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JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON
Volume 544, Issue 3, Pages 801-816Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.023671
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- NEI NIH HHS [EY05102, P30 EY003039, R01 EY005102, EY03039] Funding Source: Medline
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A circadian (24-hour) clock regulates the light responses of fish cone horizontal cells, second order neurones in the retina that receive synaptic contact from cones and not from rods. Due to the action of the clock, cone horizontal cells are driven by cones in the day, but primarily driven by rods at night. We show here that dopamine, a retinal neurotransmitter, acts as a dock signal for the day by increasing cone input and decreasing rod input to cone horizontal cells. The amount of endogenous dopamine released from in vitro retinae was greater during the subjective day than the subjective night. Application of dopamine or quinpirole, a dopamine D-2-like agonist, during the subjective night increased cone input and eliminated rod input to the cells, a state usually observed during the subjective day. In contrast, application of spiperone, a D-2-like antagonist, or forskolin, an activator of adenylyl cyclase, during the subjective day reduced cone input and increased rod input. SCH23390, a D-1 antagonist, had no effect. Application of R-p-cAMPS, an inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, or octanol, an alcohol that uncouples gap junctions, during the night increased cone input and decreased rod input. Because D-2-like receptors are on photoreceptor cells, but not horizontal cells, the results suggest that the clock-induced increase in dopamine release during the day activates D-2-like receptors on photoreceptor cells. The resultant decrease in intracellular cyclic AMP and protein kinase A activation then mediates the increase in cone input and decrease in rod input.
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