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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
The vertebrate retina contains two ultrastructurally distinct types of vesicle-containing synapses: conventional synapses, made predominantly by amacrine cells, and ribbon synapses, formed by photoreceptor and bipolar cells. To identify molecular differences between these synapse types, we have compared the distribution of the synapsins, a family of nerve terminal phosphoproteins, with that of synaptophysin (p38) and SV2, two intrinsic membrane proteins of synaptic vesicles. We report an absence of synapsin I and II immunoreactivity from all ribbon-containing nerve terminals. These include terminals of rod cells in developing and adult rat retina, rod and cone cells in monkey and salamander retinas, and rat bipolar cells. Furthermore, we show that synapsins I and II are differentially distributed among conventional synapses of amacrine cells. The absence of the synapsins from ribbon synapses suggests that vesicle clustering and mobilization in these terminals differ from that in conventional synapses.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Macaca fascicularis, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Photoreceptor Cells, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Rats, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Retina, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Synapses, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Synapsins, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Synaptic Vesicles, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Synaptophysin, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Urodela, pubmed-meshheading:2114884-Vertebrates
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Synapsins in the vertebrate retina: absence from ribbon synapses and heterogeneous distribution among conventional synapses.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't