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Role of ACh-GABA Cotransmission in Detecting Image Motion and Motion Direction
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Starburst amacrine cells (SACs) process complex visual signals in the retina using both acetylcholine (ACh) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), but the synaptic organization and function of ACh-GABA corelease remain unclear. Here, we show that SACs make cholinergic synapses onto On-Off direction-selective ganglion cells (DSGCs) from all directions but make GABAergic synapses onto DSGCs only from the null direction. ACh and GABA were released differentially in a Ca(2+) level-specific manner, suggesting the two transmitters were released from different vesicle populations. Despite the symmetric cholinergic connection, the light-evoked cholinergic input to a DSGC, detected at both light onset and offset, was motion- and direction-sensitive. This input was facilitated by two-spot apparent motion in the preferred direction but supressed in the null direction, presumably by a GABAergic mechanism. The results revealed a high level of synaptic intricacy in the starburst circuit and suggested differential, yet synergistic, roles of ACh-GABA cotransmission in motion sensitivity and direction selectivity.
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“These studies suggest that Ach and GABA are segregated into different synaptic vesicles and/or axonal boutons to endow single SACs with spatial selectivity over cotransmission of neurotransmitters.”
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“More recently, an elegant study employing paired recordings from neighboring retinal neurons demonstrated monosynaptic transmission of both Ach and GABA from SACs to direction-sensitive retinal ganglion cells (DSGCs).86”
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“Ach and GABA release are differentially sensitive to calcium concentration and calcium channel antagonists, suggesting separate vesicle populations.86”
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“Release of GABA from SACs is restricted to the dendrites of the postsynaptic DSGCs' null direction, whereas release of Ach is not spatially restricted.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lee, S., Kim, K., & Zhou, Z. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Zhou, Z. Jimmy
- Venue
- Neuron
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-12
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1159-1172
- ISSN
- 0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3094727
- OpenAlex
- W1991368688
- Cited by
- 241
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- FWCI
- 5.30
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- en
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- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Research to Prevent Blindness
- National Institutes of Health
- National Eye Institute (R01 EY10894, R01EY010894, P30EY000785, R01EY017353)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Retinal Development and Disorders
- Keywords
- acetylcholine, GABA, co-transmission, starburst amacrine cells, direction-selective ganglion cells, motion detection, direction selectivity, cholinergic synapses, GABAergic synapses, calcium-dependent neurotransmitter release, retinal circuitry
- MeSH terms
- Acetylcholine, Animals, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, Motion Perception, Synaptic Transmission, Photic Stimulation, Rabbits, Retina, Synapses, Amacrine Cells
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