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Visual pigments
Neuroscience, Biochemistry Dr. Mamoun Ahram Third year, 2015
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References
Photoreceptors and visual pigments
Webvision: The Organization of the Retina and Visual System (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11522/#A127)
Molecular Biology of the Cell. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26912/#A2826)
Biochemistry (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22541/#A4618)
Vitamin A and Carotenoids
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p.381-383
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Lecture outline
Visual transduction (dim vs. bright light) Components (cells and molecules)
Mechanisms of activation, amplification, and termination
Color blindness
Metabolism of vitamin A
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Basics of human vision
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Rods and cones
Dim
Light
(1 photon) Bright
Light
120 million 7 million
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How they really look like…
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More on rod cells
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The dark current
1.Na+ and a lesser
amount of Ca2+ enter
through cyclic
nucleotide-gated
channels in the outer
segment membrane
2.K+ is released
through voltage-gated
channels in the inner
segment.
3.Rod cells depolarize.
4.The neurotransmitter
glutamate is released
continuously.
1.Channels in the
outer segment
membrane close,
the rod
hyperpolarizes
2.Glutamate release
decreases.
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The players
Rhodopsin
Transducin
Phosphodiesterase
Na+-gated channels
Regulatory proteins
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Rhodopsin
chromophore
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Light absorption by rhodopsin
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11-cis-retinal
10-13 sec
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Rhodopsin intermediates
• Rearrangements in the
surrounding opsin
convert it into the active
R* state.
• The chromophore
converts the energy of a
photon into a
conformational change
in protein structure.
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Transducin Phosphodiesterase (PDE)
G proteins are heterotrimeric, consisting
of , , and subunits. In its inactive
state, transducin’s subunit has a GDP
bound to it.
R* binds transducin and allows
the dissociation of GDP,
association of GTP, and release
of the subunit.
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Activation of phosphodiesterase
• PDE is a heterotetramer that consists of a
dimer of two catalytic subunits, and
subunits, each with an active site inhibited by a
PDE subunit.
• The activated transducin subunit-GTP binds
to PDE and relieves the inhibition on a
catalytic subunit.
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cGMP-gated channels
Ca2+
• When activated, PDE
hydrolyzes cGMP to 5’-
GMP
• The cGMP
concentration inside the
rod decreases
• Cyclic nucleotide-gated
ion channels respond by
closing
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Animation movie
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bookres.fcgi/webvision/photomv3-movie1.mov
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Rhodopsin (1) Transducin (500) Transducin (1) PDE PDE (1) cGMP (103)
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Facilitation of transduction
1. 2-dimensional surface
2. low in cholesterol and high
content of unsaturated fatty
acids
3. Cooperativity of binding: The
binding of one cGMP
enhances additional binding
and channel opening (n = ~3)
Overall, a single photon closes
about 200 channels and
thereby prevents the entry of
about a million Na+ ions into
the rod.
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Mechanism I Arrestin binding
• Rhodopsin kinase (GRK1) phosphorylates the C-
terminus of R*.
• Phosphorylation of R* decreases transducin
activation and facilitates binding to arrestin,
which completely quenches its activity, and
releases of the all trans-retinal regenerating
rhodopsin.
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Mechanism II Arrestin/transducin distribution
• In dark, the outer segment contains
high levels of transducin and low
levels of arrestin.
• In light, it is the opposite.
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Mechanism III Intrinsic GTPase activity of G protein
•Transducin has an intrinsic GTPase activity that hydrolyzes
GTP to GDP.
•Upon hydrolysis of GTP to GDP, transducin subunit
releases the PDE subunit that re-inhibits the catalytic
subunit.
•Transducin -GDP eventually combines with transducin
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Mechanism IV Facilitation of GTPase activity of G protein
GTP hydrolysis is slow intrinsically, but it is accelerated by the GAP (GTPase Activating Protein) complex. To ensure that transducin does not shut off before activating PDE, transducin and the GAP complex have a low affinity for each other, until transducin -GTP binds PDE.
GAP
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Mechanism V Unstable all-trans rhodopsin complex
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A role for calcium ions
When the channels close, Ca2+
ceases to enter, but extrusion
through the exchanger
continues, so intracellular
[Ca2+] falls.
50 nM
500 nM
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Mechanism VI Guanylate cyclase
In the dark, guanylate cyclase-activating proteins (GCAPs) bind Ca2+ blocking their activation of guanylate cyclase.
A decrease in intracellular [Ca2+] causes Ca2+ to dissociate from GCAPs, allowing them to dimerize.
Dimerization of GCAPs leads to full activation of guanylate cyclase subunits, and an increase in the rate of cGMP synthesis
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Mechanism VII Ca-calmodulin
• In the dark, Ca2+-Calmodulin
(CaM) binds the channel and
shuts it down.
• During visual transduction,
the decrease in intracellular
[Ca2+] causes CaM to be
released, and the channel
reopens at lower levels of
cGMP.
Dark
Light
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Cone photoreceptor proteins
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How different are they?
•Cone opsins have similar structures as rhodopsin, but with different amino
acid residues surrounding the bound 11-cis retinal; thus they cause the
chromophore’s absorption to different wavelengths.
•Each of the cone photoreceptors vs rhodopsin 40% identical.
• The blue photoreceptor vs green and red photoreceptors = 40% identical.
•The green vs. red photoreceptors > 95% identical.
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Three important aa residues
A hydroxyl group has been added to each amino acid in
the red pigment causing a max shift of about 10 nm to
longer wavelengths (lower energy).
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Rods vs. cones
Light absorption, number, structure, photoreceptors, chromophores, image sharpness, sensitivity
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Chromosomal locations
The "blue" opsin gene: chromosome 7
The "red" and "green" opsin genes: X chromosome
The X chromosome normally carries a cluster of from 2 to 9 opsin genes.
Multiple copies of these genes are fine.
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Red-green homologous recombination
Between transcribed regions of the gene (inter-genic)
Within transcribed regions of the gene (intra-genic)
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Genetic probabilities
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Pedigree
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Examples
Red blindness Green blindness
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Single nucleotide polymorphism
Location 180
AA change Serine Alanine
Wavelength 560 nm 530 nm
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Source of vitamin A
Retinoic Acid Retinol 11-cis-retinal
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Absorption, metabolism, storage, action of vitamin A
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Deficiency of vitamin A
Night blindness, follicular hyperkeratinosis, increased susceptibility to infection and cancer and anemia equivalent to iron deficient anemia
Prolonged deficiency: deterioration of the eye tissue through progressive keratinization of the cornea (xerophthalmia)