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Cell ; 175(1): 71-84.e18, 2018 09 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30173913

RESUMO

Light exerts a range of powerful biological effects beyond image vision, including mood and learning regulation. While the source of photic information affecting mood and cognitive functions is well established, viz. intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), the central mediators are unknown. Here, we reveal that the direct effects of light on learning and mood utilize distinct ipRGC output streams. ipRGCs that project to the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) mediate the effects of light on learning, independently of the SCN's pacemaker function. Mood regulation by light, on the other hand, requires an SCN-independent pathway linking ipRGCs to a previously unrecognized thalamic region, termed perihabenular nucleus (PHb). The PHb is integrated in a distinctive circuitry with mood-regulating centers and is both necessary and sufficient for driving the effects of light on affective behavior. Together, these results provide new insights into the neural basis required for light to influence mood and learning.


Assuntos
Afeto/efeitos da radiação , Aprendizagem/efeitos da radiação , Luz , Afeto/fisiologia , Animais , Encéfalo/fisiologia , Ritmo Circadiano , Aprendizagem/fisiologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Fototerapia/métodos , Retina/metabolismo , Retina/fisiologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/metabolismo , Células Ganglionares da Retina/fisiologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/efeitos da radiação , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Núcleo Supraquiasmático/metabolismo , Visão Ocular/fisiologia , Vias Visuais/metabolismo , Percepção Visual/fisiologia
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 119(28): e2118192119, 2022 07 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35867740

RESUMO

Studies with experimental animals have revealed a mood-regulating neural pathway linking intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) and the prefrontal cortex (PFC), involved in the pathophysiology of mood disorders. Since humans also have light-intensity-encoding ipRGCs, we asked whether a similar pathway exists in humans. Here, functional MRI was used to identify PFC regions and other areas exhibiting light-intensity-dependent signals. We report 26 human brain regions having activation that either monotonically decreases or monotonically increases with light intensity. Luxotonic-related activation occurred across the cerebral cortex, in diverse subcortical structures, and in the cerebellum, encompassing regions with functions related to visual image formation, motor control, cognition, and emotion. Light suppressed PFC activation, which monotonically decreased with increasing light intensity. The sustained time course of light-evoked PFC responses and their susceptibility to prior light exposure resembled those of ipRGCs. These findings offer a functional link between light exposure and PFC-mediated cognitive and affective phenomena.


Assuntos
Afeto , Cognição , Iluminação , Córtex Pré-Frontal , Células Ganglionares da Retina , Humanos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Estimulação Luminosa
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Nature ; 546(7659): 492-497, 2017 06 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28607486

RESUMO

Self-motion triggers complementary visual and vestibular reflexes supporting image-stabilization and balance. Translation through space produces one global pattern of retinal image motion (optic flow), rotation another. We examined the direction preferences of direction-sensitive ganglion cells (DSGCs) in flattened mouse retinas in vitro. Here we show that for each subtype of DSGC, direction preference varies topographically so as to align with specific translatory optic flow fields, creating a neural ensemble tuned for a specific direction of motion through space. Four cardinal translatory directions are represented, aligned with two axes of high adaptive relevance: the body and gravitational axes. One subtype maximizes its output when the mouse advances, others when it retreats, rises or falls. Two classes of DSGCs, namely, ON-DSGCs and ON-OFF-DSGCs, share the same spatial geometry but weight the four channels differently. Each subtype ensemble is also tuned for rotation. The relative activation of DSGC channels uniquely encodes every translation and rotation. Although retinal and vestibular systems both encode translatory and rotatory self-motion, their coordinate systems differ.


