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Khanal S, Rathod SN, Phillips JR. The acute effect of atropine eye drops on the human full-field electroretinogram. Doc Ophthalmol 2020; 142:315-328. [PMID: 33231734 DOI: 10.1007/s10633-020-09806-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE Atropine eye drops are a common and effective treatment for slowing myopia progression, but the site and mode of action of atropine in controlling myopia are unclear. We investigated the early retinal sites of action of atropine by examining its effects on the human full-field electroretinogram (ffERG). METHOD Baseline ffERGs were recorded in both eyes of 24 healthy subjects (mean ± SD: 21.0 ± 2.3 years; spherical equivalent refraction, range: + 1.63 to - 0.75 D) using 6 standard ISCEV protocols, 30 min after bilateral pupil dilation with 1% Tropicamide. Atropine (1 drop, 0.1%) was then instilled into the non-dominant eye. 24 h later, ffERGs were again recorded in both eyes. Ratios (post-atropine: pre-atropine) of dark-adapted (DA) and light-adapted (LA) ffERGs were compared between atropine-treated and control eyes using multivariate repeated measures general linear models. RESULTS Atropine-treated eyes responded with 14% lower DA3.0 OP (oscillatory potential) amplitude (p = 0.003) and 4% delay in the DA10.0 a-wave peak time (p = 0.00099) compared with control eyes. Amplitudes and peak times were not different between atropine-treated and control eyes for DA0.01, LA3.0, and LA3.0 flicker ERGs. While atropine caused a small (1.26 mm2, p = 0.03) extra increase in pupil area in the treated eye, atropine-induced changes in ffERG responses bore no relationship with changes in pupil area (R2 = 2-5%, p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The observed changes in oscillatory potentials corroborate previous findings that atropine affects neural activity in the inner retina. However, observed changes to the a-wave suggest that atropine also affects activity in photoreceptors.
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- Safal Khanal
- Myopia Laboratory, School of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,School of Optometry, The University of Alabama At Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA
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- Myopia Laboratory, School of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Myopia Laboratory, School of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. .,Department of Optometry, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Popova E. GABAergic neurotransmission and retinal ganglion cell function. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2015; 201:261-83. [PMID: 25656810 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-015-0981-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Ganglion cells are the output retinal neurons that convey visual information to the brain. There are ~20 different types of ganglion cells, each encoding a specific aspect of the visual scene as spatial and temporal contrast, orientation, direction of movement, presence of looming stimuli; etc. Ganglion cell functioning depends on the intrinsic properties of ganglion cell's membrane as well as on the excitatory and inhibitory inputs that these cells receive from other retinal neurons. GABA is one of the most abundant inhibitory neurotransmitters in the retina. How it modulates the activity of different types of ganglion cells and what is its significance in extracting the basic features from visual scene are questions with fundamental importance in visual neuroscience. The present review summarizes current data concerning the types of membrane receptors that mediate GABA action in proximal retina; the effects of GABA and its antagonists on the ganglion cell light-evoked postsynaptic potentials and spike discharges; the action of GABAergic agents on centre-surround organization of the receptive fields and feature related ganglion cell activity. Special emphasis is put on the GABA action regarding the ON-OFF and sustained-transient ganglion cell dichotomy in both nonmammalian and mammalian retina.
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- E Popova
- Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty, Medical University, 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria,
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The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) co-agonist D-serine is important in a number of different processes in the CNS, ranging from synaptic plasticity to disease states, including schizophrenia. D-serine appears to be the major co-agonist acting on retinal ganglion cell NMDA receptors, but the cell type from which it originates and whether its release can be modulated by activity are unknown. In this study, we utilized a mutant mouse line with elevated d-serine to investigate this question. Direct measurements of extracellular D-serine using capillary electrophoresis demonstrate that D-serine can be released from the intact mouse retina through an α-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate receptor (AMPAR) dependent mechanism. α-Amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate-evoked D-serine release persisted in the presence of a cocktail of neural inhibitors but was abolished after administration of a glial toxin. These findings provide the first evidence that extracellular D-serine levels in the retina can be modulated, and that such modulation is contingent upon glial cell activity.
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- Steve J Sullivan
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Stevens ER, Gustafson EC, Miller RF. Glycine transport accounts for the differential role of glycine vs. D-serine at NMDA receptor coagonist sites in the salamander retina. Eur J Neurosci 2010; 31:808-16. [PMID: 20374282 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07135.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In this study, we demonstrate that d-serine interacts with N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) coagonist sites of retinal ganglion cells of the tiger salamander retina by showing that exogenous d-serine overcomes the competitive antagonism of 7-chlorokynurenic acid for this site. Additionally, we show that exogenous d-serine was more than 30 times as effective at potentiating NMDAR currents compared with glycine. We thus examined the importance of glycine transport through the application of selective antagonists of the GlyT1 (NFPS) and GlyT2 (ALX-5670) transport systems, while simultaneously evaluating the degree of occupancy of the NMDAR coagonist binding sites. Analysis was carried out with electrophysiological recordings from the inner retina, including whole-cell recordings from retinal ganglion cells and extracellular recordings of the proximal negative field potential. Blocking the GlyT2 transport system had no effect on the light-evoked NMDAR currents or on the sensitivity of these currents to exogenous d-serine. In contrast, when the GlyT1 system was blocked, the coagonist sites of NMDARs showed full occupancy. These findings clearly establish the importance of the GlyT1 transporter as an essential component for maintaining the coagonist sites of NMDARs in a non-saturated state. The normal, unsaturated state of the NMDAR coagonist binding sites allows modulation of the NMDAR currents, by release of either d-serine or glycine. These results are discussed in light of contemporary findings which favor d-serine over glycine as the major coagonist of the NMDARs found in ganglion cells of the tiger salamander retina.
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- Eric R Stevens
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Reed BT, Sullivan SJ, Tsai G, Coyle JT, Esguerra M, Miller RF. The glycine transporter GlyT1 controls N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor coagonist occupancy in the mouse retina. Eur J Neurosci 2009; 30:2308-17. [PMID: 20092573 PMCID: PMC2910544 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.07020.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We examined the role of GlyT1, the high-affinity glycine transporter, in the mouse retina with an emphasis on the role of glycine as a coagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptors. We pursued this objective by studying heterozygote mice deficient in the GlyT1 transporter (GlyT1(-/+)) and compared those results with wild-type (WT) littermate controls (GlyT1(+/+)). Capillary electrophoresis was used to separate and quantitatively measure glycine release from isolated retina preparations; pharmacologically blocking GlyT1 with N-[3-([1,1-biphenyl]-4-yloxy)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)propyl]-N-methylglycine in the WT retina generated a significantly larger accumulation of glycine into the bathing environment when compared with the GlyT1(-/+) retinas. The relative occupancy state of the NMDA receptor coagonist sites was tested using whole-cell recordings from ganglion cells while bath applying D-serine or D-serine + NMDA. The interpretation of these studies was simplified by blocking post-synaptic inhibition with picrotoxinin and strychnine. NMDA receptor coagonist sites were more saturated and less enhanced by D-serine in the GlyT1(-/+) mice compared with the WT controls. Immunoblots of NMDA receptor subunits (NR1, NR2A and NR2B) in WT and GlyT1(-/+) animals showed that the NR1 subunits were identical. These observations are discussed in view of contemporary issues about NMDA receptor coagonist function in the vertebrate retina and the role of glycine vs. D-serine as the endogenous coagonist.
