Lisamarie Logiudice1, Diane Henry, Gary Matthews. 1. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5230, USA. llogiudi@ic.sunysb.edu
Abstract
PURPOSE: Glutamate release from goldfish bipolar cell terminals is driven by Ca2+ influx through L-type calcium channels that exhibit several uncommon features, including rapid kinetics of activation and deactivation, slow inactivation, and activation at an unusually negative voltage range for L-type channels. The purpose of this study was to establish the molecular identities of the alpha1 subunits responsible for these distinctive properties. METHODS: Transcripts for calcium channel alpha1 subunits expressed in individual goldfish ON-type bipolar cells were identified using single-cell reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). After cloning the goldfish homologs of the zebrafish and mammalian subunits, we designed sets of nested primers that are specific for Cav1.3a, and Cav1.3b L-type calcium channels. RESULTS: Large-terminal, ON-type bipolar cells express transcripts of Cav1.3a and/or Cav1.3b. CONCLUSIONS: The endogenous expression of only one or both subunits in a single cell raises the possibility of functionally distinct classes of bipolar cells that differ in calcium current properties.
PURPOSE:Glutamate release from goldfish bipolar cell terminals is driven by Ca2+ influx through L-type calcium channels that exhibit several uncommon features, including rapid kinetics of activation and deactivation, slow inactivation, and activation at an unusually negative voltage range for L-type channels. The purpose of this study was to establish the molecular identities of the alpha1 subunits responsible for these distinctive properties. METHODS: Transcripts for calcium channel alpha1 subunits expressed in individual goldfish ON-type bipolar cells were identified using single-cell reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). After cloning the goldfish homologs of the zebrafish and mammalian subunits, we designed sets of nested primers that are specific for Cav1.3a, and Cav1.3b L-type calcium channels. RESULTS: Large-terminal, ON-type bipolar cells express transcripts of Cav1.3a and/or Cav1.3b. CONCLUSIONS: The endogenous expression of only one or both subunits in a single cell raises the possibility of functionally distinct classes of bipolar cells that differ in calcium current properties.
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