Regulation of sensitivity in vertebrate rod photoreceptors by calcium
Regulation of sensitivity in vertebrate rod photoreceptors by calcium
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钙对脊椎动物视杆光感受器敏感性的调节
DOI:
10.1016/0166-2236(96)89624-x
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
K. Yau
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作者:
Y. Koutalos;K. Yau
Fig. 1. Phototransduction in rod cells.(A) Rod photoreceptor cell. Diagram showing the overall response of the rod cell to light. See text for details.(6) Scheme of phototransduction in rods. Symbols: GCAP, guonylate cyclase-activating protein; hu, photon; Rh, rhodopsin; Rh*, photoactivated rhodopsin; Rh’-P, phosphoryfated form of Rh*;+, stimulation or positive modulation;-, inhibition or negative modulation. Adapted from Ref. 8. consists of an influx through the cGMP-gated channels and an efflux through a transport mechanism that involves the exchange of extracellular Na’with intracellular Ca*+ and K+(Refs l&13). In the light, the closure of the cGMP-gated channels stops the influx of Ca”, but the efflux continues, reducing the concentration of free Ca” in the outer segment”“‘. This decrease in Ca*+ triggers a negative feedback that results in light adaptation. Indeed, if the Ca’+-mediated feedback is largely removed by minimizing changes in the concentration of Ca2+ in the outer segment, rods (and cones) show hardly any active adaptation to background illumination’y-2~. While the role of Ca*+ as a mediator of light adaptation has been accepted for some time, the underlying mechanisms have become unraveled only recently. Several Ca’+-mediated feedback pathways have been discovered. First, guanylate cyclase, which synthesizes cGMP, is inhibited by Ca*+, so that when the concentration of Ca” decreases in the light the guanylate cyclase activity increases, which counteracts the light-stimulated hydrolysis of cGMP. This action of Ca” has been known for many years”, but it was first quantified by Koch and Stryer”‘, who showed that physiological concenirations of Ca” modulated the enzyme in a cooperative manner. In addition, these authors found that a soluble factor activated the enzyme and also mediated the inhibitory action of Ca’.. These findings have largely been confirmed by subsequent biochemicalZ’-2s and electrophysiological”‘-.” experiments. Recently, the soluble factor was purified and the gene that encodes it cloned. The factor is a 26-kDa Ca”-binding protein with characteristic EF-hand motifs, and has been named the guanylate cyclaseactivating protein, or GCAP (Refs 28, 29, 33). When introduced into an isolated outer segment of a rod through a patch pipette, GCAP speeds up the cell’s recovery from light”‘.A second feedback pathway involves the lightstimulated phosphodiesterase activity. Early experiments” had suggested that this activity is enhanced by Ca”, but the most convincing evidence came from the recent work of Kawamura and Murakami”. This effect is mediated by another Ca’+-binding protein, called recoverin or S-modulin, which apparently acts by inhibiting the phosphorylation of activated rhodopsin at high concentrations of Ca*’(Refs 36-45). Thus, high concentrations of Ca” prolong the lifetime of photoexcited rhodopsin, which leads to the activation of a larger number of transducin molecules and hence greater light-stimulated phosphodiesterase activity. Conversely, when the concentration of Ca” falls in the light, the lifetime of photoexcited rhndopsin decreases, which results in lower phosphodiesterase activity. When recoverin is infused into an isolated outer segment of a rod via a patch pipette, it leads to a prolongation of the light response, which is consistent with its role as described above”‘. In addition to the recoverin-mediated effect, Lagnado and Baylor”’have recently described a separate effect of Ca” in the phototransduction pathway that likewise leads to a lower amplification of phototransduction at decreased concentrations of Ca2+. The factor that mediates this effect is currently unknown. Finally, the cGMP-gated …
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DOI:
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发表时间:
1993
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
影响因子:
--
作者:
Newton,AC;Williams,DS
通讯作者:
Williams,DS
DOI:
10.1042/bj2950049
发表时间:
1993
期刊:
The Biochemical journal
影响因子:
--
作者:
Udovichenko,IP;Cunnick,J;Gonzales,K;Takemoto,DJ
通讯作者:
Takemoto,DJ
DOI:
10.1126/science.1519062
发表时间:
1992
期刊:
Science (New York, N.Y.)
影响因子:
--
作者:
Erickson,MA;Robinson,P;Lisman,J
通讯作者:
Lisman,J
DOI:
--
发表时间:
1992
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
影响因子:
--
作者:
Lee,RH;Ting,TD;Lieberman,BS;Tobias,DE;Lolley,RN;Ho,YK
通讯作者:
Ho,YK