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J Neurophysiol 80: 2975-2990, 1998;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 80 No. 6 December 1998, pp. 2975-2990
Copyright ©1998 The American Physiological Society

Interactions of Inhibition and Excitation in the Light-Evoked Currents of X Type Retinal Ganglion Cells

Ethan D. Cohen

Yale Vision Research Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8061

Cohen, Ethan D. Interactions of inhibition and excitation in the light-evoked currents of X type retinal ganglion cells. J. Neurophysiol. 80: 2975-2990, 1998. The excitatory and inhibitory conductances driving the light-evoked currents (LECs) of cat and ferret ON- and OFF-center X ganglion cells were examined in sliced and isolated retina preparations using center spot stimulation in tetrodotoxin (TTX)-containing Ringer. ON-center X ganglion cells showed an increase in an excitatory conductance reversed positive to +20 mV during the spot stimulus. At spot offset, a transient inhibitory conductance was activated on many cells that reversed near ECl. OFF-center X ganglion cells showed increases in a sustained inhibitory conductance that reversed near ECl during spot stimulation. At spot offset, an excitatory conductance was activated that reversed positive to +20 mV. The light-evoked current kinetics of ON- and OFF-center X cells to spot stimulation did not significantly differ in form from their Y cell counterparts in TTX Ringer. When inhibition was blocked, current-voltage relations of the light-evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) of both ON- and OFF-X cells were L-shaped and reversed near 0 mV. The EPSCs averaged between 300 and 500 pA at -80 mV. The metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist 2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid (APB), was used to block ON-center bipolar cell function. The LECs of ON-X ganglion cells were totally blocked in APB at all holding potentials. APB caused prominent reductions in the dark holding current and synaptic noise of ON-X cells. In contrast, the LECs of OFF-X ganglion cells remained in APB. An increase in the dark holding current was observed. The excitatory amino acid receptor antagonist combination of D-amino-5-phosphono-pentanoic acid (D-AP5) and 2,3-dihydroxy-6-nitro-7-sulfamoyl-benzo-(F)-quinoxalinedione (NBQX) was used to block ionotropic glutamate receptor retinal neurotransmission. The LECs of all ON-X ganglion cells were totally blocked, and their holding currents were reduced similar to the actions of APB. For OFF-X ganglion cells, the antagonist combination always blocked the excitatory current at light-OFF; however, in many cells, the inhibitory current at light-ON remained. ON-center X ganglion cells receive active excitation during center illumination, and a transient inhibition at light-OFF. In contrast OFF-center X ganglion cells experience a sustained active inhibition during center illumination, and a shorter increase in excitation at light-offset. Cone bipolar cells provide a resting level of glutamate release on X ganglion cells on which their light-evoked currents are superimposed.




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