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BATTISTA Ariadna Gabriela
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Título:
PURINERGIC SIGNALING IS INVOLVED IN THE REGENERATION OF THE ZEBRAFISH RETINA
Autor/es:
ARIADNA BATTISTA; JIMENA RICATTI; PAULA FAILLACE
Reunión:
Congreso; II Reunión Conjunta de Neurociencias.; 2010
Resumen:
In the adult fish,
damage of the mature retina activates tissue regeneration from different pools
of intrinsic precursor cells. Extracellular purinergic signaling is crucial for
inducing cell proliferation and regeneration. We have previously demonstrated
that cell proliferation is regulated by
extracellular ADP via P2Y1 membrane receptors, because a P2Y1 receptor
antagonist completely blocked lesion-induced increase in cell division. Injury-induced
cell proliferation was not modified by antagonists for other ADP-, adenosine-
or ATP-activated receptors. Here, we report the presence of mRNA (RT-PCR) and
protein (immunofluorescence) for P2Y1 receptor in the zebrafish retina. We also
described that zebrafish retina expresses mRNA for P2Y2, P2X2, P2X1, P2X7 and P2Y12
receptors.
In addition, we
evaluated the localization of P2Y1 receptor in non-lesioned and lesioned
retinas by using specific markers of retinal cells.
We found that this receptor is localized in the inner layers mainly at synaptic
level. Colabeling with SV2 suggests that P2Y1 receptor is principally on postsynapsis.
These results add supporting evidence for an important role of extracellular ADP which by acting via P2Y1
receptors regulates cell proliferative activity necessary for retinal
regeneration.