ArticleNeuroscience2011
Arrestin-1 expression level in rods: balancing functional performance and photoreceptor health.
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- Structure and self-association of Arrestin-1.Journal of structural biology · 2025Review
- Arrestin-3-assisted activation of JNK3 mediates dopaminergic behavioral sensitization.Cell reports. Medicine · 2024Article
- Arrestins: A Small Family of Multi-Functional Proteins.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Expression of Untagged Arrestins in E. coli and Their Purification.Current protocols · 2023Article
- Arrestin-3-Dependent Activation of c-Jun N-Terminal Kinases (JNKs).Current protocols · 2023Article
- Absolute Quantification of Photoreceptor Outer Segment Proteins.Journal of proteome research · 2023Article
- Do arrestin oligomers have specific functions?Cell signaling · 2023Article
- Solo vs. Chorus: Monomers and Oligomers of Arrestin Proteins.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Functional compartmentalization of photoreceptor neurons.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2021Review
- Compartmentalization of Photoreceptor Sensory Cilia.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Retbindin: A riboflavin Binding Protein, Is Critical for Photoreceptor Homeostasis and Survival in Models of Retinal Degeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- Biological Role of Arrestin-1 Oligomerization.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020Article
- Targeting arrestin interactions with its partners for therapeutic purposes.Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology · 2020Review
- Arrestin mutations: Some cause diseases, others promise cure.Progress in molecular biology and translational science · 2019Review
- Arrestins: structural disorder creates rich functionality.Protein & cell · 2018Review
- GPCRs and Signal Transducers: Interaction Stoichiometry.Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2018Review
- Enhanced Mutant Compensates for Defects in Rhodopsin Phosphorylation in the Presence of Endogenous Arrestin-1.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2018Article
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Abstract
In rod photoreceptors, signaling persists as long as rhodopsin remains catalytically active. Phosphorylation by rhodopsin kinase followed by arrestin-1 binding completely deactivates rhodopsin. Timely termination prevents excessive signaling and ensures rapid recovery. Mouse rods express arrestin-1 and rhodopsin at ∼0.8:1 ratio, making arrestin-1 the second most abundant protein in the rod. The biological significance of wild type arrestin-1 expression level remains unclear. Here we investigated the effects of varying arrestin-1 expression on its intracellular distribution in dark-adapted photoreceptors, rod functional performance, recovery kinetics, and morphology. We found that rod outer segments isolated from dark-adapted animals expressing arrestin-1 at wild type or higher level contain much greater fraction of arrestin-1 than previously estimated, 15-25% of the total. The fraction of arrestin-1 residing in the outer segments (OS) in animals with low expression (4-12% of wild type) is much lower, 5-7% of the total. Only 4% of wild type arrestin-1 level in the outer segments was sufficient to maintain near-normal retinal morphology, whereas rapid recovery required at least ∼12%. Supra-physiological arrestin-1 expression improved light sensitivity and facilitated photoresponse recovery, but was detrimental for photoreceptor health, particularly in the peripheral retina. Thus, physiological level of arrestin-1 expression in rods reflects the balance between short-term functional performance of photoreceptors and their long-term health.
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