Nitric oxide in the retinotectal system: A signal but not a retrograde messenger during map refinement and segregation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 7066-7076

  Rentería, René C ^a   Constantine Paton, Martha ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Doubly innervated rectum; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Optic rectum; Retinotectal projection; Synaptic plasticity; Three eyed frog

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) NITRO DEXTRO ARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033566710     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-16-07066.1999     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Ankri N, Legendre P, Faber DS, Korn H (1994) Automatic detection of spontaneous synaptic responses in central neurons. J Neurosci Methods 52:87-100.
2. Antonini A, Stryker MP (1996) Plasticity of geniculocortical afferents following brief or prolonged monocular occlusion in the cat. J Comp Neurol 369:64-82.
3. Bear MF, Kleinschmidt A, Gu Q, Singer W (1990) Disruption of experience-dependent synaptic modifications in striate cortex by infusion of an NMDA receptor antagonist. J Neurosci 10:909-925.
4. Blanton MG, LoTurco JJ, Kriegstein AR (1989) Whole cell recordings from neurons in slices of reptilian and mammalian cortex. J Neurosci Methods 30:203-210.
5. Bruning G, Mayer B (1996) Localization of nitric oxide synthase in the brain of the frog, Xenopus laevis. Brain Res 741:331-343.
6. Bruning G, Katzbach R, Mayer B (1995) Histochemical and immunocytochemical localization of nitric oxide synthase in the central nervous system of the goldfish, Carassius auratus. J Comp Neurol 358:353-382.
7. Burlet S, Cespuglio R (1997) Voltammetric detection of nitric oxide (NO) in the rat brain: its variations throughout the sleep-wake cycle. Neurosci Lett 226:131-135.
8. Cline HT, Constantine-Paton M (1989) NMDA receptor antagonists disrupt the retinotectal topographic map. Neuron 3:413-426.
9. Cline HT, Constantine-Paton M (1990) NMDA receptor agonist and antagonists alter retinal ganglion cell arbor structure in the developing frog retinotectal projection. J Neurosci 10:1197-1216.
10. Cline HT, Debski EA, Constantine-Paton M (1987) N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist desegregates eye-specific stripes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 84:4342-4345.
11. Cohan CS, Kater SB (1986) Suppression of neurite elongation and growth cone motility by electrical activity. Science 232:1638-1640.
12. Constantine-Paton M, Cline HT (1998) LTP and activity-dependent synaptogenesis: the more alike they are, the more different they become. Curr Opin Neurobiol 8:139-148.
13. Constantine-Paton M, Ferrari-Eastman P (1987) Pre- and postsynaptic correlates of interocular competition and segregation in the frog. J Comp Neurol 255:78-195.
14. Constantine-Paton M, Law MI (1978) Eye-specific termination bands in tecta of three-eyed frogs. Science 202:639-641.
15. Constantine-Paton M, Cline HT, Debski E (1990) Patterned activity, synaptic convergence, and the NMDA receptor in developing visual pathways. Annu Rev Neurosci 13:129-154.
16. Cramer KS, Sur M (1995) Activity-dependent remodeling of connections in the mammalian visual system. Curr Opin Neurobiol 5:106-111.
17. Cramer KS, Moore CI, Sur M (1995) Transient expression of NADPH-diaphorase in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the ferret during early postnatal development. J Comp Neurol 353:306-316.
18. Cramer KS, Angelucci A, Hahm JO, Bogdanov MB, Sur M (1996) A role for nitric oxide in the development of the ferret retinogeniculate projection. J Neurosci 16:7995-8004.
19. Crowe MJ, Brown TJ, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS (1995) Distribution of NADPH-diaphorase reactivity in the spinal cord of metamorphosing and adult Xenopus laevis. Brain Res Dev Brain Res 86:155-166.
20. Cudeiro J, Rivadulla C, Rodriguez R, Martinez-Conde S, Martinez L, Grieve KL, Acuna C (1996) Further observations on the role of nitric oxide in the feline lateral geniculate nucleus. Eur J Neurosci 8:144-152.
21. Edelman GM, Gally JA (1992) Nitric oxide: linking space and time in the brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89:11651-11652.
22. Ernst AF, Wu HH, El-Fakahany EE, McLoon SC (1999) NMDA receptor-mediated refinement of a transient retinotectal projection during development requires nitric oxide. J Neurosci 19:229-235.
