Abstract
Alteration of metabolism of taurine in prolonged light- and dark-adapted frog retinae were studied in comparison with that of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and the following results were obtained. (1) Statistically significant alterations in retinal taurine, an increase in dark-adapted, and a decrease in light-adapted states, respectively, occurred when frogs were adapted continuously to light or dark for more than 3 weeks. Under the same experimental conditions, no alteration in retinal GABA was noted. (2) At 3 weeks and thereafter, a significant increase of retinal cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase (CSD; EC 4.1.1.12) activity, an enzyme involved in the biosynthetic pathway of taurine, also occurred in the dark, whereas the activity in the light-adapted retina was reduced. On the other hand, the retinal activity of L-glutamate decarboxylase (GAD; EC 1.1.1.15), the rate-limiting enzyme of GABA biosynthesis, was not altered in dark- as well as light-adapted state. Similarly, retinal GABA-transaminase (GABA-T; EC 2.6.1.19)-succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH; EC 1.2.1.16) was unaltered. (3) These alterations in retinal taurine were, however, unaccompanied by any changes in factors related to transmitter actions such as...Continue Reading
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