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J Neurophysiol 61: 1025-1035, 1989;
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 61, Issue 5 1025-1035, Copyright © 1989 by APS

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Effects of prolonged light exposure, GABA, and glycine on horizontal cell responses in tiger salamander retina

X. L. Yang and S. M. Wu
Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.

1. The effects of prolonged light exposure, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and glycine on the horizontal cell (HC) light responses were studied in the superfused flat-mounted isolated retinas of the larval tiger salamander. 2. Under prolonged dark-adapted conditions, the time-to-peak of the HC light response was approximately 2-4 s, and after the termination of prolonged (6-8 min) light exposure, the time-to-peak became approximately 0.5-1 s. 3. This prolonged light-induced change in response rise time was not observed in either photoreceptors or bipolar cells, and thus the change in HC response rise time may occur postsynaptically in the HC membrane. 4. Application of 100 microM of GABA mimicked prolonged darkness and reversibly slowed down the HC response rise time, and application of 100 microM bicuculline mimicked prolonged light exposure and reversibly sped up the HC response rise time. 5. Glycine also slowed down the HC response rise course, but its effect was not observable until the concentration was raised to 1-3 mM. Strychnine did not exert any effect on HC responses when applied alone, but it could reverse the glycine actions. 6. The actions of glycine disappeared in the presence of bicuculline, indicating that the GABA and glycine pathways were probably not independent. Application of 5-10 mM glycine produced an increase of flow of preloaded 3H-GABA from the retina. 7. These results indicate that GABA may be the primary modulator that slows down the kinetics of the postsynaptic membrane proteins in the HCs. The extracellular concentration of GABA is probably high in prolonged darkness, and it is low after prolonged light exposure. Glycine, when applied at high dose, results in an increase of GABA release that slows down the HC response time course. 8. Prolonged darkness and light exposure appear to modulate the HC response in the time domain through GABA, and this change in HC response time course is probably responsible for shaping the bipolar cell responses and making the retinal signals more transient under light-adapted conditions.


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