodopsin and, most likely, other GPCRs to dimerize, a property that may be pertinent to their function.
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- Krzysztof Palczewski
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4965, USA.
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Baehr W, Karan S, Maeda T, Luo DG, Li S, Bronson JD, Watt CB, Yau KW, Frederick JM, Palczewski K. The function of guanylate cyclase 1 and guanylate cyclase 2 in rod and cone photoreceptors. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:8837-47. [PMID: 17255100 PMCID: PMC2043484 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610369200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Retinal guanylate cyclases 1 and 2 (GC1 and GC2) are responsible for synthesis of cyclic GMP in rods and cones, but their individual contributions to phototransduction are unknown. We report here that the deletion of both GC1 and GC2 rendered rod and cone photoreceptors nonfunctional and unstable. In the rod outer segments of GC double knock-out mice, guanylate cyclase-activating proteins 1 and 2, and cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase were undetectable, although rhodopsin and transducin alpha-subunit were mostly unaffected. Outer segment membranes of GC1-/- and GC double knock-out cones were destabilized and devoid of cone transducin (alpha- and gamma-subunits), cone phosphodiesterase, and G protein-coupled receptor kinase 1, whereas cone pigments were present at reduced levels. Real time reverse transcription-PCR analyses demonstrated normal RNA transcript levels for the down-regulated proteins, indicating that down-regulation is posttranslational. We interpret these results to demonstrate an intrinsic requirement of GCs for stability and/or transport of a set of membrane-associated phototransduction proteins.
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- Wolfgang Baehr
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
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Phototransduction is the process by which light triggers an electrical signal in a photoreceptor cell. Image-forming vision in vertebrates is mediated by two types of photoreceptors: the rods and the cones. In this review, we provide a summary of the success in which the mouse has served as a vertebrate model for studying rod phototransduction, with respect to both the activation and termination steps. Cones are still not as well-understood as rods partly because it is difficult to work with mouse cones due to their scarcity and fragility. The situation may change, however.
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- Yingbin Fu
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Lober RM, Pereira MA, Lambert NA. Rapid activation of inwardly rectifying potassium channels by immobile G-protein-coupled receptors. J Neurosci 2006; 26:12602-8. [PMID: 17135422 PMCID: PMC6674890 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4020-06.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediate slow synaptic transmission and many other effects of small molecule and peptide neurotransmitters. In the standard model of GPCR signaling, receptors and G-proteins diffuse laterally within the plane of the plasma membrane and encounter each other by random collision. This model predicts that signaling will be most efficient if both GPCRs and G-proteins are free to diffuse, thus maximizing collision frequency. However, neuronal GPCRs are often recruited to and enriched at specific synaptic locations, suggesting receptor mobility is restricted in these cells. Here, we test the hypothesis that restricting GPCR mobility impairs signaling in neurons by limiting the frequency of collisions between receptors and G-proteins. Mu-opioid receptors (MORs) were immobilized on the surface of cerebellar granule neurons by avidin-mediated cross-linking, and inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK) channels were used as rapid indicators of G-protein activation. Mobile and immobile MORs activated GIRK channels with the same onset kinetics and agonist sensitivity in these neurons. In a heterologous expression system, GFP (green fluorescent protein)-tagged G alpha(oA) subunits remained mobile after cross-linking, but their mobility was reduced in the presence of immobile MORs, suggesting that these receptors and subunits were transiently precoupled. In addition, channel activation could be reconstituted with immobile GPCRs, G-protein heterotrimers, and GIRK channels. These results show that collision frequency is not rate-limiting for G-protein activation in CNS neurons, and are consistent with the idea that signaling components are compartmentalized or preassembled.
