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Expression profiles of three novel sensory guanylate cyclases and guanylate cyclase-activating proteins in the zebrafish retina

Authors
Rätscho, N., Scholten, A., and Koch, K.W.
ID
ZDB-PUB-090204-14
Date
2009
Source
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research   1793(6): 1110-1114 (Journal)
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Keywords
Guanylate cyclase, GCAP, Neuronal calcium sensor protein, Retina
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Guanylate Cyclase/genetics
  • Guanylate Cyclase/metabolism*
  • Guanylate Cyclase-Activating Proteins/genetics
  • Guanylate Cyclase-Activating Proteins/metabolism*
  • Larva/anatomy & histology
  • Larva/metabolism
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate/cytology
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate/metabolism
  • Protein Isoforms/genetics
  • Protein Isoforms/metabolism
  • Retina/cytology
  • Retina/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish*/anatomy & histology
  • Zebrafish*/growth & development
  • Zebrafish*/metabolism
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
PubMed
19168097 Full text @ BBA Molecular Cell Research
Abstract
Three membrane bound sensory guanylate cyclases are expressed in photoreceptor cells of the developing and adult zebrafish retina. First appearance of mRNA transcripts was detected by in situ hybridization techniques for all guanylate cyclases between 3 and 4 days post fertilization (dpf), but only one isoform (guanylate cyclase 3) appeared to be specifically expressed in cones of the adult retina. Transcripts of three cone specific guanylate cyclase-activating proteins (zGCAP3, zGCAP4 and zGCAP7) were also detected at 3-4 dpf. The expression onset of the guanylate cyclases and these neuronal calcium sensor proteins mainly overlapped. High guanylate cyclase activities in larval eye preparations and the precisely controlled coexpression of guanylate cyclases and zGCAPs coincide with the onset of visual function at 3-4 dpf.
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