Assuntos
Gravitação , Fenômenos Fisiológicos Oculares , Fluxo Óptico/fisiologia , Equilíbrio Postural/fisiologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/fisiologia , Rotação , Vestíbulo do Labirinto/fisiologia , Animais , Feminino , Masculino , Camundongos , Percepção Espacial/fisiologia
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J Neurosci ; 2021 Jun 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34083252

RESUMO

Amacrine cells are interneurons composing the most diverse cell class in the mammalian retina. They help encode visual features such as edges or directed motion by mediating excitatory and inhibitory interactions between input (i.e. bipolar) and output (i.e. ganglion) neurons in the inner plexiform layer (IPL). Like other brain regions, the retina also contains glial cells that contribute to neurotransmitter uptake, metabolic regulation and neurovascular control. Here, we report that in mouse retina (of either sex), an abundant, though previously unstudied inhibitory amacrine cell is coupled directly to Müller glia. Electron microscopic reconstructions of this amacrine type revealed chemical synapses with known retinal cell types and extensive associations with Müller glia, the processes of which often completely ensheathe the neurites of this amacrine cell. Microinjecting small tracer molecules into the somas of these amacrine cells led to selective labelling of nearby Müller glia, leading us to suggest the name "Müller glia-coupled amacrine cell," or MAC. Our data also indicate that MACs release glycine at conventional chemical synapses, and viral retrograde transsynaptic tracing from the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) showed selective connections between MACs and a subpopulation of RGC types. Visually-evoked responses revealed a strong preference for light increments; these "ON" responses were primarily mediated by excitatory chemical synaptic input and direct electrical coupling with other cells. This initial characterization of the MAC provides the first evidence for neuron-glia coupling in the mammalian retina and identifies the MAC as a potential link between inhibitory processing and glial function.Significance Statement:Gap junctions between pairs of neurons or glial cells are commonly found throughout the nervous system and play multiple roles, including electrical coupling and metabolic exchange. In contrast, gap junctions between neurons and glia cells have rarely been reported and are poorly understood. Here we report the first evidence for neuron-glia coupling in the mammalian retina, specifically between an abundant (but previously unstudied) inhibitory interneuron and Müller glia. Moreover, viral tracing, optogenetics and serial electron microscopy provide new information about the neuron's synaptic partners and physiological responses.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 115(51): E12083-E12090, 2018 12 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30509993

RESUMO

Synaptic inhibition controls a neuron's output via functionally distinct inputs at two subcellular compartments, the cell body and the dendrites. It is unclear whether the assembly of these distinct inhibitory inputs can be regulated independently by neurotransmission. In the mammalian retina, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release from starburst amacrine cells (SACs) onto the dendrites of on-off direction-selective ganglion cells (ooDSGCs) is essential for directionally selective responses. We found that ooDSGCs also receive GABAergic input on their somata from other amacrine cells (ACs), including ACs containing the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). When net GABAergic transmission is reduced, somatic, but not dendritic, GABAA receptor clusters on the ooDSGC increased in number and size. Correlative fluorescence imaging and serial electron microscopy revealed that these enlarged somatic receptor clusters are localized to synapses. By contrast, selectively blocking vesicular GABA release from either SACs or VIP ACs did not alter dendritic or somatic receptor distributions on the ooDSGCs, showing that neither SAC nor VIP AC GABA release alone is required for the development of inhibitory synapses in ooDSGCs. Furthermore, a reduction in net GABAergic transmission, but not a selective reduction from SACs, increased excitatory drive onto ooDSGCs. This increased excitation may drive a homeostatic increase in ooDSGC somatic GABAA receptors. Differential regulation of GABAA receptors on the ooDSGC's soma and dendrites could facilitate homeostatic control of the ooDSGC's output while enabling the assembly of the GABAergic connectivity underlying direction selectivity to be indifferent to altered transmission.


Assuntos
Células Ganglionares da Retina/fisiologia , Transmissão Sináptica/fisiologia , Ácido gama-Aminobutírico/fisiologia , Animais , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Receptores de GABA-A/metabolismo , Receptores de GABA-A/fisiologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/metabolismo , Sinapses/metabolismo , Sinapses/fisiologia , Transmissão Sináptica/genética , Proteínas Vesiculares de Transporte de Aminoácidos Inibidores/genética , Ácido gama-Aminobutírico/metabolismo
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J Neurosci ; 33(45): 17797-813, 2013 Nov 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24198370

