Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39903280›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of general physiology2025

ERG responses to high-frequency flickers require FAT3 signaling in mouse retinal bipolar cells.

Evelyn C Avilés, Sean K Wang, Sarina Patel, Sebastian Cordero, Shuxiang Shi, Lucas Lin, Vladimir J Kefalov, Lisa V Goodrich, Constance L Cepko, Yunlu Xue

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in The Journal of general physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Atypical Cadherin FAT2 Is Required for Synaptic Integrity and Motor Behaviors.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Evelyn C AvilésDepartment of Neurobiology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0448-487X
Sean K WangDepartments of Genetics and Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1557-8510
Sarina PatelDepartment of Neurobiology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-2766-0663
Sebastian CorderoFacultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile , Santiago, Chile.ORCID 0009-0001-5263-0501
Shuxiang ShiLingang Laboratory , Shanghai, China.ORCID 0009-0009-3478-4353
Lucas LinDepartments of Genetics and Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-1290-7370
Vladimir J KefalovGavin Herbert Eye Institute and Center for Translational Vision Research, University of California, Irvine , Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1659-008X
Lisa V GoodrichDepartment of Neurobiology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3331-8600
Constance L CepkoDepartments of Genetics and Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9945-6387
Yunlu XueDepartments of Genetics and Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2088-9826

Funding

Opsin signaling in mammalian rod photoreceptorsR01EY030912 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KEFALOV, VLADIMIR JIVKOV, PALCZEWSKI, KRZYSZTOF · 2020 to 2023
$1.6M
Investigation of the Mechanisms of Cone Degeneration in Retinitis PigmentosaK99EY030951 · NEI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI XUE, YUNLU · 2020 to 2022
$242k
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y DesarrolloAlice and Joseph Brooks Fund FellowshipFondecyt de Iniciación Código 11241253Harvard Brain Initiative Bipolar DisordersHoward Hughes Medical InstituteInternational Brain Research OrganizationLeonard and Isabelle Goldenson FellowshipLingang Laboratory Startup FundNEI NIH HHS K99 EY030951NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030912NIH HHS K99EY030951Research to Prevent BlindnessThe Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Center
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vision is initiated by the reception of light by photoreceptors and subsequent processing via downstream retinal neurons. Proper circuit organization depends on the multifunctional tissue polarity protein FAT3, which is required for amacrine cell connectivity and retinal lamination. Here, we investigated the retinal function of Fat3 mutant mice and found decreases in both electroretinography and perceptual responses to high-frequency flashes. These defects did not correlate with abnormal amacrine cell wiring, pointing instead to a role in bipolar cell subtypes that also express FAT3. The role of FAT3 in the response to high temporal frequency flashes depends upon its ability to transduce an intracellular signal. Mechanistically, FAT3 binds to the synaptic protein PTPσ intracellularly and is required to localize GRIK1 to OFF-cone bipolar cell synapses with cone photoreceptors. These findings expand the repertoire of FAT3's functions and reveal its importance in bipolar cells for high-frequency light response.

Indexed as

Retinal Bipolar CellsAnimalsElectroretinographyMiceMice, Inbred C57BLRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsSignal Transduction

Identifiers

PMID39903280
PMCPMC11793021

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.