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Ferguson BR, Gao WJ. PV Interneurons: Critical Regulators of E/I Balance for Prefrontal Cortex-Dependent Behavior and Psychiatric Disorders. Front Neural Circuits 2018; 12:37. [PMID: 29867371 PMCID: PMC5964203 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2018.00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 340] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Elucidating the prefrontal cortical microcircuit has been challenging, given its role in multiple complex behaviors, including working memory, cognitive flexibility, attention, social interaction and emotional regulation. Additionally, previous methodological limitations made it difficult to parse out the contribution of certain neuronal subpopulations in refining cortical representations. However, growing evidence supports a fundamental role of fast-spiking parvalbumin (PV) GABAergic interneurons in regulating pyramidal neuron activity to drive appropriate behavioral responses. Further, their function is heavily diminished in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in numerous psychiatric diseases, including schizophrenia and autism. Previous research has demonstrated the importance of the optimal balance of excitation and inhibition (E/I) in cortical circuits in maintaining the efficiency of cortical information processing. Although we are still unraveling the mechanisms of information representation in the PFC, the E/I balance seems to be crucial, as pharmacological, chemogenetic and optogenetic approaches for disrupting E/I balance induce impairments in a range of PFC-dependent behaviors. In this review, we will explore two key hypotheses. First, PV interneurons are powerful regulators of E/I balance in the PFC, and help optimize the representation and processing of supramodal information in PFC. Second, diminishing the function of PV interneurons is sufficient to generate an elaborate symptom sequelae corresponding to those observed in a range of psychiatric diseases. Then, using this framework, we will speculate on whether this circuitry could represent a platform for the development of therapeutic interventions in disorders of PFC function.
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- Brielle R Ferguson
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Villalobos CA, Wu Q, Lee PH, May PJ, Basso MA. Parvalbumin and GABA Microcircuits in the Mouse Superior Colliculus. Front Neural Circuits 2018; 12:35. [PMID: 29780307 PMCID: PMC5946669 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2018.00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The mammalian superior colliculus (SC) is a sensorimotor midbrain structure responsible for orienting behaviors. Although many SC features are known, details of its intrinsic microcircuits are lacking. We used transgenic mice expressing reporter genes in parvalbumin-positive (PV+) and gamma aminobutyric acid-positive (GABA+) neurons to test the hypothesis that PV+ neurons co-localize GABA and form inhibitory circuits within the SC. We found more PV+ neurons in the superficial compared to the intermediate SC, although a larger percentage of PV+ neurons co-expressed GABA in the latter. Unlike PV+ neurons, PV+/GABA+ neurons showed predominantly rapidly inactivating spiking patterns. Optogenetic activation of PV+ neurons revealed direct and feedforward GABAergic inhibitory synaptic responses, as well as excitatory glutamatergic synapses. We propose that PV+ neurons in the SC may be specialized for a variety of circuit functions within the SC rather than forming a homogeneous, GABAergic neuronal subtype as they appear to in other regions of the brain.
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- Claudio A Villalobos
- Fuster Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences - Department of Neurobiology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior - Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Fuster Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences - Department of Neurobiology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior - Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Fuster Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences - Department of Neurobiology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior - Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States
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- Fuster Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences - Department of Neurobiology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior - Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Vascak M, Jin X, Jacobs KM, Povlishock JT. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Induces Structural and Functional Disconnection of Local Neocortical Inhibitory Networks via Parvalbumin Interneuron Diffuse Axonal Injury. Cereb Cortex 2018; 28:1625-1644. [PMID: 28334184 PMCID: PMC5907353 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Revised: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) plays a major role in cortical network dysfunction posited to cause excitatory/inhibitory imbalance after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Current thought holds that white matter (WM) is uniquely vulnerable to DAI. However, clinically diagnosed mTBI is not always associated with WM DAI. This suggests an undetected neocortical pathophysiology, implicating GABAergic interneurons. To evaluate this possibility, we used mild central fluid percussion injury to generate DAI in mice with Cre-driven tdTomato labeling of parvalbumin (PV) interneurons. We followed tdTomato+ profiles using confocal and electron microscopy, together with patch-clamp analysis to probe for DAI-mediated neocortical GABAergic interneuron disruption. Within 3 h post-mTBI tdTomato+ perisomatic axonal injury (PSAI) was found across somatosensory layers 2-6. The DAI marker amyloid precursor protein colocalized with GAD67 immunoreactivity within tdTomato+ PSAI, representing the majority of GABAergic interneuron DAI. At 24 h post-mTBI, we used phospho-c-Jun, a surrogate DAI marker, for retrograde assessments of sustaining somas. Via this approach, we estimated DAI occurs in ~9% of total tdTomato+ interneurons, representing ~14% of pan-neuronal DAI. Patch-clamp recordings of tdTomato+ interneurons revealed decreased inhibitory transmission. Overall, these data show that PV interneuron DAI is a consistent and significant feature of experimental mTBI with important implications for cortical network dysfunction.
