Polyamines and ripening of photoreceptor outer segments in chicken embryos |
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Authors: | G Taibi MR Schiavo C Nicotra |
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Institution: | Istituto di Chimica Biologica, Facoltá di Medicina e Chirurgia, Universitá di Palermo, Italy |
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Abstract: | Polyamines and their related monoacetyl derivatives were studied in rod outer segment (ROS) and cone outer segment (COS) of photoreceptor cells from chick embryo retina during eye development (7th–18th days). Putrescine was found to be necessary, in the second phase of retinogenesis, to sustain both ROS and COS differentiation and, after acetylation, γ-aminobutyric acid synthesis. On the other hand, spermidine and even more spermine intervene in the third phase of development when photoreceptors mature. Moreover, the presence of N1-acetylspermidine already at the 7th day indicates that in the outer segment of photoreceptor cells too, as in the whole retina, putrescine synthesis comes about by two pathways. One pathway involves ornithine decarboxylase; the other, spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase and FAD-dependent polyamine oxidase activities that convert spermidine to putrescine via N1-acetylspermidine. These different biosynthetic pathways are probably also decisive in permitting γ-aminobutyric acid synthesis, which is very important in the ripening process of neural retina. |
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Keywords: | polyamines monoacetylpolyamines GABA chick embryo retina outer segment photoreceptors retina differentiation |
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