title: Comparative study on calretinin immunoreactivity in gerbil and rat retina.
abstract: Expression of calretinin in retina has been ascribed to multiple biological and functional aspects in the visual system. In this study, we examined the distribution patterns of calretinin immunoreactivity in gerbil and rat retina. In the gerbil, calretinin immunoreactivity was present in bipolar and amacrine cells of the inner nuclear layer and in neurones of the ganglion cell layer. In the rat, amacrine and ganglion cells showed calretinin immunoreactivity, but bipolar cells did not contain calretinin immunoreactivity. In both species, calretinin immunoreactivity was absent in cones, cone bipolars, and horizontal cells. In conclusion, gerbil as well as rat has a rod-dominant retina. The differences in calretinin expression between rat and gerbil require further investigations under various functional and developmental conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon 200-702, South Korea.
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: K-Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: K-S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: T-C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Won
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064032:Calbindin 2; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: C576512:Calb2 protein, rat; D064032:Calbindin 2; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G