Journal: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Article Title: Targeted Expression of Retinoschisin by Retinal Bipolar Cells in XLRS Promotes Resolution of Retinoschisis Cysts Sans RS1 From Photoreceptors
doi: 10.1167/iovs.63.11.8
Figure Lengend Snippet: Human and mouse XLRS . ( A ) Retina photograph of a 17-year-old XLRS subject with 20/63 acuity showing classic macular retinoschisis with a subtle spoke wheel pattern radiating from the fovea. ( B ) Representative dark-adapted ERG combined responses (arising from photoreceptors and bipolar cells) of the XLRS subject show characteristic b-wave reduction disproportionate to a-wave reduction. ( C ) RS1 expression in mouse retina and XLRS phenotype. Retinal cryosections were immunolabeled with antibodies against RS1 ( red , 1:1000); Na/K ATPase a3 subunit ( green , 1:1000). The nuclei were counterstained with DAPI ( blue ). In WT retina RS1 is profusely expressed in photoreceptor IS and in inner retinal layers. In XLRS mouse retina, loss of Rs1 expression results in splitting of the inner retina cell layers. ( D ) RS1 expression on mouse retina bipolar cells and its colocalization with Na/K-ATPase, a plasma membrane marker. (E) Discoidin domain has been shown to be involved in cell adhesion during the streaming and aggregation of D. discoideum . During the growth phase of development, D. discoideum amoeboid cells feed on bacteria and replicate by binary fission. The development cycle is initiated upon starvation (resource depletion), and aggregation occurs when starving cells secrete cyclic AMP to recruit additional cells. Discoidin I is synthesized profusely as cells stream together into aggregate to form slug and fruiting body. OPL, outer plexiform layer; IPL, inner plexiform layer; GCL, ganglion cell layer. E is reproduced from Dunn JD, Bosmani C, Barisch C, et al. Eat prey, live: Dictyostelium discoideum as a model for cell-autonomous defenses. Front Immunol . 2018;8:1906. Copyright © 2018 Dunn, Bosmani, Barisch, Raykov, Lefrançois, Cardenal-Muñoz, López-Jiménez and Soldati; open-access, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used: rabbit polyclonal antibody against the N-terminus of RS1 (amino acid residues 24–37 [1:1000; Custom made, ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA] ; monoclonal antibody against the protein kinase C-alpha [1:500, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA]; mouse monoclonal antibody against glutamine synthetase [1:1000; Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO]; calretinin [1:2000; BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA]; goat anti-mCherry [1:2000; Biorbyt, Cambridge, UK], and 1:1000 mouse monoclonal Na+/K+ ATPase [alpha-3 subunit] antibody [Na/K-ATPase alpha 3; ThermoFisher Scientific], secondary antibody conjugated to Alexa Fluor 568 dye or Alexa Fluor 488 dye [ThermoFisher Scientific]).
Techniques: Expressing, Immunolabeling, Clinical Proteomics, Membrane, Marker, Bacteria, Synthesized