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- Michal Vascak
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, PO Box 980709, Richmond, VA 23298-0709, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, PO Box 980709, Richmond, VA 23298-0709, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, PO Box 980709, Richmond, VA 23298-0709, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, PO Box 980709, Richmond, VA 23298-0709, USA
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High frequency neural spiking and auditory signaling by ultrafast red-shifted optogenetics. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1750. [PMID: 29717130 PMCID: PMC5931537 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04146-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Optogenetics revolutionizes basic research in neuroscience and cell biology and bears potential for medical applications. We develop mutants leading to a unifying concept for the construction of various channelrhodopsins with fast closing kinetics. Due to different absorption maxima these channelrhodopsins allow fast neural photoactivation over the whole range of the visible spectrum. We focus our functional analysis on the fast-switching, red light-activated Chrimson variants, because red light has lower light scattering and marginal phototoxicity in tissues. We show paradigmatically for neurons of the cerebral cortex and the auditory nerve that the fast Chrimson mutants enable neural stimulation with firing frequencies of several hundred Hz. They drive spiking at high rates and temporal fidelity with low thresholds for stimulus intensity and duration. Optical cochlear implants restore auditory nerve activity in deaf mice. This demonstrates that the mutants facilitate neuroscience research and future medical applications such as hearing restoration. Optogenetic applications would benefit from channelrhodopsins (ChRs) with faster photostimulation, increased tissue transparency and lower phototoxicity. Here, the authors develop fast red-shifted ChR variants and show the abilities for temporal precise spiking of cerebral interneurons and restoring auditory activity in deaf mice.
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Calva CB, Fayyaz H, Fadel JR. Increased acetylcholine and glutamate efflux in the prefrontal cortex following intranasal orexin-A (hypocretin-1). J Neurochem 2018; 145:232-244. [PMID: 29250792 PMCID: PMC5924451 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Orexin/hypocretin neurons of the lateral hypothalamus and perifornical area are integrators of physiological function. Previous work from our laboratory and others has shown the importance of orexin transmission in cognition. Age-related reductions in markers of orexin function further suggest that this neuropeptide may be a useful target for the treatment of age-related cognitive dysfunction. Intranasal administration of orexin-A (OxA) has shown promise as a therapeutic option for cognitive dysfunction. However, the neurochemical mechanisms of intranasal OxA administration are not fully understood. Here, we use immunohistochemistry and in vivo microdialysis to define the effects of acute intranasal OxA administration on: (i) activation of neuronal populations in the cortex, basal forebrain, and brainstem and (ii) acetylcholine (ACh) and glutamate efflux in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of Fischer 344/Brown Norway F1 rats. Acute intranasal administration of OxA significantly increased c-Fos expression, a marker for neuronal activation, in the PFC and in subpopulations of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons. Subsequently, we investigated the effects of acute intranasal OxA on neurotransmitter efflux in the PFC and found that intranasal OxA significantly increased both ACh and glutamate efflux in this region. These findings were independent from any changes in c-Fos expression in orexin neurons, suggesting that these effects are not resultant from direct activation of orexin neurons. In total, these data indicate that intranasal OxA may enhance cognition through activation of distinct neuronal populations in the cortex and basal forebrain and through increased neurotransmission of ACh and glutamate in the PFC.
