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Halbach P, Pillers DAM, York N, Asuma MP, Chiu MA, Luo W, Tokarz S, Bird IM, Pattnaik BR. Oxytocin expression and function in the posterior retina: a novel signaling pathway. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2015; 56:751-60. [PMID: 25593022 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Oxytocin (OXT) is recognized as an ubiquitously acting nonapeptide hormone that is involved in processes ranging from parturition to neural development. Its effects are mediated by cell signaling that occurs as a result of oxytocin receptor (OXTR) activation. We sought to determine whether the OXT-OXTR signaling pathway is also expressed within the retina. METHODS Immunohistochemistry using cell-specific markers was used to localize OXT within the rhesus retina. Reverse transcriptase PCR and immunohistochemistry were used to assess the expression of OXTR in both human and rhesus retina. Single-cell RT-PCR and Western blot analyses were used to determine the expression of OXTR in cultured human fetal RPE (hfRPE) cells. Human fetal RPE cells loaded with FURA-2 AM were studied by ratiometric Ca(2+) imaging to assess transient mobilization of intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)]i). RESULTS Oxytocin was expressed in the cone photoreceptor extracellular matrix of the rhesus retina. Oxytocin mRNA and protein were expressed in the human and rhesus RPE. Oxytocin mRNA and protein expression were observed in cultured hfRPE cells, and exposure of these cells to 100 nM OXT induced a transient 79 ± 1.5 nM increase of [Ca(2+)]i. CONCLUSIONS Oxytocin and OXTR are present in the posterior retina, and OXT induces an increase in hfRPE [Ca(2+)]i. These results suggest that the OXT-OXTR signaling pathway is active in the retina. We propose that OXT activation of the OXTR occurs in the posterior retina and that this may serve as a paracrine signaling pathway that contributes to communication between the cone photoreceptor and the RPE.
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- Patrick Halbach
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States The Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States The Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States The Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States Departments of Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Craft CM, Huang J, Possin DE, Hendrickson A. Primate short-wavelength cones share molecular markers with rods. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 801:49-56. [PMID: 24664680 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3209-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Macaca, Callithrix jacchus marmoset monkey, Pan troglodytes chimpanzee and human retinas were examined to define if short wavelength (S) cones share molecular markers with L&M cone or rod photoreceptors. S cones showed consistent differences in their immunohistochemical staining and expression levels compared to L&M cones for "rod" Arrestin1 (S-Antigen), "cone" Arrestin4, cone alpha transducin, and Calbindin. Our data verify a similar pattern of expression in these primate retinas and provide clues to the structural divergence of rods and S cones versus L&M cones, suggesting S cone retinal function is "intermediate" between them.
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- Cheryl M Craft
- Mary D. Allen Laboratory for Vision Research, Doheny Eye Institute, Departments of Ophthalmology and Cell & Neurobiology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, 1355 San Pablo St., DVRC 405, 90033, Los Angeles, CA, USA,
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Wu WC, Lai CC, Liu JH, Singh T, Li LM, Peumans WJ, Van Damme EJM, Wu AM. Differential binding to glycotopes among the layers of three mammalian retinal neurons by man-containing N-linked glycan, T(alpha) (Galbeta1-3GalNAcalpha1-), Tn (GalNAcalpha1-Ser/Thr) and I (beta)/II (beta) (Galbeta1-3/4GlcNAcbeta-) reactive lectins. Neurochem Res 2006; 31:619-28. [PMID: 16770733 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-006-9060-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2005] [Accepted: 02/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Carbohydrate structures between retinal neurons and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) play an important role in maintaining the integrity of retinal adhesion to underlying RPE, and in retinal detachment pathogenesis. Since relevant knowledge is still in the primary stage, glycotopes on the adult retina of mongrel canines (dog), micropigs and Sprague-Dawley rats were examined by lectino-histochemistry, using a panel of 16 different lectins. Paraffin sections of eyes were stained with biotinylated lectins, and visualized by streptavidin-peroxidase and diaminobenzidine staining. Mapping the affinity profiles, it is concluded that: (i) all sections of the retina reacted well with Morniga M, suggesting that N-linked glycans are present in all layers of the retina; (ii) no detectable human blood group ABH active glycotopes were found among retinal layers; (iii) outer and inner segments contained glycoconjugates rich in ligands reacting with T (alpha) (Galbeta1-3GalNAcalpha1-Ser/Thr) and Tn (GalNAcalpha1-Ser/Thr) specific lectins; (iv) cone cells of retina specifically bound peanut agglutinin (PNA), which recognizes T (alpha) residues and could be used as a specific marker for these photoreceptors; (v) the retinas of rat, dog and pig, had a similar binding profile but with different intensity; (vi) each retinal layer had its own binding characteristic. This information may provide useful background knowledge for normal retinal physiology and miscellaneous retinal diseases, including retinal detachment (RD) and age-related macular degeneration (ARMD).
