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Günther A, Dedek K, Haverkamp S, Irsen S, Briggman KL, Mouritsen H. Double Cones and the Diverse Connectivity of Photoreceptors and Bipolar Cells in an Avian Retina. J Neurosci 2021; 41:5015-5028. [PMID: 33893221 PMCID: PMC8197639 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2495-20.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Double cones are the most common photoreceptor cell type in most avian retinas, but their precise functions remain a mystery. Among their suggested functions are luminance detection, polarized light detection, and light-dependent, radical pair-based magnetoreception. To better understand the function of double cones, it will be crucial to know how they are connected to the neural network in the avian retina. Here we use serial sectioning, multibeam scanning electron microscopy to investigate double-cone anatomy and connectivity with a particular focus on their contacts to other photoreceptor and bipolar cells in the chicken retina. We found that double cones are highly connected to neighboring double cones and with other photoreceptor cells through telodendria-to-terminal and telodendria-to-telodendria contacts. We also identified 15 bipolar cell types based on their axonal stratifications, photoreceptor contact pattern, soma position, and dendritic and axonal field mosaics. Thirteen of these 15 bipolar cell types contacted at least one or both members of the double cone. All bipolar cells were bistratified or multistratified. We also identified surprising contacts between other cone types and between rods and cones. Our data indicate a much more complex connectivity network in the outer plexiform layer of the avian retina than originally expected.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Like in humans, vision is one of the most important senses for birds. Here, we present the first serial section multibeam scanning electron microscopy dataset from any bird retina. We identified many previously undescribed rod-to-cone and cone-to-cone connections. Surprisingly, of the 15 bipolar cell types we identified, 11 received input from rods and 13 of 15 received at least part of their input from double cones. Therefore, double cones seem to play many different and important roles in avian retinal processing, and the neural network and thus information processing in the outer retina are much more complex than previously expected. These fundamental findings will be very important for several fields of science, including vertebrate vision, avian magnetoreception, and comparative neuroanatomy.
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- Anja Günther
- Neurosensorics/Animal Navigation, Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neurosensorics/Animal Navigation, Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
- Research Center for Neurosensory Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Computational Neuroethology, Center of Advanced European Studies and Reasearch (caesar), 53175 Bonn, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy and Analytics, Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar), 53175 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Computational Neuroethology, Center of Advanced European Studies and Reasearch (caesar), 53175 Bonn, Germany
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- Neurosensorics/Animal Navigation, Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
- Research Center for Neurosensory Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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Klooster J, Kamermans M. An Ultrastructural and Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Outer Plexiform Layer of the Retina of the European Silver Eel (Anguilla anguilla L). PLoS One 2016; 11:e0152967. [PMID: 27032102 PMCID: PMC4816530 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Here we studied the ultrastructural organization of the outer retina of the European silver eel, a highly valued commercial fish species. The retina of the European eel has an organization very similar to most vertebrates. It contains both rod and cone photoreceptors. Rods are abundantly present and immunoreactive for rhodopsin. Cones are sparsely present and only show immunoreactivity for M-opsin and not for L-, S- or UV-cone opsins. As in all other vertebrate retinas, Müller cells span the width of the retina. OFF-bipolar cells express the ionotropic glutamate receptor GluR4 and ON-bipolar cells, as identified by their PKCα immunoreactivity, express the metabotropic receptor mGluR6. Both the ON- and the OFF-bipolar cell dendrites innervate the cone pedicle and rod spherule. Horizontal cells are surrounded by punctate Cx53.8 immunoreactivity indicating that the horizontal cells are strongly electrically coupled by gap-junctions. Connexin-hemichannels were found at the tips of the horizontal cell dendrites invaginating the photoreceptor synapse. Such hemichannels are implicated in the feedback pathway from horizontal cells to cones. Finally, horizontal cells are surrounded by tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity, illustrating a strong dopaminergic input from interplexiform cells.
