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A comparison of immunocytochemical markers to identify bipolar cell types in human and monkey retina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2004

SILKE HAVERKAMP ,
FRANCOISE HAESELEER  and
ANITA HENDRICKSON
SILKE HAVERKAMP
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt Germany
FRANCOISE HAESELEER
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle
ANITA HENDRICKSON
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle
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Abstract

As more human retinas affected with genetic or immune-based diseases become available for morphological analysis, it is important to identify immunocytochemical markers for specific subtypes of retinal neurons. In this study, we have focused on bipolar cell markers in central retina. We have done single and double labeling using several antisera previously utilized in macaque monkey or human retinal studies and two new antisera (1) to correlate combinations of antisera labeling with morphological types of bipolar cells in human retina, and (2) to compare human labeling patterns with those in monkey retina. Human bipolar cells showed a wide range of labeling patterns with at least ten different bipolar cell types identified from their anatomy and marker content. Many bipolar cell bodies in the outer part of the inner nuclear layer contained combinations of protein kinase C alpha (PKCα), Islet-1, glycine, and Goα. Bipolar cells labeled with these markers had axons terminating in the inner half of the inner plexiform layer (IPL), consistent with ON bipolar cells. Bipolar cell bodies adjacent to the amacrine cells and with axons in the outer half of the IPL contained combinations of recoverin, glutamate transporter-1, and PKCβ, or CD15 and calbindin. Bipolar cells labeled with these markers were presumed OFF bipolar cells. Calcium-binding protein 5 (CaB5) labeled both putative ON and OFF bipolar cells. Using this cell labeling as a criteria, most cell bodies close to the horizontal cells were ON bipolar cells and almost all bipolar cells adjacent to the amacrine cells were OFF with a band in the middle 2–3 cell bodies thick containing intermixed ON and OFF bipolar cells. Differences were found between human and monkey bipolar cell types labeled by calbindin, CaB5, and CD15. Two new types were identified. One was morphologically similar to the DB3, but labeled for CD15 and CaB5. The other had a calbindin-labeled cell body adjacent to the horizontal cell bodies, but did not contain any accepted ON markers. These results support the use of macaque monkey retina as a model for human, but caution against the assumption that all labeling patterns are identical in the two primates.

Keywords

Calcium-binding protein 5calbindinCD15Islet-1PKCαPKCβhorizontal cells
Type
Research Article
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , November 2003 , pp. 589 - 600
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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