He Jianrong,Chen Lifeng,Li Yaochen.Effect of retinal degeneration on expression of γ-aminobutyric acid and glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 in RCS-P+ rats[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2013,35(05):390-393.
He Jianrong,Chen Lifeng,Li Yaochen.Effect of retinal degeneration on expression of γ-aminobutyric acid and glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 in RCS-P+ rats[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2013,35(05):390-393.DOI:
Objective To determine the the expression of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and its synthetic enzyme
glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65)
during retinal degeneration. Methods Pigmented Royal College of Surgeon rats (RCS-P
+
) and RCS-rd
y
+
-P
+
rats at age of postnatal 15
30
60 and 90 d were selected to study the expression changes of GABA and GAD65 at different time points in retinas by immunofluorescence and western blotting analysis. Results GABA and GAD65 were mainly expressed in the inner nuclear layers (INL)
inner plexiform layers (IPL) and ganglion cell layer (GCL). The number of GABA positive cells in RCS-rdy
+
-P
+
rats’ retinas gradually reduced with the age. The number of GABA positive cells in RCS-P
+
was reduced from 15 d to 60 d. However
the number of GABA positive cells was significantly increased after 60 d when compared with RCS-rdy
+
-P
+
rats’ retinas(P0.05). Furthermore
the expression of GAD65 was constant during the retinal development in RCS-rdy
+
-P
+
rats
and the development did not affect the expression level of GAD65. Compared with the age-matched RCS-rdy
+
-P
+
rats
the expression of GAD65 was increased with the retinal degeneration. The expression of GAD65 was increased at 30 d in RCS-P
+
rats(P0.05)
and its expression was significantly increased at 90 d(P0.01). Conclusion During retinal degeneration
the expression of GABA is consistent with GAD65
and both of their expression is increased significantly. The deprivation of input has little effect on the activity of GABAergic amacrine cells