Persistent activation of transducin by bleached rhodopsin in salamander rods

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 557-563

  Matthews, H R ^a   Cornwall, M C ^b   Fain, G L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleaching adaptation; G protein; Light adaptation; Photoreceptor; Transducin

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; TRANSDUCIN;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; RETINA ROD; SALAMANDER;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; ADAPTATION, OCULAR; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA); TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 0030466439     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.108.6.557     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Baumann, C. 1972. Kinetics of slow thermal reactions during the bleaching of rhodopsin in the perfused frog retina. J. Physiol. (Lond.). 222:643-063.
2. Baylor, D.A., T.D. Lamb, and K.-W. Yau. 1979. Responses of retinal rods to single photons. J. Physiol. (Lond.). 288:613-634.
3. Baylor, D.A., B.J. Nunn, and J.I,. Schnapf. 1984. The photocurrent, noise and spectral sensitivity of rods of the monkey Macaca fascicularis. J. Physiol. (Lond.). 357:575-607.
4. Cohen, C.B., D.D. Oprian, and P.R. Robinson. 1992. Mechanism of activation and inartivation of opsin: role of Ghul 13 and Lys296. Biochemistry. 31:12592-12601.
5. Cornwall, M.C., and G.L. Fain. 1994. Bleached pigment activates transduction in isolated rods of the salamander retina. J. Physiol. (Lond.). 480:261-279.
6. Cornwall, M.C., A. Fein, and E.F. MacNichol. 1990. Cellular mechanisms that underlie bleaching and background adaptation. J. Gen. Physiol. 96:345-372.
7. Cornwall, M.C., H.R. Matthews, R.K. Crouch, and G.L. Fain. 1995. Bleached pigment activates transduction in salamander cones. J. Gen. Physiol. 106:543-557.
8. Cornwall, M.C., H. Ripps, R.L.. Chappell, and G.J. Jones. 1989. Membrane current responses of skate photoreceptors. J. Gen. Physiol. 94:633-647.
9. Dartnall, H.J.A. 1972. Photosensitivity. In Handbook of Sensory Physiology. H.J.A. Dartnall, editor. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 122-145.
10. Donner, K.O., and S. Hemilä, 1975. Kinetics of long-lived rhodopsin photo-products in the frog retina as a function of the amount bleached. Vision Res. 15:985-995.
11. Fain, G.L., and M.C. Cornwall. 1993. Light and dark adaptation in vertebrate photoreceptors. In Contrast Sensitivity: From Receptors to Clinic. R. Shapley and D.-K. Lam, editors. MIT Press, Boston. 3-32.
12. Fain, G.L., H.R. Matthews, and M.C. Cornwall. 1990. Dark adaptation in vertebrate photoreceptors. Trends Neurosci. 19:502-507.
13. Jäger, S., K. Palczewski, and K.P. Hofmann. 1996. Opsin/all-transretinal complex activates transducin by different mechanisms than photolyzed rhodopsin. Biochemistry. 35:2901-2908.
14. Jin, J., R.K. Crouch, D.W. Corson, B.M. Katz, E.F. MacNichol, and M.C. Cornwall. 1993. Noncovalent occupancy of the retinal-binding pocket of opsin diminishes bleaching adaptation of retinal cones. Neuron. 11:513-522.
15. Jones, G.J., R.K. Crouch, B. Wiggert, M.C. Cornwall, and G.J. Chader. 1989. Retinoid requirements for recovery of sensitivity after visual-pigment bleaching in isolated photoreceptors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 86:9606-9610.
16. Jones, G.J., A. Fein, E.F.J. MacNichol, and M,C. Cornwall. 1993. Visual pigment bleaching in isolated salamander retinal cones. Microspectrophotometry and light adaptation. J. Gen. Physiol. 102:483-502.
17. Koutalos, Y., K. Nakatani, and K.W. Yau. 1995. Cyclic GMP diffusion coefficient in rod photoreceptor outer segments. Biophys. J. 68: 373-382.
18. Lamb, T.D. 1990. Dark adaptation: a re-examination. In Night Vision. R.F. Hess, K. Nordby, and L.T. Sharp, editors. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 171-216.
19. Lamb, T.D., and H.R. Matthews. 1988. Incorporation of analogues of GTP and GDP into rod photoreceptors isolated from the tiger salamander. J. Physiol. (Lond.). 407:463-487.
20. Lamb, T.D., H.R. Matthews, and V. Torre. 1986. Incorporation of calcium buffers into salamander retinal rods: a rejection of the calcium hypothesis of phototransduction. J. Physiol. (Lond.). 372: 315-349.
21. Lamb, T.D., P.A. McNaughton, and K.-W. Yatt. 1981. Spatial spread of activation and background desensitization in toad rod outer segments. J. Physiol. (Lond.). 319:463-496.
22. Makino, C.L., W.R. Taylor, and D.A. Baylor. 1991. Rapid charge movements and photosensitivity of visual pigments in salamander rods and cones. J. Physiol. (Lond.). 442:761-780.
23. Matthews, H.R., G.L. Fain, and M.C. Cornwall. 1996. Role of cytoplasmic calcium concentration in the bleaching adaptation of salamander cone photoreceptors. J. Physiol. (Lond.). 490:293-303.
24. Matthews, H.R., G.L. Fain, R.L.W. Murphy, and T.D. Lamb. 1990. Light adaptation in cone photoreceptors of the salamander: a role for cytoplasmic calcium. J. Physiol. (Lond.). 420:447-469.
25. Olson, A., and E.N. Pugh. 1993. Diffusion-coefficient of cyclic-GMP in salamander rod outer segments estimated with 2 fluorescentprobes. Biophys. J. 65:1335-1352.
26. Sather, W.A., and P.B. Detwiler. 1987. Intracellular biochemical manipulation of phototransduction in detached rod outer segments. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 84:9290-9294.
27. Sitaramayya, A., R.B. Marala, S. Hakki, and R.K. Sharma. 1991. Interactions of nucleotide analogues with rod outer segment guanylate cyclase. Biochemistry. 30:6742-6747.
28. Surya, A., K.W. Foster, and B.E. Knox. 1995. Transducin activation by the bovine opsin apoprotein. J. Biol. Chem. 270:5024-5031.