PUBLICATION
Differential role for synaptojanin 1 in rod and cone photoreceptors
- Authors
- Holzhausen, L.C., Lewis, A.A., Cheong, K.K., and Brockerhoff, S.E.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-091023-42
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- The Journal of comparative neurology 517(5): 633-644 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Brockerhoff, Susan, Lewis, Alaron
- Keywords
- synaptojanin, zebrafish, photoreceptors, ribbon synapse, endocytosis
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Larva/anatomy & histology
- Larva/metabolism
- Mutation
- Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/deficiency
- Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism*
- Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells/cytology
- Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells/metabolism*
- Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells/cytology
- Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells/metabolism*
- Synapses/metabolism*
- Zebrafish/anatomy & histology
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/deficiency
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 19827152 Full text @ J. Comp. Neurol.
Citation
Holzhausen, L.C., Lewis, A.A., Cheong, K.K., and Brockerhoff, S.E. (2009) Differential role for synaptojanin 1 in rod and cone photoreceptors. The Journal of comparative neurology. 517(5):633-644.
Abstract
Synaptojanin 1 (SynJ1) is a polyphosphoinositide phosphatase involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in conventional synapses. Studies with the zebrafish mutant nrc have revealed that loss of SynJ1 also affects cone photoreceptor ribbon synapses, causing pronounced morphological and functional abnormalities. In this study we continue to examine the role of SynJ1 in photoreceptors. Using a newly generated antibody specific for zebrafish SynJ1, we localized this protein predominantly to cone photoreceptors. We then used blastula stage transplantation experiments to demonstrate that rods from nrc mutants lacking SynJ1 develop normally and do not have the pronounced morphological defects detected in cones. Given the known involvement of SynJ1 in synaptic vesicle endocytosis, we hypothesize that rods and cones use distinct mechanisms for vesicle recycling.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping