The light peak of the electroretinogram is dependent on voltage-gated calcium channels and antagonized by bestrophin (best-1).

The Journal of General Physiology
Lihua Y MarmorsteinAlan Marmorstein

Abstract

Mutations in VMD2, encoding bestrophin (best-1), cause Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BMD), adult-onset vitelliform macular dystrophy (AVMD), and autosomal dominant vitreoretinochoroidopathy (ADVIRC). BMD is distinguished from AVMD by a diminished electrooculogram light peak (LP) in the absence of changes in the flash electroretinogram. Although the LP is thought to be generated by best-1, we find enhanced LP luminance responsiveness with normal amplitude in Vmd2-/- mice and no differences in cellular Cl- currents in comparison to Vmd2+/+ littermates. The putative Ca2+ sensitivity of best-1, and our recent observation that best-1 alters the kinetics of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels (VDCC), led us to examine the role of VDCCs in the LP. Nimodipine diminished the LP, leading us to survey VDCC beta-subunit mutant mice. Lethargic mice, which harbor a loss of function mutation in the beta4 subunit of VDCCs, exhibited a significant shift in LP luminance response, establishing a role for Ca2+ in LP generation. When stimulated with ATP, which increases [Ca++]I, retinal pigment epithelial cells derived from Vmd2-/- mice exhibited a fivefold greater response than Vmd2+/+ littermates, indicating that best-1 can suppress the rise in...Continue Reading

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