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- Coleman B. Calva
- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, 29208 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, 29208 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, 29208 USA
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Selimbeyoglu A, Kim CK, Inoue M, Lee SY, Hong ASO, Kauvar I, Ramakrishnan C, Fenno LE, Davidson TJ, Wright M, Deisseroth K. Modulation of prefrontal cortex excitation/inhibition balance rescues social behavior in CNTNAP2-deficient mice. Sci Transl Med 2018; 9:9/401/eaah6733. [PMID: 28768803 PMCID: PMC5723386 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aah6733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Revised: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Alterations in the balance between neuronal excitation and inhibition (E:I balance) have been implicated in the neural circuit activity-based processes that contribute to autism phenotypes. We investigated whether acutely reducing E:I balance in mouse brain could correct deficits in social behavior. We used mice lacking the CNTNAP2 gene, which has been implicated in autism, and achieved a temporally precise reduction in E:I balance in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) either by optogenetically increasing the excitability of inhibitory parvalbumin (PV) neurons or decreasing the excitability of excitatory pyramidal neurons. Surprisingly, both of these distinct, real-time, and reversible optogenetic modulations acutely rescued deficits in social behavior and hyperactivity in adult mice lacking CNTNAP2 Using fiber photometry, we discovered that native mPFC PV neuronal activity differed between CNTNAP2 knockout and wild-type mice. During social interactions with other mice, PV neuron activity increased in wild-type mice compared to interactions with a novel object, whereas this difference was not observed in CNTNAP2 knockout mice. Together, these results suggest that real-time modulation of E:I balance in the mouse prefrontal cortex can rescue social behavior deficits reminiscent of autism phenotypes.
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- Neuroscience Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. .,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Mi D, Li Z, Lim L, Li M, Moissidis M, Yang Y, Gao T, Hu TX, Pratt T, Price DJ, Sestan N, Marín O. Early emergence of cortical interneuron diversity in the mouse embryo. Science 2018; 360:81-85. [PMID: 29472441 PMCID: PMC6195193 DOI: 10.1126/science.aar6821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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GABAergic interneurons (GABA, γ-aminobutyric acid) regulate neural-circuit activity in the mammalian cerebral cortex. These cortical interneurons are structurally and functionally diverse. Here, we use single-cell transcriptomics to study the origins of this diversity in the mouse. We identify distinct types of progenitor cells and newborn neurons in the ganglionic eminences, the embryonic proliferative regions that give rise to cortical interneurons. These embryonic precursors show temporally and spatially restricted transcriptional patterns that lead to different classes of interneurons in the adult cerebral cortex. Our findings suggest that shortly after the interneurons become postmitotic, their diversity is already patent in their diverse transcriptional programs, which subsequently guide further differentiation in the developing cortex.
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- Da Mi
- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
- Medical Research Council Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience and Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
- Medical Research Council Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience and Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
- Medical Research Council Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience and Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02446, USA
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience and Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK.
- Medical Research Council Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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Emerging Roles of Estrogen-Related Receptors in the Brain: Potential Interactions with Estrogen Signaling. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19041091. [PMID: 29621182 PMCID: PMC5979530 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19041091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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In addition to their well-known role in the female reproductive system, estrogens can act in the brain to regulate a wide range of behaviors and physiological functions in both sexes. Over the past few decades, genetically modified animal models have greatly increased our knowledge about the roles of estrogen receptor (ER) signaling in the brain in behavioral and physiological regulations. However, less attention has been paid to the estrogen-related receptors (ERRs), the members of orphan nuclear receptors whose sequences are homologous to ERs but lack estrogen-binding ability. While endogenous ligands of ERRs remain to be determined, they seemingly share transcriptional targets with ERs and their expression can be directly regulated by ERs through the estrogen-response element embedded within the regulatory region of the genes encoding ERRs. Despite the broad expression of ERRs in the brain, we have just begun to understand the fundamental roles they play at molecular, cellular, and circuit levels. Here, we review recent research advancement in understanding the roles of ERs and ERRs in the brain, with particular emphasis on ERRs, and discuss possible cross-talk between ERs and ERRs in behavioral and physiological regulations.