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- Brian T. Reed
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178-2705, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Properties of stimulus-dependent synchrony in retinal ganglion cells. Vis Neurosci 2008; 24:827-43. [PMID: 18093370 DOI: 10.1017/s0952523807070757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2007] [Accepted: 10/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Neighboring retinal ganglion cells often spike synchronously, but the possible function and mechanism of this synchrony is unclear. Recently, the strength of the fast correlation between ON-OFF directionally selective cells of the rabbit retina was shown to be stimulus dependent. Here, we extend that study, investigating stimulus-dependent correlation among multiple ganglion-cell classes, using multi-electrode recordings. Our results generalized those for directionally selective cells. All cell pairs exhibiting significant spike synchrony did it for an extended edge but rarely for full-field stimuli. The strength of this synchrony did not depend on the amplitude of the response and correlations could be present even when the cells' receptive fields did not overlap. In addition, correlations tended to be orientation selective in a manner predictable by the relative positions of the receptive fields. Finally, extended edges and full-field stimuli produced significantly greater and smaller correlations than predicted by chance respectively. We propose an amacrine-network model for the enhancement and depression of correlation. Such an apparently purposeful control of correlation adds evidence for retinal synchrony playing a functional role in vision.
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Royer AS, Miller RF. Dendritic impulse collisions and shifting sites of action potential initiation contract and extend the receptive field of an amacrine cell. Vis Neurosci 2007; 24:619-34. [PMID: 17900378 DOI: 10.1017/s0952523807070617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2007] [Accepted: 07/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We evaluated the contributions of somatic and dendritic impulses to the receptive field dimensions of amacrine cells in the amphibian retina. For this analysis, we used the NEURON simulation program with a multicompartmental, multichannel model of an On-Off amacrine cell with a three-dimensional structure obtained through computer tracing techniques. Simulated synaptic inputs were evenly spaced along the dendritic branches and organized into eight annuli of increasing radius. The first set of simulations activated each ring progressively to simulate an area summation experiment, while a second approach activated each annulus individually. Both sets of simulations were done with and without the presence of Na channels in the dendrites and soma. Unexpectedly, the receptive field dimensions observed in the area summation simulations was often smaller than that predicted from the summation of the annular simulations. Collisions of action potentials moving in opposite directions in the dendrites largely accounted for this contraction in receptive field size for the area summation studies. The presence of dendritic Na channels increased the size of the receptive field beyond that achieved in their absence and allowed the physiological size of the receptive field to approximate the physical dimensions of the dendritic tree. This receptive field augmentation was the result of impulse generating ability in the dendrites which enhanced the signal observed at the soma. These simulations provide a plausible mechanistic explanation for physiological recordings from amacrine cells that show similar phenomena.
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- Audrey S Royer
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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Li P, Slaughter M. Glycine receptor subunit composition alters the action of GABA antagonists. Vis Neurosci 2007; 24:513-21. [PMID: 17659095 DOI: 10.1017/s0952523807070368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2007] [Accepted: 04/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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GABA receptor antagonists produce an unexpectedly significant inhibition of native glycine receptors in retina and in alpha1 or alpha2 homomeric glycine receptors (GlyRs) expressed in HEK 293 cells. In this study we evaluate this phenomenon in heteromeric glycine receptors, formed by mixing alpha1, alpha2, and beta subunits. Picrotoxinin, picrotin, SR95531, and bicuculline are all more effective antagonists at GlyRs containing alpha2 subunits than alpha1 subunits. Inclusion of beta subunits reduces the inhibitory potency of picrotoxinin and picrotin but increases the potency of SR95531 and bicuculline. As a result of these two factors, bicuculline is particularly poor at discriminating GABA and glycine receptors. Picrotin, which has been reported to be inactive at GABA receptors, blocks glycine currents in retina and in HEK293 cells, suggesting its utility as a selective glycine antagonist. However, picrotin is a more potent inhibitor of GABA than glycine in retinal neurons. We also tested if GABA and glycine receptor subunits can combine to form functional receptors. If GABAAR gamma2S subunits are co-expressed with GlyR alpha subunits, the mixed receptor is glycine-sensitive and GABA-insensitive. But the mixed receptor exhibits a non-competitive picrotoxinin inhibition that is not observed in the homomeric GlyRs. This suggests that glycine and GABA subunits can co-assemble to form functional glycine receptors.
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- Ping Li
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Gustafson EC, Stevens ER, Wolosker H, Miller RF. Endogenous D-serine contributes to NMDA-receptor-mediated light-evoked responses in the vertebrate retina. J Neurophysiol 2007; 98:122-30. [PMID: 17507508 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00057.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We have combined electrophysiology and chemical separation and measurement techniques with capillary electrophoresis (CE) to evaluate the role of endogenous d-serine as an NMDA receptor (NMDAR) coagonist in the salamander retina. Electrophysiological experiments were carried out using whole cell recordings from retinal ganglion cells and extracellular recordings of the proximal negative response (PNR), while bath applying two D-serine degrading enzymes, including d-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) and D-serine deaminase (DsdA). The addition of either enzyme resulted in a significant and rapid decline in the light-evoked responses observed in ganglion cell and PNR recordings. The addition of exogenous D-serine in the presence of the enzymes restored the light-evoked responses to the control or supracontrol amplitudes. Heat-inactivated enzymes had no effect on the light responses and blocking NMDARs with AP7 eliminated the suppressive influence of the enzymes as well as the response enhancement normally associated with exogenous d-serine application. CE was used to separate amino acid racemates and to study the selectivity of DAAO and DsdA against D-serine and glycine. Both enzymes showed high selectivity for D-serine without significant effects on glycine. Our results strongly support the concept that endogenous D-serine plays an essential role as a coagonist for NMDARs, allowing them to contribute to the light-evoked responses of retinal ganglion cells. Furthermore under our experimental conditions, these coagonist sites are not saturated so that modulation of NMDAR sensitivity can be achieved with further modulaton of d-serine.
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- Eric C Gustafson
- Department of Neuroscience, 6-145 Jackson Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Puyal J, Martineau M, Mothet JP, Nicolas MT, Raymond J. Changes in D-serine levels and localization during postnatal development of the rat vestibular nuclei. J Comp Neurol 2006; 497:610-21. [PMID: 16739185 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The patterns of development of the vestibular nuclei (VN) and their main connections involving glutamate neurotransmission offer a good model for studying the function of the glial-derived neuromodulator D-serine in synaptic plasticity. In this study we show that D-serine is present in the VN and we analyzed its distribution and the levels of expression of serine racemase and D-amino acid oxidase (D-AAO) at different stages of postnatal (P) development. From birth to P21, high levels of D-serine were detected in glial cells and processes in all parts of the VN. This period corresponded to high expression of serine racemase and low expression of D-AAO. On the other hand, in the mature VN D-serine displayed very low levels and was mainly localized in neuronal cell bodies and dendrites. This drop of D-serine in adult stages corresponded to an increasing expression of D-AAO at mature stages. High levels of glial D-serine during the first 3 weeks of postnatal development correspond to an intense period of plasticity and synaptogenesis and maturation of VN afferents, suggesting that D-serine could be involved in these phenomena. These results demonstrate for the first time that changes in D-serine levels and distribution occur during postnatal development in the central nervous system. The strong decrease of D-serine levels and the glial-to-neuronal switch suggests that D-serine may have distinct functional roles depending on the developmental stage of the vestibular network.
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- Julien Puyal
- Department of Cell Biology and Morphology, University of Lausanne, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Miller RF, Staff NP, Velte TJ. Form and Function of on-off Amacrine Cells in the Amphibian Retina. J Neurophysiol 2006; 95:3171-90. [PMID: 16481463 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00090.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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on-off amacrine cells were studied with whole cell recording techniques and intracellular staining methods using intact retina-eyecup preparations of the tiger salamander ( Ambystoma tigrinum) and the mudpuppy ( Necturus maculosus). Morphological characterization of these cells included three-dimensional reconstruction methods based on serial optical sections obtained with a confocal microscope. Some cells had their detailed morphology digitized with a computer-assisted tracing system and converted to compartmental models for computer simulations. The dendrites of on-off amacrine cells have spines and numerous varicosities. Physiological recordings confirmed that on-off amacrine cells generate both large- and small-amplitude impulses attributed, respectively, to somatic and dendritic generation sites. Using a multichannel model for impulse generation, computer simulations were carried out to evaluate how impulses are likely to propagate throughout these structures. We conclude that the on-off amacrine cell is organized with multifocal dendritic impulse generating sites and that both dendritic and somatic impulse activity contribute to the functional repertoire of these interneurons: locally generated dendritic impulses can provide regional activation, while somatic impulse activity results in rapid activation of the entire dendritic tree.