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- Jan Klooster
- Retinal Signal Processing Lab, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Retinal Signal Processing Lab, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Neurogenetics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bleckert A, Parker ED, Kang Y, Pancaroglu R, Soto F, Lewis R, Craig AM, Wong ROL. Spatial relationships between GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses on the dendrites of distinct types of mouse retinal ganglion cells across development. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69612. [PMID: 23922756 PMCID: PMC3724919 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Neuronal output requires a concerted balance between excitatory and inhibitory (I/E) input. Like other circuits, inhibitory synaptogenesis in the retina precedes excitatory synaptogenesis. How then do neurons attain their mature balance of I/E ratios despite temporal offset in synaptogenesis? To directly compare the development of glutamatergic and GABAergic synapses onto the same cell, we biolistically transfected retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) with PSD95CFP, a marker of glutamatergic postsynaptic sites, in transgenic Thy1YFPγ2 mice in which GABAA receptors are fluorescently tagged. We mapped YFPγ2 and PSD95CFP puncta distributions on three RGC types at postnatal day P12, shortly before eye opening, and at P21 when robust light responses in RGCs are present. The mature IGABA/E ratios varied among ON-Sustained (S) A-type, OFF-S A-type, and bistratified direction selective (DS) RGCs. These ratios were attained at different rates, before eye-opening for ON-S and OFF-S A-type, and after eye-opening for DS RGCs. At both ages examined, the IGABA/E ratio was uniform across the arbors of the three RGC types. Furthermore, measurements of the distances between neighboring PSD95CFP and YFPγ2 puncta on RGC dendrites indicate that their local relationship is established early in development, and cannot be predicted by random organization. These close spatial associations between glutamatergic and GABAergic postsynaptic sites appear to represent local synaptic arrangements revealed by correlative light and EM reconstructions of a single RGC's dendrites. Thus, although RGC types have different IGABA/E ratios and establish these ratios at separate rates, the local relationship between excitatory and inhibitory inputs appear similarly constrained across the RGC types studied.
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- Adam Bleckert
- Graduate Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Psychiatry, Brain Research Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Psychiatry, Brain Research Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Transgenic Vector Core, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Psychiatry, Brain Research Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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The time course of G-protein-coupled responses is largely determined by the kinetics of GTP hydrolysis by the G protein alpha subunit, which is accelerated by interaction with regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins. Light responses of ON-bipolar cells of the vertebrate retina require rapid inactivation of the G protein Galphao, which is activated in the dark by metabotropic glutamate receptor, mGluR6, in their dendritic tips. It is not yet known, however, which RGS protein(s) might be responsible for rapid inactivation kinetics. By immunofluorescence and co-immunoprecipitation, we have identified complexes of the Galphao-selective RGS proteins RGS7 and RGS11, with their obligate binding partner, Gbeta5, that are localized to the dendritic tips of murine rod and cone ON-bipolar cells, along with mGluR6. Experiments using pre- and post-synaptic markers, and a dissociated bipolar cell preparation, clearly identified the location of these complexes as the ON-bipolar cell dendritic tips and not the adjacent photoreceptor terminals or horizontal cell dendrites. In mice lacking mGluR6, the distribution of RGS11, RGS7 and Gbeta5 shifts away from the dendritic tips, implying a functional relationship with mGluR6. The precise co-localization of Gbeta5-RGS7 and Gbeta5-RGS11 with mGluR6, and the dependence of localization on the presence of mGluR6, suggests that Gbeta5-RGS7 and Gbeta5-RGS11 function specifically in the mGluR6 signal transduction pathway, where they may stimulate the GTPase activity of Galphao, thus accelerating the ON-bipolar cell light response, in a manner analogous to the acceleration of photoreceptor light responses by the Gbeta5-RGS9-1 complex.
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- Catherine W Morgans
- Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA.
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Gregg RG, Kamermans M, Klooster J, Lukasiewicz PD, Peachey NS, Vessey KA, McCall MA. Nyctalopin expression in retinal bipolar cells restores visual function in a mouse model of complete X-linked congenital stationary night blindness. J Neurophysiol 2007; 98:3023-33. [PMID: 17881478 PMCID: PMC2933657 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00608.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Mutations in the NYX gene that encodes the protein nyctalopin cause congenital stationary night blindness type 1. In no b-wave (nob) mice, a mutation in Nyx results in a functional phenotype that includes the absence of the electroretinogram b-wave and abnormal spontaneous and light-evoked activity in retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). In contrast, there is no morphological abnormality in the retina at either the light or electron microscopic levels. These functional deficits suggest that nyctalopin is required for normal synaptic transmission between retinal photoreceptors and depolarizing bipolar cells (DBCs). However, the synaptic etiology and, specifically, the exact location and function of nyctalopin, remain uncertain. We show that nob DBCs fail to respond to exogenous application of the photoreceptor neurotransmitter, glutamate, thus demonstrating a postsynaptic deficit in photoreceptor to bipolar cell communication. To determine if postsynaptic expression of nyctalopin is necessary and sufficient to rescue the nob phenotype, we constructed transgenic mice that expressed an EYFP-nyctalopin fusion protein on the dendritic tips of the DBCs. Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies verified that fusion protein expression was limited to the DBC dendritic tips. Fusion gene expression in nob mice restored normal outer and inner visual function as determined by the electroretinogram and RGC spontaneous and evoked responses. Together, our data show that nyctalopin expression on DBC dendrites is required for normal function of the murine retina.
