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Comparative Study on Calretinin Immunoreactivity in Gerbil and Rat Retina
Author(s) -
Hwang I. K.,
Yoo K.Y.,
Kim D. S.,
Jung J. Y.,
Shin M. C.,
Seo K.,
Kim K.S.,
Kang T.C.,
Won M. H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2004.00583.x
Subject(s) - calretinin , gerbil , retina , ganglion , biology , inner nuclear layer , ganglion cell layer , anatomy , neuroscience , microbiology and biotechnology , immunohistochemistry , pathology , medicine , immunology , ischemia
Summary Expression of calretinin in retina has been ascribed to multiple biological and functional aspects in the visual system. In this study, we examined the distribution patterns of calretinin immunoreactivity in gerbil and rat retina. In the gerbil, calretinin immunoreactivity was present in bipolar and amacrine cells of the inner nuclear layer and in neurones of the ganglion cell layer. In the rat, amacrine and ganglion cells showed calretinin immunoreactivity, but bipolar cells did not contain calretinin immunoreactivity. In both species, calretinin immunoreactivity was absent in cones, cone bipolars, and horizontal cells. In conclusion, gerbil as well as rat has a rod‐dominant retina. The differences in calretinin expression between rat and gerbil require further investigations under various functional and developmental conditions.