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- Robert F Miller
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Until the last decade, it was widely accepted that D-amino acids had no functional role in higher organisms, but that they were restricted to lower organisms, such as bacteria, where they are integrated into the proteoglycans of the cell wall. However, D-serine proved to be an effective coagonist at the "glycine-binding" site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors, and this observation led to chemical analyses that have now revealed the presence of high levels of D-serine in the central nervous system, including many regions of the brain and retina. D-Serine has been localized to astrocytes and can be released by glutamate through stimulation of AMPA receptors. A new enzyme, serine racemase has been localized to glial cells and converts L-serine to D-serine. Degradation of D-serine takes place through D-amino acid oxidase, an enzyme once thought to metabolize D-amino acids from external sources. Although the "glycine-binding" site of NMDA receptors was initially regarded as a saturated site, evidence in many brain regions has established that this site is not saturated and is therefore modulated by interactions between glial cells and neurons. In some, but not all, studies, D-serine enhances NMDA-mediated currents; a light-evoked enhancement to NMDA currents has been reported in the retina. D-serine also plays a role in synaptic and cellular development, particularly in the cerebellum, where the normal developmental sequences underlying synapse formation onto Purkinje cells and the migration of granule cells are dependent on NMDA receptors during a time when high levels of D-serine are expressed in the Bergmann glia and other cerebellar astrocytes. D-serine must be added to the list of agents through which glial cells participate in controlling the excitability of neurons.
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- Robert F Miller
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Morong S, Westall CA, Nobile R, Buncic JR, Logan WJ, Panton CM, Abdolell M. Longitudinal changes in photopic OPs occurring with vigabatrin treatment. Doc Ophthalmol 2003; 107:289-97. [PMID: 14711161 PMCID: PMC3880363 DOI: 10.1023/b:doop.0000005338.51554.e3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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PURPOSE Vigabatrin (gamma-vinyl-GABA) is an antiepileptic drug successful in the management of infantile spasms. Photopic ERGs were tested in children followed longitudinally before and during vigabatrin treatment. METHODS Subjects were 26 infants (age range 1.5-24 months, median 7.6 months) on vigabatrin treatment who had been tested on multiple visits (two to four visits; mean, three visits). Eighteen of these were assessed initially before starting vigabatrin therapy and eight were assessed within 1 week of initiation of the drug. ERGs were recorded at 6-month intervals. Standard ISCEV protocol with Burian-Allen bipolar contact-lens electrodes (standard flash 2.0 cd.s/m2) was used. Although ISCEV standards were followed, a higher flash intensity (set at 3.6 cd.s/m2) was chosen for single-flash cone assessment to provide a better definition of OPs. Photopic OPs were divided into categories of early OPs and late OP (OP4). Responses were compared with age corrected limits extrapolated from our lab control database. RESULTS Results showed differential effects of vigabatrin on the summed early OP amplitudes versus the late OP (OP4) and cone b-wave amplitude. The early OPs showed significant decrease (p = 0.0005, repeated measures analysis of variance) after 6 months and remained decreased for the duration of treatment. There was no significant change seen in the late OP. The cone b-wave amplitude showed initial increase (p = 0.04) after 6 months, followed by a decrease after 18 months; a trend similar to that of the late OP. CONCLUSION Early photopic OPs were disrupted more than the late OP, suggesting relative deficit in the ON (depolarizing) retinal pathways.
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- Sharon Morong
- Department of Ophthalmology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Stevens ER, Esguerra M, Kim PM, Newman EA, Snyder SH, Zahs KR, Miller RF. D-serine and serine racemase are present in the vertebrate retina and contribute to the physiological activation of NMDA receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:6789-94. [PMID: 12750462 PMCID: PMC164525 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1237052100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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d-serine has been proposed as an endogenous modulator of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in many brain regions, but its presence and function in the vertebrate retina have not been characterized. We have detected d-serine and its synthesizing enzyme, serine racemase, in the retinas of several vertebrate species, including salamanders, rats, and mice and have localized both constituents to Müller cells and astrocytes, the two major glial cell types in the retina. Physiological studies in rats and salamanders demonstrated that, in retinal ganglion cells, d-serine can enhance excitatory currents elicited by the application of NMDA, as well as the NMDA receptor component of light-evoked synaptic responses. Application of d-amino acid oxidase, which degrades d-serine, reduced the magnitude of NMDA receptor-mediated currents, raising the possibility that endogenous d-serine serves as a ligand for setting the sensitivity of NMDA receptors under physiological conditions. These observations raise exciting new questions about the role of glial cells in regulating the excitability of neurons through release of d-serine.
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- Eric R Stevens
- Department of Neuroscience, 6-145 Jackson Hall, University of Minnesota, 321 Church Street Southeast, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
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Luo DG, Yang XL. Suppression by zinc of transient OFF responses of carp amacrine cells to red light is mediated by GABA(A) receptors. Brain Res 2002; 958:222-6. [PMID: 12468048 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03598-9] [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] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Modulation by Zn(2+) of ON and OFF responses of transient amacrine cells driven by red- and green-sensitive cones was investigated in isolated, superfused carp retina, using intracellular recording techniques. Zn(2+) selectively abolished the OFF response to red flash of the transient amacrine cells. This Zn(2+) effect was mimicked by GABA application and was blocked by bicuculline, indicating the involvement of GABA(A) receptors. Such differential modulation was observable neither in bipolar cells nor in sustained OFF amacrine cells. It is suggested that the Zn(2+) effect reported here might be due to a direct action of Zn(2+) on GABA(A) receptors of the transient amacrine cells.
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- Dong Gen Luo
- Institute of Neurobiology, Fudan University, 220 Han-Dan Road, 200433, Shanghai, China
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Dong CJ, Hare WA. Contribution to the kinetics and amplitude of the electroretinogram b-wave by third-order retinal neurons in the rabbit retina. Vision Res 2000; 40:579-89. [PMID: 10824262 DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6989(99)00203-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The ERG b-wave is widely believed to reflect mainly light-induced activity of on-center bipolar cells and Müller cells. Third-order retinal neurons are thought to contribute negligibly to generation of the b-wave. Here we show that pharmacological agents which affect predominantly third-order neurons alter significantly both the kinetics and amplitude of the b-wave. Our results support the notion that changes in the amplitude and kinetics of light-induced membrane depolarization in third-order neurons produce similar changes in the amplitude and kinetics of the b-wave. We conclude that activity in third-order neurons makes a significant contribution to b-wave generation. Our results also provide evidence that spiking activity of third-order neurons truncates the a-wave by accelerating the onset of the b-wave.
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- C J Dong
- Department of Biological Sciences, RD-2C Allergan Inc., Irvine, CA 92612, USA.
