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Spectral sensitivity of cone vision in the diurnal murid Rhabdomys pumilio

An animal's temporal niche – the time of day at which it is active – is known to drive a variety of adaptations in the visual system. These include variations in the topography, spectral sensitivity and density of retinal photoreceptors, and changes in the eye's gross anatomy and spectral...

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Autores principales: Allen, Annette E., Mouland, Joshua W., Rodgers, Jessica, Baño-Otálora, Beatriz, Douglas, Ronald H., Jeffery, Glen, Vugler, Anthony A., Brown, Timothy M., Lucas, Robert J.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7272338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32371443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.215368
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author Allen, Annette E.
Mouland, Joshua W.
Rodgers, Jessica
Baño-Otálora, Beatriz
Douglas, Ronald H.
Jeffery, Glen
Vugler, Anthony A.
Brown, Timothy M.
Lucas, Robert J.
author_facet Allen, Annette E.
Mouland, Joshua W.
Rodgers, Jessica
Baño-Otálora, Beatriz
Douglas, Ronald H.
Jeffery, Glen
Vugler, Anthony A.
Brown, Timothy M.
Lucas, Robert J.
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description An animal's temporal niche – the time of day at which it is active – is known to drive a variety of adaptations in the visual system. These include variations in the topography, spectral sensitivity and density of retinal photoreceptors, and changes in the eye's gross anatomy and spectral transmission characteristics. We have characterised visual spectral sensitivity in the murid rodent Rhabdomys pumilio (the four-striped grass mouse), which is in the same family as (nocturnal) mice and rats but exhibits a strong diurnal niche. As is common in diurnal species, the R. pumilio lens acts as a long-pass spectral filter, providing limited transmission of light <400 nm. Conversely, we found strong sequence homologies with the R. pumilio SWS and MWS opsins and those of related nocturnal species (mice and rats) whose SWS opsins are maximally sensitive in the near-UV. We continued to assess in vivo spectral sensitivity of cone vision using electroretinography and multi-channel recordings from the visual thalamus. These revealed that responses across the human visible range could be adequately described by those of a single pigment (assumed to be MWS opsin) maximally sensitive at ∼500 nm, but that sensitivity in the near-UV required inclusion of a second pigment whose peak sensitivity lay well into the UV range (λ(max)<400 nm, probably ∼360 nm). We therefore conclude that, despite the UV-filtering effects of the lens, R. pumilio retains an SWS pigment with a UV-A λ(max). In effect, this somewhat paradoxical combination of long-pass lens and UV-A λ(max) results in narrow-band sensitivity for SWS cone pathways in the UV-A range.
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spelling pubmed-72723382020-06-15 Spectral sensitivity of cone vision in the diurnal murid Rhabdomys pumilio Allen, Annette E. Mouland, Joshua W. Rodgers, Jessica Baño-Otálora, Beatriz Douglas, Ronald H. Jeffery, Glen Vugler, Anthony A. Brown, Timothy M. Lucas, Robert J. J Exp Biol Research Article An animal's temporal niche – the time of day at which it is active – is known to drive a variety of adaptations in the visual system. These include variations in the topography, spectral sensitivity and density of retinal photoreceptors, and changes in the eye's gross anatomy and spectral transmission characteristics. We have characterised visual spectral sensitivity in the murid rodent Rhabdomys pumilio (the four-striped grass mouse), which is in the same family as (nocturnal) mice and rats but exhibits a strong diurnal niche. As is common in diurnal species, the R. pumilio lens acts as a long-pass spectral filter, providing limited transmission of light <400 nm. Conversely, we found strong sequence homologies with the R. pumilio SWS and MWS opsins and those of related nocturnal species (mice and rats) whose SWS opsins are maximally sensitive in the near-UV. We continued to assess in vivo spectral sensitivity of cone vision using electroretinography and multi-channel recordings from the visual thalamus. These revealed that responses across the human visible range could be adequately described by those of a single pigment (assumed to be MWS opsin) maximally sensitive at ∼500 nm, but that sensitivity in the near-UV required inclusion of a second pigment whose peak sensitivity lay well into the UV range (λ(max)<400 nm, probably ∼360 nm). We therefore conclude that, despite the UV-filtering effects of the lens, R. pumilio retains an SWS pigment with a UV-A λ(max). In effect, this somewhat paradoxical combination of long-pass lens and UV-A λ(max) results in narrow-band sensitivity for SWS cone pathways in the UV-A range. The Company of Biologists Ltd 2020-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7272338/ /pubmed/32371443 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.215368 Text en © 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.
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Allen, Annette E.
Mouland, Joshua W.
Rodgers, Jessica
Baño-Otálora, Beatriz
Douglas, Ronald H.
Jeffery, Glen
Vugler, Anthony A.
Brown, Timothy M.
Lucas, Robert J.
Spectral sensitivity of cone vision in the diurnal murid Rhabdomys pumilio
title Spectral sensitivity of cone vision in the diurnal murid Rhabdomys pumilio
title_full Spectral sensitivity of cone vision in the diurnal murid Rhabdomys pumilio
title_fullStr Spectral sensitivity of cone vision in the diurnal murid Rhabdomys pumilio
title_full_unstemmed Spectral sensitivity of cone vision in the diurnal murid Rhabdomys pumilio
title_short Spectral sensitivity of cone vision in the diurnal murid Rhabdomys pumilio
title_sort spectral sensitivity of cone vision in the diurnal murid rhabdomys pumilio
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7272338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32371443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.215368
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