RESUMO

When the head rotates, the image of the visual world slips across the retina. A dedicated set of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and brainstem visual nuclei termed the "accessory optic system" (AOS) generate slip-compensating eye movements that stabilize visual images on the retina and improve visual performance. Which types of RGCs project to each of the various AOS nuclei remain unresolved. Here we report a new transgenic mouse line, Hoxd10-GFP, in which the RGCs projecting to all the AOS nuclei are fluorescently labeled. Electrophysiological recordings of Hoxd10-GFP RGCs revealed that they include all three subtypes of On direction-selective RGCs (On-DSGCs), responding to upward, downward, or forward motion. Hoxd10-GFP RGCs also include one subtype of On-Off DSGCs tuned for forward motion. Retrograde circuit mapping with modified rabies viruses revealed that the On-DSGCs project to the brainstem centers involved in both horizontal and vertical retinal slip compensation. In contrast, the On-Off DSGCs labeled in Hoxd10-GFP mice projected to AOS nuclei controlling horizontal but not vertical image stabilization. Moreover, the forward tuned On-Off DSGCs appear physiologically and molecularly distinct from all previously genetically identified On-Off DSGCs. These data begin to clarify the cell types and circuits underlying image stabilization during self-motion, and they support an unexpected diversity of DSGC subtypes.


Assuntos
Tronco Encefálico/fisiologia , Percepção de Movimento/fisiologia , Retina/fisiologia , Vias Visuais/fisiologia , Percepção Visual/fisiologia , Animais , Movimentos Oculares/fisiologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Estimulação Luminosa , Células Ganglionares da Retina/fisiologia
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Nature ; 453(7191): 102-5, 2008 May 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18432195

RESUMO

Rod and cone photoreceptors detect light and relay this information through a multisynaptic pathway to the brain by means of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). These retinal outputs support not only pattern vision but also non-image-forming (NIF) functions, which include circadian photoentrainment and pupillary light reflex (PLR). In mammals, NIF functions are mediated by rods, cones and the melanopsin-containing intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs). Rod-cone photoreceptors and ipRGCs are complementary in signalling light intensity for NIF functions. The ipRGCs, in addition to being directly photosensitive, also receive synaptic input from rod-cone networks. To determine how the ipRGCs relay rod-cone light information for both image-forming and non-image-forming functions, we genetically ablated ipRGCs in mice. Here we show that animals lacking ipRGCs retain pattern vision but have deficits in both PLR and circadian photoentrainment that are more extensive than those observed in melanopsin knockouts. The defects in PLR and photoentrainment resemble those observed in animals that lack phototransduction in all three photoreceptor classes. These results indicate that light signals for irradiance detection are dissociated from pattern vision at the retinal ganglion cell level, and animals that cannot detect light for NIF functions are still capable of image formation.


Assuntos
Células Fotorreceptoras Retinianas Cones/metabolismo , Células Ganglionares da Retina/citologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/metabolismo , Células Fotorreceptoras Retinianas Bastonetes/metabolismo , Opsinas de Bastonetes/metabolismo , Visão Ocular/fisiologia , Animais , Encéfalo/citologia , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Ritmo Circadiano/fisiologia , Ritmo Circadiano/efeitos da radiação , Sinais (Psicologia) , Eletrorretinografia , Luz , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Atividade Motora/fisiologia , Pupila/fisiologia , Pupila/efeitos da radiação , Reflexo/fisiologia , Reflexo/efeitos da radiação , Opsinas de Bastonetes/deficiência , Opsinas de Bastonetes/genética , Visão Ocular/efeitos da radiação , Acuidade Visual/fisiologia
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bioRxiv ; 2024 May 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38903067

RESUMO

The neurovascular unit (NVU), comprising vascular, glial and neural elements, supports the energetic demands of neural computation, but this aspect of the retina's trilaminar vessel network is poorly understood. Only the innermost vessel layer - the superficial vascular plexus (SVP) - is ensheathed by astrocytes, like brain capillaries, whereas glial ensheathment in other layers derives from radial Müller glia. Using serial electron microscopy reconstructions from mouse and primate retina, we find that Müller processes cover capillaries in a tessellating pattern, mirroring the tiled astrocytic endfeet wrapping brain capillaries. However, gaps in the Müller sheath, found mainly in the intermediate vascular plexus (IVP), permit different neuron types to contact pericytes and the endothelial cells directly. Pericyte somata are a favored target, often at spine-like structures with a reduced or absent vascular basement lamina. Focal application of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to the vitreal surface evoked Ca2+ signals in Müller sheaths in all three vascular layers. Pharmacological experiments confirmed that Müller sheaths express purinergic receptors that, when activated, trigger intracellular Ca2+ signals that are amplified by IP3-controlled intracellular Ca2+ stores. When rod photoreceptors die in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa (rd10), Müller sheaths dissociate from the deep vascular plexus (DVP) but are largely unchanged within the IVP or SVP. Thus, Müller glia interact with retinal vessels in a laminar, compartmentalized manner: glial sheathes are virtually complete in the SVP but fenestrated in the IVP, permitting direct neural-to-vascular contacts. In the DVP, the glial sheath is only modestly fenestrated and is vulnerable to photoreceptor degeneration.