23. Fawcett JW, Willshaw DJ (1982) Compound eyes project stripes on the optic tectum in Xenopus. Nature 296:350-351.
24. Finney EM, Shatz CJ (1998) Establishment of patterned thalamocortical connections does not require nitric oxide synthase. J Neurosci 18:8826-8838.
25. Gally JA, Montague PR, Reeke Jr GN, Edelman GM (1990) The NO hypothesis: possible effects of a short-lived, rapidly diffusible signal in the development and function of the nervous system. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 87:3547-3551.
26. Garthwaite J (1991) Glutamate, nitric oxide and cell-cell signalling in the nervous system. Trends Neurosci 14:60-67.
27. Garthwaite J, Charles SL, Chess-Williams R (1988) Endothelium-derived relaxing factor release on activation of NMDA receptors suggests role as intercellular messenger in the brain. Nature 336:385-388.
28. Gu QA, Bear MF, Singer W (1989) Blockade of NMDA-receptors prevents ocularity changes in kitten visual cortex after reversed monocular deprivation. Brain Res Dev Brain Res 47:281-288.
29. Hahm JO, Langdon RB, Sur M (1991) Disruption of retinogeniculate afferent segregation by antagonists to NMDA receptors. Nature 351:568-570.
30. Hickmott PW, Constantine-Paton M (1993) The contributions of NMDA, non-NMDA, and GABA receptors to postsynaptic responses in neurons of the optic tectum. J Neurosci 13:4339-4353.
31. Hickmott PW, Constantine-Paton M (1997) Experimental down-regulation of the NMDA channel associated with synapse pruning. J Neurophysiol 78:1096-1107.
32. Hope BT, Michael GJ, Knigge KM, Vincent SR (1991) Neuronal NADPH diaphorase is a nitric oxide synthase. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 88:2811-2814.
33. Hubel DH, Wiesel TN, LeVay S (1977) Plasticity of ocular dominance columns in monkey striate cortex. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 278:377-409.
34. Ide CF, Fraser SE, Meyer RL (1983) Eye dominance columns from an isogenic double-nasal frog eye. Science 221:293-295.
35. Kantor DB, Lanzrein M, Stary SJ, Sandoval GM, Smith WB, Sullivan BM, Davidson N, Schuman EM (1996) A role for endothelial NO synthase in LTP revealed by adenovirus-mediated inhibition and rescue. Science 274:1744-1748.
36. Katz LC, Shatz CJ (1996) Synaptic activity and the construction of cortical circuits. Science 274:1133-1138.
37. Kleinschmidt A, Bear MF, Singer W (1987) Blockade of "NMDA" receptors disrupts experience-dependent plasticity of kitten striate cortex. Science 238:355-358.
38. Kuchiiwa S, Kuchiiwa T, Mori S, Nakagawa S (1994) NADPH diaphorase neurones are evenly distributed throughout cat neocortex irrespective of functional specialization of each region. NeuroReport 5:1662-1664.
39. Law MI, Constantine-Paton M (1981) Anatomy and physiology of experimentally produced striped tecta. J Neurosci 1:741-759.
40. LeVay S, Hubel DH, Wiesel TN (1975) The pattern of ocular dominance columns in macaque visual cortex revealed by a reduced silver stain. J Comp Neurol 159:559-576.
41. Lin SY, Constantine-Paton M (1998) Suppression of sprouting: an early function of NMDA receptors in the absence of AMPA/kainate receptor activity. J Neurosci 18:3725-3737.
42. Lohof AM, Quillan M, Dan Y, Poo MM (1992) Asymmetric modulation of cytosolic cAMP activity induces growth cone turning. J Neurosci 12:1253-1261.
43. Montague PR, Gancayco CD, Winn MJ, Marchase RB, Friedlander MJ (1994) Role of NO production in NMDA receptor-mediated neurotransmitter release in cerebral cortex. Science 263:973-977.
44. Nieuwkoop PD, Faber J (1967) Normal table of Xenopus laevis, Ed 2. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
45. O'Rourke NA, Fraser SE (1990) Dynamic changes in optic fiber terminal arbors lead to retinotopic map formation: an in vivo confocal microscopic study. Neuron 5:159-171.
