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15687725

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
Apart from the pioneering studies of Ramon y Cajal [1893] and Rochon-Duvigneaud [1943], few studies have been devoted to the detailed study of the cytological and biochemical structure of the chameleon retina. In the present study we analyzed the expression of calbindin (CB), calretinin (CR) and parvalbumin (PV) immunoreactivities in the chameleon retina, and compared their distribution with those found in the retinas of other vertebrate species. CB immunoreactivity is dense in photoreceptors, horizontal and some lower amacrine cells. The most intense immunoreactivity was observed for calretinin; CR-ir amacrine cells are distributed throughout the inner nuclear, inner plexiform, and ganglion cell layers of the retina. Horizontal cells also display immunoreactivity to CR. A few retinal interneurons are weakly PV-ir. Double-labeling shows that all PV-ir or CB-ir cells, except the photoreceptors, are also strongly CR-ir. The distributions of these calcium-binding proteins in the chameleon retina share similarities with those observed in mammalian and avian retinas. In addition, the widespread distribution and co-localization of CB and CR reinforces the idea that these proteins play a general role in buffering the intracellular calcium levels in retinal cells. Furthermore, CB- and CR-immunoreactivities have enabled us to identify for the first time axon-bearing horizontal cells in the peripheral retina of the chameleon, very similar to those described in mammals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0006-8977
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
177-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Calbindin, calretinin and parvalbumin immunoreactivity in the retina of the chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon).
pubmed:affiliation
Unité de Neurobiologie, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco. mbennis@ucam.ac.ma
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article