鲤属鱼L-型外水平细胞所接收的锥细胞信号

在保持正常血液循环的眼杯标本上,用细胞内微电极技术记录了 L-型外水平细胞(LHC)的反应,并且用颜色光适应方法分析了它所接收的锥细胞输入。结果表明,在白光明适应条件下,LHC 依然接收红敏和绿敏锥细胞的输入,但两者的相对贡献与暗视时有所不同。用蓝适应光可以基本上分离红敏锥细胞的信号;而在红色背景光下,绿敏锥细胞主导了反应的上升相和撤光后回跳相(off-rebound),但在反应平台处却是红敏锥细胞的信号作出主要贡献,表明不同的锥细胞信号显然有不同的潜伏期和时程。     

鲤科鱼视网膜光感受器电位的明适应特性

本实验室以前曾报道,视网膜电图 b 波的敏感度在明适应过程中的变化因背景光强而异:在较弱背景光时随时间逐渐降低,当背景光强达到一定水平后,则在明适应过程中出现一定程度的回复。本工作应用分离、灌流的鲤科鱼视网膜,详细地考察了用谷氨酸分离的感受器电位(PⅡ)的明适应特性。在较弱背景光下,PⅡ敏感度除初始时降低外,不随时间作进一步变化。当背景光强达到一定水平后,与 b 波相似,PⅡ敏感度也随时间而回复。对 PⅡ光谱敏感性和不同波长辨增阈的测定表明,PⅡ的这两型变化交替的光强恰为视杆系统与视锥系统活动交替的光强;当背景光完全压抑视杆系统的活动后(仅接收视杆输入的水平细胞的胞内记录的反应完全被压抑),PⅡ即呈现回复型变化。这些结果提示,b 波的回复型变化部分地反映了视锥细胞的明适应特性。     

GABA对鲫鱼视网膜视锥水平细胞的选择性压抑

本工作应用细胞内记录技术,在灌流的鲫鱼视网膜的标本上,研究了γ－氨基丁酸对视杆水平细胞笔视锥水平细胞的影响。结果表明,在ＧＡＢＡ的作用下,Ｌ型视锥水平细胞暗中膜电位超极化,对光反应减小;ＧＡＢＡＡ受体的特异性拮抗剂荷包牡丹碱在７０％的细胞上能阻断上述ＧＡＢＡ的效应。     

长时间暗适应和弱背景光对鲤鱼视网膜视锥水平细胞的影响——形态和生理的相关研究

本工作利用电子显微镜及细胞内记录技术研究了在暗适应和弱背景光下鲤鱼视锥与水平细胞间突触部位超微结构及视锥水平细胞光反应的变化。在长时间暗适应(>2h)后,视锥水平细胞对光反应受到强烈压抑,其突起末端则外形光滑、圆钝。在施加弱背景光(15min)后,这些细胞的反应显著增大,其末端出现大量深陷于视锥小足内部的刺形结构,这种刺形结构增加了视锥与水平细胞间的突触传递效率,可能是视锥水平细胞光反应性增高的形态学基础。     

SOMATOSTATIN-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVE CELLS IN THE GROUND SQUIRREL RETINA

Immunocytochemical techniques were employed to locate somatostatin (SS)-containing cells in the retina of the 13-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus). In normal retinas immunostain was limited to neuronal processes, yet distinctly labeled somata were detected in retinas of animals pretreated with colchicine. Labeled cell bodies were located in the outermost and innermost portions of the inner nuclear layer (INL) and in the ganglion cell layer (GCL). The largest population of SS-like immunoreactive neurons was found in the innermost INL. These cells were identified as small and medium sized amacrine cells whose soma diameters ranged from 4 to 14μm. A smaller population of immunoreactive cells was observed in the outermost region of the INL. These cells, presumptive horizontal cells, were found mainly in peripheral regions of the retina. Immunoreactive cells in the GCL were of two types: displaced amacrines, and retinal ganglion cells. SS-positive axons in the optic fiber layer suggest that some of the immunoreactive GCL neurons were ganglion cells, and it is our opinion that these cells belong to a class of associational ganglion cells previously identified in other species.     