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- Ronald G Gregg
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
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To elucidate the specific properties of retinae with grouped
photoreceptors the neural pathways in the outer and inner plexiform layer
were studied. Photoreceptor bundles in this species consist of more than
100 rods and up to 50 cones, and are usually regarded as functional units.
Golgi impregnation in thick and thin sections and light microscopy were
used to identify bipolar cell types linking photoreceptors to amacrine
and/or ganglion cells. Nine different types were distinguished based
on their dendritic morphology and the position of the axon terminal in the
inner plexiform layer. Small cells have dendritic fields smaller than the
diameter of a photoreceptor bundle and are contacted mostly by cones. The
dendritic field size of bushy cells matches that of a photoreceptor
bundle; they are contacted mainly by rods. Flat cells receive about equal
input from rods and cones; their dendritic field size exceeds the bundle
diameter. Within the three major classes there are subtypes addressing
three sublaminae of the inner plexiform layer, the proximal On-centre
region (sl b), the distal Off-centre region (sl a) and a central sublayer
(sl c) probably with transient activity. These observations suggest that
cone vision has a spatial acuity better than the “bundle
grain”. In rod dominated vision the resolution matches that of the
bundles; for this pathway, the hypothesis of the bundle as a functional
unit is confirmed. The mesopic flat cell pathway has a resolution inferior
to the “bundle grain”; it may therefore be dedicated to
movement detection.
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- Hans-Joachim Wagner
- Anatomisches Institut, Graduate School of Neural & Behavioural Sciences and International Max-Planck-Research School, Universität Tübingen, Germany.
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The mammalian retina provides several pathways to relay the information from the photoreceptors to the ganglion cells. Cones feed into ON and OFF cone bipolar cells that excite ON and OFF ganglion cells, respectively. In the "classical" rod pathway, rods feed into rod bipolar cells that provide input to both the ON and the OFF pathway via AII amacrine cells. Recent evidence suggests an alternative rod pathway in which rods directly contact some types of OFF cone bipolar cells. The mouse has become an important model system for retinal research. We performed an immunohistochemical analysis on the level of light and electron microscopy to identify the bipolar cells and ganglion cells that are involved in the alternative rod pathway of the mouse retina. 1) We identify a new bipolar cell type, showing that type 3 OFF cone bipolar cells comprise two distinct cell types, that we termed 3a and 3b. Type 3a cells express the ion channel HCN4. Type 3b bipolar cells represent a hitherto unknown cell type that can be identified with antibodies against the regulatory subunit RIIbeta of protein kinase A. 2) We show that both 3a and 3b cells form flat contacts at cone pedicles and rod spherules. 3) Finally, we identify an OFF ganglion cell type whose dendrites costratify with type 3a and 3b bipolar cell axon terminals. These newly identified cell types represent the basis of a neuronal circuit in the mammalian retina that could provide for an alternative fast rod pathway.
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- Anja Mataruga
- Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Biophysik 1, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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Recent studies suggested that different types of OFF bipolar cells express specific types of ionotropic (AMPA or kainate) glutamate receptors (GluRs) at their contacts with cone pedicles. However, the question of which GluR type is expressed by which type of OFF bipolar cell in primate retina is still open. In this study, the expression of AMPA and kainate receptor subunits at the dendritic tips of flat (OFF) midget bipolar (FMB) cells was analyzed in the retina of the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus. We used preembedding electron microscopy and double immunofluorescence with subunit-specific antibodies. The FMB cells were labeled with antibodies against the carbohydrate epitope CD15. Cone pedicles were identified with peanut agglutinin. Immunoreactivity for the GluR1 subunit and for CD15 is preferentially located at triad-associated flat contacts. Furthermore, the large majority of GluR1 immunoreactive puncta is localized at the dendritic tips of FMB cells. These results suggest that FMB cells express the AMPA receptor subunit GluR1. In contrast, the kainate receptor subunit GluR5 is not colocalized with the dendritic tips of FMB cells or with the GluR1 subunit. Immunoreactive puncta for the GluR1 subunit are found at all M/L-cone pedicles but are only rarely associated with S-cone pedicles. This is consistent with our recent findings in marmoset retina that FMB cells do not contact S-cone pedicles. The presence of GluR5 clusters at S-cone pedicles indicates that in primate retinas OFF bipolar cells expressing kainate receptor subunits receive some S-cone input.
