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Coexistence of GAD-65 and GAD-67 with tyrosine hydroxylase and nitric oxide synthase in amacrine and interplexiform cells of the primate, Cebus apella

2003; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 20; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0952523803202066

1469-8714

Belmira Lara da Silveira Andrade‐da‐Costa, Jan Nora Hokoç,

Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes

The expression of glutamate decarboxylase forms, GAD-65 and GAD-67, in GABAergic cells was studied by immunocytochemistry in the retina of the New World monkey, Cebus apella . In the innermost rows of the inner nuclear layer (INL), somata that express GABA correspond to about 45% of the total number of cells in the central retina and about 25% on the periphery. Three subsets of GABAergic amacrine cells were identified along the horizontal meridian: about 5% express only GAD-65 and 40% GAD-67, and approximately 50% contain both forms of GAD. In the INL, GAD-65 immunoreactivity was detected in broad bands around strata 1, 3, and 5. GAD-67 immunoreactivity was observed throughout all strata. Somata that expressed GAD-67 exclusively stratified only in narrow bands around strata 2 and 4 of the INL and colocalized with β2 and β3 subunits of GABA-A receptor. Interplexiform and amacrine cells that express GABA also express tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) or nitric oxide synthase (NOS). GAD-67 colocalized with TH or NOS in presumed amacrine cells of the inner plexiform layer (IPL) and ganglion cell layer (GCL). GAD-65 was expressed in the TH- and NOS-immunoreactive interplexiform and amacrine cells, respectively. Different from what has been described in other mammals, TH and NOS were coexpressed in some neurons, indicating a partial overlap in retinal cell populations containing dopamine or nitric oxide in this primate.