Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunits in Rhesus Monkey Retina

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作者
Liu, Ji
McGlinn, Alice M.
Fernandes, Alcides [3 ]
Milam, Ann H.
Strang, Christianne E. [4 ]
Andison, Margot E. [4 ]
Lindstrom, Jon M. [2 ]
Keyser, Kent T. [4 ]
Stone, Richard A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Penn, Sch Med, Dept Ophthalmol, Scheie Eye Inst, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Dept Neurosci, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[3] Emory Univ, Yerkes Reg Primate Res Ctr, Dept Ophthalmol, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
[4] Univ Alabama Birmingham, Vis Sci Res Ctr, Birmingham, AL USA
关键词
GLYCINERGIC AMACRINE CELLS; ISOLATED MAMMALIAN RETINA; GANGLION-CELLS; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN; RABBIT RETINA; CAT RETINA; PARENTAL SMOKING; CHICK RETINA; OPTIC-NERVE; RAT RETINA;
D O I
10.1167/iovs.08-2398
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R77 [眼科学];
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100212 ;
摘要
PURPOSE. The purpose of this study was to detect and establish the cellular localizations of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunits in Rhesus monkey retina. METHODS. Retinas were dissected from the eyes of monkeys killed after unrelated experiments. RNA was extracted and analyzed by RT-PCR, using primers designed against human sequences of alpha 3-alpha 7, alpha 9, and beta 2-beta 4 nAChR subunits. The RTPCR products were separated by gel electrophoresis and sequenced. Frozen sections of postmortem fixed monkey eyes were immunolabeled with well-characterized and specific monoclonal antibodies against the alpha 3, alpha 4, alpha 6, alpha 7, beta 2, or beta 4 nAChR subunits and visualized with fluorescence labeling. RESULTS. Products of the predicted size for the alpha 3-alpha 7, alpha 9, and beta 2-beta 4 nAChR subunits were detected by RT-PCR in Rhesus monkey retina. Homology between transcripts from monkey retina and human nucleotide sequences ranged from 93 to 99%. Immunohistochemical studies demonstrated that neurons in various cell layers of monkey retina expressed alpha 3, alpha 4, alpha 7, or beta 2 nAChR subunits and cells with the morphology of microglia were immunoreactive for the alpha 6 or beta 4 nAChR subunits. CONCLUSIONS. nAChR subunits are expressed in the monkey retina and localize to diverse retinal neurons as well as putative microglia. Besides mediating visual processing, retinal nAChRs may influence refractive development and ocular pathologies such as neovascularization. (Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009; 50: 1408-1415) DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2398
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