| The Rod Pathway of the Microbat Retina Has Bistratified Rod Bipolar Cells and Tristratified AII Amacrine Cells. | |
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PMID: 23325239 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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We studied the retinal rod pathway of Carollia perspicillata and Glossophaga soricina, frugivorous microbats of the phyllostomid family. Protein kinase Cα (PKCα) immunolabeling revealed abundant rod bipolar cells (RBCs) with axon terminals in the innermost sublamina of the inner plexiform layer (IPL), which is typical for mammals. Extraordinarily, the RBC axons showed additional synaptic contacts in a second sublamina further out in the IPL. Dye injections of PKCα-prelabeled RBCs of C. perspicillata confirmed the bistratified axon morphology. The functional partition of the IPL into ON and OFF sublayers was shown by using antibodies against vesicular glutamate transporter 1 [labeling all ON and OFF bipolar cell (BC) axon terminals] and G-protein γ13 (labeling all ON BCs). The ON sublayer occupied 75% of the IPL thickness, including both strata of the RBC axons. RBC output onto putative AII amacrine cells (ACs), the crucial interneurons of the rod pathway, was identified by calretinin, PKCα, and CtBP2 triple immunolabeling. Dye injections of calretinin-prelabeled ACs revealed tristratification of the AII ACs corresponding to the bistratified RBCs. Triple immunolabeling for PKCα, nitric oxide synthetase (NOS), and either GABA(C) or CtBP2 indicated GABAergic feedback onto RBCs via NOS-immunoreactive ACs. AII output analysis showed glycineric synapses with glycine receptor α1 expression between AII cells and OFF cone BCs and connexin 36-labeled gap junctions between AII cells and ON cone BCs. We conclude that microbats have a well developed rod pathway with great similarities to that of other mammals, but with an unusual IPL stratification pattern of RBCs and AIIs. |
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Brigitte Müller; Elisabeth Butz; Leo Peichl; Silke Haverkamp |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience Volume: 33 ISSN: 1529-2401 ISO Abbreviation: J. Neurosci. Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2013-01-17 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8102140 Medline TA: J Neurosci Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1014-23 Citation Subset: IM |
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Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, 60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. |
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