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Tan Z, Robinson HL, Yin DM, Liu Y, Liu F, Wang H, Lin TW, Xing G, Gan L, Xiong WC, Mei L. Dynamic ErbB4 Activity in Hippocampal-Prefrontal Synchrony and Top-Down Attention in Rodents. Neuron 2018; 98:380-393.e4. [PMID: 29628188 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Revised: 01/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Top-down attention is crucial for meaningful behaviors and impaired in various mental disorders. However, its underpinning regulatory mechanisms are poorly understood. We demonstrate that the hippocampal-prefrontal synchrony associates with levels of top-down attention. Both attention and synchrony are reduced in mutant mice of ErbB4, a receptor of neuregulin-1. We used chemical genetic and optogenetic approaches to inactivate ErbB4 kinase and ErbB4+ interneurons, respectively, both of which reduce gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) activity. Such inhibitions in the hippocampus impair both hippocampal-prefrontal synchrony and top-down attention, whereas those in the prefrontal cortex alter attention, but not synchrony. These observations identify a role of ErbB4-dependent GABA activity in the hippocampus in synchronizing the hippocampal-prefrontal pathway and demonstrate that acute, dynamic ErbB4 signaling is required to command top-down attention. Because both neuregulin-1 and ErbB4 are susceptibility genes of schizophrenia and major depression, our study contributes to a better understanding of these disorders. VIDEO ABSTRACT.
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- Zhibing Tan
- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Neuroscience and Regeneration Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Neuroscience and Regeneration Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neuroscience and Regeneration Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Regeneration Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Neuroscience and Regeneration Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Regeneration Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Neuroscience and Regeneration Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA; Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Neuroscience and Regeneration Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA; Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Berman BD, Pollard RT, Shelton E, Karki R, Smith-Jones PM, Miao Y. GABA A Receptor Availability Changes Underlie Symptoms in Isolated Cervical Dystonia. Front Neurol 2018; 9:188. [PMID: 29670567 PMCID: PMC5893646 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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GABAA receptor availability changes within sensorimotor regions have been reported in some isolated forms of dystonia. Whether similar abnormalities underlie symptoms in cervical dystonia is not known. In the present study, a total of 15 cervical dystonia patients and 15 age- and sex-matched controls underwent 11C-flumazenil PET/CT scanning. The density of available GABAA receptors was estimated using a Simplified Reference Tissue Model 2. Group differences were evaluated using a two-sample T-test, and correlations with dystonia severity, as measured by the Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale, and disease duration were evaluated using a regression analysis. Voxel-based analyses revealed increased GABAA availability within the right precentral gyrus in brain motor regions previously associated with head turning and the left parahippocampal gyrus. GABAA availability within the bilateral cerebellum was negatively correlated with dystonia severity, and GABAA availability within the right thalamus and a variety of cerebellar and cortical regions were negatively correlated with disease duration. While GABAA availability changes within primary motor areas could represent a partial compensatory response to loss of inhibition within sensorimotor network, GABAergic signaling impairment within the cerebellum may be a key contributor to dystonia severity.
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- Brian D Berman
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.,Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.,Neurology Section, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, CO, United States
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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Estebanez L, Hoffmann D, Voigt BC, Poulet JFA. Parvalbumin-Expressing GABAergic Neurons in Primary Motor Cortex Signal Reaching. Cell Rep 2018; 20:308-318. [PMID: 28700934 PMCID: PMC5522533 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The control of targeted reaching is thought to be shaped by distinct subtypes of local GABAergic inhibitory neurons in primary forelimb motor cortex (M1). However, little is known about their action potential firing dynamics during reaching. To address this, we recorded the activity of parvalbumin-expressing (PV+) GABAergic neurons identified from a larger population of fast-spiking units and putative excitatory regular-spiking units in layer 5 of the mouse forelimb M1 during an M1-dependent, sensory-triggered reaching task. PV+ neurons showed short latency responses to the acoustic cue and vibrotactile trigger stimulus and an increase in firing at reaching onset that scaled with the amplitude of reaching. Unexpectedly, PV+ neurons fired before regular-spiking units at reach onset and showed high overall firing rates during both sensory-triggered and spontaneous reaches. Our data suggest that increasing M1 PV+ neuron firing rates may play a role in the initiation of voluntary reaching. Extracellular recordings from layer 5 M1 PV+ neurons during sensory-triggered reaching Task-related sensory- and motor-evoked responses in forelimb M1 neurons PV+ neuron firing rates are positively correlated with reaching amplitude PV+ neurons are activated before regular-spiking units at reaching onset
