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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2010

Visual Arrestin 1 contributes to cone photoreceptor survival and light adaptation.

Bruce M Brown, Teresa Ramirez, Lawrence Rife, Cheryl M Craft

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Visual Cone Arrestin 4 Contributes to Visual Function and Cone Health.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2015
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  10. Development of an MRI biomarker sensitive to tetrameric visual arrestin 1 and its reduction via light-evoked translocation in vivo.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2015
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  13. Primate short-wavelength cones share molecular markers with rods.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bruce M BrownDepartment of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033-9224, USA.
Teresa Ramirez
Lawrence Rife
Cheryl M Craft
Doheny Eye Institute · US

Funding

VISION RESEARCHP30EY003040 · NEI · DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE · PI SUN, DEMING · 1985 to 2013
$7.0M
Mechanisms of Cone Pigment DeactivationR01EY015851 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CRAFT, CHERYL MAE · 2005 to 2009
$1.8M
NEI NIH HHS EY015851NEI NIH HHS EY03040NEI NIH HHS P30 EY003040NEI NIH HHS R01 EY015851
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate morphologic and functional contributions of Arrestin 1 (Arr1) and Arrestin 4 (Arr4) in cone photoreceptors, the authors examined the phenotypes of visual arrestin knockout mice (Arr1(-/-), Arr4(-/-), Arr1(-/-)Arr4(-/-) [Arr-DKO]) reared in darkness.

methodsRetinal rods and cones were evaluated in wild-type (WT), Arr1(-/-), Arr4(-/-), and Arr-DKO mice using quantitative morphologic analysis, immunoblot, immunohistochemistry, TUNEL, and electroretinographic (ERG) techniques.

resultsCompared with either Arr4(-/-) or WT, Arr1(-/-) and Arr-DKO mice had increased apoptotic nuclei in their retinal outer nuclear layer (ONL) at postnatal day (P) 22. By P60, cone density was significantly diminished, but the ONL appeared normal. After 1 minute of background illumination, cone ERG b-wave amplitudes were similar in WT and all Arr KO mice. However, by 3 minutes and continuing through 15 minutes of light adaptation, the cone b-wave amplitudes of WT and Arr4(-/-) mice increased significantly over those of the Arr1(-/-) and Arr-DKO mice, which demonstrated no cone b-wave amplitude increase. In contrast, ERG flicker analysis after the 15-minute light adaptation period demonstrated no loss in amplitude for either Arr1(-/-) or Arr4(-/-) mice, whereas Arr-DKO had significantly lower amplitudes. When Arr1 expression was restored in Arr1(-/-) mice (+p48(Arr1-/-)), normal cone density and light-adapted ERG b-wave amplitudes were observed.

conclusionsIn the adult dark-reared Arr1(-/-) and Arr-DKO mice, viable cones diminish over time. Arr1 expression is essential for cone photoreceptor survival and light adaptation, whereas either Arr1 or Arr4 is necessary for maintaining normal flicker responses.

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Adaptation, OcularAnimalsArrestinsbeta-Arrestin 1beta-ArrestinsCell SurvivalElectroretinographyFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectGenotypeImmunoblottingIn Situ Nick-End LabelingMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPhenotypePolymerase Chain ReactionArrb1 protein, mouseArrestinsbeta-Arrestin 1beta-Arrestins

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