Expression of gap junction connexin36 in adult rat retinal ganglion cells

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-22

  Hidaka, Soh ^a   Kato, Toshiaki ^a   Miyachi, Ei Ichi ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti connexin36 antibody; CCLL to cell communication; Conncxin; Electrical synapse; Excitatory neuron; Gap junction; Immunolabcling; Inhibitory amacrine cell; Rat retina.; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DNA SEQUENCE; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINAL INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETINA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WISTAR RAT;

AMACRINE CELLS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONNEXINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1642398078     PISSN: 02196352     EISSN: 1757448X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219635202000025     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. Al-Ubaidi M. R., White T. W., Ripps H., Poras I., Avner P., Gomes D. and Bruzzone R., Functional properties, developmental regulation, and chromosomal localization of murine connexin36, a gap-junctional protein expressed preferentially in retina and brain, J. Neurosci. Res. 59 (2000) pp. 813-826.
2. Belluardo N., Mudo G., Trovato-Salinaro A., Le Gurun S., Charollais A., Beinier V., Amato G., Haefliger J. A., Meda P. and Condorelli D. F., Expression of connexin36 in the adult and developing rat brain, Brain Res. 865 (2000) pp. 121-138.
3. Bennett M. V. L., Barrio L. C, Bargiello T. A., Spay D. C., Hertzberg E. and Saez J. C., Gap junctions: New tools, new answers, new questions, Neuron 6 (1991) pp. 305-317.
4. Bruzzone R., White T. W. and Paul D. L., Connections with connexins: the molecular basis of direct intercellular signaling, Eur. J. Biochem. 238 (1996) pp. 1-27.
5. Condorelli D. F., Parenti R., Spinella F., Trovato-Sanlinaro A., Belluardo N, Cardile V. and Cicirata F., Cloning a new gap junction gene (Cx36) highly expressed in mammalian brain neurons, Eur. J. Neurosci. 10 (1998) pp. 1202-1208.
6. Cook J. E. and Becker D. L., Gap junctions in the vertebrate retina, Microsc. Res. Tech. 31 (1995) pp. 408-419.
7. Dacey D. M. and Brace S., A coupled network for parasol but not midget ganglion cells in the primate retina, Vis. Neurosci. 9 (1992) pp. 279-290.
8. Deans M. R., Gibson J. R., Sellitto C, Connors B. W. and Paul D. L., Synchronous activity of inhibitory networks in neocortex requires electrical synapses containing connexin36, Neuron 31 (2001) pp. 477-485.
9. Dermietzel R. and Spray D. C, Gap junctions in the brain: Where, what type, how many, and why? Trends Neurosci. 16 (1993) pp. 185-192.
10. Feigenspan A., Teubner B., Willecke K. and Weiler R., Expression of neuronal connexin36 in All amacrine cells of the mammalian retina, J. Neurosci. 21 (2001) pp. 230-239.
11. Freed M. A., Pflug R., Kolb H. and Nelson R., ON-OFF amacrine cells in cat retina, J. Comp. Neurol. 364 (1996) pp. 556-566.
12. Galarreta M. and Hestrin S., A network of fast-spiking cells in the neocortex connected by electrical synapses, Nature 402 (1999) pp. 72-75.
13. Galarreta M. and Hestrin S., Electrical synapses between GABA-releasing interneu- rons, Nature Reviews 2 (2001) pp. 425-433.
14. Gibson J. R., Beierlein M. and Connors B. W., Two networks of electrically coupled inhibitory neurons in neocortex, Nature 402 (1999) pp. 75-79.
15. Goodenough D. A., Goliger J. A. and Paul D. L., Connexins, connexons, and intercellular communication, Annu. Rev. Biochem. 65 (1996) pp. 475-502.
16. Güldenagel M., Sohl G., Plum A., Traub O., Teubner B., Weiler R. and Willecke K., Expression pattern of connexin genes in mouse retina, J. Comp. Neurol. 425 (2000) pp. 193-201.
17. Güldenagel M., Ammermüller J., Feigenspan A., Teubner B., Degen J., Sohl G., Weiler R. and Willecke K., Visual transmission deficits in mice with targeted disruption of the gap junction gene connexin36, J. Neurosci. 21 (2001) pp. 6036-6044.
18. Gulisano M., Parenti R., Spinella F. and Cicirata F., Cx36 is dynamically expressed during early development of mouse brain and nervous system, Neuroreport 11 (2000) pp. 3823-3828.
19. Hidaka S., Shingai R., Dowling J. E. and Naka K.-L, Junctions form between catfish horizontal cells in culture, Brain Res. 498 (1989) pp. 53-63.
20. Hidaka S., Maehara M., Umino O. and Hashimoto Y., Lateral gap junction connections between retinal amacrine cells summating sustained responses, Neuroreport 5 (1993) pp. 29-32.