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- Luc Estebanez
- Department of Neuroscience, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany; Neuroscience Research Center and Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany; Neuroscience Research Center and Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany; Neuroscience Research Center and Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany; Neuroscience Research Center and Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Nichols J, Bjorklund GR, Newbern J, Anderson T. Parvalbumin fast-spiking interneurons are selectively altered by paediatric traumatic brain injury. J Physiol 2018; 596:1277-1293. [PMID: 29333742 PMCID: PMC5878227 DOI: 10.1113/jp275393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children remains a leading cause of death and disability and it remains poorly understood why children have worse outcomes and longer recover times. TBI has shown to alter cortical excitability and inhibitory drive onto excitatory neurons, yet few studies have directly examined changes to cortical interneurons. This is addressed in the present study using a clinically relevant model of severe TBI (controlled cortical impact) in interneuron cell type specific Cre-dependent mice. Mice subjected to controlled cortical impact exhibit specific loss of parvalbumin (PV) but not somatostatin immunoreactivity and cell density in the peri-injury zone. PV interneurons are primarily of a fast-spiking (FS) phenotype that persisted in the peri-injury zone but received less frequent inhibitory and stronger excitatory post-synaptic currents. The targeted loss of PV-FS interneurons appears to be distinct from previous reports in adult mice suggesting that TBI-induced pathophysiology is dependent on the age at time of impact. ABSTRACT Paediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in children. Traditionally, ongoing neurodevelopment and neuroplasticity have been considered to confer children with an advantage following TBI. However, recent findings indicate that the paediatric brain may be more sensitive to brain injury. Inhibitory interneurons are essential for proper cortical function and are implicated in the pathophysiology of TBI, yet few studies have directly investigated TBI-induced changes to interneurons themselves. Accordingly, in the present study, we examine how inhibitory neurons are altered following controlled cortical impact (CCI) in juvenile mice with targeted Cre-dependent fluorescence labelling of interneurons (Vgat:Cre/Ai9 and PV:Cre/Ai6). Although CCI failed to alter the number of excitatory neurons or somatostatin-expressing interneurons in the peri-injury zone, it significantly decreased the density of parvalbumin (PV) immunoreactive cells by 71%. However, PV:Cre/Ai6 mice subjected to CCI showed a lower extent of fluorescence labelled cell loss. PV interneurons are predominantly of a fast-spiking (FS) phenotype and, when recorded electrophysiologically from the peri-injury zone, exhibited intrinsic properties similar to those of control neurons. Synaptically, CCI induced a decrease in inhibitory drive onto FS interneurons combined with an increase in the strength of excitatory events. The results of the present study indicate that CCI induced both a loss of PV interneurons and an even greater loss of PV expression. This suggests caution is required when interpreting changes in PV immunoreactivity alone as direct evidence of interneuronal loss. Furthermore, in contrast to reports in adults, TBI in the paediatric brain selectively alters PV-FS interneurons, primarily resulting in a loss of interneuronal inhibition.
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- Joshua Nichols
- University of ArizonaCollege of Medicine – PhoenixPhoenixAZUSA
- School of Life SciencesArizona State UniversityAZUSA
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- School of Life SciencesArizona State UniversityAZUSA
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- University of ArizonaCollege of Medicine – PhoenixPhoenixAZUSA
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Ferrante M, Tahvildari B, Duque A, Hadzipasic M, Salkoff D, Zagha EW, Hasselmo ME, McCormick DA. Distinct Functional Groups Emerge from the Intrinsic Properties of Molecularly Identified Entorhinal Interneurons and Principal Cells. Cereb Cortex 2018; 27:3186-3207. [PMID: 27269961 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Inhibitory interneurons are an important source of synaptic inputs that may contribute to network mechanisms for coding of spatial location by entorhinal cortex (EC). The intrinsic properties of inhibitory interneurons in the EC of the mouse are mostly undescribed. Intrinsic properties were recorded from known cell types, such as, stellate and pyramidal cells and 6 classes of molecularly identified interneurons (regulator of calcineurin 2, somatostatin, serotonin receptor 3a, neuropeptide Y neurogliaform (NGF), neuropeptide Y non-NGF, and vasoactive intestinal protein) in acute brain slices. We report a broad physiological diversity between and within cell classes. We also found differences in the ability to produce postinhibitory rebound spikes and in the frequency and amplitude of incoming EPSPs. To understand the source of this intrinsic variability we applied hierarchical cluster analysis to functionally classify neurons. These analyses revealed physiologically derived cell types in EC that mostly corresponded to the lines identified by biomarkers with a few unexpected and important differences. Finally, we reduced the complex multidimensional space of intrinsic properties to the most salient five that predicted the cellular biomolecular identity with 81.4% accuracy. These results provide a framework for the classification of functional subtypes of cortical neurons by their intrinsic membrane properties.