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J Neurosci ; 32(39): 13608-20, 2012 Sep 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23015450

RESUMO

The photopigment melanopsin confers photosensitivity upon a minority of retinal output neurons. These intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are more diverse than once believed, comprising five morphologically distinct types, M1 through M5. Here, in mouse retina, we provide the first in-depth characterization of M4 cells, including their structure, function, and central projections. M4 cells apparently correspond to ON α cells of earlier reports, and are easily distinguished from other ipRGCs by their very large somata. Their dendritic arbors are more radiate and highly branched than those of M1, M2, or M3 cells. The melanopsin-based intrinsic photocurrents of M4 cells are smaller than those of M1 and M2 cells, presumably because melanopsin is more weakly expressed; we can detect it immunohistochemically only with strong amplification. Like M2 cells, M4 cells exhibit robust, sustained, synaptically driven ON responses and dendritic stratification in the ON sublamina of the inner plexiform layer. However, their stratification patterns are subtly different, with M4 dendrites positioned just distal to those of M2 cells and just proximal to the ON cholinergic band. M4 receptive fields are large, with an ON center, antagonistic OFF surround and nonlinear spatial summation. Their synaptically driven photoresponses lack direction selectivity and show higher ultraviolet sensitivity in the ventral retina than in the dorsal retina, echoing the topographic gradient in S- and M-cone opsin expression. M4 cells are readily labeled by retrograde transport from the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus and thus likely contribute to the pattern vision that persists in mice lacking functional rods and cones.


Assuntos
Corpos Geniculados/fisiologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/classificação , Células Ganglionares da Retina/fisiologia , Opsinas de Bastonetes/metabolismo , Córtex Visual/fisiologia , Actinas/genética , Actinas/metabolismo , Animais , Toxina da Cólera/metabolismo , Colina O-Acetiltransferase/metabolismo , Dendritos/metabolismo , Dendritos/ultraestrutura , Eletrorretinografia , Feminino , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Luz , Masculino , Potenciais da Membrana/efeitos dos fármacos , Potenciais da Membrana/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Transgênicos , Técnicas de Patch-Clamp , Estimulação Luminosa/métodos , Retina , Células Ganglionares da Retina/ultraestrutura , Opsinas de Bastonetes/genética , Campos Visuais/efeitos dos fármacos , Campos Visuais/genética , Vias Visuais/fisiologia , beta-Galactosidase/genética , beta-Galactosidase/metabolismo
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Nat Commun ; 14(1): 5142, 2023 08 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37612305

RESUMO

Optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) assists stabilization of the retinal image during head rotation. OKN is driven by ON direction selective retinal ganglion cells (ON DSGCs), which encode both the direction and speed of global retinal slip. The synaptic circuits responsible for the direction selectivity of ON DSGCs are well understood, but those sculpting their slow-speed preference remain enigmatic. Here, we probe this mechanism in mouse retina through patch clamp recordings, functional imaging, genetic manipulation, and electron microscopic reconstructions. We confirm earlier evidence that feedforward glycinergic inhibition is the main suppressor of ON DSGC responses to fast motion, and reveal the source for this inhibition-the VGluT3 amacrine cell, a dual neurotransmitter, excitatory/inhibitory interneuron. Together, our results identify a role for VGluT3 cells in limiting the speed range of OKN. More broadly, they suggest VGluT3 cells shape the response of many retinal cell types to fast motion, suppressing it in some while enhancing it in others.


