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The Journal of Neuroscience, February 15, 2000, 20(4):1414-1423
Localization and Developmental Expression Patterns of the
Neuronal K-Cl Cotransporter (KCC2) in the Rat Retina
Tania Q.
Vu1,
John A.
Payne2, and
David R.
Copenhagen1
1 Departments of Ophthalmology and Physiology,
University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
94143, and 2 Department of Human Physiology, University of
California, School of Medicine, Davis, California 95616
The processing of signals by integrative neurons in the retina and
CNS relies strongly on inhibitory synaptic inputs, principally from
GABAergic and glycinergic neurons that serve primarily to hyperpolarize
postsynaptic neurons. Recent evidence indicates that the
neuron-specific K-Cl cotransporter 2 (KCC2) is the major chloride extrusion system permitting hyperpolarizing inhibitory responses. It has been hypothesized that depolarizing GABA responses observed in immature neurons are converted to hyperpolarizing responses
in large part by the expression of KCC2 during the second week of
postnatal development. The cell-specific localization and developmental
expression of KCC2 protein have been examined in relatively few neural
tissues and have never been studied in retina, of which much is known
physiologically and morphologically about inhibitory synaptic circuits.
We examined the localization of KCC2 in adult rat retina with
immunohistochemical techniques and determined the time course of its
postnatal expression. KCC2 expression was localized in horizontal
cells, bipolar cells, amacrine cells, and, most likely, ganglion cells,
all of which are known to express GABA receptor subtypes.
Developmentally, KCC2 expression in the retina increased gradually from
postnatal day 1 (P1) until P14 in the inner retina, whereas expression
was delayed in the outer plexiform layer until P7 but reached its adult
level by P14. These data support the hypothesis that the function of
KCC2 is intimately involved in GABAergic synaptic processing.
Furthermore, the delayed temporal expression of KCC2 in the outer
plexiform layer indicates that GABAergic function may be differentially regulated in retina during postnatal development and that GABA may
produce depolarizing responses in the outer plexiform layer at times
when it generates hyperpolarizing responses in the inner plexiform layer.
Key words:
potassium chloride cotransporter; GABA receptors; chloride gradient; retinal development; synaptogenesis; GABAergic
excitation; synaptic inhibition; synaptic excitation
Copyright © 2000 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/00/2041414-10$05.00/0
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