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Photochemical approaches to vision restoration
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Vision Res
2015[Jun]; 111
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Photoswitches are traditional pharmacologic agonists, antagonists, or channel
blockers that are covalently modified with an azobenzene derivative. Azobenzene
undergoes wavelength-dependent isomerization between cis and trans conformation.
For some photoswitches, only one of these configurations is biologically active,
resulting in light-dependent activation or inhibition of function. Photoswitches
that feature a quaternary ammonium coupled to the azobenzene moiety cause
light-dependent neuronal depolarization due to blockage of voltage-gated
potassium channels. Two photoswitch strategies have been pursued. In the
one-component strategy, the photoswitch is applied to native receptors; in the
two-component strategy, the photoswitch is combined with virally-mediated
expression of a genetically modified receptor, to which the photoswitch may
covalently bind. The former approach is simpler but the latter allows precise
anatomic targeting of photoswitch activity. Acrylamide-azobenzene-quaternary
ammonium (AAQ) is the prototypical first-generation one-component photoswitch.
When applied to retinas with outer retinal degeneration, ganglion cell firing
occurs in response to blue light, and is abrogated by green light. In vivo, AAQ
restored pupillary light responses and behavioral light responses in blind
animals. DENAQ is a prototypical second generation one-component photoswitch. It
features spontaneous thermal relaxation so cell firing ceases in dark, and
features a red-shifted activation spectrum. Interestingly, DENAQ only
photoswitches in retinas with outer retinal degeneration. MAG is a photoswitched
glutamate analog which covalently binds to a modified ionotropic glutamate
receptor, LiGluR. When applied together, MAG and LiGluR also rescue physiologic
and behavioral light responses in blind mice. Together, photoswitch compounds
offer a potentially useful approach to restoration of vision in outer retinal
degeneration.