Photoreceptors of Nrl -/- mice coexpress functional S- and M-cone opsins having distinct inactivation mechanisms.
The retinas of mice null for the neural retina leucine zipper transcription factor (Nrl-/-) contain no rods but are populated instead with photoreceptors that on ultrastructural, histochemical, and molecular criteria appear cone like. To characterize these photoreceptors functionally, responses of single photoreceptors of Nrl-/- mice were recorded with suction pipettes at 35-37 degrees C and compared with the responses of rods of WT mice. Recordings were made either in the conventional manner, with the outer segment (OS) drawn into the pipette ("OS in"), or in a novel configuration with a portion of the inner segment drawn in ("OS out"). Nrl-/- photoreceptor responses recorded in the OS-out configuration were much faster than those of WT rods: for dim-flash responses tpeak = 91 ms vs. 215 ms; for saturating flashes, dominant recovery time constants, tau(D) = 110 ms vs. 240 ms, respectively. Nrl-/- photoreceptors in the OS-in configuration had reduced amplification, sensitivity, and slowed recovery kinetics, but the recording configuration had no effect on rod response properties, suggesting Nrl-/- outer segments to be more susceptible to damage. Functional coexpression of two cone pigments in a single mammalian photoreceptor was established for the first time; the responses of every Nrl-/- cell were driven by both the short-wave (S, lambda(max) approximately 360 nm) and the mid-wave (M, lambda(max) approximately 510 nm) mouse cone pigment; the apparent ratio of coexpressed M-pigment varied from 1:1 to 1:3,000 in a manner reflecting a dorso-ventral retinal position gradient. The role of the G-protein receptor kinase Grk1 in cone pigment inactivation was investigated in recordings from Nrl-/-/Grk1-/- photoreceptors. Dim-flash responses of cells driven by either the S- or the M-cone pigment were slowed 2.8-fold and 7.5-fold, respectively, in the absence of Grk1; the inactivation of the M-pigment response was much more seriously retarded. Thus, Grk1 is essential to normal inactivation of both S- and M-mouse cone opsins, but S-opsin has access to a relatively effective, Grk1-independent inactivation pathway.
Nikonov
Sergei S
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F. M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Daniele
Lauren L
LL
Zhu
Xuemei
X
Craft
Cheryl M
CM
Swaroop
Anand
A
Pugh
Edward N
EN
D000818:Animals; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000172:deficiency*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005136:Eye Proteins; D051606:G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 1; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D020419:Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000172:deficiency; D017949:Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D017948:Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D017299:Rod Opsins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000172:deficiency
D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005136:Eye Proteins; C084884:Nrl protein, mouse; D017299:Rod Opsins; D011494:Protein Kinases; D051606:G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 1; C496762:Grk1 protein, mouse; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins
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