Bacigalupo J, Bautista D M, Brink D L, Hetzer J F, O'Day P M
Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biologia, Santiago, Chile.
J Neurosci. 1995 Nov;15(11):7196-200. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.15-11-07196.1995.
Phototransduction in the Drosophila retina appears to require the phosphoinositide signaling cascade following receptor/G-protein activation. Subsequent opening of membrane cationic channels causes excitation. The biochemical events underlying channel opening and regulation of sensitivity remain largely unknown. Evidence is mounting that phototransduction in Drosophila and other invertebrate species may additionally involve the second messenger, cyclic-GMP (cGMP). We report that exogenous cGMP influenced Drosophila retinal phototransduction in two ways. In whole cell tight-seal voltage-clamp experiments, membrane permeant cGMP analog, 8-bromo-cyclic-GMP (8-Br-cGMP), induced membrane currents and dramatically enhanced light-induced currents. The currents induced by 8-Br-cGMP possessed reversal potentials similar to those induced by light. The magnitudes of cGMP-induced currents exhibited marked dependence on intensity of background illumination. Potential direct or modulatory roles of cGMP in Drosophila phototransduction are discussed.
果蝇视网膜中的光转导似乎在受体/G蛋白激活后需要磷酸肌醇信号级联反应。随后膜阳离子通道的开放导致兴奋。通道开放和灵敏度调节背后的生化事件在很大程度上仍然未知。越来越多的证据表明,果蝇和其他无脊椎动物物种中的光转导可能还涉及第二信使环鸟苷酸(cGMP)。我们报告外源性cGMP以两种方式影响果蝇视网膜光转导。在全细胞膜片钳实验中,膜通透性cGMP类似物8-溴环鸟苷酸(8-Br-cGMP)诱导膜电流并显著增强光诱导电流。8-Br-cGMP诱导的电流具有与光诱导电流相似的反转电位。cGMP诱导电流的大小对背景光照强度表现出明显的依赖性。文中讨论了cGMP在果蝇光转导中的潜在直接或调节作用。