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- Robert M. Lober
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30809
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30809
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30809
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Gorbatyuk M, Justilien V, Liu J, Hauswirth WW, Lewin AS. Preservation of photoreceptor morphology and function in P23H rats using an allele independent ribozyme. Exp Eye Res 2006; 84:44-52. [PMID: 17083931 PMCID: PMC1778459 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2006] [Revised: 08/21/2006] [Accepted: 08/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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To develop an allele independent ribozyme for the treatment of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP) associated with mutations in the rhodopsin (RHO) gene, a ribozyme targeting dog, mouse, human but not rat rhodopsin (RHO) mRNA was designed and tested in vitro. Activity of this ribozyme was tested in tissue culture by co-transfection of HEK 293 cells with plasmids expressing opsin mRNA and ribozyme, followed by quantitative RT-PCR to evaluate the level of RHO mRNA. For experiments in vivo, Rz525 driven by the mouse opsin proximal promoter was inserted in plasmids with AAV 2 terminal repeats (TR) and packaged in AAV serotype 5 capsids. AAV-Rz525 was injected subretinally into the right eyes of P23H rat pups. Left eyes were injected with virus expressing GFP from the identical promoter. Animals were analyzed at 4, 8 and 12 weeks post-injection by full field scotopic electroretinography (ERG). After 12 weeks, animals were sacrificed and retinas were dissected, fixed and sectioned. Rz525 had high catalytic activity in vitro and led to a 50% reduction of RHO mRNA in cells. AAV-Rz525 injection into P23H transgenic rats led to significant preservation (about 50%) of scotopic ERG a- and b-wave amplitudes. Histological analysis showed an increased number of ONL nuclei in the central and superior retina of treated eyes relative to control eyes. RT-PCR analysis revealed 46% reduction of transgenic (mouse) RHO mRNA in right eyes relative to left eyes and no change in rat RHO mRNA. AAV5 delivery of Rz525 resulted in a partial rescue of the light response and structural preservation of photoreceptors in transgenic rats. This ribozyme may be a useful component of an RNA replacement gene therapy for ADRP.
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- M Gorbatyuk
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Box 100266, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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Zhu L, Imanishi Y, Filipek S, Alekseev A, Jastrzebska B, Sun W, Saperstein DA, Palczewski K. Autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa and E150K mutation in the opsin gene. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:22289-22298. [PMID: 16737970 PMCID: PMC1618956 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m602664200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a heterogeneous group of hereditary disorders of the retina caused by mutation in genes of the photoreceptor proteins with an autosomal dominant (adRP), autosomal recessive (arRP), or X-linked pattern of inheritance. Although there are over 100 identified mutations in the opsin gene associated with RP, only a few of them are inherited with the arRP pattern. E150K is the first reported missense mutation associated with arRP. This opsin mutation is located in the second cytoplasmic loop of this G protein-coupled receptor. E150K opsin expressed in HEK293 cells and reconstituted with 11-cis-retinal displayed an absorption spectrum similar to the wild type (WT) counterpart and activated G protein transducin slightly faster than WT receptor. However, the majority of E150K opsin showed a higher apparent molecular mass in SDS-PAGE and was resistant to endoglycosidase H deglycosidase. Instead of being transported to the plasma membrane, E150K opsin is partially colocalized with the cis/medial Golgi compartment markers such as GM130 and Vti1b but not with the trans-Golgi network. In contrast to the endoplasmic reticulum-retained adRP mutant, P23H opsin, Golgi-retained E150K opsin did not influence the proper transport of the WT opsin when coexpressed in HEK293 cells. This result is consistent with the recessive pattern of inheritance of this mutation. Thus, our study reveals a novel molecular mechanism for retinal degeneration that results from deficient export of opsin from the Golgi apparatus.