21. Hidaka S. and Tauchi T., Gap junctional connections between long-survived axo-tomized ganglion cells and amacrine cells in the mammalian retina, Jpn. Soc. Neural Growth, Regeneration & Transplantation 5 (1993) pp. 51-52 (in Japanese).
22. Hidaka S. and Hashimoto Y., Receptive-field properties of retinal amacrine cells in homotypic gap junction networks. In Progress in Cell Research 4 (1995) pp. 261-264: Intercellular communication through gap junctions, eds. by Kanno Y., Kataoka K., Shiba Y., Shibata Y. and Shimazu T. (Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1999).
23. Hidaka S., Nishikawa C., Kato T., Yamauchi M. and Miyachi E., Expression of neuronal gap junction channel protein connexin36 in the mammalian retina, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 26 (2000) p. 1963.
24. Hormuzdi S. G., Pais I., LeBeau F. E. N., Towers S. K., Rozov A., Buhl E. H., Whittington M. A. and Monyer H., Impaired electrical signaling disrupts gamma frequency oscillations in connexin36-deficient mice, Neuron 31 (2001) pp. 487-495.
25. Jacoby R., Stafford D., Kouyama N. and Marshak D., Synaptic inputs to ON parasol ganglion cells in the primate retina, J. Neurosci. 16 (1996) pp. 8041-8056.
26. Johansson K., Bruun A. and Ehinger B., Gap junction connexin43 is heterogeneously expressed among glial cells in the adult rabbit retina, J. Comp. Neurol. 407 (1999) pp. 395-403.
27. Kalloniatis M., Marc R. E. and Murry R. F., Amino acid signatures in the primate retina, J. Neurosci. 16 (1996) pp. 6807-6829.
28. Kandier K. and Katz L. C., Neuronal coupling and uncoupling in the developing nervous system, Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 5 (1995) pp. 98-115.
29. Kandier K. and Katz L. C., Coordination of neuronal activity in developing visual cortex by gap junction-mediated biochemical communication, J. Neurosci. 18 (1998) pp. 1419-1427.
30. Kirchhoff S., Nelles E., Hagendorff A., Krüger O., Traub O. and Willecke K., Reduced cardiac conduction velocity and predisposition to arrhythmias in connexin 40-deficient mice, Curr. Biol. 5 (1998) pp. 299-302.
31. Kolb H. and Nelson R., OFF-alpha and OFF-beta ganglion cells in cat retina: II. Neural circuitry as revealed by electron microscopy of HRP stains, J. Comp. Neurol. 329 (1993) pp. 85-110.
32. Massey S. C. and Mill S. L., Gap junctions between All amacrine cells and calbindin- positive bipolar cells in the rabbit retina, Vis. Neurosci. 16 (1999) pp. 1181-1189.
33. Mastronarde D. N., Correlated firing of cat retinal ganglion cells, Trends Neurosci. 12 (1989) pp. 75-80.
34. Meister M., Lagnado L. and Baylor D. A., Concerted signaling by retinal ganglion cells, Science 270 (1995) pp. 1207-1210.
35. Mills S. L. and Massey S. C, Differential properties of two gap junctional pathways made by All amacrine cells, Nature 377 (1995) pp. 734-737.
36. Mills S. L., O'Brien J. J., Li W., O'Brien J. and Massey S. C, Rod pathways in the mammalian retina use connexin36, J. Comp. Neurol. 436 (2001) pp. 336-350.
37. Miyachi E., Hidaka S. and Murakami M., Electrical couplings of retinal neurons. In The Retinal Basis of Vision, eds. by Toyoda J., Murakami M., Kaneko A. and Saito T. (Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1999) pp. 171-184.
38. Nelles E., Bützler C, Jung D., Temme A., Gabriel H. D., Dahl U., Traub O., Stürnpel F., Jungermann K., Zielasek J., Toyka K.V., Dermietzel R. and Willecke K., Defective propagation of signals generated by sympathetic nerve stimulation in the liver of connexin32-deficient mice, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93 (1996) pp. 9565-9570.
39. Neuenschwander S. and Singer W., Long-range synchronization of oscillatory light responses in the cat retina and lateral geniculate nucleus, Nature 379 (1996) pp. 728-732.
40. O'Brien J., Al-Ubaidi M. R. and Ripps H., Connexin35: A gap-junctional protein expressed preferentially in the skate retina, Mol. Biol. Cell 7 (1996) pp. 233-243.
41. O'Brien J., Bruzzone R., White T. W., Al-Ubaidi M. R. and Ripps H., Cloning and expression of two related connexins from the perch retina define a distinct subgroup of the connexin family, J. Neurosci. 18 (1998) pp. 7625-7637.
42. Parenti R., Gulisano M., Zappala A. and Cicirata F., Expression of connexin36 mRNA in adult rodent brain, Neuroreport 11 (2000) pp. 1497-1502.
