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J Neurosci ; 31(27): 9998-10008, 2011 Jul 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21734291

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Gap junction coupling synchronizes activity among neurons in adult neural circuits, but its role in coordinating activity during development is less known. The developing retina exhibits retinal waves--spontaneous depolarizations that propagate among retinal interneurons and drive retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) to fire correlated bursts of action potentials. During development, two connexin isoforms, connexin 36 (Cx36) and Cx45, are expressed in bipolar cells and RGCs, and therefore provide a potential substrate for coordinating network activity. To determine whether gap junctions contribute to retinal waves, we compared spontaneous activity patterns using calcium imaging, whole-cell recording, and multielectrode array recording in control, single-knock-out (ko) mice lacking Cx45 and double-knock-out (dko) mice lacking both isoforms. Wave frequency, propagation speed, and bias in propagation direction were similar in control, Cx36ko, Cx45ko, and Cx36/45dko retinas. However, the spontaneous firing rate of individual retinal ganglion cells was elevated in Cx45ko retinas, similar to Cx36ko retinas (Hansen et al., 2005; Torborg and Feller, 2005), a phenotype that was more pronounced in Cx36/45dko retinas. As a result, spatial correlations, as assayed by nearest-neighbor correlation and functional connectivity maps, were significantly altered. In addition, Cx36/45dko mice had reduced eye-specific segregation of retinogeniculate afferents. Together, these findings suggest that although Cx36 and Cx45 do not play a role in gross spatial and temporal propagation properties of retinal waves, they strongly modulate the firing pattern of individual RGCs, ensuring strongly correlated firing between nearby RGCs and normal patterning of retinogeniculate projections.


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Potenciales de Acción/fisiología , Conexinas/fisiología , Neuronas/fisiología , Retina/citología , Retina/crecimiento & desarrollo , Potenciales de Acción/genética , Animales , Animales Recién Nacidos , Calcio/metabolismo , Colina O-Acetiltransferasa/metabolismo , Conexinas/clasificación , Conexinas/deficiencia , Conexinas/genética , Femenino , Proteínas Fluorescentes Verdes/genética , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/genética , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/metabolismo , Técnicas de Placa-Clamp , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , Vías Visuales , Proteína delta-6 de Union Comunicante
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