title: Distribution of the calcium-binding proteins parvalbumin, calbindin D-28k and calretinin in the retina of two teleosts.
abstract: Using monoclonal antibodies against parvalbumin (PV) and calbindin (CB), and a polyclonal antiserum against calretinin (CR), the expression patterns of these proteins in the retina of the tench and rainbow trout were studied at light microscopic level in in toto preparations and radial sections. Parvalbumin was present in subpopulations of small amacrine cells in both species, but these cells were more abundant and had a clear centre-periphery gradient distribution in the tench. Using the McAB 300 monoclonal antibody against CB, glial cells such as Müller cells, astrocytes in the nerve fibre layer, and sparse large cells close to the entrance of the optic nerve were observed in both species. Moreover, this antibody strongly labelled H1 horizontal cells and their thick axon terminals in the tench retina, whereas only a small population of amacrine cells was stained in the trout. Calretinin was expressed in different types of ganglion cells and numerous neurones located in the inner plexiform layer in both species, but was more abundant and more strongly stained in the trout retina, where some bipolar cells were easily distinguishable. A comparison to current results in other vertebrate species is offered.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Celular y Patología and Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Facultad de Mledicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weruaga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Velasco
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Briñón
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arévalo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aijón
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Alonso
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064032:Calbindin 2; D064026:Calbindins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D003530:Cyprinidae; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000737:chemistry; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000032:analysis*; D012160:Retina / Q000737:chemistry*; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000737:chemistry; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D064032:Calbindin 2; D064026:Calbindins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D010320:Parvalbumins; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G