title: Rhodopsin-regulated insulin receptor signaling pathway in rod photoreceptor neurons.
abstract: The retina is an integral part of the central nervous system and retinal cells are known to express insulin receptors (IR), although their function is not known. This article describes recent studies that link the photoactivation of rhodopsin to tyrosine phosphorylation of the IR and subsequent activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase, a neuron survival factor. Our studies suggest that the physiological role of this process is to provide neuroprotection of the retina against light damage by activating proteins that protect against stress-induced apoptosis. We focus mainly on our recently identified regulation of the IR pathway through the G-protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin. Various mutant and knockout proteins of phototransduction cascade have been used to study the light-induced activation of the retinal IR. Our studies suggest that rhodopsin may have additional previously uncharacterized signaling functions in photoreceptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, OK 73104, USA. raju-rajala@ouhsc.edu
authors.forename: Raju V S
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Rajala
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055537:Light Signal Transduction; D010766:Phosphorylation; D038761:Photobleaching; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D017948:Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012243:Rhodopsin; D011972:Receptor, Insulin
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