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- Michele Ferrante
- Center for Memory and Brain.,Center for Systems Neuroscience.,Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology.,Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8001, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology.,Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8001, USA
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- Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8001, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology.,Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8001, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology.,Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8001, USA
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- Center for Memory and Brain.,Center for Systems Neuroscience.,Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology.,Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8001, USA
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Activity-Dependent Myelination of Parvalbumin Interneurons Mediated by Axonal Morphological Plasticity. J Neurosci 2018; 38:3631-3642. [PMID: 29507147 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0074-18.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Axonal myelination of neocortical pyramidal neurons is modulated dynamically by neuronal activity. Recent studies have shown that a substantial proportion of neocortical myelin content is contributed by fast-spiking, parvalbumin (PV)-positive interneurons. However, it remains unknown whether the myelination of PV+ interneurons is also modulated by intrinsic activity. Here, we used cell-type-specific Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (DREADDs) in adult mice to activate a sparse population of medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) PV+ interneurons. Using single-cell axonal reconstructions, we found that DREADD-stimulated PV+ interneurons exhibited a nearly two-fold increase in total length of myelination, predominantly mediated by a parallel increase of axonal arborization and number of internodes. In contrast, the distribution of axonal interbranch segment distance and myelin internode length were not altered significantly. Topographical analysis revealed that myelination of DREADD-stimulated cells extended to higher axonal branch orders while retaining a similar interbranch distance threshold for myelination. Together, our results demonstrate that chemogenetically induced neuronal activity increases the myelination of neocortical PV+ interneurons mediated at least in part by an elaboration of their axonal morphology.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Myelination is the wrapping of an axon to optimize conduction velocity in an energy-efficient manner. Previous studies have shown that myelination of neocortical pyramidal neurons is experience and activity dependent. We now show that activity-dependent myelin plasticity in the adult neocortex extends to parvalbumin (PV)-expressing fast-spiking interneurons. Chemogenetic stimulation of PV interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) significantly enhanced axonal myelination, which was paralleled by an increase in axonal arborization. This suggests that activity-dependent axonal plasticity may involve changes in both structural morphology and myelination. Such multicomponent plasticity reveals an unexpected repertoire of anatomical parameters available for optimizing and adapting neuronal networks in response to experience.
