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J Comp Neurol ; 520(7): 1562-83, 2012 May 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22102330

RESUMO

The development of topographic maps of the sensory periphery is sensitive to the disruption of adenylate cyclase 1 (AC1) signaling. AC1 catalyzes the production of cAMP in a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent manner, and AC1 mutant mice (AC1−/−) have disordered visual and somatotopic maps. However, the broad expression of AC1 in the brain and the promiscuous nature of cAMP signaling have frustrated attempts to determine the underlying mechanism of AC1-dependent map development. In the mammalian visual system, the initial coarse targeting of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) projections to the superior colliculus (SC) and lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) is guided by molecular cues, and the subsequent refinement of these crude projections occurs via an activity-dependent process that depends on spontaneous retinal waves. Here, we show that AC1−/− mice have normal retinal waves but disrupted map refinement. We demonstrate that AC1 is required for the emergence of dense and focused termination zones and elimination of inaccurately targeted collaterals at the level of individual retinofugal arbors. Conditional deletion of AC1 in the retina recapitulates map defects, indicating that the locus of map disruptions in the SC and dorsal LGN of AC1−/− mice is presynaptic. Finally, map defects in mice without AC1 and disrupted retinal waves (AC1−/−;ß2−/− double KO mice) are no worse than those in mice lacking only ß2−/−, but loss of AC1 occludes map recovery in ß2−/− mice during the second postnatal week. These results suggest that AC1 in RGC axons mediates the development of retinotopy and eye-specific segregation in the SC and dorsal LGN.


Assuntos
Adenilil Ciclases/metabolismo , Mapeamento Encefálico/métodos , Células Ganglionares da Retina/metabolismo , Vias Visuais/metabolismo , Animais , Eletrofisiologia , Eletroporação , Corpos Geniculados/citologia , Corpos Geniculados/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Corpos Geniculados/metabolismo , Imageamento Tridimensional/métodos , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Camundongos Mutantes , Células Ganglionares da Retina/citologia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Colículos Superiores/citologia , Colículos Superiores/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Colículos Superiores/metabolismo , Vias Visuais/citologia
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J Neurophysiol ; 103(4): 1856-64, 2010 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20107116

RESUMO

A characteristic feature of adult retina is mosaic organization: a spatial arrangement of cells of each morphological and functional type that produces uniform sampling of visual space. How the mosaics of visual receptive fields emerge in the retina during development is not fully understood. Here we use a large-scale multielectrode array to determine the mosaic organization of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in rats around the time of eye opening and in the adult. At the time of eye opening, we were able to reliably distinguish two types of ON RGCs and two types of OFF RGCs in rat retina based on their light response and intrinsic firing properties. Although the light responses of individual cells were not yet mature at this age, each of the identified functional RGC types formed a receptive field mosaic, where the spacing of the receptive field centers and the overlap of the receptive field extents were similar to those observed in the retinas of adult rats. These findings suggest that, although the light response properties of RGCs may need vision to reach full maturity, extensive visual experience is not required for individual RGC types to form a regular sensory map of visual space.


Assuntos
Envelhecimento/fisiologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/fisiologia , Campos Visuais/fisiologia , Vias Visuais/fisiologia , Animais , Potenciais Evocados Visuais/fisiologia , Modelos Animais , Estimulação Luminosa , Ratos , Ratos Long-Evans , Células Ganglionares da Retina/citologia , Vias Visuais/embriologia , Vias Visuais/crescimento & desenvolvimento
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Neuron ; 64(2): 152-4, 2009 Oct 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19874781

RESUMO

Retinotopic maps form prior to the development of vision, when retinal waves serve as a robust source of correlated neural activity. Two recent studies provide critical insights into the features of retinal waves that may be instructive for the formation of retinotopic maps.


Assuntos
Modelos Neurológicos , Retina/fisiologia , Vias Visuais/fisiologia , Animais , Mapeamento Encefálico , Retina/citologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/fisiologia
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