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ArticleScientific reports2015

Broadband activation by white-opsin lowers intensity threshold for cellular stimulation.

Subrata Batabyal, Gregory Cervenka, David Birch, Young-tae Kim, Samarendra Mohanty

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Subrata BatabyalBiophysics and Physiology Lab, The University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA.
Gregory CervenkaBiophysics and Physiology Lab, The University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA.
David BirchRetina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX, USA.
Young-tae KimDepartment of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA.
Samarendra MohantyBiophysics and Physiology Lab, The University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA.
The University of Texas at Arlington · USRetina Foundation of the Southwest · US

Funding

All optical control and monitoring of neural activityR21NS084311 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARLINGTON · PI DAVE, DIGANT P · 2013 to 2014
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NINDS NIH HHS NS084311NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS084311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photoreceptors, which initiate the conversion of ambient light to action potentials via retinal circuitry, degenerate in retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and age related macular degeneration leading to loss of vision. Current prosthetic devices using arrays consisting of electrodes or LEDs (for optogenetic activation of conventional narrow-band opsins) have limited spatial resolution and can cause damage to retinal circuits by mechanical or photochemical (by absorption of intense narrow band light) means. Here, we describe a broad-band light activatable white-opsin for generating significant photocurrent at white light intensity levels close to ambient daylight conditions. White-opsin produced an order of magnitude higher photocurrent in response to white light as compared to narrow-band opsin channelrhodopsin-2, while maintaining the ms-channel kinetics. High fidelity of peak-photocurrent (both amplitude and latency) of white-opsin in response to repetitive white light stimulation of varying pulse width was observed. The significantly lower intensity stimulation required for activating white-opsin sensitized cells may facilitate ambient white light-based restoration of vision for patients with widespread photoreceptor degeneration.

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LightAction PotentialsCell LineGene ExpressionHEK293 CellsHumansMutationOpsinsTranscriptional ActivationOpsins

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PMID26658483
PMCPMC4677322
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