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Intracellular organelles and calcium homeostasis in rods and cones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2007

TAMAS SZIKRA  and
DAVID KRIŽAJ
TAMAS SZIKRA
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California Current address: Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, WRO-1066-4-46, Basel-4058, Switzerland.
DAVID KRIŽAJ
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California Department of Ophthalmology, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Abstract

The role of intracellular organelles in Ca2+ homeostasis was studied in salamander rod and cone photoreceptors under conditions that simulate photoreceptor activation by darkness and light. Sustained depolarization evoked a Ca2+ gradient between the cell body and ellipsoid regions of the inner segment (IS). The standing pattern of calcium fluxes was created by interactions between the plasma membrane, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and mitochondria. Pharmacological experiments suggested that mitochondria modulate both baseline [Ca2+]i in hyperpolarized cells as well as kinetics of Ca2+ entry via L type Ca2+ channels in cell bodies and ellipsoids of depolarized rods and cones. Inhibition of mitochondrial Ca2+ sequestration by antimycin/oligomycin caused a three-fold reduction in the amount of Ca2+ accumulated into intracellular organelles in both cell bodies and ellipsoids. A further 50% decrease in intracellular Ca2+ content within cell bodies, but not ellipsoids, was observed after suppression of SERCA-mediated Ca2+ uptake into the ER. Inhibition of Ca2+ sequestration into the endoplasmic reticulum by thapsigargin or cyclopiazonic acid decreased the magnitude and kinetics of depolarization-evoked Ca2+ signals in cell bodies of rods and cones and decreased the amount of Ca2+ accumulated into internal stores. These results suggest that steady-state [Ca2+]i in photoreceptors is regulated in a region-specific manner, with the ER contribution predominant in the cell body and mitochondrial buffering [Ca2+] the ellipsoid. Local [Ca2+]i levels are set by interactions between the plasma membrane Ca2+ channels and transporters, ER and mitochondria. Mitochondria are likely to play an essential role in temporal and spatial buffering of photoreceptor Ca2+.

Keywords

RetinaInner segmentMitochondriaEndoplasmic reticulumTiger salamander
Type
Research Article
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , September 2007 , pp. 733 - 743
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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