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Nobili A, Krashia P, Cordella A, La Barbera L, Dell'Acqua MC, Caruso A, Pignataro A, Marino R, Sciarra F, Biamonte F, Scattoni ML, Ammassari-Teule M, Cecconi F, Berretta N, Keller F, Mercuri NB, D'Amelio M. Ambra1 Shapes Hippocampal Inhibition/Excitation Balance: Role in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Mol Neurobiol 2018; 55:7921-7940. [PMID: 29488136 PMCID: PMC6132777 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-0911-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Imbalances between excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission cause brain network dysfunction and are central to the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders. Parvalbumin interneurons are highly implicated in this imbalance. Here, we probed the social behavior and hippocampal function of mice carrying a haploinsufficiency for Ambra1, a pro-autophagic gene crucial for brain development. We show that heterozygous Ambra1 mice (Ambra+/−) are characterized by loss of hippocampal parvalbumin interneurons, decreases in the inhibition/excitation ratio, and altered social behaviors that are solely restricted to the female gender. Loss of parvalbumin interneurons in Ambra1+/− females is further linked to reductions of the inhibitory drive onto principal neurons and alterations in network oscillatory activity, CA1 synaptic plasticity, and pyramidal neuron spine density. Parvalbumin interneuron loss is underlined by increased apoptosis during the embryonic development of progenitor neurons in the medial ganglionic eminence. Together, these findings identify an Ambra1-dependent mechanism that drives inhibition/excitation imbalance in the hippocampus, contributing to abnormal brain activity reminiscent of neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- Annalisa Nobili
- Department of Experimental Neurosciences, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143, Rome, Italy.,Department of Medicine, University Campus-Biomedico, 00128, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Neurosciences, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143, Rome, Italy. .,Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', 00133, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental Neurosciences, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143, Rome, Italy.,Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Neurosciences, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143, Rome, Italy.,Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Neurosciences, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143, Rome, Italy.,Department of Medicine, University Campus-Biomedico, 00128, Rome, Italy
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- Research Coordination and Support Service, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Neurosciences, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143, Rome, Italy.,Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology (IBCN), National Research Council (CNR), 00143, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University Campus-Biomedico, 00128, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University Campus-Biomedico, 00128, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Histology and Embryology, "A. Gemelli" Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 00168, Rome, Italy
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- Research Coordination and Support Service, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Neurosciences, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143, Rome, Italy.,Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology (IBCN), National Research Council (CNR), 00143, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', 00133, Rome, Italy.,Cell Stress and Survival Group, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, IRCSS Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, 00165, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Neurosciences, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University Campus-Biomedico, 00128, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Neurosciences, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143, Rome, Italy.,Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Neurosciences, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143, Rome, Italy. .,Department of Medicine, University Campus-Biomedico, 00128, Rome, Italy.
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Regulation of Synapse Development by Vgat Deletion from ErbB4-Positive Interneurons. J Neurosci 2018; 38:2533-2550. [PMID: 29431653 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0669-17.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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GABA signaling has been implicated in neural development; however, in vivo genetic evidence is missing because mutant mice lacking GABA activity die prematurely. Here, we studied synapse development by ablating vesicular GABA transporter (Vgat) in ErbB4+ interneurons. We show that inhibitory axo-somatic synapses onto pyramidal neurons vary from one cortical layer to another; however, inhibitory synapses on axon initial segments (AISs) were similar across layers. Conversely, parvalbumin-positive (PV+)/ErbB4+ interneurons and PV-only interneurons receive a higher number of inhibitory synapses from PV+ErbB4+ interneurons compared with ErbB4-only interneurons. Vgat deletion from ErbB4+ interneurons reduced axo-somatic or axo-axonic synapses from PV+ErbB4+ interneurons onto excitatory neurons. This effect was associated with corresponding changes in neurotransmission. However, the Vgat mutation seemed to have little effect on inhibitory synapses onto PV+ and/or ErbB4+ interneurons. Interestingly, perineuronal nets, extracellular matrix structures implicated in maturation, survival, protection, and plasticity of PV+ interneurons, were increased in the cortex of ErbB4-Vgat-/- mice. No apparent difference was observed between males and females. These results demonstrate that Vgat of ErbB4+ interneurons is essential for the development of inhibitory synapses onto excitatory neurons and suggest a role of GABA in circuit assembly.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT GABA has been implicated in neural development, but in vivo genetic evidence is missing because mutant mice lacking GABA die prematurely. Here, we ablated Vgat in ErbB4+ interneurons in an inducible manner. We provide evidence that the formation of inhibitory and excitatory synapses onto excitatory neurons requires Vgat in interneurons. In particular, inhibitory axo-somatic and axo-axonic synapses are more vulnerable. Our results suggest a role of GABA in circuit assembly.
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Covelo A, Araque A. Neuronal activity determines distinct gliotransmitter release from a single astrocyte. eLife 2018; 7:32237. [PMID: 29380725 PMCID: PMC5790377 DOI: 10.7554/elife.32237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Accumulating evidence indicates that astrocytes are actively involved in brain function by regulating synaptic activity and plasticity. Different gliotransmitters, such as glutamate, ATP, GABA or D-serine, released form astrocytes have been shown to induce different forms of synaptic regulation. However, whether a single astrocyte may release different gliotransmitters is unknown. Here we show that mouse hippocampal astrocytes activated by endogenous (neuron-released endocannabinoids or GABA) or exogenous (single astrocyte Ca2+ uncaging) stimuli modulate putative single CA3-CA1 hippocampal synapses. The astrocyte-mediated synaptic modulation was biphasic and consisted of an initial glutamate-mediated potentiation followed by a purinergic-mediated depression of neurotransmitter release. The temporal dynamic properties of this biphasic synaptic regulation depended on the firing frequency and duration of the neuronal activity that stimulated astrocytes. Present results indicate that single astrocytes can decode neuronal activity and, in response, release distinct gliotransmitters to differentially regulate neurotransmission at putative single synapses.
