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These characteristics were compared with those of lamprey rhodopsin-containing cells, most of which are involved in achromatic responses. RT-PCR analysis revealed that lamprey parapinopsin was expressed in the pineal organ but not in the retina, unlike lamprey rhodopsin,which was expressed in both. Lamprey parapinopsin and lamprey rhodopsin were immunohistochemically localized in the dorsal and ventral regions of the pineal organ, respectively. The two pigments were localized in distinct photoreceptor cells throughout the pineal organ, namely the dorsal and ventral regions as well as the peripheral region, which corresponds to the dorso-ventral border region. The ratio of the number of lamprey parapinopsin-containing cells to lamprey rhodopsin-containing cells around the peripheral region was higher than in the central region. Electron-microscopic analysis revealed that lamprey parapinopsin-containing dorsal cells have outer segments and synaptic ribbons similar to those of ventral photoreceptor cells. However, unlike lamprey rhodopsin-containing cells, lamprey parapinopsin-containing cells connected with each other in a wide area of dorsal and peripheral portions and made direct contact with ganglion cells,mainly in the peripheral portion. These results suggest that UV light information captured by lamprey parapinopsin-containing photoreceptor cells is converged and directly transmitted to chromatic-type ganglion cells in the peripheral region to generate antagonistic chromatic responses.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1242\/jeb.007161","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,10,19]],"date-time":"2007-10-19T15:00:53Z","timestamp":1192806053000},"page":"3821-3829","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Immunohistochemical characterization of a parapinopsin-containing photoreceptor cell involved in the ultraviolet\/green discrimination in the pineal organ of the river lamprey <i>Lethenteron japonicum<\/i>"],"prefix":"10.1242","volume":"210","author":[{"given":"Emi","family":"Kawano-Yamashita","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Biology and Geosciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Akihisa","family":"Terakita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology and Geosciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan"},{"name":"Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mitsumasa","family":"Koyanagi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology and Geosciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yoshinori","family":"Shichida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University,Kyoto 606-8502, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tadashi","family":"Oishi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nara Saho College, Nara 630-8566, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Satoshi","family":"Tamotsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"237","reference":[{"key":"2021042511094481200_REF1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Collin, J. 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