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Gao F, Wu SM. Multiple types of spontaneous excitatory synaptic currents in salamander retinal ganglion cells. Brain Res 1999; 821:487-502. [PMID: 10064836 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01067-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Spontaneous and light-evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSCs and leEPSCs) in retinal ganglion cells of the larval tiger salamander were recorded under voltage clamp conditions from living retinal slices. sEPSCs were isolated from the spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs) by application of 100 M picrotoxin+1 microM strychnine. In addition to the previously reported sEPSCs [K. Matsui, N. Hosoi, M. Tachibana, Excitatory synaptic transmission in the inner retina: pair recordings of bipolar cells and neurons of the ganglion cell layer, J. Neurosci. 18 (1998) 4500-4510; W.R. Taylor, E. Chen, D.R. Copenhagen, Characterization of spontaneous excitatory synaptic currents in salamander retinal ganglion cells, J. Physiol. 486 (1995) 207-221] [which are equivalent to our fast AMPA receptor-mediated sEPSCs (fAMPAsEPSCs)], we found another type of AMPA receptor-mediated sEPSC with slower rise and decay time courses and larger peak amplitudes (sAMPAsEPSCs), and the NMDA receptor-mediated sEPSCs (NMDAsEPSCs) in ON-OFF ganglion cells. The frequency of all three types of sEPSCs is greatly reduced by cobalt (with zero calcium) and increased by hyperosmotic solution, suggesting that these events are mediated by calcium-dependent exocytosis of glutamatergic synaptic vesicles. The amplitude histograms of sEPSCs do not show multiple peaks, suggesting that larger events are not discrete multiples of elementary events, or quanta, of similar neurotransmitter contents, as in the neuromuscular junction [P. Fatt, B. Katz, Spontaneous subthreshold activity at motor nerve endings, J. Physiol. 117 (1952) 109-128]. The average I-V relations of the fAMPAsEPSCs and sAMPAsEPSCs were outward rectified with reversal potentials at -12.2 mV and -10.8 mV, and that of the NMDAsEPSCs was N-shaped with a reversal potential at -5.8 mV. The average conductance increase associated with a single fAMPAsEPSC, a single sAMPAsEPSC, and a single NMDAsEPSC were 163. 26+/-51.02 pS, 233.33+/-163.64 pS, and 37.5+/-50.0 pS at -110 mV; 241.67+/-22.92 pS, 444.90+/-469.94 pS, and 25.93+/-70.37 pS at -60 mV; and 440.48+/-183.33 pS, 1,192.68+/-651.22 pS, and 517.71+/-238. 24 pS at +30 mV, respectively. The average frequency of the three sEPSCs at +30 mV were 15 Hz, 3.7 Hz and 3.6 Hz, respectively. The rise time (time to peak) of fAMPAsEPSCs was 1.5+/-1.05 ms and the decay time could be fitted with a single exponential with an average time constant of 3.4+/-4.1 ms. The rise and decay time course of the sAMPAsEPSCs and NMDAsEPSCs were much slower and sawtooth-shaped, and each 'sawtooth' had time course and amplitude similar to those of individual fAMPAsEPSCs. We propose that each fAMPAsEPSC is mediated by single or synchronized multiples of glutamatergic synaptic vesicles from bipolar cells, and each sAMPAsEPSC or NMDAsEPSC is mediated by larger clusters of synaptic vesicles triggered by spontaneous calcium spikes in bipolar cell axon terminals [J. Burrone, L. Lagnado, Electrical resonance and calcium influx in the synaptic terminal of depolarizing bipolar cells from the goldfish retina, J. Physiol. 505 (1997) 571-584; D. Zenisek, G. Matthews, Calcium action potentials in retinal bipolar neurons, Vis. Neurosci. 15 (1998) 69-75].
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- F Gao
- Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Gao F, Wu SM. Characterization of spontaneous inhibitory synaptic currents in salamander retinal ganglion cells. J Neurophysiol 1998; 80:1752-64. [PMID: 9772236 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.1752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Spontaneous and light-evoked postsynaptic currents (sPSCs and lePSCs, respectively) in retinal ganglion cells of the larval tiger salamander were recorded under voltage-clamp conditions from living retinal slices. The focus of this study is to characterize the spontaneous inhibitory PSCs (sIPSCs) and their contribution to the light-evoked inhibitory PSCs (leIPSCs) in ON-OFF ganglion cells. sIPSCs were isolated from spontaneous excitatory PSCs (sEPSCs) by application of 10 microM 6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (DNQX) + 50 microM 2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (AP5). In approximately 70% of ON-OFF ganglion cells, bicuculline (or picrotoxin) completely blocks sIPSCs, suggesting all sIPSCs in these cells are mediated by GABAergic synaptic vesicles and gamma-aminobutyric acid-A (GABAA) receptors (GABAergic sIPSCs, or GABAsIPSCs). In the remaining 30% of - ganglion cells, bicuculline (or picrotoxin) blocks 70-98% of the sIPSCs, and the remaining 2-30% are blocked by strychnine (glycinergic sIPSCs, or GLYsIPSCs). GABAsIPSCs occur randomly with an exponentially distributed interval probability density function, and they persist without noticeable rundown over time. The GABAsIPSC frequency is greatly reduced by cobalt, consistent with the idea that they are largely mediated by calcium-dependent vesicular release. GABAsIPSCs in DNQX + AP5 are tetrodotoxin (TTX) insensitive, suggesting that amacrine cells that release GABA under these conditions do not generate spontaneous action potentials. The average GABAsIPSCs exhibited linear current-voltage relation with a reversal potential near the chloride equilibrium potential, and an average peak conductance of 319.67 +/- 252.83 (SD) pS. For GLYsIPSCs, the average peak conductance increase is 301.68 +/- 94.34 pS. These parameters are of the same order of magnitude as those measured in inhibitory miniature postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs) associated with single synaptic vesicles in the CNS. The amplitude histograms of GABAsIPSCs did not exhibit multiple peaks, suggesting that the larger events are not discrete multiples of elementary events (or quanta). We propose that each GABAsIPSC or GLYsIPSC in retinal ganglion cells is mediated by a single or synchronized multiple of synaptic vesicles with variable neurotransmitter contents. In a sample of 16 ON-OFF ganglion cells, the average peak leIPSC (held at 0 mV) at the light onset is 509.0 +/- 233.85 pA and that at the light offset is 529.0 +/- 339.88 pA. The approximate number of GABAsIPSCs and GLYsIPSCs required to generate the average light responses, calculated by the ratio of the charge (area under current traces) of the leIPSCs to that of the average single sIPSCs, is 118 +/- 52 for the light onset, and 132 +/- 76 for the light offset.
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- F Gao
- Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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This chapter is an overview of current knowledge on the oscillatory potentials (OPs) of the retina. The first section describes the characteristics of the OPs. The basic, adaptational, pharmacological and developmental characteristics of the OPs are different from the a- and b-waves, the major components of the electroretinogram (ERG). The OPs are most easily recorded in mesopic adaptational conditions and reflect rapid changes of adaptation. They represent photopic and scotopic processes, probably an interaction between cone and rod activity in the retina. The OPs are sensitive to disruption of inhibitory (dopamine, GABA-, and glycine-mediated) neuronal pathways and are not selectively affected by excitatory amino acids. The earlier OPs are associated with the on-components and the late OPs with the off-components in response to a brief stimulus of light. The postnatal appearance of the first oscillatory activity is preceded by the a- and b-waves. The earlier OPs appear postnatally prior to, and mature differently from, the later ones. The second section deals with present views on the origin of the OPs. These views are developed from experimental studies with the vertebrate retina including the primate retina and clinical studies. Findings favor the conclusion that the OPs reflect neuronal synaptic activity in inhibitory feedback pathways initiated by the amacrines in the inner retina. The bipolar (or the interplexiform) cells are the probable generators of the OPs. Dopaminergic neurons, probably amacrines (or interplexiform cells), are involved in the generation of the OPs. The earlier OPs are generated in neurons related to the on-pathway of the retina and the later ones to the off-channel system. Peptidergic neurons may be indirectly involved as modulators. The individual OPs seem to represent the activation of several retinal generators. The earlier OPs are more dependent on an intact rod function and the later ones on an intact cone system. Thus, the OPs are good indicators of neuronal adaptive mechanisms in the retina and are probably the only post-synaptic neuronal components that can be recorded in the ERG except when structured stimuli are used. The last section describes the usefulness of the oscillatory response as an instrument to study the postnatal development of neuronal adaptation of the retina. In this section clinical examples of of the sensitivity of the OPs for revealing early disturbance in neuronal function in different retinal diseases such as pediatric, vascular and degenerative retinopathies are also given.