视网膜S-电位和水平细胞

S-电位的发现揭开了视网膜神经元细胞内研究的序幕。细胞内染色技术已证明 S-电位起源于水平细胞。本文评述这一领域的主要进展,特别是结合外网状层神经元回路的研究,讨论对各种水平细胞的感受细胞输入及其相互作用。也将论及水平细胞在视信息处理过程中的作用。     

蛙离体视网膜中杆系统对锥系统的抑制作用

在蛙离体视网膜标本上研究了由条件刺激(F_c)引起的快速暗适应(RDA)过程中b 波的变化。当F_c超过一定强度时,以501nm 闪光为测试刺激(F_(t(501)))时b波阈值单调下降,先为锥相后为杆相,两者过渡处呈现杆-锥转折;但以654nm闪光为测试刺激时(F_(t(654))),阈值先略有下降,继而上升,之后再下降。F_(t(654))应阈值在RDA 过程中的这种升高是反映575锤系统的活动受到502杆系统抑制的结果,433杆系统对此没有明显的贡献,主要依据是:(1)F_(t(654))反应阈值的上升在时间上与暗适应曲线的杆相的出现一致;(2)在RDA 过程的锥相,反应的光谱敏感性与锥色素吸收光谱一致,而在F_(t(654))反应阈值上升到最大值时,反应的光谱敏感性与502杆色素的吸收光谱非常接近;(3)对502杆系统作用等效的F_(c(439))、F_(c(501))和F_(c(616))作用后,F_(t(654))的敏感度变化在整个RDA 过程中基本相同。     

改良免疫细胞化学法显示新生猫视网膜的多巴胺能无长突细胞

ABC(卵白素-生物素-辣根过氧化物酶复合物)免疫组化法是一种新的形态和功能相结合的神经科学研究方法。我们将ABC法应用于视网膜发育研究时,在增加膜的渗透性和减少组织底色方面进行了改良。用此改良方法显示了新生猫视网膜内多巴胺能无长突细胞,并将其与成年者进行比较。     

急性低氧对鲫鱼视网膜视杆和视锥信号的不同影响

在保持完整血液循环的鲫鱼眼杯标本上,应用Ａｇ－ＡｇＣｌ电极记录视网膜电图（ＥＲＧ）,研究了急性低氧下不同适应状态ＥＲＧ反应变化的情况,以期分析视锥与视杆通路对急性低氧的敏感性是否不同。结果表明：１．急性低氧对明视ＥＲＧ－ｂ波的影响要远远快于对暗视ｂ波的影响,这说明视锥信号通路比视杆信号通路对缺氧敏感;２．在间视状态下,ＥＲＧ的ｂ波在低氧开始反几分钟内有一个明显的增大过程,而在明视或暗视中皆未观察到     

Differential modulation by AMPA of signals from red- and green-sensitive cones in carp retinal luminosity-type horizontal cells

Intracellular recordings were made from luminosity-type horizontal cells (LHCs) in the isolated superfused carp retina and the effect of AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxa-zole-4-propionic acid), a glutamate receptor agonist, on these cells was studied. AMPA suppressed the responses of LHCs driven by red-sensitive (R-) cones whereas it potentiated the responses driven by green-sensitive (G-) cones. The AMPA effect could be completely blocked by GYKI 53655, a specific AMPA receptor antagonist, indicating the exclusive involvement of AMPA-preferring receptors. The AMPA effect persisted in the presence of picrotoxin (PTX) or di-hydrokainic acid (DHK), suggesting that the feedback from LHCs onto cones and glutamate transporters on cones may not be involved. It is suggested that there may exist different AMPA receptor subtypes with distinct characteristics on LHCs, which mediate signal transfer from R- and G-cones to LHCs, respectively.