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ArticleActa ophthalmologica2011

Two separate Ni(2+) -sensitive voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels modulate transretinal signalling in the isolated murine retina.

Maged Alnawaiseh, Walid Albanna, Chien-Chang Chen, Kevin P Campbell, Jürgen Hescheler, Matthias Lüke, Toni Schneider

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Article in Acta ophthalmologica, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maged AlnawaisehInstitute of Neurophysiology, University of Cologne, Koeln, Germany.
Walid Albanna
Chien-Chang Chen
Kevin P Campbell
Jürgen Hescheler
Matthias Lüke
Toni Schneider
University of Cologne · DEUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeLight-evoked responses from vertebrate retinas were recorded as an electroretinogram (ERG). The b-wave is the most prominent component of the ERG, and in the bovine retina its NiCl(2) -sensitive component was attributed to reciprocal signalling by pharmacoresistant R-type voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels, which similar to other voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels trigger and control neurotransmitter release. The murine retina has the great advantage that the effect of gene inactivation for Ni(2+) -sensitive Ca(2+) channels can be analysed to prove or disprove that any of these Ca(2+) channels is involved in retinal signalling.

methodsSuperfused retinas from different murine genotypes lacking either one or both highly Ni(2+) -sensitive voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels were used to record their ex vivo ERGs.

resultsThe isolated retinas from mice lacking Ca(v)2.3 R-type or Ca(v)3.2 T-type or both voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels were superfused with a NiCl(2) (15 μm) containing nutrient solution. The change in the b-wave amplitude and implicit time, caused by NiCl(2), was calculated as a difference spectrum and compared to data from control animals. From the results, it can be deduced that Ca(v)2.3 contributes rather to a later component in the b-wave response, while in the absence of Ca(v)3.2 the gain of Ni(2+) -mediated increase in the b-wave amplitude is significantly increased, probably due to a loss of reciprocal inhibition to photoreceptors. Thus, each of the Ni(2+)-sensitive Ca(2+) channels contributes to specific features of the b-wave response.

conclusionBoth high-affinity Ni(2+)-sensitive Ca(2+) channels contribute to transretinal signalling. Based on the results from the double knockout mice, additional targets for NiCl(2) must contribute to transretinal signalling, which will be most important for the structurally similar physiologically more important heavy metal cation Zn(2+).

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AnimalsCalcium Channels, R-TypeCalcium Channels, T-TypeCation Transport ProteinsDark AdaptationElectroretinographyGenotypeMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNickelPhotic StimulationReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRetinaSignal TransductionCacna1e protein, mouseCacna1h protein, mouseCalcium Channels, R-TypeCalcium Channels, T-TypeCation Transport ProteinsNickelnickel chloride

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PMID21883984
PMCPMC3274955
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