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- Christian Puller
- Department of Neuroanatomy, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, D-60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Sullivan RKP, Woldemussie E, Pow DV. Dendritic and Synaptic Plasticity of Neurons in the Human Age-Related Macular Degeneration Retina. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 48:2782-91. [PMID: 17525213 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine whether structural plasticity is evident in human retinal tissues in response to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Remodeling events such as sprouting of neuronal processes and the reconnection of synapses are essential elements in repairing any damage to adult nervous tissues such as might occur in response to insults such as strokes or in AMD. METHODS The anatomic architecture of normal and AMD-affected human retinas was examined in the central, midperipheral, and far-peripheral regions. The retina, by virtue of its well-organized laminar structure, allows the identification and analysis of abnormal projections or connections of neuronal elements. RESULTS In AMD-afflicted retinas, but not in normal aged human retinas, a large number of photoreceptor synapses across the entire retina retract into the outer nuclear layer. This event evokes the subsequent outgrowth of dendrites from the postsynaptic bipolar cells, again across the entire retina, and the subsequent reformation of synaptic contacts between photoreceptor and bipolar cells. CONCLUSIONS These findings illustrate that there are anatomic changes in the AMD retina at all eccentricities, not just in the macular region. Aged human retinal neurons have the capacity to form new synapses, and this finding may be important when investigating possible means of repairing the damaged human retina.
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- Robert K P Sullivan
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Calkins DJ, Sterling P. Microcircuitry for two types of achromatic ganglion cell in primate fovea. J Neurosci 2007; 27:2646-53. [PMID: 17344402 PMCID: PMC6672494 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4739-06.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2006] [Revised: 01/18/2007] [Accepted: 02/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Synaptic circuits in primate fovea have been quantified for midget/parvocellular ganglion cells. Here, based on partial reconstructions from serial electron micrographs, we quantify synaptic circuits for two other types of ganglion cell: the familiar parasol/magnocellular cell and a smaller type, termed "garland." The excitatory circuits both derive from two types of OFF diffuse cone bipolar cell, DB3 and DB2, which collected unselectively from at least 6 +/- 1 cones, including the S type. Cone contacts to DB3 dendrites were usually located between neighboring triads, whereas half of the cone contacts to DB2 were triad associated. Ribbon outputs were as follows: DB3, 69 +/- 5; DB2, 48 +/- 4. A complete parasol cell (30 microm dendritic field diameter) would collect from approximately 50 cones via approximately 120 bipolar and approximately 85 amacrine contacts; a complete garland cell (25 microm dendritic field) would collect from approximately 40 cones via approximately 75 bipolar and approximately 145 amacrine contacts. The bipolar types contributed differently: the parasol cell received most contacts (60%) from DB3, whereas the garland cell received most contacts (67%) from DB2. We hypothesize that DB3 is a transient bipolar cell and that DB2 is sustained. This would be consistent with their relative inputs to the brisk-transient (parasol) ganglion cell. The garland cell, with its high proportion of DB2 inputs plus its high proportion of amacrine synapses (70%) and dense mosaic, might correspond to the local-edge cell in nonprimate retinas, which serves finer acuity at low temporal frequencies. The convergence of S cones onto both types could contribute S-cone input for cortical areas primary visual cortex and the middle temporal area.
