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The dynamic architecture of photoreceptor ribbon synapses: Cytoskeletal, extracellular matrix, and intramembrane proteins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2011

AARON J. MERCER  and
WALLACE B. THORESON
AARON J. MERCER
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
WALLACE B. THORESON*
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
*
*Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Wallace B. Thoreson, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 4050 Durham Research Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5840. E-mail: wbthores@unmc.edu
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Abstract

Rod and cone photoreceptors possess ribbon synapses that assist in the transmission of graded light responses to second-order bipolar and horizontal cells of the vertebrate retina. Proper functioning of the synapse requires the juxtaposition of presynaptic release sites immediately adjacent to postsynaptic receptors. In this review, we focus on the synaptic, cytoskeletal, and extracellular matrix proteins that help to organize photoreceptor ribbon synapses in the outer plexiform layer. We examine the proteins that foster the clustering of release proteins, calcium channels, and synaptic vesicles in the presynaptic terminals of photoreceptors adjacent to their postsynaptic contacts. Although many proteins interact with one another in the presynaptic terminal and synaptic cleft, these protein–protein interactions do not create a static and immutable structure. Instead, photoreceptor ribbon synapses are remarkably dynamic, exhibiting structural changes on both rapid and slow time scales.

Keywords

ConeRodOuter retinaNeurotransmissionCytoskeleton
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Review Article
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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , November 2011 , pp. 453 - 471
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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