Assuntos
Retina , Células Ganglionares da Retina , Animais , Camundongos , Células Amácrinas , Inibição Psicológica , Interneurônios
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Cell Rep ; 42(1): 112006, 2023 01 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36680773

RESUMO

Neurons make converging and diverging synaptic connections with distinct partner types. Whether synapses involving separate partners demonstrate similar or distinct structural motifs is not yet well understood. We thus used serial electron microscopy in mouse retina to map output synapses of cone bipolar cells (CBCs) and compare their structural arrangements across bipolar types and postsynaptic partners. Three presynaptic configurations emerge-single-ribbon, ribbonless, and multiribbon synapses. Each CBC type exploits these arrangements in a unique combination, a feature also found among rabbit ON CBCs. Though most synapses are dyads, monads and triads are also seen. Altogether, mouse CBCs exhibit at least six motifs, and each CBC type uses these in a stereotypic pattern. Moreover, synapses between CBCs and particular partner types appear biased toward certain motifs. Our observations reveal synaptic strategies that diversify the output within and across CBC types, potentially shaping the distinct functions of retinal microcircuits.


Assuntos
Interneurônios , Retina , Animais , Camundongos , Coelhos , Retina/fisiologia , Células Bipolares da Retina , Sinapses , Microscopia Eletrônica
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Eur J Neurosci ; 35(4): 507-18, 2012 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22304466

RESUMO

A novel class of photoreceptors, the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), express the photopigment melanopsin and drive non-image-forming responses to light such as circadian photoentrainment, the pupillary light reflex and suppression of nocturnal melatonin production in the pineal. Because dendrites from one subclass of these cells - the M1-type ipRGCs - make presumptive synaptic contacts at sites of dopamine release from dopaminergic amacrine cells, they are prime targets for modulation by dopamine, a neuromodulator implicated in retinal circadian rhythms and light adaptation. In patch-clamp recordings from ipRGCs in intact rat retinas, dopamine attenuated the melanopsin-based photocurrent. We confirmed that this was the result of direct action on ipRGCs by replicating the effect in dissociated ipRGCs that were isolated from influences of other retinal neurons. In these recordings, the D1-family dopamine receptor agonist SKF38393 attenuated the photocurrent, caused a modest depolarization, and reduced the input resistance of ipRGCs. The D2-family agonist quinpirole had no effect on the photocurrent. Single-cell reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction revealed that the majority of ipRGCs tested expressed drd1a, the gene coding for the D1a dopamine receptor. This finding was supported by immunohistochemical localization of D1a receptor protein in melanopsin-expressing ganglion cells. Finally, the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin, applied in combination with the phosphodiesterase inhibitor IBMX (isobutylmethylxanthine), mimicked the effects of SKF38393 on the ipRGC photocurrent, membrane potential and input resistance, consistent with a D1-receptor signaling pathway. These data suggest that dopamine, acting via D1-family receptors, alters the responses of ipRGCs and thus of non-image-forming vision.


Assuntos
Dopamina/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinal Luminoso/fisiologia , Células Fotorreceptoras/fisiologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/fisiologia , 1-Metil-3-Isobutilxantina/farmacologia , 2,3,4,5-Tetra-Hidro-7,8-Di-Hidroxi-1-Fenil-1H-3-Benzazepina/farmacologia , Actinas/genética , Actinas/metabolismo , Animais , Carbazóis/farmacologia , Células Cultivadas , Colforsina/farmacologia , AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Dopamina/farmacologia , Agonistas de Dopamina/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Antagonistas de Aminoácidos Excitatórios/farmacologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , Técnicas In Vitro , Luz , Transdução de Sinal Luminoso/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Potenciais da Membrana/efeitos dos fármacos , Potenciais da Membrana/fisiologia , Técnicas de Patch-Clamp , Estimulação Luminosa , Pirróis/farmacologia , Quimpirol/farmacologia , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Receptores Dopaminérgicos/genética , Receptores Dopaminérgicos/metabolismo , Retina/citologia , Opsinas de Bastonetes/genética , Opsinas de Bastonetes/metabolismo , Bloqueadores dos Canais de Sódio/farmacologia , Tetrodotoxina/farmacologia , Vias Visuais/efeitos dos fármacos , Vias Visuais/fisiologia
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Nature ; 433(7027): 745-9, 2005 Feb 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15674243

