Developmental expression pattern of phototransduction components in mammalian pineal implies a light-sensing function

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 8074-8082

  Blackshaw, Seth ^a   Snyder, Solomon H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrestin; Development; Extraretinal; In situ hybridization; IRBP; Opsin; Phosphodiesterase; Phototransduction; Pineal; Rat; Recoverin; Rhodopsin kinase; Transducin

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RHODOPSIN; RNA; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CELL;

EID: 0030862358     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-21-08074.1997     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Adamus G, Palczewski K, Carruth M, McDowell JH, Hargrave PA (1989) Visual transduction system in the rat pineal gland: evidence for rhodopsin and rhodopsin kinase. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci [Suppl] 30:284.
2. Araki M (1992) Cellular mechanism for norepinephrine suppression of pineal photoreceptor-like cell differentiation in rat pineal cultures. Dev Biol 149:440-447.
3. Baehr W, Champagne MS, Lee AK, Pittler SJ (1991) Complete cDNA sequences of mouse rod photoreceptor cGMP phosphodiesterase alpha- and beta-subunits and identification of beta', a putative beta-subunit isozyme produced by alternative splicing of the beta-subunit gene. FEES Lett 278:107-114.
4. Barnstable CJ, Morabito MR (1994) Isolation and coding sequence of the rat rod opsin gene. J Mol Neurosci 5:207-209.
5. Barr L (1989) Photomechanical coupling in the vertebrate sphincter pupillae. CRC Crit Rev Neurosci 4:325-366.
6. Blackshaw S, Snyder SH (1997) Parapinopsin, a novel catfish opsin localized to the parapineal organ, defines a new gene family. J Neurosci 17:8083-8092.
7. Bonigk W, Muller F, Middendorff R, Weyand I, Kaupp UB (1996) Two alternatively spliced forms of the cGMP-gated channel α-subunit from cone photoreceptor are expressed in the chick pineal organ. J Neurosci 16:7458-7468.
8. Brammer M, Binkley S (1981) Pineal glands of immature rats: rise and fall in N-acetyltransferase activity in vitro. J Neurobiol 12:167-173.
9. Bridges CD, Foster RG, Landers RA, Fong SL (1987) Interstitial retinol-binding protein and cellular retinal-binding protein in mammalian pineal. Vision Res 27:2049-2060.
10. Bronstein DM, Haak KA, Torres G, Lytle LD (1990) Light-induced changes in pineal gland N-acetyltransferase: developmental aspects. Neuroendocrinology 51:139-146.
11. Calvert PD, Klenchin VA, Bownds MD (1995) Rhodopsin kinase inhibition by recoverin. Function of recoverin myristolation. J Biol Chem 270:24127-24129.
12. Caracamo B, Hurwitz MY, Craft CM, Hurwitz RL (1995) The mammalian pineal expresses the cone but not the rod cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase. J Neurochem 65:1085-1092.
13. Cepko CL (1996) The patterning and onset of opsin expression in vertebrate retina. Curr Opin Neurol 6:542-546.
14. Craft CM, Whitmore DH, Donoso LA (1990) Differential expression of mRNA and protein encoding retinal and pineal S-antigen during the light-dark cycle. J Neurochem 55:1461-1473.
15. Craft CM, Whitmore DH, Wiechmann AF (1994) Cone arrestin identified by targeting expression of a functional family. J Biol Chem 269:4613-4619.
16. Deguchi T (1982a) Rhodopsin-like photosensitivity of isolated chicken pineal gland. Nature 290:706-707.
17. Deguchi T (1982b) Sympathetic regulation of circadian rhythm, of serotonin N-acetyltransferase activity in pineal gland of infant rat. J Neurochem 38:797-802.
18. Ding C, Potter ED, Qiu W, Coon SL, Levine MA, Guggino SG (1997) Cloning and widespread distribution of the rat rod-type cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channel. Am J Physiol 272:C1335-C1344.
19. Distler M, Biel M, Flockerzi V, Hofmann F (1994) Expression of cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels in non-sensory tissues and cells. Neuropharmacology 33:1275-1282.
20. Dodt E (1963) Photosensitivity of the pineal organ in the teleost, Salmo irideus (Gibbons). Experientia 19:642-643.
21. Dodt E, Heerd E (1962) Mode of action of pineal nerve fibers in frogs. J Neurophysiol 25:405-429.
22. Dodt E, Scherer E (1968) Photic responses from the parietal eye of the lizard Lacerta sicula campestris (De Betta). Vision Res 8:61-72.
23. Eakin RM (1973) The third eye. Berkeley, CA: University of California.
24. Ellisson N, Weller J, Klein D (1972) Development of a circadian rhythm in the activity of pineal serotonin N-acetyltransferase. J Neurochem 19:1335-1341.
25. Foster RG, Timmers AM, Schalken JJ, de Grip WJ (1989) A comparison of some photoreceptor characteristics in the pineal and retina. II. The Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus). J Comp Physiol [A] 165:565-572.
26. Fukuda Y, Okano T, Artamonov ID, Yoshizawa T (1989) Chicken redsensitive cone visual pigment retains a binding domain for transducin. FEES Lett 246:69-72.
27. Hartwig H-G, Oksche A (1982) Neurobiological aspects of extraretinal photoreceptive systems: structure and function. Experientia 38:991-996.
28. Hartwig H-G, van Veen T (1979) Spectral characteristics of visible radiation penetrating into the brain and stimulating extraretinal photoreceptors. J Comp Physiol [A] 130:277-282.
29. Ho AK, Somers RL, Klein DC (1986) Development and regulation of rhodopsin kinase in rat pineal and retina. J Neurochem 46:1176-1179.
30. Huang SK, Klein DC, Korf H-W (1992) Immunocytochemical demonstration of rod-opsin, S-antigen, and neuron-specific properties in the human pineal gland. Cell Tissue Res 267:493-498.
31. Korf H W (1994) The pineal organ as a component of the biological clock. Phylogenetic and ontogenetic considerations. Ann NY Acad Sci 719:13-42.