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Yu W, Miller RF. Hyperosmotic activation of transmitter release from presynaptic terminals onto retinal ganglion cells. J Neurosci Methods 1995; 62:159-68. [PMID: 8750098 DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00071-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A method for evoking neurotransmitter release without light stimulation has been developed and applied to a retinal slice preparation of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma Tigrum). This method utilizes a micropipette containing hyperosmotic levels of sucrose in Ringer, positioned within the inner plexiform layer (IPL) under visual control. Intermittent pressure (between 0.1 and 2 bars) applied to the pipette evoked release of neurotransmitters which were evaluated with whole-cell recording (WCR) technique applied to cells in the ganglion cell layer. Pharmacological studies were used to characterize the properties of the hyperosmotic sucrose-evoked response (HSER) and in some cases, we compared the HSER with synaptic currents evoked by light stimulation. The HSER typically consisted of both inhibitory and excitatory components with a reversal potential in between that for chloride (approximately -60 mV) and non-specific cation channels (approximately 0 mV). Relatively pure inhibition or excitation could be revealed through pharmacological techniques by blocking the inhibition with picrotoxin/strychnine or by blocking the glutamatergic neurotransmission with D-AP7 (D-2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoate) and NBQX (2,3-dihydroxy-6-nitro-sulfamoyl -benzo (F) quinoxaline). A comparison of light-evoked responses (LER) and the HSER suggested that they activate the same pool of releasable neurotransmitter.
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- W Yu
- Department of Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Computer simulations were carried out to evaluate the influence of varying the membrane resistance (Rm) on the dendritic integration capacity of three classes of ganglion cells in the mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) retina. Three broadly different morphological classes of ganglion cells were selected for this study and represent the range of dendritic tree sizes found in the ganglion cell population of this species. Simulations were conducted on anatomical data obtained from cells stained with horseradish peroxidase; each cell was traced, using a computer as an entry device and later converted to a compartmental (electrical) representation of the cell. Computer-simulation analysis used a time-variant conductance change which was similar in waveform to light-activated bipolar cell input. The simulated membrane resistance for each cell varied between 5000 and 100,000 omega cm2, and conductance changes were introduced into different regions of the soma-dendritic tree to evaluate dendritic integration efficiency. When higher values of Rm are used, even the largest cells become electronically compact and attenuation of voltage responses is minimized from distal to soma regions. Responses were less attenuated from proximal to distal regions of the cell because of the favorable impedance matching, and because less current is required to polarize small "sealed" dendritic terminations. Steady-state responses integrate more effectively than transient responses, particularly when Rm is high, since transient responses were more attenuated by the membrane capacitance. The possibility that Rm is a dynamic property of retinal ganglion cells is discussed in view of the functional organization of dendritic integration efficiency as Rm fluctuates from low to high values.
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- T J Velte
- University of Minnesota, Department of Physiology and Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Minneapolis 55455
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Pourcho RG, Owczarzak MT. Glycine receptor immunoreactivity is localized at amacrine synapses in cat retina. Vis Neurosci 1991; 7:611-8. [PMID: 1663388 DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800010397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Immunocytochemical techniques were used to localize strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors in cat retina. Light microscopy showed staining in processes ramifying throughout the inner plexiform layer and in cell bodies of both amacrine and ganglion cells. At the electron-microscopic level, receptor immunoreactivity was seen to be clustered at sites postsynaptic to amacrine cells. In contrast, bipolar cells were neither presynaptic nor postsynaptic elements at sites of glycine receptor staining. Double-label studies verified the presence of glycine immunoreactivity in amacrine terminals presynaptic to glycine receptors. These findings support a role for glycine as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in amacrine cells.
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- R G Pourcho
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University, Detroit
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Naarendorp F, Sieving PA. The scotopic threshold response of the cat ERG is suppressed selectively by GABA and glycine. Vision Res 1991; 31:1-15. [PMID: 2006543 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(91)90068-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Corneal electroretinograms (ERGs) were recorded from anesthetized cats under scotopic conditions. We examined whether the scotopic threshold response (STR) of the ERG could be functionally distinguished from scotopic PII and a-wave using intravitreal application of neuroactive agents. We found that neurotransmitters with active sites on third order neurons had several different effects. Results were: (1) glycine and gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) selectivity suppressed the STR but had relatively small and/or opposite effects on PII; (2) serotonin, acetylcholine and dopamine were nonselective and suppressed both STR and PII; (3) strychnine blocked the suppression of the STR by glycine. GABA-a antagonists alone only partially blocked GABA effects on the STR, and GABA-b antagonists were ineffective; (4) strychnine enhanced the STR. Bicuculline also increased STR amplitudes, but only in the presence of haloperidol. Our results suggest that the retinal pathway that contributes to the rod-driven STR is strongly influenced by cells that release glycine or GABA in the dark. These cells are possibly third order neurons in the retina. Our results also suggest that picrotoxin and bicuculline can facilitate the release of dopamine in the cat retina. Furthermore, the data indicate a light evoked release of dopamine which was first noticeable at about two log units above ERG threshold.
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- F Naarendorp
- Department of Ophthalmology, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48105
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Mittman S, Taylor WR, Copenhagen DR. Concomitant activation of two types of glutamate receptor mediates excitation of salamander retinal ganglion cells. J Physiol 1990; 428:175-97. [PMID: 2172521 PMCID: PMC1181641 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1990.sp018206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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1. Cells in the ganglion cell layer of salamander retinal slices were voltage clamped using patch pipettes. Light elicited transient excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) in on-off ganglion cells and sustained EPSCs in on ganglion cells. Light-evoked inhibitory postsynaptic currents in these cells could be blocked by 100 microM-bicuculline methobromide and 500 nM-strychnine. 2. In the presence of external Cd2+, at a concentration that blocked light-evoked synaptic inputs, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and the non-NMDA-receptor agonists, quisqualate and kainate, gated conductances in both on-off and on ganglion cells. The current-voltage (I-V) curve for the conductance elicited by NMDA had a negative slope between -40 and -70 mV and a reversal potential near 0 mV. The I-V curves for the non-NMDA-receptor-mediated conductances were nearly linear and also had reversal potentials near 0 mV. 3. I-V curves were measured at an early time point near the peak of transient EPSCs and at a later time point during the decay phase of the responses. The late I-V curve had a negative slope below -40 mV. The early I-V curve had a positive slope over the entire voltage range but the slope was greater at positive than at negative potentials. The evoked current reversed near 0 mV at both time points. 4. The region of negative slope of the late I-V curve was eliminated when Mg2+ was removed from the external saline. A slowly decaying component of transient EPSCs was eliminated in 20 microM-DL-2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoate (AP7), an NMDA-receptor antagonist. 5. Application of 1 microM-6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX), a non-NMDA-receptor antagonist at this concentration, blocked a fast component of transient EPSCs. 6. Our results demonstrate that the synaptic inputs to on-off ganglion cells have two components: a slower NMDA-receptor-mediated component having a time-to-peak of 110 +/- 45 ms and an e-fold decay time of 209 +/- 35 ms at -31 mV (mean +/- S.D., n = 5), and a faster non-NMDA-receptor-mediated component having a time-to-peak of 28 +/- 10 ms and an e-fold decay time of 43 +/- 20 ms at -31 mV (n = 8). 7. A similar analysis of sustained EPSCs of on ganglion cells showed that these currents resulted from sustained activation of both NMDA and non-NMDA receptors.
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- S Mittman
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco 94143
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Matthews GP, Crane WG, Sandberg MA. Effects of 2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid (APB) and glycine on the oscillatory potentials of the rat electroretinogram. Exp Eye Res 1989; 49:777-87. [PMID: 2591494 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4835(89)80038-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Oscillatory potentials of the electroretinogram were monitored in dark-adapted rats following intravitreal injection of 2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid (APB), a glutamate analog that preferentially blocks the light response of depolarizing bipolar cells, or glycine, a known endogenous inhibitory neurotransmitter that suppresses the light response of cells in the inner retina postsynaptic to glycinergic neurons. Oscillatory potentials were abolished in conjunction with the b-wave with APB and selectively reduced or eliminated by glycine: neither agent attenuated the a-wave. The results are compatible with the idea that light-induced depolarizing bipolar cell, hyperpolarizing bipolar cell, and glycinergic amacrine cell responses are all necessary for the generation of oscillatory potentials in the rat. The results also suggest that hyperpolarizing bipolar cells do not contribute to b-wave generation.
