Huang Wei, Wu Guangyu, Wang Guo-Yong
Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA.
Vis Neurosci. 2009 Nov;26(5-6):443-52. doi: 10.1017/S0952523809990277. Epub 2009 Dec 11.
The Ras-like Rab1 and Rab6 GTPases modulate protein traffic along the early secretory pathway and are involved in the regulation of maturation of rhodopsin in the outer retina. However, Rab GTPases have not been studied in the inner retinas. Here, we analyzed the anatomatic distribution and expression of Rab1 and Rab6 in the mouse and rat retinas by immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting. We found that Rab1 was specifically expressed in the rod bipolar cells, while Rab6 was expressed in a different cell type(s) from rod bipolar cells in the inner retina. We also demonstrated that expression of Rab1 and Rab6 was increased with light. These data provided the first evidence implicating that Rab1 and Rab6 may be involved in the regulation of the retinal adaptation.
类Ras的Rab1和Rab6 GTP酶调节早期分泌途径中的蛋白质运输,并参与视网膜外层视紫红质成熟的调节。然而,Rab GTP酶尚未在内层视网膜中得到研究。在这里,我们通过免疫组织化学和免疫印迹分析了Rab1和Rab6在小鼠和大鼠视网膜中的解剖分布和表达。我们发现Rab1在视杆双极细胞中特异性表达,而Rab6在内层视网膜中表达于与视杆双极细胞不同的细胞类型中。我们还证明Rab1和Rab6的表达随光照增加。这些数据提供了首个证据,表明Rab1和Rab6可能参与视网膜适应性调节。