43. Peinado A., Yuste R. and Katz L. C, Extensive dye coupling between rat neocortical neurons during the period of circuit formation, Neuron 10 (1993) pp. 103-114.
44. Penn A. A., Wong R. O. L. and Shatz C. L., Neuronal coupling in the developing mammalian retina, J. Neurosci. 14 (1994) pp. 3805-3815.
45. Poznanski R. R. and Umino O., Syncytial integration by a network of coupled bipolar cells in the retina. In Prog. Neurobiol. 53, eds. by Kerkut G. A. and Phillis J. W. (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1997) pp. 273-291.
46. Rash J. E., Staines W. A., Yasumura T., Patel D., Furman C. S., Stelmack G. L. and Nagy J. I., Immunogold evidence that neuronal gap junctions in adult rat brain and spinal cord contain connexin-36 but not connexin-32 or connexin-43, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97 (2000) pp. 7573-7578.
47. Raviola E., Intercellular junctions in the outer plexiform layer of the retina, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 15 (1976) pp. 881-895.
48. Raviola E. and Gilula N. B., Gap junctions between photoreceptor cells in the vertebrate retina, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 70 (1973) pp. 1677-1681.
49. Sohl G., Degen J., Teubner B. and Willecke K., The murine gap junction gene connexin36 is highly expressed in mouse retina and regulated during brain development, FEBS Lett. 428 (1998) pp. 27-31.
50. Sohl G., Güldenagel M., Traub O. and Willecke K., Connexin expression in the retina, Brain Res. Rev. 32 (2000) pp. 138-145.
51. Srinivas M., Rozental R., Kojima T., Dermietzel R., Mehler M., Condorelli D. F., Kessler J. A. and Spray D. C, Functional properties of channels formed by the neuronal gap junction protein connexin36, J. Neurosci. 19 (1999) pp. 9848-9855.
52. Strettoi E., Dacheux R. F. and Raviola E., Synaptic connections of the narrow-field, bistratified rod amacrine cells (All) in the rabbit retina, J. Comp. Neurol. 325 (1992) pp. 152-168.
53. Tauchi M., Morigiwa K. and Fukuda Y., Morphological comparisons between outer and inner ramifying alpha cells of the albino rat retina, Exp. Brain Res. 88 (1992) pp. 67-77.
54. Teubner B., Degen J., Sohl G., Güldnagel M., Bukauskas F. F., Trexler E. B., Verseiis V. K., De Zeeuw C. I., Lee C. G., Kozak C. A., Petrasch-Parwez E., Dermietzel R. and Willecke K., Functional expression of the murine connexin36 gene coding for a neuron-specific gap junctional protein, J. Membr. Biol. 176 (2000) pp. 249-262.
55. Tsukamoto Y., Masarachia P., Schein S. J. and Sterling P., Gap junctions between the pedicles of macaque foveal cones, Vision Res. 32 (1992) pp. 1809-1815.
56. Umino O., Maehara M., Hidaka S., Kita K. and Hashimoto Y., The network properties of bipolar-bipolar coupling in the retina of teleost fishes, Visual Neurosci. 11 (1994) pp. 533-548.
57. Vaney D. I., Many diverse types of retinal neurons show tracer coupling when injected with biocytin or Neurobiotin, Neurosci. Lett. 125 (1991) pp. 187-190.
58. Vaney D. I., Patterns of neuronal coupling in the retina. In Prog. Retinal Eye Res. 13 eds. by Osborne N. N. and Chader G. J. (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1994) pp. 301-355.
59. Venance L., Rozov A., Blatow M., Burnashev N., Feldmeyer D. and Monyer H., Connexin expression in electrically coupled postnatal rat brain neurons, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97 (2000) pp. 10260-10265.
60. Wässle H., Grünert U. and Röhrenbeck J., Immunocytochemical staining of AII-amacrine cells in the rat retina with antibodies against parvalbumin, J. Comp. Neurol. 332 (1993) pp. 407-420.
61. White T. W. and Paul D. L., Genetic diseases and gene knockouts reveal diverse connexin functions, Annu. Rev. Physiol. 61 (1999) pp. 283-310.
62. Wong W. T., Sanes J. R. and Wong R. 0., Developmental!/regulated spontaneous activity in the embryonic chick retina, J. Neurosci. 18 (1998) pp. 8839-8852.
63. Xin D. and Bloomfield S. A., Tracer coupling pattern of amacrine and ganglion cells in the rabbit retina, J. Comp. Neurol. 383 (1997) pp. 512-528.
64. Yamamoto T., Ochalski A., Hertzberg E. L. and Nagy J. I., On the organization of astrocytic gap junctions in rat brain as suggested by LM and EM immuno-histochemistry of connexin43 expression, J. Comp. Neurol. 302 (1990) pp. 853-883.
65. Yuste R., Nelson D. A., Rubin W. W. and Katz L. C, Neuronal domains in developing neocortex: Mechanisms of co-activation, Neuron 14 (1995) pp. 1-11.