Retina Cone ERG Changes During Light Adaptation in Two All- Cone Mutant Mice: Implications for Rod-Cone Pathway Interactions Ronald A. Bush,1 Atsuhiro Tanikawa,2 Yong Zeng,1 and Paul A. Sieving1,3 1National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States 2Department of Ophthalmology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan 3National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States Correspondence: Ronald A. Bush, PURPOSE. The b-wave of the cone ERG increases in amplitude and speed during the first few National Institute on Deafness and minutes of adaptation to a rod-suppressing background light. Earlier studies implicate rod Other Communication Disorders, pathway input to the cone pathway in these changes. National Institutes of Health, 50 South Drive, MSC 8021, Bethesda, METHODS. The timing and amplitude of the cone b-wave and isolated oscillatory potentials MD 20892, USA; (OP) during the first 10 minutes of light adaptation in wild-type (WT) mice and two mutant
[email protected]. lines without functional rods was examined: rhodopsin knockout (RhoÀ/À), lacking rod outer À/À Submitted: April 10, 2019 segments, and NRL knockout (Nrl ), in which rods are replaced by S-cones. Expression of Accepted: July 15, 2019 the immediate-early gene c-fos, which is increased in the inner retina by light-induced activity, was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in dark- and light-adapted retinas. Citation: Bush RA, Tanikawa A, Zeng Y, Sieving PA. Cone ERG changes RESULTS. WT b-wave and OP amplitudes increased, and implicit times decreased during light during light adaptation in two all-cone adaptation.