Light-evoked contraction of red absorbing cones in the Xenopus retina is maximally sensitive to green light.

Abstract:

:To test the hypothesis that light-evoked cone contraction in eye cups from Xenopus laevis is controlled through a direct mechanism initiated by the cone's own photopigment, we conducted spectral-sensitivity experiments. We estimate that initiation of contraction of red absorbing cones (611 nm) is 1.5 log units more sensitive to green (533 nm) than red (650 nm) light stimuli. The difference is comparable to that predicted from the spectral-sensitivity function of the green absorbing, principal rod (523 nm). Furthermore, 480-nm and 580-nm stimuli which are absorbed nearly equally by the principal rod have indistinguishable effects on cone contraction. We also found that light blockade of nighttime cone elongation is much more sensitive to green than to red light stimuli. Our observations are inconsistent with the hypothesis tested, and suggest that light-regulated cone motility is controlled through an indirect mechanism initiated primarily by the green absorbing, principal rod.

journal_name

Vis Neurosci

journal_title

Visual neuroscience

authors

Besharse JC,Witkovsky P

doi

10.1017/s0952523800002893

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-03-01 00:00:00

pages

243-9

issue

3

eissn

0952-5238

issn

1469-8714

pii

S0952523800002893

journal_volume

8

pub_type

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