role of connexin channels in the retinal light response of a diurnal rodent
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Abstract
Several studies have shown that connexin channels play an important role in retinal neural coding in nocturnal rodents. However, the contribution of these channels to signal processing in the retina of diurnal rodents remains unclear. To gain insight into this problem, we studied connexin expression and the contribution of connexin channels to the retinal light response in the diurnal rodent Octodon degus (degu) compared to rat, using in vivo ERG recording under scotopic and photopic light adaptation. Analysis of the degu genome showed that the common retinal connexins present a high degree of homology to orthologs expressed in other mammals, and expression of Cx36 and Cx43 was confirmed in degu retina. Cx36 localized mainly to the outer and inner plexiform layers, while Cx43 was expressed mostly in cells of the retinal pigment epithelium. Under scotopic conditions, the b-wave response amplitude was strongly reduced by 18-β-glycyrrhetinic acid (β-GA) (-45.1% in degu, compared to -52.2% in rat), suggesting that connexins are modulating this response. Remarkably, under photopic adaptation, β-GA increased the ERG b-wave amplitude in degu (+107.2%) while reducing it in rat (-62.3%). Moreover, β-GA diminished the spontaneous action potential firing rate in ganglion cells and increased the response latency of ON and OFF ganglion cells. Our results support the notion that connexins exert a fine-tuning control of the retinal light response and have an important role in retinal neural coding.
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| Authors | ;Angelina ePalacios-Munoz;Maria Jose eEscobar;Alex eVielma;Joaquin eAraya;Aland eAstudillo;Isaac eGarcia;Gonzalo eValdivia;Jose eHurtado;Jose eHurtado;Oliver eSchmachtenberg;Agustin Demetrio Martinez;Adrian G Palacios;Adrian G Palacios |
| Journal | macromolecular bioscience |
| Year | 2014 |
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10.3389/fncel.2014.00249
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