Abstract

MARQUEZ GARCIA, Asarí; SALAZAR, Víctor  and  LIMA, Lucimey. Effect of Extracellular Zinc Chelator on Rat Retinal Ganglion Cell Number, and Taurine and Zinc Transporters in These Cells. Acta biol.Colomb. [online]. 2017, vol.22, n.2, pp.137-148. ISSN 0120-548X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/abc.v22n2.59805.

ABSTRACT Zinc deficiency in humans causes decreased antioxidants in the retina and is related with abnormal darkness adaptation, cataracts, blindness, and macular degeneration. There is little information about the effects of zinc on the taurine system in mammalian retinal cells. Therefore, we studied the effect of zinc on the taurine transporter (TAUT) and zinc transporters (ZnT-1 and 3) using the extracellular zinc chelator, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) by fluorescence immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry in the ganglion cells (CG) and cell layers of the retina of rats. Three days after administration ofDTPA (10μM) primary antibodies and secondary antibodies conjugated with rhodamine or fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) were used as required. For immunocytochemical labeling approximately three hundred cells per condition were counted. For immunohistochemical labeling, the fluorescence intensity was measured as integrated optical density (DOI) in four areas for each layer of tissue. DTPA produced a decrease of 32 % and 29 % in GC of the total cells labeled with antibody against glycoprotein Thy 1.1 and γ-synuclein, respectively. It also produced a significant decrease in TAUT localization in 27 and 28 % compared to controls. DTPA produced a decrease in the localization of ZnT-1 and ZnT-3 in the retina layers (ganglion cells, GCC and the outer and inner plexiform, CEP and CIP). The study of these molecules in the retina is relevant to understanding the interactions of taurine and zinc in this structure.

Keywords : retina; taurine; taurine transporter; zinc transportes; zinc.

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