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- G P Matthews
- Berman-Gund Laboratory for the Study of Retinal Degenerations, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston
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Salceda R. Uptake and K+-stimulated release of [14C]glycine from frog retinal synaptosomal fractions. Neurochem Res 1989; 14:49-54. [PMID: 2710278 DOI: 10.1007/bf00969757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The uptake of [14C]glycine and the effect of depolarizing potassium concentrations on its release was investigated in the whole frog retina and its synaptosomal fractions. The uptake of [14C]glycine in retina and synaptosomal fractions was found to be saturable as well as energy and Na+-dependent. The Km value for glycine uptake was found to be 46 microM for P2 fraction and 100 microM for P1 fraction, with a Vmax of 3.5 and 3.8 nmol/mg protein/min respectively. The release of [14C]glycine from P1 and P2 synaptosomal fractions was markedly increased by raising potassium concentration in the medium, in a partially Ca2+-dependent manner. Evoked glycine release was 50% reduced when calcium was omitted from the medium. The K+-stimulated release of glycine from P2 fraction was significantly reduced in the presence of TTX. The cellular origin of the P1 and P2 synaptosomal fractions releasing glycine is discussed.
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- R Salceda
- Dept. de Neurociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D.F., México
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Carroll EW, Wong-Riley M. Neuronal uptake and laminar distribution of tritiated aspartate, glutamate, gamma-aminobutyrate and glycine in the prestriate cortex of squirrel monkeys: correlation with levels of cytochrome oxidase activity and their uptake in area 17. Neuroscience 1987; 22:395-412. [PMID: 2890120 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(87)90343-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The neuronal uptake and laminar distribution of cortically injected tritium-labeled gamma-aminobutyrate (GABA), aspartic acid, glutamate and glycine was examined in the prestriate cortex of squirrel monkeys. The intent of this investigation was not to examine the role of these amino acids as neurotransmitters, but to correlate the distribution of tritium-labeled neurons with their levels of cytochrome oxidase activity. A comparison of the number of these labeled neurons was made between the metabolically active "puff" and the less active "nonpuff" regions. In addition, these results were contrasted with the findings in area 17. With each tritiated amino acid tested, labeled neurons that had either high or low levels of cytochrome oxidase activity were present in all laminae. However, the density of labeled neurons varied between lamina for a given amino acid as well as between different amino acids. While many neurons that were cytochrome oxidase-reactive were also tritium-labeled, cytochrome oxidase activity was not a prerequisite for the sequestering of tritium label. In fact, many of the labeled neurons exhibited relatively low levels of cytochrome oxidase activity. Similar to area 17, few aspartate- or glutamate-labeled neurons were present in laminae II-III. The number of labeled neurons for both amino acids increased in laminae IV-VI, with the greatest increase observed in laminae V-VI. Gamma-aminobutyrate-labeled neurons were more prevalent in laminae I and upper II than in the other laminae, whereas in area 17, a greater proportion of the labeled neurons were found in laminae V-VI. With the exception of the uppermost laminae, where GABA-labeled neurons were more abundant, the number of glycine-labeled neurons was significantly greater throughout most laminae than with the other amino acids examined. The density of glycine-labeled neurons in lamina IV, however, was significantly less than the number observed in lamina III even though lamina III was farther away from the injection site which was at the boundary between laminae V-VI. Glycine-labeled neurons were, on average, larger than those labeled with any other amino acid. Similar to area 17, more GABA- and glycine-labeled neurons were observed within the puff regions than in nonpuff regions. No puff/nonpuff differences were observed in the distribution of leucine-injected controls. Labeled neurons for each amino acid included stellate-, fusiform- and pyramidal-shaped cells, each of varying sizes. However, outside the intensely labeled injection sites, no GABA-labeled pyramidal cells were observed.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- E W Carroll
- Department of Basic Sciences, Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI 53233
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The light-evoked electrical responses of a large number of amacrine cells in the roach retina have been observed by intracellular recording. Examination of response profiles suggests that amacrine cell responses possess a number of common features: combinations of sustained and transient components, light-dependent membrane noise and oscillations, afterpotentials. From these and other observations taken together, a unified view of light-evoked amacrine cell responses is presented, whereby response profiles are thought to reflect synaptic organizations rather than differences in inherent membrane properties.
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Bonaventure N, Wioland N, Jardon B. Anisotropic inhibition in the receptive field surround of the frog retinal ganglion cells, evidenced by bicuculline and SR 95103, a new GABA antagonist. Eur J Pharmacol 1986; 121:327-36. [PMID: 3486131 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(86)90253-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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When GABA antagonists (picrotoxin, bicuculline methiodide and SR 95103) were intravitreally injected in the frog, they increased the number of spikes of transient retinal ganglion cells, as well as the duration of the response. Thus, the transient pattern of the response became more sustained. GABA antagonists also provoked a marked increase in the size of the receptive field, which might be due to the abolition of the inhibition exerted by the surround upon the centre of the field. In fact, a stimulus applied to the surround of the field simultaneously with one applied to the centre no longer provoked the reduction of the field area nor that of the number of spikes. These are effects which were always observed before drug injection. After picrotoxin injection, the enlarged field was concentric with the initial one, both angular diameters doubled, whereas after bicuculline or SR 95103, the enlarged field was not concentric with the initial one and only one diameter increased. Thus, GABA inhibition appears to be distributed according to an anisotropic spatial pattern. Whether this anisotropy might be an input for direction selectivity in the frog visual system is a topic of discussion. With respect to SR 95103, this compound proved to act like a selective GABA antagonist with long lasting effects.
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Gottlob I, Wündsch L, Pflug R. Possible role of amacrine cells in the generation of the mammalian ERG b-wave. Doc Ophthalmol 1985; 61:55-63. [PMID: 4064891 DOI: 10.1007/bf00143216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The ERG b-wave is believed to be generated by a change of membrane potential of Müller cells mediated by alteration in extracellular K+ activity. At least two K+ sources have been suggested. From studies with K+-sensitive electrodes there is some evidence that a proximal K+ source is generated by amacrine cell activity. It has been shown autoradiographically that in the rabbit retina gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) is located in a subpopulation of amacrine cells. Therefore the effect of GABA on the b-wave amplitude of the isolated superfused rabbit retina was investigated by double-flash stimulation. Concentrations below 10(-5) MM GABA did not change the ERG; higher concentrations diminished the b-wave amplitude. With concentrations of 10(-3) MM GABA response to the second flash was clearly less reduced than that to the first. Furthermore the time course of the ERG was altered. Our investigation supports participation of amacrine cells in b-wave generation.
