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Background light produces a recoverin-dependent modulation of activated-rhodopsin lifetime in mouse rods.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20107049     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The Ca(2+)-binding protein recoverin is thought to regulate rhodopsin kinase and to modulate the lifetime of the photoexcited state of rhodopsin (Rh*), the visual pigment of vertebrate rods. Recoverin has been postulated to inhibit the kinase in darkness, when Ca(2+) is high, and to be released from the disk membrane in light when Ca(2+) is low, accelerating rhodopsin phosphorylation and shortening the lifetime of Rh*. This proposal has remained controversial, in part because the normally rapid turnoff of Rh* has made Rh* modulation difficult to study in an intact rod. To circumvent this problem, we have made mice that underexpress rhodopsin kinase so that Rh* turnoff is rate limiting for the decay of the rod light response. We show that background light speeds the decay of Rh* turnoff, and that this no longer occurs in mice that have had recoverin knocked out. This is the first demonstration in an intact rod that light accelerates Rh* inactivation and that the Ca(2+)-binding protein recoverin may be required for the light-dependent modulation of Rh* lifetime.
Authors:
Ching-Kang Chen; Michael L Woodruff; Frank S Chen; Desheng Chen; Gordon L Fain
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience     Volume:  30     ISSN:  1529-2401     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Neurosci.     Publication Date:  2010 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-01-28     Completed Date:  2010-07-08     Revised Date:  2011-05-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8102140     Medline TA:  J Neurosci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1213-20     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0614, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Calcium / metabolism
Calcium Signaling / physiology,  radiation effects
G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 1 / metabolism,  radiation effects
Light*
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Knockout
Mice, Transgenic
Photic Stimulation
Reaction Time / physiology,  radiation effects
Recoverin / metabolism,  radiation effects*
Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / metabolism*,  radiation effects*
Rhodopsin / metabolism,  radiation effects*
Time Factors
Vision, Ocular / physiology,  radiation effects*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
EY013811/EY/NEI NIH HHS; EY01844/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY001844-33/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY001844-34/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY013811-07/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY013811-09/EY/NEI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
135844-11-0/Recoverin; 7440-70-2/Calcium; 9009-81-8/Rhodopsin; EC 2.7.11.14/G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 1
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