Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Retinal Synapse Development

WA Stevens-Sostre, M Hoon - Annual Review of Vision Science, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Synapse formation within the retinal circuit ensures that distinct neuronal types can
communicate efficiently to process visual signals. Synapses thus form the core of the visual …

Beyond the ligand: extracellular and transcellular G protein–coupled receptor complexes in physiology and pharmacology

HA Dunn, C Orlandi, KA Martemyanov… - Pharmacological …, 2019 - Elsevier
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) remain one of the most successful targets of US Food
and Drug Administration–approved drugs. GPCR research has predominantly focused on …

Targeting ON-bipolar cells by AAV gene therapy stably reverses LRIT3-congenital stationary night blindness

K Miyadera, E Santana, K Roszak… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Adeno-associated virus (AAV)–based gene therapies aimed at curing inherited retinal
diseases to date have typically focused on photoreceptors and retinal pigmented epithelia …

[HTML][HTML] Development and maintenance of vision's first synapse

CA Burger, D Jiang, RD Mackin, MA Samuel - Developmental biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Synapses in the outer retina are the first information relay points in vision. Here,
photoreceptors form synapses onto two types of interneurons, bipolar cells and horizontal …

Mice Lacking Gpr179 with Complete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness Are a Good Model for Myopia

B Wilmet, J Callebert, R Duvoisin, R Goulet… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mutations in GPR179 are one of the most common causes of autosomal recessive complete
congenital stationary night blindness (cCSNB). This retinal disease is characterized in …

Presynaptic expression of LRIT3 transsynaptically organizes the postsynaptic glutamate signaling complex containing TRPM1

N Hasan, G Pangeni, CA Cobb, TA Ray… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Throughout the CNS, interactions between pre-and postsynaptic adhesion molecules
establish normal synaptic structure and function. Leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain …

Lrit1, a retinal transmembrane protein, regulates selective synapse formation in cone photoreceptor cells and visual acuity

A Ueno, Y Omori, Y Sugita, S Watanabe, T Chaya… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
In the vertebrate retina, cone photoreceptors play crucial roles in photopic vision by
transmitting light-evoked signals to ON-and/or OFF-bipolar cells. However, the mechanisms …

Ribbon synapses and retinal disease

CE Frederick, D Zenisek - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Synaptic ribbons are presynaptic protein complexes that are believed to be important for the
transmission of sensory information in the visual system. Ribbons are selectively associated …

Molecular mechanisms underlying selective synapse formation of vertebrate retinal photoreceptor cells

T Furukawa, A Ueno, Y Omori - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2020 - Springer
In vertebrate central nervous systems (CNSs), highly diverse neurons are selectively
connected via synapses, which are essential for building an intricate neural network. The …

Restoration of mGluR6 localization following AAV-mediated delivery in a mouse model of congenital stationary night blindness

J Varin, N Bouzidi, MMDS Dias… - … & Visual Science, 2021 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: Complete congenital stationary night blindness (cCSNB) is an incurable inherited
retinal disorder characterized by an ON-bipolar cell (ON-BC) defect. GRM6 mutations are …