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Carroll EW, Wong-Riley M. Correlation between cytochrome oxidase staining and the uptake and laminar distribution of tritiated aspartate, glutamate, gamma-aminobutyrate and glycine in the striate cortex of the squirrel monkey. Neuroscience 1985; 15:959-76. [PMID: 2413391 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(85)90246-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The cellular uptake and laminar distribution of tritium-labeled gamma-aminobutyrate, aspartate, glutamate and glycine were examined in the primary visual cortex of squirrel monkeys. The purpose was to correlate the distribution of these labeled neurons with their level of cytochrome oxidase activity, particularly in laminae II-III (puffs) and adjacent non-puff regions. In general, tritium-labeled neurons that had either high or low levels of cytochrome oxidase activity were present in all laminae with each amino acid tested; however, their density varied between laminae and with the amino acid injected. Specifically, in laminae II-III, very few neurons were labelled with either of the putative excitatory amino acids (aspartate and glutamate). An increased uptake for both was observed in lamina IVC, with the greatest increase for each occurring in laminae V and VI. Significantly more neurons in each lamina were labeled with the putative inhibitory transmitters (gamma-aminobutyrate and glycine) than with either aspartate or glutamate. gamma-Aminobutyrate-labeled neurons were more prevalent in lamina II than III, and an increase in labeling was observed in laminae IV-VI, with the most prominent increase found in laminae V and VI. Glycine-labeled neurons were larger, more uniformly distributed and more abundant throughout all cortical laminae than those labeled with the other amino acids. Significantly more gamma-aminobutyrate- and glycine-labeled neurons were found in the puff regions than in the non-puff areas. No difference was found between puff and non-puff regions for the tritium-labeled leucine controls. Labeled neurons included stellate, fusiform and pyramidal-shaped cells of varying sizes; however, gamma-aminobutyrate-labeled pyramidal cells were not observed outside of the intense injection site. Large glycine-labeled cytochrome-oxidase-reactive pyramidal cells (24-32 micron in diameter) were present at the boundary between laminae V and VI. In addition, a row of large glycine-labeled, fusiform neurons were present in lamina IVB. With each amino acid injected, the tritium-labeled neurons that were darkly reactive for cytochrome oxidase were, on average, larger than the tritium-labeled neurons that were only lightly reactive for cytochrome oxidase. Thus, each of the four amino acids tested had its unique pattern of distribution in the primate striate cortex. Whether one or all of them served as neurotransmitter(s) for distinct neuronal groups is beyond the scope of this study. Glycine, in particular, might be used in part or in whole for metabolic purposes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Dick E, Miller RF. Extracellular K+ activity changes related to electroretinogram components. I. Amphibian (I-type) retinas. J Gen Physiol 1985; 85:885-909. [PMID: 3926945 PMCID: PMC2215781 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.85.6.885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Electroretinographic (ERG) and extracellular potassium activity measurements were carried out in superfused eyecup preparations of several amphibians. Light-evoked changes in extracellular K+ activity were characterized on the bases of depth profile analysis and latency measurements and through the application of pharmacological agents that have selective actions on the retinal network. Three different extracellular potassium modulations evoked at light onset were identified and characterized according to their phenomenological and pharmacological properties. These modulations include two separable sources of light-evoked increases in extracellular K+: (a) a proximal source that is largely post-bipolar in origin, and (b) a distal source that is primarily or exclusively of depolarizing bipolar cell origin. The pharmacological properties of the distal extracellular potassium increase closely parallel those of the b-wave. A distal light-evoked decrease in extracellular potassium appears to be associated with the slow PIII potential, based on a combination of simultaneous intracellular Müller cell recordings and extracellular ERG and potassium activity measurements before and during pharmacological isolation of the photoreceptor responses. The extracellular potassium activity increases are discussed with respect to the Müller cell theory of b-wave generation.
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Bolz J, Frumkes T, Voigt T, Wässle H. Action and localization of gamma-aminobutyric acid in the cat retina. J Physiol 1985; 362:369-93. [PMID: 3894625 PMCID: PMC1192903 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1985.sp015684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The effects of iontophoretically applied GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) and bicuculline on retinal ganglion cells were studied in the optically intact eye of the anaesthetized cat. GABA suppressed both the spontaneous activity and light-evoked discharge of all retinal ganglion cells, regardless of their type and regardless of the visual stimulus used. Bicuculline antagonized the action of iontophoretically applied GABA. Bicuculline enhanced the spontaneous activity of on-centre cells, but suppressed the spontaneous activity of most off-centre cells. The light-evoked response of on-centre cells was increased by bicuculline. A more complicated picture emerged for off-centre cells. Weak light responses were suppressed by bicuculline, but during strong light responses the initial transient phase of the response was dramatically enhanced. Amacrine cells of the inner nuclear layer and displaced amacrine cells of the ganglion cell layer were labelled, using glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) immunohistochemistry and [3H]muscimol uptake. GAD-positive dendrites were found throughout the inner plexiform layer and no sign of dendritic stratification was detected.
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Kleinschmidt J, Yazulla S. Uptake of 3H-glycine in the outer plexiform layer of the retina of the toad, Bufo marinus. J Comp Neurol 1984; 230:352-60. [PMID: 6097600 DOI: 10.1002/cne.902300304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The uptake of 3H-glycine in the retina of the toad, Bufo marinus, was investigated by light and electron microscopical autoradiography. Uptake of 3H-glycine was very prominent in large cell bodies in the inner nuclear layer as well as in discrete clusters in both the outer plexiform layer (OPL) and the inner plexiform layer. This pattern in similar to that described for 3H-glycine-accumulating putative interplexiform cells in goldfish, frog, and Xenopus retinas. Electron microscopical autoradiography of the OPL revealed large, grain-containing varicosities which had electron-lucent cytoplasm and contained both small, agranular and large, dense-core vesicles. The varicosities made extensive en passant and spine synapses in the OPL. Definitive identification of their postsynaptic targets was not achieved. However, autoradiographic analysis with 3H-GABA uptake as well as electrophysiological evidence suggests that axons but not cell bodies or dendrites of 3H-GABA-accumulating horizontal cells (H1 cells) are postsynaptic targets of the varicosities. The presence of dense-core vesicles in the varicosities suggested co-occurrence of glycine and a biogenic amine or neuropeptide. The indirect immunofluorescence technique was used to determine whether any such substances were present in the OPL of the toad retina. However, no specific labeling was found in the OPL for any of 19 substances tested. The extensive synaptic output provided by glycine-accumulating varicosities in the toad OPL may indicate an important role of glycine in the synaptic function of the distal toad retina. We suggest that these varicosities derive from a presumably glycinergic interplexiform cell.
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Belgum JH, Dvorak DR, McReynolds JS. Strychnine blocks transient but not sustained inhibition in mudpuppy retinal ganglion cells. J Physiol 1984; 354:273-86. [PMID: 6481635 PMCID: PMC1193411 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1984.sp015375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Transient and sustained inhibitory synaptic inputs to on-centre, off-centre, and on-off ganglion cells in the mudpuppy retina were studied using intracellular recording in the superfused eye-cup preparation. When chemical transmission was blocked with 4 mM-Co2+, application of either glycine or gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) caused a hyperpolarization and conductance increase in all ganglion cells. For both amino acids, the responses were dose dependent in the range 0.05-10 mM, with a half-maximal response at about 0.7 mM. Glycine and GABA sensitivities were very similar in all three types of ganglion cells. The response to applied glycine was selectively antagonized by 10(-5) M-strychnine and the response to applied GABA was selectively antagonized by 10(-5) M-picrotoxin. In all ganglion cells, 10(-5) M-strychnine eliminated the transient inhibitory events which occur at the onset and termination of a light stimulus. The block of transient inhibition was associated with a relative depolarization of membrane potential and decrease in conductance at these times. Strychnine had no effect on membrane potential or conductance in darkness or during sustained inhibitory responses to light. Picrotoxin (10(-5) M) did not block transient inhibitory events in any ganglion cells, but did affect other components of their responses. The results suggest that in all three classes of ganglion cells transient inhibition, but not sustained inhibition, may be mediated by glycine or a closely related substance.
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Pourch RG, Goebel DJ, McReynolds JS. Autoradiographic studies of [3H]-glycine, [3H]-GABA, and [3H]-muscimol uptake in the mudpuppy retina. Exp Eye Res 1984; 39:69-81. [PMID: 6479250 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4835(84)90116-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Autoradiographic studies showed selective accumulation of [3H]-glycine, [3H]-GABA, and the GABA agonist [3H]-muscimol by neurons of the mudpuppy retina. [3H]-Glycine was taken up by bipolar cells, amacrine cells, and displaced amacrine or ganglion cells. Both [3H]-GABA and [3H]-muscimol were also accumulated by bipolar cells, amacrine cells and ganglion layer cells. However, the [3H]-GABA uptake pattern differed from that of [3H]-muscimol in showing labeling of horizontal cells, an increased percentage of cells in the ganglion cell layer, and a band in the most proximal portion of the inner plexiform layer. Variations in grain density suggested the presence of multiple subpopulations of [3H]-glycine- and [3H]-GABA-labeled amacrine cells. The labeled cells may play a role in inhibitory pathways in the inner retina.
