Abstract
After goldfish retinas had been incubated for 1 hr with [γ-3H]aminobutyric acid, we found by autoradiography that the label was localized to a few restricted types of retinal cells. In particular, external and internal horizontal cells from light-stimulated retinas were more heavily labeled than corresponding cells from retinas kept in darkness. Some other cells and tissues in the retina also incorporated the labeled acid. Light stimulation, however, did not cause a pronounced change in the amount of label associated with these cells. Among these were some heavily labeled cells on the vitreal side of the inner nuclear layer, and scattered grains associated with the ganglion cell and optic nerve layers. Electrophoresis of retinal extracts after incubation with the labeled acid also showed that light-stimulated retinas contained about 40-100% more radioactivity than retinas kept in darkness, and that 90% of this activity remained as [γ-3H]aminobutyric acid. The role of the acid in the retina is not known; it is not clear if horizontal cells normally synthesize or store it. The stimulation-dependent accumulation of the labeled acid into horizontal cells suggests that it plays a functional role in these cells.
Keywords: Carissius auratus, horizontal cells, amacrine cells, light-stimulated retinas
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