GABA(A) receptors containing the α2 subunit are critical for direction-selective inhibition in the retina.

Far from being a simple sensor, the retina actively participates in processing visual signals. One of the best understood aspects of this processing is the detection of motion direction. Direction-selective (DS) retinal circuits include several subtypes of ganglion cells (GCs) and inhibitory interne...

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Autores principales:	Olivia Nicola Auferkorte, Tom Baden, Sanjeev Kumar Kaushalya, Nawal Zabouri, Uwe Rudolph, Silke Haverkamp, Thomas Euler
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cae1493737dd49c5b73f1df46d6239662021-11-18T07:22:44ZGABA(A) receptors containing the α2 subunit are critical for direction-selective inhibition in the retina.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0035109https://doaj.org/article/cae1493737dd49c5b73f1df46d6239662012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22506070/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Far from being a simple sensor, the retina actively participates in processing visual signals. One of the best understood aspects of this processing is the detection of motion direction. Direction-selective (DS) retinal circuits include several subtypes of ganglion cells (GCs) and inhibitory interneurons, such as starburst amacrine cells (SACs). Recent studies demonstrated a surprising complexity in the arrangement of synapses in the DS circuit, i.e. between SACs and DS ganglion cells. Thus, to fully understand retinal DS mechanisms, detailed knowledge of all synaptic elements involved, particularly the nature and localization of neurotransmitter receptors, is needed. Since inhibition from SACs onto DSGCs is crucial for generating retinal direction selectivity, we investigate here the nature of the GABA receptors mediating this interaction. We found that in the inner plexiform layer (IPL) of mouse and rabbit retina, GABA(A) receptor subunit α2 (GABA(A)R α2) aggregated in synaptic clusters along two bands overlapping the dendritic plexuses of both ON and OFF SACs. On distal dendrites of individually labeled SACs in rabbit, GABA(A)R α2 was aligned with the majority of varicosities, the cell's output structures, and found postsynaptically on DSGC dendrites, both in the ON and OFF portion of the IPL. In GABA(A)R α2 knock-out (KO) mice, light responses of retinal GCs recorded with two-photon calcium imaging revealed a significant impairment of DS responses compared to their wild-type littermates. We observed a dramatic drop in the proportion of cells exhibiting DS phenotype in both the ON and ON-OFF populations, which strongly supports our anatomical findings that α2-containing GABA(A)Rs are critical for mediating retinal DS inhibition. Our study reveals for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the precise functional localization of a specific receptor subunit in the retinal DS circuit.Olivia Nicola AuferkorteTom BadenSanjeev Kumar KaushalyaNawal ZabouriUwe RudolphSilke HaverkampThomas EulerPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 4, p e35109 (2012)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Olivia Nicola Auferkorte Tom Baden Sanjeev Kumar Kaushalya Nawal Zabouri Uwe Rudolph Silke Haverkamp Thomas Euler GABA(A) receptors containing the α2 subunit are critical for direction-selective inhibition in the retina.
description	Far from being a simple sensor, the retina actively participates in processing visual signals. One of the best understood aspects of this processing is the detection of motion direction. Direction-selective (DS) retinal circuits include several subtypes of ganglion cells (GCs) and inhibitory interneurons, such as starburst amacrine cells (SACs). Recent studies demonstrated a surprising complexity in the arrangement of synapses in the DS circuit, i.e. between SACs and DS ganglion cells. Thus, to fully understand retinal DS mechanisms, detailed knowledge of all synaptic elements involved, particularly the nature and localization of neurotransmitter receptors, is needed. Since inhibition from SACs onto DSGCs is crucial for generating retinal direction selectivity, we investigate here the nature of the GABA receptors mediating this interaction. We found that in the inner plexiform layer (IPL) of mouse and rabbit retina, GABA(A) receptor subunit α2 (GABA(A)R α2) aggregated in synaptic clusters along two bands overlapping the dendritic plexuses of both ON and OFF SACs. On distal dendrites of individually labeled SACs in rabbit, GABA(A)R α2 was aligned with the majority of varicosities, the cell's output structures, and found postsynaptically on DSGC dendrites, both in the ON and OFF portion of the IPL. In GABA(A)R α2 knock-out (KO) mice, light responses of retinal GCs recorded with two-photon calcium imaging revealed a significant impairment of DS responses compared to their wild-type littermates. We observed a dramatic drop in the proportion of cells exhibiting DS phenotype in both the ON and ON-OFF populations, which strongly supports our anatomical findings that α2-containing GABA(A)Rs are critical for mediating retinal DS inhibition. Our study reveals for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the precise functional localization of a specific receptor subunit in the retinal DS circuit.
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author	Olivia Nicola Auferkorte Tom Baden Sanjeev Kumar Kaushalya Nawal Zabouri Uwe Rudolph Silke Haverkamp Thomas Euler
author_facet	Olivia Nicola Auferkorte Tom Baden Sanjeev Kumar Kaushalya Nawal Zabouri Uwe Rudolph Silke Haverkamp Thomas Euler
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title	GABA(A) receptors containing the α2 subunit are critical for direction-selective inhibition in the retina.
title_short	GABA(A) receptors containing the α2 subunit are critical for direction-selective inhibition in the retina.
title_full	GABA(A) receptors containing the α2 subunit are critical for direction-selective inhibition in the retina.
title_fullStr	GABA(A) receptors containing the α2 subunit are critical for direction-selective inhibition in the retina.
title_full_unstemmed	GABA(A) receptors containing the α2 subunit are critical for direction-selective inhibition in the retina.
title_sort	gaba(a) receptors containing the α2 subunit are critical for direction-selective inhibition in the retina.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2012
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GABA(A) receptors containing the α2 subunit are critical for direction-selective inhibition in the retina.

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