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Dick E, Lowry OH. Distribution of glycine, gamma-aminobutyric acid, glutamate decarboxylase, and gamma-aminobutyric acid transaminase in rabbit and mudpuppy retinas. J Neurochem 1984; 42:1274-80. [PMID: 6707631 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1984.tb02783.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The distributions of glycine, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), glutamate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.15), and GABA transaminase (EC 2.6.1.19) were determined in rabbit and mudpuppy retinas. In both species, peak levels of the amino acids and the enzymes occurred in the inner plexiform layer. Glutamate decarboxylase was almost entirely confined to the inner plexiform layer. Determinations were also made of the GABA content of 107 individual putative amacrine cell somas from mudpuppy retina. About 30% of those somas were found to have high endogenous GABA levels.
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Lasater EM, Lam DM. The identification and some functions of GABAergic neurons in the proximal retina of the catfish. Vision Res 1984; 24:875-81. [PMID: 6474844 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(84)90161-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Putative GABAergic neurons in the inner retina of the Texas channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, were studied using autoradiographic, biochemical and electrophysiological techniques. A pyriform amacrine cell, ramifying predominantly in sublamina b of the inner plexiform layer, was found to accumulate exogenous GABA in the dark. GABA could be released from these cells with high K+ Ringers solution and the release was blocked by Co2+. These data suggest that a class of catfish amacrine cells are GABAergic. To substantiate this, extracellular recordings were made from ganglion cells during the superfusion of the GABA blocking agent bicuculline methochloride. This agent modified the responses of ganglion cells in a manner consistent with the notion that GABAergic amacrine cells are a major source of input to on-center ganglion cells. There also appeared to be an indirect GABAergic influence on a subclass of off-center ganglion cell.
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Siminoff R. Influence of amacrine cells on receptive field organization of ganglion cells of the generalized vertebrate cone retina: electronic simulation. BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS 1984; 50:213-234. [PMID: 6466736 DOI: 10.1007/bf00340027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Two classes of amacrine cells are simulated, small-field and large-field. Small-field amacrine cells are formed by input from a single bipolar cell, while large-field amacrine cell is formed by inputs from same 7 bipolar cells that form the ganglion cell. Only tonic amacrine cells are studied with both chromatic and luminosity types as well as double- and single-opponent receptive fields. Amacrine cells are used in both feedforward to ganglion cells and feedback to bipolar and horizontal cells. Feedback to bipolar cells or feedforward to ganglion cells affected steady state levels in a predictable fashion. Negative feedback to bipolar cells and positive feedforward to ganglion cells does not introduce transients to ganglion cells while negative feedback to horizontal cells and negative feedforward does. Feedback to horizontal cells produces complex effects on bipolar, amacrine and ganglion cells dependent on such factors as center-surround field balance and negative feedback from luminosity type of horizontal cell to cones.
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Belgum JH, Dvorak DR, McReynolds JS. Sustained and transient synaptic inputs to on-off ganglion cells in the mudpuppy retina. J Physiol 1983; 340:599-610. [PMID: 6310102 PMCID: PMC1199229 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1983.sp014782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Synaptic inputs to on-off ganglion cells in mudpuppy retina were studied by measuring current-voltage relations in darkness, during different phases of the response to light, and in the presence of 4 mM-Co2+. The addition of Co2+ to the bathing medium usually caused a hyperpolarization of the membrane potential in darkness and an increase in input resistance, indicating that on-off ganglion cells receive tonic excitatory synaptic input in darkness. Other results suggest that an additional synaptic input, with a reversal potential near the dark potential, may also be active in darkness. At the onset of a light stimulus in the receptive field centre all on-off ganglion cells responded with transient excitatory and inhibitory synaptic events, both of which were due to increases in conductance. Similar transient excitatory and inhibitory events occurred at the termination of the light stimulus. In about one-half of the on-off ganglion cells studied the synaptic activity during steady illumination was the same as in darkness. In the remaining cells steady illumination caused an increase in sustained inhibition.
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Ikeda H, Sheardown MJ. Transmitters mediating inhibition of ganglion cells in the cat retina: iontophoretic studies in vivo. Neuroscience 1983; 8:837-53. [PMID: 6135176 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(83)90014-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The effects of iontophoretically applied gamma-aminobutyrate (GABA) and glycine and their antagonists, bicuculline and strychnine on inhibition of retinal ganglion cells were studied in the optically intact eye of anaesthetised cats. Two kinds of inhibition were studied. One is the inhibition which occurs when a spot (a white spot for on-centre and a black spot for off-centre cells) which produces a maximal response from a cell, is removed from the receptive field centre, i.e. the central post-excitatory inhibition. The other is the inhibition which occurs when an annulus (a white annulus for on-centre and a black annulus for off-centre cells) which occupies the surround region of the receptive field, is presented, i.e. the surround inhibition. GABA enhanced and bicuculline blocked the post-excitatory inhibition at the receptive field centre and surround inhibition of on-centre but not off-centre cells regardless of whether the cell was 'sustained' or 'transient' type. On the other hand, glycine enhanced and strychnine blocked the post-excitatory inhibition at the receptive field centre and surround inhibition of off-centre but not on-centre cells, regardless of whether the cell was 'sustained' or 'transient' type. Inhibition of on-centre cells, thus, appears to be mediated by GABA, whereas that of off-centre cells, by glycine regardless of whether the cells are 'sustained' or 'transient'. Possible existence of GABAergic and glycinergic amacrine cells making postsynaptic contact with on-centre and off-centre ganglion cells, respectively, is proposed. Other possible explanations are discussed.
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Neurotransmitter-related features of the retinal pigment epithelium. Neurochem Int 1983; 5:285-90. [DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(83)90030-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/1982] [Accepted: 10/24/1982] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The effects of iontophoretically applied putative neurotransmitters and their antagonists on the responses of retinal ganglion cells were studied in the optically intact eye of anaesthetized cats. L-aspartate enhanced and a N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor blocker, 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate, blocked visual excitations of "sustained" cells, whereas acetylcholine enhanced, and the nicotinic receptor blocker, dihydro-beta-erythroidine, blocked those of "transient" cells. GABA enhanced and bicuculline blocked inhibitions of on-centre cells, but glycine enhanced and strychnine blocked those of off-centre cells, whether the cells were "sustained" or "transient". The possibility that: (A) aspartate may be an excitatory transmitter at both "on-" and "off-sustained" cells and acetylcholine, at both "on-" and "off-transient" cells; (B) GABA may be an inhibitory transmitter for on-centre, and glycine, for off-centre cells, is discussed.
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Intracellular chloride activity measurements were obtained from mudpuppy retinal neurons using dual microelectrodes, one of which was made chloride-selective by filling the tip with chloride liquid ion exchange resin. In addition ionic substitution experiments were carried out in the perfused retina-eyecup preparation of the mudpuppy. A comparison of the membrane potential and calculated chloride equilibrium potential shows that retinal neurons differ in relative transmembrane chloride distribution. Ganglion cells have an ECl more negative than the resting membrane potential, whereas amacrine cells have a passive distribution of chloride. Horizontal cells have chloride distributed such that an increase in chloride conductance is depolarizing. On-bipolars have a chloride distribution similar to that of horizontal cells whereas off-bipolars show either passive distribution or some chloride accumulation. These findings are consistent with the idea that chloride ions may play a role as a depolarizing driving force for electrogenic activity of horizontal cells and on-bipolars. Results with Cl substitution experiments are consistent with this interpretation.
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Morgan IG. The organization of amacrine cell types which use different transmitters in chicken retina. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1983; 58:191-9. [PMID: 6195689 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)60020-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Blanks JC, Roffler-Tarlov S. Differential localization of radioactive gamma-aminobutyric acid and muscimol in isolated and in vivo mouse retina. Exp Eye Res 1982; 35:573-84. [PMID: 7151891 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4835(82)80071-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Cutler RW, Young J. Effect of penicillin, pentylenetetrazol and strychnine on the release of endogenous amino acids into the vitreous of the intact eye of the rat. Brain Res 1982; 249:81-5. [PMID: 6128057 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(82)90171-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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