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- Li Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
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Maeda A, Maeda T, Imanishi Y, Golczak M, Moise AR, Palczewski K. Aberrant metabolites in mouse models of congenital blinding diseases: formation and storage of retinyl esters. Biochemistry 2006; 45:4210-9. [PMID: 16566595 PMCID: PMC1560103 DOI: 10.1021/bi052382x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Regeneration of the visual chromophore, 11-cis-retinal, is a critical step in restoring photoreceptors to their dark-adapted conditions. This regeneration process, called the retinoid cycle, takes place in the photoreceptor outer segments and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Disabling mutations in nearly all of the retinoid cycle genes are linked to human conditions that cause congenital or progressive defects in vision. Several mouse models with disrupted genes related to this cycle contain abnormal fatty acid retinyl ester levels in the RPE. To investigate the mechanisms of retinyl ester accumulation, we generated single or double knockout mice lacking retinoid cycle genes. All-trans-retinyl esters accumulated in mice lacking RPE65, but they are reduced in double knockout mice also lacking opsin, suggesting a connection between visual pigment regeneration and the retinoid cycle. Only Rdh5-deficient mice accumulate cis-retinyl esters, regardless of the simultaneous disruption of RPE65, opsin, and prRDH. 13-cis-Retinoids are produced at higher levels when the flow of retinoid through the cycle was increased, and these esters are stored in specific structures called retinosomes. Most importantly, retinylamine, a specific and effective inhibitor of the 11-cis-retinol formation, also inhibits the production of 13-cis-retinyl esters. The data presented here support the idea that 13-cis-retinyl esters are formed through an aberrant enzymatic isomerization process.
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Chen CK. The vertebrate phototransduction cascade: amplification and termination mechanisms. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2006; 154:101-21. [PMID: 16634148 DOI: 10.1007/s10254-005-0004-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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The biochemical cascade which transduces light into a neuronal signal in retinal photoreceptors is a heterotrimeric GTP-binding protein (G protein) signaling pathway called phototransduction. Works from psychophysicists, electrophysiologists, biochemists, and geneticists over several decades have come together to shape our understanding of how photon absorption leads to photoreceptor membrane hyperpolarization. The insights of phototransduction provide the foundation for a mechanistic account of signaling from many other G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) found throughout nature. The application of reverse genetic techniques has strengthened many historic findings and helped to describe this pathway at greater molecular details. However, many important questions remain to be answered.
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- C K Chen
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Biochemistry, 1101 E. Marshall Street, Rm 2-032, Richmond, 23298-0614 VA, USA.
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Jastrzebska B, Fotiadis D, Jang GF, Stenkamp RE, Engel A, Palczewski K. Functional and structural characterization of rhodopsin oligomers. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:11917-22. [PMID: 16495215 PMCID: PMC1618955 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m600422200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A major question in G protein-coupled receptor signaling concerns the quaternary structure required for signal transduction. Do these transmembrane receptors function as monomers, dimers, or larger oligomers? We have investigated the oligomeric state of the model G protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin (Rho), which absorbs light and initiates a phototransduction-signaling cascade that forms the basis of vision. In this study, different forms of Rho were isolated using gel filtration techniques in mild detergents, including n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside, n-tetradecyl-beta-D-maltoside, and n-hexadecyl-beta-D-maltoside. The quaternary structure of isolated Rho was determined by transmission electron microscopy, demonstrating that in micelles containing n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside, Rho exists as a mixture of monomers and dimers whereas in n-tetradecyl-beta-D-maltoside and n-hexadecyl-beta-D-maltoside Rho forms higher ordered structures. Especially in n-hexadecyl-beta-D-maltoside, most of the particles are present in tightly packed rows of dimers. The oligomerization of Rho seems to be important for interaction with its cognate G protein, transducin. Although the activated Rho (Meta II) monomer or dimers are capable of activating the G protein, transducin, the activation process is much faster when Rho exists as organized dimers. Our studies provide direct comparisons between signaling properties of Meta II in different quaternary complexes.
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- Beata Jastrzebska
- From the Department of Pharmacology, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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- M. E. Müller Institute for Microscopy, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland, and Departments of
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- Biological Structure, and
- Biochemistry and the
- Biomolecular Structure Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- M. E. Müller Institute for Microscopy, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland, and Departments of
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, BRB Bldg., 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106-4965. E-mail:
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A wide range of approaches has been applied to examine the quaternary structure of G protein-coupled receptors, the basis of such protein-protein interactions and how such interactions might modulate the pharmacology and function of these receptors. These include co-immunoprecipitation, various adaptations of resonance energy transfer techniques, functional complementation studies and the analysis of ligand-binding data. Each of the available techniques has limitations that restrict interpretation of the data. However, taken together, they provide a coherent body of evidence indicating that many, if not all, G protein-coupled receptors exist and function as dimer/oligomers. Herein we assess the widely applied techniques and discuss the relative benefits and limitations of these approaches.
