PURPOSE: To investigate the progression of cone dysfunction and degeneration in CNG channel subunit CNGB3 deficiency. METHODS: Retinal structure and function in CNGB3(-/-) and wild-type (WT) mice were evaluated by electroretinography (ERG), lectin cytochemistry, and correlative Western blot analysis of cone-specific proteins. Cone and rod terminal integrity was assessed by electron microscopy and synaptic protein immunohistochemical distribution. RESULTS: Cone ERG amplitudes (photopic b-wave) in CNGB3(-/-) mice were reduced to approximately 50% of WT levels by postnatal day 15, decreasing further to approximately 30% of WT levels by 1 month and to approximately 20% by 12 months of age. Rod ERG responses (scotopic a-wave) were not affected in CNGB3(-/-) mice. Average CNGB3(-/-) cone densities were approximately 80% of WT levels at 1 month and declined slowly thereafter to only approximately 50% of WT levels by 12 months. Expression levels of M-opsin, cone transducin α-subunit, and cone arrestin in CNGB3(-/-) mice were reduced by 50% to 60% by 1 month and declined to 35% to 45% of WT levels by 9 months. In addition, cone opsin mislocalized to the outer nuclear layer and the outer plexiform layer in the CNGB3(-/-) retina. Cone and rod synaptic marker expression and terminal ultrastructure were normal in the CNGB3(-/-) retina. CONCLUSIONS: These findings are consistent with an early-onset, slow progression of cone functional defects and cone loss in CNGB3(-/-) mice, with the cone signaling deficits arising from disrupted phototransduction and cone loss rather than from synaptic defects.
PURPOSE: To investigate the progression of cone dysfunction and degeneration in CNG channel subunit CNGB3 deficiency. METHODS: Retinal structure and function in CNGB3(-/-) and wild-type (WT) mice were evaluated by electroretinography (ERG), lectin cytochemistry, and correlative Western blot analysis of cone-specific proteins. Cone and rod terminal integrity was assessed by electron microscopy and synaptic protein immunohistochemical distribution. RESULTS: Cone ERG amplitudes (photopic b-wave) in CNGB3(-/-) mice were reduced to approximately 50% of WT levels by postnatal day 15, decreasing further to approximately 30% of WT levels by 1 month and to approximately 20% by 12 months of age. Rod ERG responses (scotopic a-wave) were not affected in CNGB3(-/-) mice. Average CNGB3(-/-) cone densities were approximately 80% of WT levels at 1 month and declined slowly thereafter to only approximately 50% of WT levels by 12 months. Expression levels of M-opsin, cone transducin α-subunit, and cone arrestin in CNGB3(-/-) mice were reduced by 50% to 60% by 1 month and declined to 35% to 45% of WT levels by 9 months. In addition, cone opsin mislocalized to the outer nuclear layer and the outer plexiform layer in the CNGB3(-/-) retina. Cone and rod synaptic marker expression and terminal ultrastructure were normal in the CNGB3(-/-) retina. CONCLUSIONS: These findings are consistent with an early-onset, slow progression of cone functional defects and cone loss in CNGB3(-/-) mice, with the cone signaling deficits arising from disrupted phototransduction and cone loss rather than from synaptic defects.
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