46. Reh TA, Constantine-Paton M (1984) Retinal ganglion cell terminals change their projection sites during larval development of Rana pipiens. J Neurosci 4:442-457.
47. Reh TA, Constantine-Paton M (1985) Eye-specific segregation requires neural activity in three-eyed Rana pipiens. J Neurosci 5:1132-1143.
48. Reid SN, Daw NW, Czepita D, Flavin HJ. Sessa WC (1996) Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase does not alter ocular dominance shifts in kitten visual cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 494:511-517.
49. Rentería RC, Constantine-Paton M (1996) Exogenous nitric oxide causes collapse of retinal ganglion cell axonal growth cones in vitro. J Neurobiol 29:415-428.
50. Rioult-Pedotti MS, Rentería RC, Constantine-Paton M (1995) Nitric oxide enhances activity in the developing amphibian tectum. Soc Neurosci Abstr 21:818.
51. Ruthazer ES, Gillespie DC, Dawson TM, Snyder SH, Stryker MP (1996) Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase does not prevent ocular dominance plasticity in kitten visual cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 494:519-527.
52. Sandell JH (1986) NADPH diaphorase histochemistry in the macaque striate cortex. J Comp Neurol 251:388-397.
53. Scherer WJ, Udin SB (1991) Chronic effects of NMDA and APV on tectal output in Xenopus laevis. Vis Neurosci 6:185-192.
54. Sessa WC, Harrison JK, Barber CM, Zeng D, Duricux ME, D'Angelo DD, Lynch KR, Peach MJ (1992) Molecular cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase. J Biol Chem 267:15274-15276.
55. Silberstein GB, Daniel CW (1982) Elvax 40P implants: sustained, local release of bioactive molecules influencing mammary ductal development. Dev Biol 93:272-278.
56. Son H, Hawkins RD, Martin K, Kiebler M, Huang PL, Fishman MC, Kandel ER (1996) Long-term potentiation is reduced in mice that are doubly mutant in endothelial and neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Cell 87:1015-1023.
57. Song H, Ming G, He Z, Lehmann M, McKerracher L, Tessier-Lavigne M, Poo M (1998) Conversion of neuronal growth cone responses from repulsion to attraction by cyclic nucleotides. Science 281:1515-1518.
58. Stryker MP, Strickland SL (1984) Physiological segregation of ocular dominance columns depends on patterns of afferent activity. Invest Ophthalmol Suppl [Abstr] 25:278.
59. Székely G, Lázár G (1976) Cellular and synaptic architecture of the optic tectum. In: Frog neurobiology: a handbook (Llinás R, Precht W, eds), pp 407-434. Heidelberg: Springer.
60. Taylor AC, Kollros JJ (1946) Stages in the normal development of Rana pipiens larvae. Anat Rec 94:7-23.
61. Udin SB, Fawcett JW (1988) Formation of topographic maps. Annu Rev Neurosci 11:289-327.
62. Udin SB, Scherer WJ, Constantine-Paton M (1992) Physiological effects of chronic and acute application of N-methyl-D-aspartate and 5-amino-phosphonovaleric acid to the optic tectum of Rana pipiens frogs. Neuroscience 49:739-747.
63. Wang R, Xie Z, Lu B (1995) Nitric oxide mediates activity-dependent synaptic suppression at developing neuromuscular synapses. Nature 374:262-266.
64. Williams CV, Nordquist D, McLoon SC (1994) Correlation of nitric oxide synthase expression with changing patterns of axonal projections in the developing visual system. J Neurosci 14:1746-1755.
65. Wong RO, Oakley DM (1996) Changing patterns of spontaneous bursting activity of on and off retinal ganglion cells during development. Neuron 16:1087-1095.
66. Wu HH, Williams CV, McLoon SC (1994) Involvement of nitric oxide in the elimination of a transient retinotectal projection in development. Science 265:1593-1596.
67. Yen L, Sibley JT, Constantine-Paton M (1995) Analysis of synaptic distribution within single retinal axonal arbors after chronic NMDA treatment. J Neurosci 15:4712-4725.
68. Zhang LI, Tao HW, Holt CE, Harris WA, Poo M-M (1998) A critical window for cooperation and competition among developing retinotectal synapses. Science 395:37-44.