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Photoreceptor distribution in the retina of adult Pacific salmon: Corner cones express blue opsin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2007

CHRISTIANA L. CHENG  and
IÑIGO NOVALES FLAMARIQUE
CHRISTIANA L. CHENG
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
IÑIGO NOVALES FLAMARIQUE
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
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Abstract

The retina of salmonid fishes has two types of cone photoreceptors: single and double cones. At the nuclear level, these cones are distributed in a square mosaic such that the double cones form the sides of the square and the single cones occupy positions at the centre and at the corners of the square. Double cones consist of two members, one having visual pigment protein maximally sensitive to green light (RH2 opsin), the other maximally sensitive to red light (LWS opsin). Single cones can have opsins maximally sensitive to ultraviolet (UV) or blue light (SWS1 and SWS2 opsins, respectively). In Pacific salmonids, all single cones express UV opsin at hatching. Around the time of yolk sac absorption, single cones start switching opsin expression from UV to blue, in an event that proceeds from the ventral to the dorsal retina. This transformation is accompanied by a loss of single corner cones such that the large juvenile shows corner cones and UV opsin expression in the dorsal retina only. Previous research has shown that adult Pacific salmon have corner cones over large areas of retina suggesting that these cones may be regenerated and that they may express UV opsin. Here we used in-situ hybridization with cRNA probes and RT-PCR to show that: (1) all single cones in non-growth zone areas of the retina express blue opsin and (2) double cone opsin expression alternates around the square mosaic unit. Our results indicate that single cone driven UV sensitivity in adult salmon must emanate from stimulation of growth zone areas.

Keywords

Ultraviolet opsinVisual pigmentCone mosaicRegenerationFish retina
Type
Research Article
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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , May 2007 , pp. 269 - 276
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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