RESUMO

Melanopsin has been proposed to be the photopigment of the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs); these photoreceptors of the mammalian eye drive circadian and pupillary adjustments through direct projections to the brain. Their action spectrum (lambda(max) approximately 480 nm) implicates an opsin and melanopsin is the only opsin known to exist in these cells. Melanopsin is required for ipRGC photosensitivity and for behavioural photoresponses that survive disrupted rod and cone function. Heterologously expressed melanopsin apparently binds retinaldehyde and mediates photic activation of G proteins. However, its amino-acid sequence differs from vertebrate photosensory opsins and some have suggested that melanopsin may be a photoisomerase, providing retinoid chromophore to an unidentified opsin. To determine whether melanopsin is a functional sensory photopigment, here we transiently expressed it in HEK293 cells that stably expressed TRPC3 channels. Light triggered a membrane depolarization in these cells and increased intracellular calcium. The light response resembled that of ipRGCs, with almost identical spectral sensitivity (lambda(max) approximately 479 nm). The phototransduction pathway included Gq or a related G protein, phospholipase C and TRPC3 channels. We conclude that mammalian melanopsin is a functional sensory photopigment, that it is the photopigment of ganglion-cell photoreceptors, and that these photoreceptors may use an invertebrate-like phototransduction cascade.


Assuntos
Transdução de Sinal Luminoso/efeitos da radiação , Luz , Opsinas de Bastonetes/metabolismo , Animais , Cálcio/metabolismo , Sinalização do Cálcio/efeitos da radiação , Linhagem Celular , Eletrofisiologia , Subunidades alfa Gq-G11 de Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Canais Iônicos/metabolismo , Camundongos , Opsinas de Bastonetes/genética , Canais de Cátion TRPC , Fosfolipases Tipo C/metabolismo
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 105(37): 14181-6, 2008 Sep 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18779590

RESUMO

Retinal dopaminergic amacrine neurons (DA neurons) play a central role in reconfiguring retinal function according to prevailing illumination conditions, yet the mechanisms by which light regulates their activity are poorly understood. We investigated the means by which sustained light responses are evoked in DA neurons. Sustained light responses were driven by cationic currents and persisted in vitro and in vivo in the presence of L-AP4, a blocker of retinal ON-bipolar cells. Several characteristics of these L-AP4-resistant light responses suggested that they were driven by melanopsin-expressing intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), including long latencies, marked poststimulus persistence, and a peak spectral sensitivity of 478 nm. Furthermore, sustained DA neuron light responses, but not transient DA neuron responses, persisted in rod/cone degenerate retinas, in which ipRGCs account for virtually all remaining retinal phototransduction. Thus, ganglion-cell photoreceptors provide excitatory drive to DA neurons, most likely by way of the coramification of their dendrites and the processes of DA neurons in the inner plexiform layer. This unprecedented centrifugal outflow of ganglion-cell signals within the retina provides a novel basis for the restructuring of retinal circuits by light.


Assuntos
Células Amácrinas/metabolismo , Dopamina/metabolismo , Células Ganglionares da Retina/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Animais , Eletrofisiologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Transgênicos , Degeneração Neural/metabolismo , Técnicas de Patch-Clamp , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-fos/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-fos/metabolismo , Opsinas de Bastonetes/metabolismo
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Elife ; 102021 06 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34096504

RESUMO

Spatially distributed excitation and inhibition collectively shape a visual neuron's receptive field (RF) properties. In the direction-selective circuit of the mammalian retina, the role of strong null-direction inhibition of On-Off direction-selective ganglion cells (On-Off DSGCs) on their direction selectivity is well-studied. However, how excitatory inputs influence the On-Off DSGC's visual response is underexplored. Here, we report that On-Off DSGCs have a spatially displaced glutamatergic receptive field along their horizontal preferred-null motion axes. This displaced receptive field contributes to DSGC null-direction spiking during interrupted motion trajectories. Theoretical analyses indicate that population responses during interrupted motion may help populations of On-Off DSGCs signal the spatial location of moving objects in complex, naturalistic visual environments. Our study highlights that the direction-selective circuit exploits separate sets of mechanisms under different stimulus conditions, and these mechanisms may help encode multiple visual features.