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- David J Calkins
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
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BAYLEY PHILIPPAR, MORGANS CATHERINEW. Rod bipolar cells and horizontal cells form displaced synaptic contacts with rods in the outer nuclear layer of the nob2 retina. J Comp Neurol 2007; 500:286-98. [PMID: 17111373 PMCID: PMC4238417 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The nob2 mouse carries a null mutation in the Cacna1f gene, which encodes the pore-forming subunit of the L-type calcium channel, Ca(v)1.4. The loss of the electroretinogram b-wave in these mice suggests a severe reduction in transmission between photoreceptors and second-order neurons in the retina and supports a central role for the Ca(v)1.4 calcium channel at photoreceptor ribbon synapses, to which it has been localized. Here we show that the loss of Ca(v)1.4 leads to the aberrant outgrowth of rod bipolar cell dendrites and horizontal cell processes into the outer nuclear layer (ONL) of the nob2 retina and to the formation of ectopic synaptic contacts with rod photoreceptors in the ONL. Ectopic contacts are predominantly between rods and rod bipolar cells, with horizontal cell processes also present at some sites. Ectopic contacts contain apposed pre- and postsynaptic specializations, albeit with malformed synaptic ribbons. Cone photoreceptor terminals do not participate in ectopic contacts in the ONL. During retinal development, ectopic contacts appear in the days after eye opening, appearing progressively farther into the ONL at later postnatal stages. Ectopic contacts develop at the tips of rod bipolar cell dendrites and are less frequently associated with the tips of horizontal cell processes, consistent with the adult phenotype. The relative occurrence of pre- and postsynaptic markers in the ONL during development suggests a mechanism for the formation of ectopic synaptic contacts that is driven by the retraction of rod photoreceptor terminals and neurite outgrowth by rod bipolar cell dendrites.
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- Correspondence to: Catherine W. Morgans, Neuroloical Sciences Institute, OHSU West Campus, 505 NW 185th Ave., Beaverton, OR 97006.
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Fyk-Kolodziej B, Pourcho RG. Differential distribution of hyperpolarization-activated and cyclic nucleotide-gated channels in cone bipolar cells of the rat retina. J Comp Neurol 2007; 501:891-903. [PMID: 17311321 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The hyperpolarization-activated and cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channel isoforms HCN1, HCN2, and HCN4 were localized by immunofluorescence in the rat retina. Double labeling with the vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT1) was used to identify bipolar cell axon terminals in the inner retina. The HCN1 channel was localized to two cell types with differing intracellular distributions, insofar as staining was seen in the dendrites of a putative OFF-type cone bipolar cell and in the axon terminals of an ON-type bipolar that ramifies in stratum 3 (s3) of the inner plexiform layer (IPL). Staining for HCN4 was seen in two sets of bipolar axon terminals located in s2 and s3 and positioned between the two bands of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) staining. The cells that ramify in s2 were identified as type 3 cone bipolar cells and the cells that ramify in s3 cells as a subclass of type 5 cone bipolars. The latter group, designated here as type 5b, exhibit diffuse axon terminals and can be distinguished from the narrowly stratifying type 5a cells. Double labeling showed that type 5b cone bipolar cells express both HCN1 and HCN4 as well as HCN2. Superposition of HCN channel labeling with VGLUT1 staining confirmed the presence of a cone bipolar cell whose terminals ramify in the same stratum of the IPL as type 5b cells but that do not express these HCN channels.
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- Bozena Fyk-Kolodziej
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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The retinoblastoma gene (Rb) regulates neural progenitor cell proliferation and cell fate specification and differentiation. For the developing mouse retina, two distinct functions of Rb have been described: regulation of retinal progenitor cell proliferation and rod photoreceptor development. Cells that would normally become rods fail to mature and remain as immature cells in the outer nuclear layer in the adult. By using Chx10-Cre;Rb(Lox/-) mice, we generated a chimeric retina with alternating apical-basal stripes of wild-type and Rb-deficient tissue. This provides a unique model with which to study synaptogenesis at the outer plexiform layer within regions that lack differentiated rods. In regions where rods failed to differentiate, the outer plexiform layer (OPL) was disrupted. Horizontal cells formed, and their somata were appropriately aligned, but their neurites did not project laterally. Instead many horizonal cell neurites extended apically, forming ectopic synapses with photoreceptors at all levels of the outer nuclear layer. These ectopic photoreceptor terminals contained synaptic ribbons, horizontal cell processes with synaptic vesicles, and a single mitochrondrion characteristic of rod spherules. Rb-deficient bipolar cells differentiated normally, extended dendrites to the OPL, and formed synapses that were indistinguishable from adjacent wild-type cells. In contrast to OPL-positioned synapses, ectopic synapses did not contain bipolar dendrites. This finding suggests that horizontal cells and photoreceptors can form stable synapses that are devoid of bipolar dendrites outside the normal boundaries of the OPL. Finally, analysis of P4, P7, P12, and P15 retinae suggests that the apical horizontal cell processes result from their failure to establish their normal lateral projections during development.
