Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Leitinger, G; Pabst, MA; Rind, FC; Simmons, PJ.
Differential expression of synapsin in visual neurons of the locust Schistocerca gregaria.
J Comp Neurol. 2004; 480(1):89-100
Doi: 10.1002/cne.20333
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- Leitinger Gerd
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- Pabst Maria-Anna
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- Abstract:
- In many taxa, photoreceptors and their second-order neurons operate with graded changes in membrane potential and can release neurotransmitter tonically. A common feature of such neurons in vertebrates is that they have not been found to contain synapsins, a family of proteins that indicate the presence of a reserve pool of synaptic vesicles at synaptic sites. Here, we provide a detailed analysis of synapsin-like immunoreactivity in the compound eye and ocellar photoreceptor cells of the locust Schistocerca gregaria and in some of the second-order neurons. By combining confocal laser scanning microscopy with electron microscopy, we found that photoreceptor cells of both the compound eye and the ocellus lacked synapsin-like immunostaining. In contrast, lamina monopolar cells and large ocellar L interneurons of the lateral ocellus were immunopositive to synapsin. We also identified the output synapses of the photoreceptors and of the L interneurons, and, whereas the photoreceptor synapses lacked immunolabeling, the outputs of the L interneurons were clearly labeled for synapsin. These findings suggest that the photoreceptors and the large second-order neurons of the locust differ in the chemical architecture of their synapses, and we propose that differences in the time course of neurotransmission are the reason for this.
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