Assuntos
Potenciais Evocados Visuais , Potenciais Pós-Sinápticos Excitadores , Percepção de Movimento , Células Ganglionares da Retina/fisiologia , Transmissão Sináptica , Campos Visuais , Animais , Sinalização do Cálcio , Feminino , Ácido Glutâmico/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos da Linhagem 129 , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Transgênicos , Modelos Neurológicos , Estimulação Luminosa , Células Ganglionares da Retina/metabolismo , Fatores de Tempo
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Neuron ; 48(6): 1001-10, 2005 Dec 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16364903

RESUMO

A rare type of mammalian retinal ganglion cell (RGC) expresses the photopigment melanopsin and is a photoreceptor. These intrinsically photosensitive RGCs (ipRGCs) drive circadian-clock resetting, pupillary constriction, and other non-image-forming photic responses. Both the light responses of ipRGCs and the behaviors they drive are remarkably sustained, raising the possibility that, unlike rods and cones, ipRGCs do not adjust their sensitivity according to lighting conditions ("adaptation"). We found, to the contrary, that ipRGC sensitivity is plastic, strongly influenced by lighting history. When exposed to a constant, bright background, the background-evoked response decayed, and responses to superimposed flashes grew in amplitude, indicating light adaptation. After extinction of a light-adapting background, sensitivity recovered progressively in darkness, indicating dark adaptation. Because these adjustments in sensitivity persisted when synapses were blocked, they constitute "photoreceptor adaptation" rather than "network adaptation." Implications for the mechanisms generating various non-image-forming visual responses are discussed.


Assuntos
Adaptação Ocular/fisiologia , Transdução de Sinal Luminoso/fisiologia , Rede Nervosa/fisiologia , Células Fotorreceptoras/fisiologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/fisiologia , Potenciais de Ação/fisiologia , Potenciais de Ação/efeitos da radiação , Adaptação Ocular/efeitos da radiação , Animais , Ritmo Circadiano/fisiologia , Ritmo Circadiano/efeitos da radiação , Adaptação à Escuridão/fisiologia , Adaptação à Escuridão/efeitos da radiação , Luz , Transdução de Sinal Luminoso/efeitos da radiação , Masculino , Rede Nervosa/efeitos da radiação , Plasticidade Neuronal/fisiologia , Plasticidade Neuronal/efeitos da radiação , Estimulação Luminosa , Células Fotorreceptoras/efeitos da radiação , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Células Ganglionares da Retina/efeitos da radiação
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eNeuro ; 6(4)2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31387875

RESUMO

Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are rare mammalian photoreceptors essential for non-image-forming vision functions, such as circadian photoentrainment and the pupillary light reflex. They comprise multiple subtypes distinguishable by morphology, physiology, projections, and levels of expression of melanopsin (Opn4), their photopigment. The molecular programs that distinguish ipRGCs from other ganglion cells and ipRGC subtypes from one another remain elusive. Here, we present comprehensive gene expression profiles of early postnatal and adult mouse ipRGCs purified from two lines of reporter mice that mark different sets of ipRGC subtypes. We find dozens of novel genes highly enriched in ipRGCs. We reveal that Rasgrp1 and Tbx20 are selectively expressed in subsets of ipRGCs, though these molecularly defined groups imperfectly match established ipRGC subtypes. We demonstrate that the ipRGCs regulating circadian photoentrainment are diverse at the molecular level. Our findings reveal unexpected complexity in gene expression patterns across mammalian ipRGC subtypes.