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- Dianna A Johnson
- Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
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A Neurobiotin-injected OFF parasol cell from midperipheral macaque retina was studied by reconstruction of serial ultrathin sections and compared with ON parasol cells studied previously. In most respects, the synaptic inputs to the two subtypes were similar. Only a few of the amacrine cell processes that provided input to the labeled OFF parasol ganglion cell dendrites made or received inputs within the series, and none of these interactions were with the bipolar cells or other amacrine cells presynaptic to the OFF parasol cell. These findings suggest that the direct inhibitory input to OFF parasol cells originates from other areas of the retina. OFF parasol cells were known to receive inputs from two types of diffuse bipolar cells. To identify candidates for the presynaptic amacrine cells, OFF parasol cells were labeled with Lucifer yellow by using a juxtacellular labeling technique, and amacrine cells known to costratify with them were labeled via immunofluorescent methods. Appositions were observed with amacrine cells containing immunoreactive calretinin, parvalbumin, choline acetylatransferase, and G6-Gly, a cholecystokinin precursor. These findings suggest that the inhibitory input to parasol cells conveys information about several different attributes of visual stimuli and, particularly, about their global properties.
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- Andrea S. Bordt
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77225
- Department of Biology, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa OK 74171
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77225
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77225
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA 66075, Brasil Text
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77225
- Department of Biology, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa OK 74171
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77225
- Correspondence to: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy University of Texas Medical School PO Box 20708, Houston, TX 77225 Phone: 713-500-5617 Fax: 713-500-0621
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DeVries SH, Li W, Saszik S. Parallel processing in two transmitter microenvironments at the cone photoreceptor synapse. Neuron 2006; 50:735-48. [PMID: 16731512 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2005] [Revised: 02/22/2006] [Accepted: 04/18/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A cone photoreceptor releases glutamate at ribbons located atop narrow membrane invaginations that empty onto a terminal base. The unique shape of the cone terminal suggests that there are two transmitter microenvironments: within invaginations, where concentrations are high and exposures are brief; and at the base, where concentrations are low and exposure is smoothed by diffusion. Using multicell voltage-clamp recording, we show that different subtypes of Off bipolar cells sample transmitter in two microenvironments. The dendrites of an AMPA receptor-containing cell insert into invaginations and sense rapid fluctuations in glutamate concentration that can lead to transient responses. The dendrites of kainate receptor-containing cells make basal contacts and respond to a smoothed flow of glutamate that produces sustained responses. Signaling at the cone to Off bipolar cell synapse illustrates how transmitter spillover and synapse architecture can combine to produce distinct signals in postsynaptic neurons.
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- Steven H DeVries
- Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
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Mammalian retinas are innervated by histaminergic axons that originate from perikarya in the posterior hypothalamus. To identify the targets of these retinopetal axons, we localized histamine receptors (HR) in monkey and rat retinas by light and electron microscopy. In monkeys, puncta containing HR3 were found at the tips of ON-bipolar cell dendrites in cone pedicles and rod spherules, closer to the photoreceptors than the other neurotransmitter receptors. This is the first ultrastructural localization of any histamine receptor and the first direct evidence that HR3 is present on postsynaptic membranes in the central nervous system. In rat retinas, most HR1 were localized to dopaminergic amacrine cells. The differences in histamine receptor localization may reflect the differences in the activity patterns of the two species.
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- MATTHEW J. GASTINGER
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, Texas 77225
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas 77225
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- Penn State Retina Research Group, Department of Ophthalmology, Penn State College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas 77225
- Correspondence to: David W. Marshak, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, P.O. Box 20708, Houston, TX 77225.
