Regressive and reactive changes in the connectivity patterns of rod and cone pathways of P23H transgenic rat retina

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作者
Cuenca, N
Pinilla, I
Sauvé, Y
Lu, B
Wang, S
Lund, RD
机构
[1] Univ Utah, Moran Eye Ctr, Salt Lake City, UT 84132 USA
[2] Univ Alicante, Dept Biotecnol, Alicante 3060, Spain
[3] Univ Zaragoza, Serv Oftalmol, Hosp Miguel Servet, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain
关键词
retinal degeneration; retinitis pigmentosa; ERG; photoreceptor; bipolar; outer plexiform layer;
D O I
10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.04.042
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
We have used the P23H line 1 homozygous albino rat to study how progressive photoreceptor degeneration affects rod and cone relay pathways. We examined P23H retinas at different stages of degeneration by confocal microscopy of immunostained sections and electroretinogram (ERG) recordings. By 21 days of age in the P23H rat retina, there is already substantial loss of rods and reduction in rod bipolar dendrites along with reduction of metabotropic glutamate receptor 6 (mGluR6) and rod-associated bassoon staining. The cone pathway is relatively unaffected. By 150 days, when rods are absent from much of the retina, some rod bipolars remain and dendrites of rod and cone bipolar cells form synaptic complexes associated with cones and horizontal cell processes. These complexes include foci of mGluR6 and bassoon staining; they develop further by 270 days of age. Over the course of degeneration, beginning at 21 days, bipolar axon terminals atrophy and the inner retina undergoes further changes including a reduced and disorganized All amacrine cell population and thinning of the inner plexiform layer. Electroretinogram (ERG) results at 23 days show reductions in a-wave amplitude, in rod and cone-associated b-waves (using a double flash paradigm) and in the amplitude of oscillatory potentials (OPs). By 38 days, rod scotopic a-wave responses and OPs are lost. B-wave amplitudes decline until 150 days, at which point they are purely cone-driven and remain stable up to 250 days. The results show that during the course of photoreceptor loss in the P23H rat, there are progressive degenerative changes, particularly in the rod relay pathway, and these are reflected in the changing ERG response patterns. Later reactive changes involving condensation of cone terminals and neurotransmitter receptors associated with rod and cone bipolar dendrites and with horizontal cell processes suggest that at this stage, there are likely to be complex changes in the relay of sensory information through the retina. (C) 2004 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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