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- Title
Effect of Knocking Down the Insulin Receptor on Mouse Rod Responses.
- Authors
Woodruff, Michael L.; Rajala, Ammaji; Fain, Gordon L.; Rajala, Raju V. S.
- Abstract
Previous experiments have shown that the insulin receptor (IR) is expressed in mammalian rods and contributes to the protection of photoreceptors during bright-light exposure. The role of the insulin receptor in the production of the light response is however unknown. We have used suction-electrode recording to examine the responses of rods after conditionally knocking down the insulin receptor. Our results show that these IR knock-down rods have an accelerated decay of the light response and a small decrease in sensitivity by comparison to littermate WT rods. Our results indicate that the insulin receptor may have some role in controlling the rate of rod response decay, but they exclude a major role of the insulin receptor pathway in phototransduction.
- Subjects
INSULIN receptors; LABORATORY mice; STRUCTURAL rods; PHOTORECEPTORS; ELECTRODES
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2015, p7858
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/srep07858