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Purinergic modulation of frog electroretinographic responses: The role of the ionotropic receptor P2X7

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2017

PETIA KUPENOVA ,
ELKA POPOVA  and
LILIYA VITANOVA
PETIA KUPENOVA*
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
ELKA POPOVA
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
LILIYA VITANOVA
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
*
*Address correspondence to: Petia Kupenova, Department Physiology, Medical University of Sofia, 1 G. Sofiiski St., Sofia 1431, Bulgaria. E-mail: pkupenova@abv.bg
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Abstract

The contribution of the purinergic receptors P2X7 (P2X7Rs) to the electroretinographic (ERG) responses was studied by testing the effects of the selective P2X7R antagonist A438079 and the selective P2X7R agonist Bz-ATP on the electroretinograms obtained in perfused frog (Rana ridibunda) eyecup preparations under a variety of stimulation conditions. The P2X7R blockade by 200 µM A438079 diminished the amplitude of the photoreceptor components: the a-wave and the pharmacologically isolated mass receptor potential. In the pure rod-driven and pure cone-driven responses, the amplitude of the postreceptoral ON (b-wave) and OFF (d-wave) components was also diminished. The OFF responses were affected to a greater extent compared to the ON responses. In the mixed rod- and cone-driven responses, obtained in the mesopic intensity range, the b-wave amplitude was increased, while the d-wave amplitude was decreased. The amplitude of the oscillatory potentials was diminished. The relative amplitude changes produced by the P2X7R blockade were greater in the dark-adapted compared to the light-adapted eyes. The application of 100 µM Bz-ATP produced small effects opposite to those of the antagonist, while a prolonged (>20 min) treatment with 1 mM Bz-ATP resulted in a significant amplitude reduction or even abolishment of b- and d-waves. Our results show that endogenous ATP through its P2X7Rs exerts significant, mostly potentiating effects on the ERG photoreceptor and postreceptoral responses. There is a clear ON/OFF asymmetry of the effects on the ERG postreceptoral responses favoring OFF responses: they are always strongly potentiated, while the ON responses are either less potentiated (in the rod-driven and most of the cone-driven responses) or even inhibited (in the mixed rod- and cone-driven responses). The overstimulation of P2X7Rs can produce acute pathological changes, that is, a decrease or abolishment of the ERG responses.

Keywords

P2X7PurinergicERGA438079Bz-ATP
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Research Article
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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 34 , 2017 , E015
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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