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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Melanopsin regulates axonal translation underlying retinohypothalamic circuit assembly.

R Rashmi, A T Belew, C Zhang, C J Hernández, T Alexander, R Pomerat, L P Abadir, S P D'Souza, N M El-Sayed, C M Speer

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10 authors.

R RashmiDepartment of Biology.ORCID 0000-0001-9056-3242
A T BelewDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics.ORCID 0000-0001-6725-5081
C ZhangDepartment of Biology.ORCID 0000-0003-1346-2186
C J HernándezDepartment of Biology.ORCID 0000-0002-2647-2255
T AlexanderDepartment of Biology.ORCID 0000-0002-0083-3657
R PomeratDepartment of Biology.ORCID 0009-0000-7550-990X
L P AbadirDepartment of Biology.
S P D'SouzaDivision of Pediatric Ophthalmology.ORCID 0000-0001-6344-1434
N M El-SayedBrain and Behavior Institute.ORCID 0000-0001-7970-3312
C M SpeerDepartment of Biology.ORCID 0000-0002-3076-7072

Funding

A molecular connectomics platform for multi-scale analysis of activity-dependent synapse development and plasticityDP2MH125812 · NIMH · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI SPEER, COLENSO MCNAUGHTON · 2020 to 2020
$2.2M
Leica Stellaris 8 Confocal for Imaging CoreS10OD034260 · OD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI BEAVEN, AMY · 2023 to 2023
$600k
Zeiss LSM 880 Airyscan Fast Laser Scanning ConfocalS10OD025223 · OD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI BEAVEN, AMY · 2019 to 2019
$557k
NIH HHS S10 OD025223NIH HHS S10 OD034260NIMH NIH HHS DP2 MH125812
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Abstract

Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) influence visual system development via melanopsin before photoreceptor-mediated vision, but how melanopsin signaling contributes to ipRGC circuit assembly remains unknown. Here we show that melanopsin coordinates retinohypothalamic tract development by regulating local translation in developing ipRGC axons. Loss of melanopsin selectively disrupted local translation in axons without affecting somatic translation. The affected transcripts encoded cytoskeletal regulators, adhesion molecules, and trafficking proteins, and activity-dependent changes in translation were restricted to the period before eye-opening. Consistent with impaired axonal growth and synaptogenesis,

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