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Development of glutamatergic synapses in the rat retina: The postnatal expression of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits

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Peichl,  L.
Comparative Anatomy of the Mammalian Retina Group, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Max Planck Society;

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Brandstätter,  J. H.
Neuroanatomy Department, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Max Planck Society;

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Hack, I., Koulen, P., Peichl, L., & Brandstätter, J. H. (2002). Development of glutamatergic synapses in the rat retina: The postnatal expression of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits. Visual Neuroscience, 19(1), 1-13.


Zitierlink: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002E-1F31-B
Zusammenfassung
We examined the distribution of the AMPA glutamate receptor subunits GluR1 to GluR4, of the kainate receptor subunits GluR6/7 and KA2, and of the glutamate receptor subunits delta1/2, during postnatal development of the rat retina by immunocytochemistry and light microscopy using receptor subunit specific antisera. The various ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits were expressed early in postnatal rat retina, and most of the subunits, with the exception of delta1/2, were found in both synaptic layers of rat retina. The glutamate receptor subunits studied showed differences in their time of appearance, their spatial distribution patterns, and in their expression levels in the developing rat retina. Interestingly, most of the AMPA receptor subunits were expressed earlier than the kainate receptor subunits in the two synaptic layers of the retina, indicating that AMPA glutamate receptors play an important role in early postnatal glutamatergic synaptic transmission. We also studied the ultrastructural localization of the AMPA glutamate receptor subunits GluR1 to GluR4 by immunocytochernistry and electron microscopy in the inner plexiform layer of the mature rat retina. Most of the subunits were found postsynaptic to the ribbon synapses of OFF-cone, ON- cone, and rod bipolar cells. The results of this study suggest an involvement of ionotropic glutamate receptors in processes of synaptic maturation and the formation of synaptic circuitries in the developing plexiform layers of the retina. Furthermore, AMPA and kainate receptors play a role in synaptic processing and in the development of both the scotopic and photopic pathways in the rat retina.