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- Wei-Chi Wu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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Unlike in birds and cold-blooded vertebrates' retinas, the photoreceptors of mammalian retinas were long supposed to be morphologically uniform and difficult to distinguish into subtypes. A number of new techniques have now begun to overcome the previous limitations. A hitherto unexpected variability of spectral and morphological subtypes and topographic patterns of distribution in the various retinas are being revealed. We begin to understand the design of the photoreceptor mosaics, the constraints of evolutionary history and the ecological specialization of these mosaics in all the mammalian subgroups. The review discusses current cytological identification of mammalian photoreceptor types and speculates on the likely "bottleneck-scenario" for the origin of the basic design of the mammalian retina. It then provides a brief synopsis of current data on the photoreceptors in the various mammalian orders and derives some trends for phenomena such as rod/cone dualism, spectral range, preservation or loss of double cones and oil droplets, photopigment co-expression and mono- and tri-chromacy. Finally, we attempt to demonstrate that, building on the limits of an ancient rod dominant (probably dichromatic) model, mammalian retinas have developed considerable radiation. Comparing the nonprimate models with the intensively studied primate model should provide us with a deeper understanding of the basic design of the mammalian retina.
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- P K Ahnelt
- Institut für Physiologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria.
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Hendrickson A, Djajadi HR, Nakamura L, Possin DE, Sajuthi D. Nocturnal tarsier retina has both short and long/medium-wavelength cones in an unusual topography. J Comp Neurol 2000; 424:718-30. [PMID: 10931492 DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000904)424:4<718::aid-cne12>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The evolutionary position of tarsiers with respect to primates is still debated. The type of photoreceptors in the nocturnal Tarsius spectrum retina has been compared with the nocturnal New World monkey Aotus trivulgaris and the Old World monkey Macaca nemestrina by using immunocytochemical labeling for antisera known to be specific for primate cone and rod proteins. In all three species, antisera to long/medium (L/M) -wavelength specific cone opsin and cone-specific alpha-transducin detected a single row of cones. Only Macaca and tarsier retina contained cones labeled by antiserum to short (S) -wavelength specific cone opsin. Tarsier rod cell bodies were 6-12 deep, depending on retinal eccentricity. Tarsier central cones had 2-microm-wide outer (OS) and inner segments, which came straight off the cell body. Cone morphology differed little from rods except OS were shorter. Macaca cones labeled for 7G6 and calbindin, Aotus cones did not label for calbindin, and Tarsius cones did not label for 7G6 or calbindin. In tarsier retinal whole-mounts, peak cone density ranged from 11,600-14,200/cones mm(2). The 11- to 12-mm-wide peak region centered roughly on the optic disc, although foveal counts remain to be completed. Density decreased symmetrically to a far peripheral band of 4,200-7, 000/cones mm(2). In contrast, S cone density was very low in central retina (0-300/mm(2)), rose symmetrically with eccentricity, and peaked at 1,100-1,600/mm(2) in a 2- to 3-mm-wide zone in the far periphery. In this zone, S cones were 9-14% of all cones. L/M cones were regularly spaced, whereas S cones showed no regular distribution pattern. Although the functional characteristics of the tarsier S and L/M cone systems are yet to be determined, tarsier cone proteins and distribution have some similarities to both New and Old World monkey retinas.
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- A Hendrickson
- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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