Assuntos
Células Ganglionares da Retina/metabolismo , Transcriptoma , Animais , Ritmo Circadiano/fisiologia , Feminino , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Fatores de Troca do Nucleotídeo Guanina/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos Transgênicos , Proteínas com Domínio T/metabolismo
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J Comp Neurol ; 527(1): 297-311, 2019 01 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30311650

RESUMO

We have identified a novel, sixth type of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell (ipRGC) in the mouse-the M6 cell. Its spiny, highly branched dendritic arbor is bistratified, with dendrites restricted to the inner and outer margins of the inner plexiform layer, co-stratifying with the processes of other ipRGC types. We show that M6 cells are by far the most abundant ganglion cell type labeled in adult pigmented Cdh3-GFP BAC transgenic mice. A few M5 ipRGCs are also labeled, but no other RGC types were encountered. Several distinct subnuclei in the geniculate complex and the pretectum contain labeled retinofugal axons in the Cdh3-GFP mouse. These are presumably the principle central targets of M6 cells (as well as M5 cells). Projections from M6 cells to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus were confirmed by retrograde tracing, suggesting they contribute to pattern vision. M6 cells have low levels of melanopsin expression and relatively weak melanopsin-dependent light responses. They also exhibit strong synaptically driven light responses. Their dendritic fields are the smallest and most abundantly branched of all ipRGCs. They have small receptive fields and strong antagonistic surrounds. Despite deploying dendrites partly in the OFF sublamina, M6 cells appear to be driven exclusively by the ON pathway, suggesting that their OFF arbor, like those of certain other ipRGCs, may receive ectopic input from passing ON bipolar cells axons in the OFF sublayer.


Assuntos
Células Ganglionares da Retina/citologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/fisiologia , Animais , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Opsinas de Bastonetes/metabolismo
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J Comp Neurol ; 527(1): 282-296, 2019 01 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30076594

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The accessory optic system (AOS) detects retinal image slip and reports it to the oculomotor system for reflexive image stabilization. Here, we characterize two Cre lines that permit genetic access to AOS circuits responding to vertical motion. The first (Pcdh9-Cre) labels only one of the four subtypes of ON direction-selective retinal ganglion cells (ON-DS RGCs), those preferring ventral retinal motion. Their axons diverge from the optic tract just behind the chiasm and selectively innervate the medial terminal nucleus (MTN) of the AOS. Unlike most RGC subtypes examined, they survive after optic nerve crush. The second Cre-driver line (Pdzk1ip1-Cre) labels postsynaptic neurons in the MTN. These project predominantly to the other major terminal nucleus of the AOS, the nucleus of the optic tract (NOT). We find that the transmembrane protein semaphorin 6A (Sema6A) is required for the formation of axonal projections from the MTN to the NOT, just as it is for the retinal innervation of the MTN. These new tools permit manipulation of specific circuits in the AOS and show that Sema6A is required for establishing AOS connections in multiple locations.


Assuntos
Percepção de Movimento/fisiologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/fisiologia , Semaforinas/metabolismo , Vias Visuais/fisiologia , Animais , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Trato Óptico/fisiologia
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Elife ; 82019 11 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31742557

RESUMO

GABAergic fast-spiking parvalbumin-positive (PV) interneurons are frequently myelinated in the cerebral cortex. However, the factors governing the topography of cortical interneuron myelination remain incompletely understood. Here, we report that segmental myelination along neocortical interneuron axons is strongly predicted by the joint combination of interbranch distance and local axon caliber. Enlargement of PV+ interneurons increased axonal myelination, while reduced cell size led to decreased myelination. Next, we considered regular-spiking SOM+ cells, which normally have relatively shorter interbranch distances and thinner axon diameters than PV+ cells, and are rarely myelinated. Consistent with the importance of axonal morphology for guiding interneuron myelination, enlargement of SOM+ cell size dramatically increased the frequency of myelinated axonal segments. Lastly, we confirm that these findings also extend to human neocortex by quantifying interneuron axonal myelination from ex vivo surgical tissue. Together, these findings establish a predictive model of neocortical GABAergic interneuron myelination determined by local axonal morphology.


Assuntos
Axônios/metabolismo , Interneurônios/metabolismo , Bainha de Mielina/metabolismo , Neocórtex/metabolismo , Parvalbuminas/metabolismo , Potenciais de Ação/fisiologia , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Animais , Axônios/fisiologia , Feminino , Neurônios GABAérgicos/metabolismo , Neurônios GABAérgicos/fisiologia , Humanos , Interneurônios/fisiologia , Masculino , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Transgênicos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neocórtex/citologia , Parvalbuminas/genética , Técnicas de Patch-Clamp
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