TY - JOUR
T1 - Defective retinal depolarizing bipolar cells in regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) 7 and 11 double null mice
AU - Shim, Hoon
AU - Wang, Chih Ting
AU - Chen, Yen Lin
AU - Chau, Viet Q.
AU - Fu, Kevin G.
AU - Yang, Jianqi
AU - McQuiston, A. Rory
AU - Fisher, Rory A.
AU - Chen, Ching Kang
PY - 2012/4/27
Y1 - 2012/4/27
N2 - Two members of the R7 subfamily of regulators of G protein signaling, RGS7 and RGS11, are present at dendritic tips of retinal depolarizing bipolar cells (DBCs). Their involvement in the mGluR6/Gαo/TRPM1 pathway that mediates DBC light responses has been implicated. However, previous genetic studies employed an RGS7 mutant mouse that is hypomorphic, and hence the exact role of RGS7 in DBCs remains unclear.Wehave made a true RGS7-null mouse line with exons 6-8 deleted. The RGS7-/- mouse is viable and fertile but smaller in body size. Electroretinogram (ERG) b-wave implicit time in young RGS7-/- mice is prolonged at eye opening, but the phenotype disappears at 2 months of age. Expression levels of RGS6 and RGS11 are unchanged in RGS7-/- retina, but the Gβ5S level is significantly reduced. By characterizing a complete RGS7 and RGS11 double knock-out (711dKO) mouse line, we found that Gβ5S expression in the retinal outer plexiform layer is eliminated, as is theERGb-wave. Ultrastructural defects akin to those of Gβ5-/- mice are evident in 711dKO mice. In retinas of mice lacking RGS6, RGS7, and RGS11,Gβ5S is undetectable, whereas levels of the photoreceptor-specific Gβ5L remain unchanged. Whereas RGS6 alone sustains a significant amount of Gβ5S expression in retina, the DBC-related defects in Gβ5-/- mice are caused solely by a combined loss of RGS7 and RGS11. Our data support the notion that the role of Gβ5 in the retina, and likely in the entire nervous system, is mediated exclusively by R7 RGS proteins.
AB - Two members of the R7 subfamily of regulators of G protein signaling, RGS7 and RGS11, are present at dendritic tips of retinal depolarizing bipolar cells (DBCs). Their involvement in the mGluR6/Gαo/TRPM1 pathway that mediates DBC light responses has been implicated. However, previous genetic studies employed an RGS7 mutant mouse that is hypomorphic, and hence the exact role of RGS7 in DBCs remains unclear.Wehave made a true RGS7-null mouse line with exons 6-8 deleted. The RGS7-/- mouse is viable and fertile but smaller in body size. Electroretinogram (ERG) b-wave implicit time in young RGS7-/- mice is prolonged at eye opening, but the phenotype disappears at 2 months of age. Expression levels of RGS6 and RGS11 are unchanged in RGS7-/- retina, but the Gβ5S level is significantly reduced. By characterizing a complete RGS7 and RGS11 double knock-out (711dKO) mouse line, we found that Gβ5S expression in the retinal outer plexiform layer is eliminated, as is theERGb-wave. Ultrastructural defects akin to those of Gβ5-/- mice are evident in 711dKO mice. In retinas of mice lacking RGS6, RGS7, and RGS11,Gβ5S is undetectable, whereas levels of the photoreceptor-specific Gβ5L remain unchanged. Whereas RGS6 alone sustains a significant amount of Gβ5S expression in retina, the DBC-related defects in Gβ5-/- mice are caused solely by a combined loss of RGS7 and RGS11. Our data support the notion that the role of Gβ5 in the retina, and likely in the entire nervous system, is mediated exclusively by R7 RGS proteins.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M112.345751
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M112.345751
M3 - Article
C2 - 22371490
AN - SCOPUS:84860372183
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 287
SP - 14873
EP - 14879
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 18
ER -