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Circadian regulatio...
Circadian regulation of phosphodiesterase 6 genes in zebrafish differs between cones and rods : Implications for photopic and scotopic vision
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- Abalo, Xesus, 1976- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab,Boije: Zebrafiskens neuronala nätverk,Klinisk diabetologi och metabolism
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- Lagman, David, 1987- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab,Institutionen för neurovetenskap,Univ Bergen, Sars Int Ctr Marine Mol Biol, Bergen, Norway
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- Heras, Gabriel (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab,Karolinska Inst, Dept Physiol & Pharmacol, Stockholm, Sweden
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- del Pozo, Ana (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Boije: Zebrafiskens neuronala nätverk,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab
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- Eggert, Joel (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab,Institutionen för neurovetenskap,Emory Univ, Dept Med, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
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- Larhammar, Dan, 1956- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab,Larhammar: Farmakologi
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- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2020
- 2020
- English.
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In: Vision Research. - : PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. - 0042-6989 .- 1878-5646. ; 166, s. 43-51
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- A correlation is known to exist between visual sensitivity and oscillations in red opsin and rhodopsin gene expression in zebrafish, both regulated by the clock gene. This indicates that an endogenous circadian clock regulates behavioural visual sensitivity, apart from the regulation exerted by the pineal organ. However, the specific mechanisms for cones (photopic vision) and rods (scotopic vision) are poorly understood. In this work, we performed gene expression, cosinor and immunohistochemical analyses to investigate other key genes involved in light perception, encoding the different subunits of phosphodiesterase pde6 and transducin G alpha(T), in constant lighting conditions and compared to normal light-dark conditions. We found that cones display prominent circadian oscillations in mRNA levels for the inhibitory subunit gene pde6ha that could contribute to the regulation of photopic sensitivity by preventing overstimulation in photopic conditions. In rods, the mRNA levels of the inhibitory subunit gene pde6ga oscillate under normal conditions and dampen down in constant light but continue oscillating in constant darkness. There is an increase in total relative expression for pde6gb in constant conditions. These observations, together with previous data, suggest a complex regulation of the scotopic sensitivity involving endogenous and non-endogenous components, possibly present also in other teleost species. The G alpha(T) genes do not display mRNA oscillations and therefore may not be essential for the circadian regulation of photosensitivity. In summary, our results support different regulation for the zebrafish photopic and scotopic sensitivities and suggest circadian regulation of pde6ha as a key factor regulating photopic sensitivity, while the regulatory mechanisms in rods appear to be more complex.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Evolutionsbiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Evolutionary Biology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Circadian rhythm
- Visual sensitivity
- Retina
- Photoreceptor
- qRT-PCR
- Retinomotor movements
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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