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JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY
卷 119, 期 2, 页码 129-145出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.119.2.129
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photoreceptors; phototransduction; adaptation; calcium; cGMP
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- NEI NIH HHS [EY12944, EY10336, F32 EY006857, EY06857, R01 EY010336, P30 EY12196, P30 EY012196, R01 EY012944] Funding Source: Medline
Vertebrate rod photoreceptors adjust their sensitivity as they adapt during exposure to steady light. Light adaptation prevents the rod from saturating and significantly extends its dynamic range. We examined the time course of the onset of light adaptation in bullfrog rods and compared it with the projected onset of feedback reactions thought to underlie light adaptation on the molecular level. We found that adaptation developed in two distinct temporal phases: (I) a fast phase that operated within seconds after the onset of illumination, which is consistent with most previous reports of a 1-2-s time constant for the onset of adaptation; and (2) a slow phase that engaged over tens of seconds of continuous illumination. The fast phase desensitized the rods as much as 80-fold, and was observed at every light intensity tested. The slow phase was observed only at. light intensities that suppressed more than half of the dark current. It provided an additional sensitivity loss of tip to 40-fold before the rod saturated. Thus, rods achieved a total degree of adaptation of similar to3,000-fold. Although the fast. adaptation is likely to originate from the well characterized Ca2+-dependent feedback mechanisms regulating the activities of several phototransduction cascade components, the molecular mechanism underlying slow adaptation is unclear. We tested the hypothesis that the slow adaptation phase is mediated by cGMP dissociation from noncatalytic binding sites on the cGMP phosphodiesterase, which has been shown to reduce the lifetime of activated phosphodiesterase in vitro. Although cGMP dissociated from the noncatalytic binding sites in intact rods with kinetics approximating that for the slow adaptation phase, this hypothesis was ruled out because the intensity of light required for cGMP dissociation far exceeded that required to evoke the slow phase. Other possible mechanisms are discussed.
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