April 2011
Volume 52, Issue 14
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2011
Cone Degeneration In A Model Of Hereditary Rod Degeneration: The P23H Rat
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Diego Garcia-Ayuso
    Oftalmologia, Universidad de Murcia, Espinardo (Murcia), Spain
  • Arturo Ortín-Martínez
    Oftalmologia, Universidad de Murcia, Espinardo (Murcia), Spain
    Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, FFIS, Murcia, Spain
  • Marta Agudo-Barriuso
    Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, FFIS, Murcia, Spain
  • Manuel Jiménez-López
    Oftalmologia, Universidad de Murcia, Espinardo (Murcia), Spain
  • Jose Manuel Bernal-Garro
    Oftalmologia, Universidad de Murcia, Espinardo (Murcia), Spain
  • Leticia Nieto-López
    Oftalmologia, Universidad de Murcia, Espinardo (Murcia), Spain
  • Nicolas Cuenca
    Fisiología, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
  • Isabel Pinilla
    Oftalmología, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
  • Manuel Vidal-Sanz
    Oftalmologia, Universidad de Murcia, Espinardo (Murcia), Spain
  • María Paz Villegas-Pérez
    Oftalmologia, Universidad de Murcia, Espinardo (Murcia), Spain
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  Diego Garcia-Ayuso, None; Arturo Ortín-Martínez, None; Marta Agudo-Barriuso, None; Manuel Jiménez-López, None; Jose Manuel Bernal-Garro, None; Leticia Nieto-López, None; Nicolas Cuenca, None; Isabel Pinilla, None; Manuel Vidal-Sanz, None; María Paz Villegas-Pérez, None
  • Footnotes
    Support  ISCIII-FEDER FIS PI07/0225, PI10/00187, PI10/01496, PI060780, PIO06/0780; RD07/0062/0001; Fundación Séneca 04446/GERM/07, 05703/PI/07; Spanish Ministry of Education and Science SAF 2009-10385
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2011, Vol.52, 4338. doi:
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      Diego Garcia-Ayuso, Arturo Ortín-Martínez, Marta Agudo-Barriuso, Manuel Jiménez-López, Jose Manuel Bernal-Garro, Leticia Nieto-López, Nicolas Cuenca, Isabel Pinilla, Manuel Vidal-Sanz, María Paz Villegas-Pérez; Cone Degeneration In A Model Of Hereditary Rod Degeneration: The P23H Rat. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2011;52(14):4338.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To examine the effect of the P23H rhodopsin mutation on S- and L- cones in the degenerating P23H transgenic rat retina.

Methods: : P23H-1 homozygous albino rats at post-natal (P) day P30, P90 and P180 and age-matched albino Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were examined. Whole-mounted retinas were incubated with antibodies against the S- and L- cones which differentiate three cone populations in the rat retina: the S-, L- and dual cones. The retinas were examined and photographed using a motorized fluorescence microscope and reconstructions of the whole mounts were obtained using Image-Pro Plus 5.0 for Windows®. The topography and the total numbers of the S- and L- cones were determined using an automatic counting method developed by our group (Ortín-Martínez et al., Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 51(2010): 3171-3183.

Results: : In the SD retina, the numbers and distribution of the S- and L- cones was similar to that observed in previous studies of our laboratory (Ortín-Martínez et al., Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 51(2010):3171-3183). In the homozygous P23H-1 rat retina, both types of cones exhibited shortened outer segments and abnormal opsin expression in their inner segment, soma, processes and synaptic terminals. Cone numbers decreased with time in the degenerating P23H retinas and their normal more or less even distribution was altered by the appearance of rosettes or ring-like shaped areas of cone degeneration, which increased with age.

Conclusions: : The P23H rhodopsin mutation causes secondary cone degeneration. The degenerating cones exhibit changes in their morphology and opsin expression and altered spatial distribution. The spatial reorganization of cones into rosettes or ring-like shapes indicates differential cone cell death and deserves further investigation.

Keywords: retinal degenerations: hereditary • photoreceptors • opsins 
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