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- Graeme Milligan
- Molecular Pharmacology Group, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
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Suda K, Filipek S, Palczewski K, Engel A, Fotiadis D. The supramolecular structure of the GPCR rhodopsin in solution and native disc membranes. Mol Membr Biol 2005; 21:435-46. [PMID: 15764373 PMCID: PMC1351286 DOI: 10.1080/09687860400020291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Rhodopsin, the prototypical G-protein-coupled receptor, which is densely packed in the disc membranes of rod outer segments, was proposed to function as a monomer. However, a growing body of evidence indicates dimerization and oligomerization of numerous G-protein-coupled receptors, and atomic force microscopy images revealed rows of rhodopsin dimers in murine disc membranes. In this work we demonstrate by electron microscopy of negatively stained samples, blue native- and sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, chemical crosslinking, and by proteolysis that native bovine rhodopsin exists mainly as dimers and higher oligomers. These results corroborate the recent findings from atomic force microscopy and molecular modeling on the supramolecular structure and packing arrangement of murine rhodopsin dimers.
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- Kitaru Suda
- M.E. Müller Institute for Microscopy, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056Basel, Switzerland
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw University, Warsaw, PL-02109, Poland
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- Departments of Ophthalmology
- Pharmacology, and
- Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- M.E. Müller Institute for Microscopy, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056Basel, Switzerland
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- M.E. Müller Institute for Microscopy, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056Basel, Switzerland
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. e-mail:
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Park PSH, Filipek S, Wells JW, Palczewski K. Oligomerization of G protein-coupled receptors: past, present, and future. Biochemistry 2005; 43:15643-56. [PMID: 15595821 PMCID: PMC1752221 DOI: 10.1021/bi047907k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-mediated signal transduction has been studied for more than a century. Despite the intense focus on this class of proteins, a molecular understanding of what constitutes the functional form of the receptor is still uncertain. GPCRs have traditionally been conceptualized as monomeric proteins, and this view has changed little over the years until relatively recently. Recent biochemical and biophysical studies have challenged this traditional concept, and point instead to a mechanistic view of signal transduction wherein the receptor functions as an oligomer. Cooperative interactions within such an oligomeric array may be critical for the propagation of an external signal across the cell membrane and to the G protein, and may therefore underlie the mechanistic basis of signaling.
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- Paul S-H Park
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-6485, USA.
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Jastrzebska B, Maeda T, Zhu L, Fotiadis D, Filipek S, Engel A, Stenkamp RE, Palczewski K. Functional characterization of rhodopsin monomers and dimers in detergents. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:54663-75. [PMID: 15489507 PMCID: PMC1351296 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m408691200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Rhodopsin (Rho) is a G protein-coupled receptor that initiates phototransduction in rod photoreceptors. High expression levels of Rho in the disc membranes of rod outer segments and the propensity of Rho to form higher oligomeric structures are evident from atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and chemical cross-linking experiments. To explore the structural and functional properties of Rho in n-dodecyl-beta-maltoside, frequently used to purify heterologously expressed Rho and its mutants, we used gel filtration techniques, blue native gel electrophoresis, and functional assays. Here, we show that in micelles containing n-dodecyl-beta-maltoside at concentrations greater than 3 mM, Rho is present as a single monomer per detergent micelle. In contrast, in 12 mM 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethyl-ammonio]-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS), micelles contain mostly dimeric Rho. The cognate G protein transducin (Gt) appears to have a preference for binding to the Rho dimer, and the complexes fall apart in the presence of guanosine 5'-3-O-(thio)triphosphate. Cross-linked Rho dimers release the chromophore at a slower rate than monomers and are much more resistant to heat denaturation. Both Rho(*) monomers and dimers are capable of activating Gt, and both of them are phosphorylated by Rho kinase. Rho expressed in HEK293 cells is also readily cross-linked by a bifunctional reagent. These studies provide an explanation of how detergent influences the oligomer-dimermonomer equilibrium of Rho and describe the functional characterization of Rho monomers and dimers in detergent.
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- Beata Jastrzebska
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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