Abstract
The possible presence and action of growth hormone (GH) in the neural retina was investigated in newborn mice. The neural retina was found to be a site of GH gene expression, as GH mRNA was abundant in cells of the retinal ganglion cell layer, in which GH was also detected. It was also a site of GH action, since GH receptor (GHR) immunoreactivity mirrored that of GH. Actions of GH within the eye were indicated by a reduction in its axial length and retinal width (its neuroblastic, inner plexiform, and optic fiber layers) in GHR gene disrupted mice (GHR-/-), in comparison with wild type (GHR+/+) littermates. In the absence of GH signaling, four proteins in the retinal proteome of the GHR-/- mice (identified by 2-D gels and MS) differed in abundance with those in the wild type mice. Brain abundant membrane attached signal protein-1 (BASP-1) was down-regulated, whereas protein kinase C inhibitor 1, cyclophilin A, KH domain-containing, RNA-binding, signal transduction-associated protein 3 were up-regulated in GHR-/- mice. These proteins are involved in retinal vascularization, neural proliferation and neurite outgrowth. GH might thus have hitherto unsuspected roles in these processes during retinal development.
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