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BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 919, 期 2, 页码 242-249出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)03022-0
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GAD(67); GAD(65); development; retina; rat; immunohistochemistry; RT-PCR
The development of synthetic enzymes in the GABAergic system (GAD(67) and GAD(65)) of the rat retina was analyzed from birth to the 4th postnatal week by the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and by immunohistochemistry. As previously observed for GABA, immunoreactive GAD(65) profiles are seen clearly in the inner retinal layers at birth. At the end of the Ist week of postnatal life, immunolabeling is detected in amacrine and/or ganglion cells and in horizontal cells. GAD(67) immunoreactivity is transiently expressed in horizontal cells and disappears during the 3rd postnatal week. GAD,, however does not develop until the 5th postnatal day. Immunolabeling is detected in the processes layering the inner plexiform layer (IPL) before being detected in die amacrine and/or ganglion cell bodies. The appearance of transcripts for GAD coincided with the appearance of the proteins. A transient form of mRNA transcripts of the GAD(67) gene containing an extra exon (ES-exon) is also observed which disappears progressively from birth to the 4th postnatal week. This form synthesizes a truncated, enzymatically inactive protein, which could participate in the regulation of GABA synthesis from glutamate present at high levels during retinogenesis. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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