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Cone ERG Changes During Light Adaptation in Two All-Cone Mutant Mice: Implications for Rod-Cone Pathway Interactions.

Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.2019 Aug 01;60(10):3680-3688
Ronald A Bush 1 , Atsuhiro Tanikawa 2 , Yong Zeng 1 , Paul A Sieving 3
Ronald A Bush 1 , Atsuhiro Tanikawa 2 , Yong Zeng 1 , Paul A Sieving 3

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Author information
  • 1 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.
  • 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
  • 3 National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.

摘要


Purpose:The b-wave of the cone ERG increases in amplitude and speed during the first few minutes of adaptation to a rod-suppressing background light. Earlier studies implicate rod pathway input to the cone pathway in these changes. Methods:The timing and amplitude of the cone b-wave and isolated oscillatory potentials (OP) during the first 10 minutes of light adaptation in wild-type (WT) mice and two mutant lines without functional rods was examined: rhodopsin knockout (Rho-/-), lacking rod outer segments, and NRL knockout (Nrl-/-), in which rods are replaced by S-cones. Expression of the immediate-early gene c-fos, which is increased in the inner retina by light-induced activity, was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in dark- and light-adapted retinas. Results:WT b-wave and OP amplitudes increased, and implicit times decreased during light adaptation. Subtracting OP did not alter b-wave changes. Rho-/- b-wave and OP amplitudes did not increase during adaptation. B-wave timing and amplitude and the timing of the major OP at 1 minute of adaptation were equivalent to WT at 10 minutes. The light-adapted ERG b-wave in Nrl-/- mice, which originates in both the rod and cone pathways, changed in absolute amplitude and timing similar to WT. C-fos expression was present in the inner retinas of dark-adapted Rho-/- but not WT or Nrl-/- mice. Conclusions:Activity in the distal rod pathway produces changes in the cone ERG during light adaptation. Rods in Rho-/- mice constitutively activate this rod-cone pathway interaction. The rod pathway S-cones in Nrl-/- mice may maintain the WT interaction.