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Hull C, Studholme K, Yazulla S, von Gersdorff H. Diurnal changes in exocytosis and the number of synaptic ribbons at active zones of an ON-type bipolar cell terminal. J Neurophysiol 2006; 96:2025-33. [PMID: 16738212 PMCID: PMC3572854 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00364.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The number and morphology of synaptic ribbons at photoreceptor and bipolar cell terminals has been reported to change on a circadian cycle. Here we sought to determine whether this phenomenon exists at goldfish Mb-type bipolar cell terminals with the aim of exploring the role of ribbons in transmitter release. We examined the physiology and ultrastructure of this terminal around two time points: midday and midnight. Nystatin perforated-patch recordings of membrane capacitance (C(m)) revealed that synaptic vesicle exocytosis evoked by short depolarizations was reduced at night, even though Ca(2+) currents were larger. The efficiency of exocytosis (measured as the DeltaC(m) jump per total Ca(2+) charge influx) was thus significantly lower at night. The paired-pulse ratio remained unchanged, however, suggesting that release probability was not altered. Hence the decreased exocytosis likely reflects a smaller readily releasable vesicle pool at night. Electron microscopy of single sections from intact retinas averaged 65% fewer ribbons at night. Interestingly, the number of active zones did not change from day to night, only the probability of finding a ribbon at an active zone. Additionally, synaptic vesicle halos surrounding the ribbons were more completely filled at night when these on-type bipolar cells are more hyperpolarized. There was no change, however, in the physical dimensions of synaptic ribbons from day to night. These results suggest that the size of the readily releasable vesicle pool and the efficiency of exocytosis are reduced at night when fewer ribbons are present at bipolar cell terminal active zones.
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- Court Hull
- The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
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Haverkamp S, Michalakis S, Claes E, Seeliger MW, Humphries P, Biel M, Feigenspan A. Synaptic plasticity in CNGA3(-/-) mice: cone bipolar cells react on the missing cone input and form ectopic synapses with rods. J Neurosci 2006; 26:5248-55. [PMID: 16687517 PMCID: PMC6674253 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4483-05.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In the mammalian retina, rods and cones connect to distinct sets of bipolar cells. Rods are presynaptic to a single type of rod bipolar cell, whereas cones connect to different types of cone bipolar cells. Synaptic rewiring between cone photoreceptor terminals and rod bipolar cell dendrites has been described as a general result of photoreceptor degeneration. To investigate whether cone bipolar cells also show synaptic plasticity in the absence of cone input, we studied the connectivity of cone bipolar cell dendrites in CNGA3(-/-) mice, a model with specific loss of cone photoreceptor function. Dendritic connections of ON and OFF cone bipolar cells were visualized using specific cell markers or by intracellular injection with fluorescent dyes. The results show that cone bipolar cells in CNGA3(-/-) mice form ectopic synapses with rods. In contrast, cone bipolar cells do not form ectopic synapses with rods in CNGA3(-/-)Rho(-/-) mice, in which both types of photoreceptors are nonfunctional. In analogy with these results, we found that input-deprived rod bipolar cells form ectopic synapses with functional cones in Rho(-/-) mice but not with inoperable cones in the CNGA3(-/-)Rho(-/-) mouse. Our data indicate that the formation of ectopic bipolar cell synapses in the outer plexiform layer requires a functional presynaptic photoreceptor.
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- Silke Haverkamp
- Department of Neuroanatomy, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, D-60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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Imamura F, Nagao H, Naritsuka H, Murata Y, Taniguchi H, Mori K. A leucine-rich repeat membrane protein, 5T4, is expressed by a subtype of granule cells with dendritic arbors in specific strata of the mouse olfactory bulb. J Comp Neurol 2006; 495:754-68. [PMID: 16506198 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Segregation of neuron-type-specific synaptic connections in different strata is a characteristic feature shared by the olfactory bulb (OB) and retina. In the mammalian OB, mitral cells form dendrodendritic synapses with granule cells (GCs) in the deep stratum of the external plexiform layer (EPL), whereas tufted cells form dendrodendritic synapses in the superficial stratum. In the search for membrane proteins with strata-specific expression patterns, we found that a leucine-rich repeat membrane protein (5T4 oncofetal trophoblast glycoprotein) was expressed selectively by a subset of superficial GCs. The somata of 5T4-positive GCs were localized in or near the mitral cell layer, and their apical dendrites ramified preferentially in the superficial stratum of the EPL, where tufted cell dendrites ramified. Strata-specific expression of 5T4 was found also in the retina: 5T4 was expressed selectively by rod-bipolar cells and a subset of amacrine cells whose dendrites ramified in a specific sublamina of the inner plexiform layer. During the perinatal and postnatal development of the OB, 5T4 expression paralleled in time the formation of dendrodendritic synapses in the EPL. Odor deprivation during the first postnatal month selectively reduced the thickness of the superficial stratum of the EPL and the number of 5T4-positive GCs. Because 5T4 is known to interact with actin cytoskeleton, these observations suggest that 5T4 is involved in the formation or maintenance of strata-specific dendritic ramification or synaptic connection of subsets of local interneurons.
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- Fumiaki Imamura
- Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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