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Calcium-binding proteins in the retina of a calbindin-null mutant mouse

Calcium-binding proteins in the retina of a calbindin-null mutant mouse Calcium-binding proteins are abundantly expressed in many neurons of mammalian retinae. Their physiological roles are, however, largely unknown. This is particularly true for calcium-modulating proteins (“calcium buffers”) such as calbindin D28k. Here, we have studied retinae of wildtype (+/+) and calbindin-null mutant (–/–) mice by using immunocytochemical methods. Although calbindin immunoreactivity was completely absent in the calbindin (–/–) retinae, those cells that express the protein in wildtype retinae, such as horizontal cells, were still present and appeared normal. This was verified by immunostaining horizontal cells for various neurofilament proteins. In order to assess whether other calcium-binding proteins are upregulated in the mutant mouse and may thus compensate for the loss of calbindin, mouse retinae were also immunolabeled for parvalbumin, calretinin, and a calmodulin-like protein (CALP). In no instance could a change in the expression pattern of these proteins be detected by immunocytochemical methods. Thus, our results show that calbindin is not required for the maintenance of the light-microscopic structure of the differentiated retina and suggest roles for this protein in retinal function. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cell and Tissue Research Springer Journals

Calcium-binding proteins in the retina of a calbindin-null mutant mouse

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1998 by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Subject
Biomedicine; Human Genetics; Proteomics; Molecular Medicine
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0302-766X
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1432-0878
DOI
10.1007/s004410051052
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Abstract

Calcium-binding proteins are abundantly expressed in many neurons of mammalian retinae. Their physiological roles are, however, largely unknown. This is particularly true for calcium-modulating proteins (“calcium buffers”) such as calbindin D28k. Here, we have studied retinae of wildtype (+/+) and calbindin-null mutant (–/–) mice by using immunocytochemical methods. Although calbindin immunoreactivity was completely absent in the calbindin (–/–) retinae, those cells that express the protein in wildtype retinae, such as horizontal cells, were still present and appeared normal. This was verified by immunostaining horizontal cells for various neurofilament proteins. In order to assess whether other calcium-binding proteins are upregulated in the mutant mouse and may thus compensate for the loss of calbindin, mouse retinae were also immunolabeled for parvalbumin, calretinin, and a calmodulin-like protein (CALP). In no instance could a change in the expression pattern of these proteins be detected by immunocytochemical methods. Thus, our results show that calbindin is not required for the maintenance of the light-microscopic structure of the differentiated retina and suggest roles for this protein in retinal function.

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Cell and Tissue Research – Springer Journals

Published: Apr 23, 1998

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