title: Expression of Glutamate and GABA during the Process of Rat Retinal Synaptic Plasticity Induced by Acute High Intraocular Pressure.
abstract: Acute high intraocular pressure (HIOP) can induce plastic changes of retinal synapses during which the expression of the presynaptic marker synaptophysin (SYN) has a distinct spatiotemporal pattern from the inner plexiform layer to the outer plexiform layer. We identified the types of neurotransmitters in the retina that participated in this process and determined the response of these neurotransmitters to HIOP induction. The model of acute HIOP was established by injecting normal saline into the anterior chamber of the rat eye. We found that the number of glutamate-positive cells increased successively from the inner part to the outer part of the retina (from the ganglion cell layer to the inner nuclear layer to the outer nuclear layer) after HIOP, which was similar to the spatiotemporal pattern of SYN expression (internally to externally) following HIOP. However, the distribution and intensity of GABA immunoreactivity in the retina did not change significantly at different survival time post injury and had no direct correlation with SYN expression. Our results suggested that the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate might participate in the plastic process of retinal synapses following acute HIOP, but no evidence was found for the role of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan Province, PR China.
authors.forename: Lihong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jufang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Leping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: GABA; glutamate; high intraocular pressure; retina; synaptophysin
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