The Ca2(+)-binding proteins of the EF-hand type, S100B and S100A1, were detected in the outer segment of bovine retina photoreceptors where they are localized to disc membranes, as investigated by immunofluorescence and immunogold cytochemistry. S100B and S100A1 stimulate a membrane-bound guanylate cyclase activity associated with photoreceptor disc membranes in dark-adapted retina in a Ca2(+)-dependent manner, although with different Ca2+ requirements, as investigated by an ultracytochemical approach. Other retinal cell types express S100B and S100A1 as well. S100B is detected in the outer limiting membrane, fine cell processes in the outer nuclear layer and the outer plexiform layer, cell bodies in the inner nuclear layer and the ganglion cell layer, and the inner limiting membrane, whereas S100A1 has a more discrete distribution. S100B and S100A1 also stimulate a membrane-bound guanylate cyclase activity in photoreceptor cell bodies and Muller cells, but their effect appears independent of the light- or dark-adapted state of the retina and is observed at relatively high Ca2+ concentrations. These data represent the ultrastructural counterpart of recent biochemical observations implicating S100B and, possibly, S100A1 in the Ca2(+)-dependent stimulation of a photoreceptor membrane-bound guanylate cyclase activity [T. Duda, R. M. Goraczniak and R. K. Sharma (1996) Molecular characterization of S100A1-S1000B protein in retina and its activation mechanism of bovine photoreceptor guanylate cyclast. Biochemistry 35, 6263-6266; A. Margulis, N. Pozdnyakov and A. Sitaramayya (1996) Activation of bovine photoreceptor guanylate cyclast by S100 proteins. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 218, 243-247]. Our data suggest that at least S100B may take part in the regulation of a membrane-bound guanylate cyclase-based signalling pathway in both photoreceptors and Muller cells.
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