Abstract:
:Deficient cGMP-phosphodiesterase (cGMP-PDE) activity results in elevated levels of cGMP in the rd retina before any pathological signs are observed. Since the enzyme is present in rd retina, although it is barely activated by light, we determined whether its synthesis starts at the same time as that of cGMP-PDE in normal retina, or if either its synthesis is halted or degradation of the enzyme increases before the degeneration of the visual cells. We found that synthesis of cGMP-PDE in rd retina is comparable with that in normal retina while the photoreceptors are viable but that cGMP-PDE content is lower than that of normal retina before the visual cells begin to degenerate. Our results suggest that cGMP-PDE is more susceptible to degradation in rd than in normal photoreceptors or, alternatively, that proteolytic enzyme(s) involved in the degradation of cGMP-PDE are in higher concentration or more active in the defective than in the normal retina.
journal_name
Exp Eye Resjournal_title
Experimental eye researchauthors
Farber DB,Park S,Yamashita Cdoi
10.1016/s0014-4835(88)80026-5subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1988-03-01 00:00:00pages
363-74issue
3eissn
0014-4835issn
1096-0007journal_volume
46pub_type
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