Effects of acidic amino acid antagonists upon the spectral properties of carp horizontal cells: circuitry of the outer retina

The acidic amino acid receptor antagonists, alpha-methylglutamate and alpha-aminoadipate, were applied to the carp retina to study their effects upon the spectral properties of horizontal cells and to elucidate the synaptic connections between horizontal cells and cones. Application of these antagonists strongly hyperpolarized the L-type cone horizontal cells and reduced the responses of these horizontal cells to red light more than to blue light. Application of Co2+ ions to the retina, a procedure which decreases transmitter release, also hyperpolarized the L-type cone horizontal cells but reduced the response of these horizontal cells to red and blue lights equally. These results suggest that red- or long wavelength-sensitive cones release a different transmitter onto L-type cone horizontal cells than do short wavelength-sensitive cones. Application of the acidic amino acid antagonists also revealed details of the feedback pathway from L- type cone horizontal cells to cones. Previous studies have shown that feedback varies directly with stimulus size and that the effects of feedback on the responses of cones are observed as a transient waveform at response onset (a large, hyperpolarizing potential that is quickly followed by a smaller plateau potential). Application of the acidic amino acid antagonists at a dose which partially hyperpolarized the horizontal cells selectively enhanced the response of the cells to blue lights, when full field, and not spot, stimuli were used. The antagonists also eliminated the transient at response onset. These findings are consistent with the presence of a feedback pathway from L- type cone horizontal cells to short wavelength cones but not to long (red-sensitive) cones.

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