Inner retinal photoreception independent of the visual retinoid cycle
- 5 July 2006
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 103 (27), 10426-10431
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0600917103
Abstract
Mice lacking the visual cycle enzymes RPE65 or lecithin-retinol acyl transferase (Lrat) have pupillary light responses (PLR) that are less sensitive than those of mice with outer retinal degeneration (rd/rd or rdta). Inner retinal photoresponses are mediated by melanopsin-expressing, intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), suggesting that the melanopsin-dependent photocycle utilizes RPE65 and Lrat. To test this hypothesis, we generated rpe65(-/-); rdta and lrat(-/-); rd/rd mutant mice. Unexpectedly, both rpe65(-/-); rdta and lrat(-/-); rd/rd mice demonstrate paradoxically increased PLR photosensitivity compared with mice mutant in visual cycle enzymes alone. Acute pharmacologic inhibition of the visual cycle of melanopsin-deficient mice with all-trans-retinylamine results in a near-total loss of PLR sensitivity, whereas treatment of rd/rd mice has no effect, demonstrating that the inner retina does not require the visual cycle. Treatment of rpe65(-/-); rdta with 9-cis-retinal partially restores PLR sensitivity. Photic sensitivity in P8 rpe65(-/-) and lrat(-/-) ipRGCs is intact as measured by ex vivo multielectrode array recording. These results demonstrate that the melanopsin-dependent ipRGC photocycle is independent of the visual retinoid cycle.Keywords
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