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- Ana Covelo
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
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Bohannon AS, Hablitz JJ. Developmental Changes in HCN Channel Modulation of Neocortical Layer 1 Interneurons. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:20. [PMID: 29440994 PMCID: PMC5797556 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Layer 1 (L1) interneurons (INs) play a key role in modulating the integration of inputs to pyramidal neurons (PNs) and controlling cortical network activity. Hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide-gated, non-specific cation (HCN) channels are known to alter the intrinsic and synaptic excitability of principal components (PCs) as well as select populations of GABAergic INs. However, the developmental profile and functional role of HCN channels in diverse L1 IN populations is not completely understood. In the present study, we used electrophysiological characterization, in conjunction with unbiased hierarchical cluster analysis, to examine developmental modulation of L1 INs by HCN channels in the rat medial agranular cortex (AGm). We identified three physiologically discrete IN populations which were classified as regular spiking (RS), burst accommodating (BA) and non-accommodating (NA). A distinct developmental pattern of excitability modulation by HCN channels was observed for each group. RS and NA cells displayed distinct morphologies with modulation of EPSPs increasing in RS cells and decreasing in NA cells across development. The results indicate a possible role of HCN channels in the formation and maintenance of cortical circuits through alteration of the excitability of distinct AGm L1 INs.
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- Andrew S Bohannon
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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Hartung H, Cichon N, De Feo V, Riemann S, Schildt S, Lindemann C, Mulert C, Gogos JA, Hanganu-Opatz IL. From Shortage to Surge: A Developmental Switch in Hippocampal-Prefrontal Coupling in a Gene-Environment Model of Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Cereb Cortex 2018; 26:4265-4281. [PMID: 27613435 PMCID: PMC5066837 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Cognitive deficits represent a major burden of neuropsychiatric disorders and result in part from abnormal communication within hippocampal–prefrontal circuits. While it has been hypothesized that this network dysfunction arises during development, long before the first clinical symptoms, experimental evidence is still missing. Here, we show that pre-juvenile mice mimicking genetic and environmental risk factors of disease (dual-hit GE mice) have poorer recognition memory that correlates with augmented coupling by synchrony and stronger directed interactions between prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. The network dysfunction emerges already during neonatal development, yet it initially consists in a diminished hippocampal theta drive and consequently, a weaker and disorganized entrainment of local prefrontal circuits in discontinuous oscillatory activity in dual-hit GE mice when compared with controls. Thus, impaired maturation of functional communication within hippocampal–prefrontal networks switching from hypo- to hyper-coupling may represent a mechanism underlying the pathophysiology of cognitive deficits in neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Henrike Hartung
- Developmental Neurophysiology, Institute of Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.,Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Developmental Neurophysiology, Institute of Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Developmental Neurophysiology, Institute of Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.,Laboratory of Neural Computation, Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 38068 Rovereto, Italy
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- Developmental Neurophysiology, Institute of Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.,Current address: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Developmental Neurophysiology, Institute of Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Developmental Neurophysiology, Institute of Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.,Department of Physiology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Developmental Neurophysiology, Institute of Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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Aguilar DD, Giuffrida A, Lodge DJ. Adolescent Synthetic Cannabinoid Exposure Produces Enduring Changes in Dopamine Neuron Activity in a Rodent Model of Schizophrenia Susceptibility. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2018; 21:393-403. [PMID: 29329382 PMCID: PMC5887672 DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyy003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies recognize cannabis intake as a risk factor for schizophrenia, yet the majority of adolescents who use marijuana do not develop psychosis. Similarly, the abuse of synthetic cannabinoids poses a risk for psychosis. For these reasons, it is imperative to understand the effects of adolescent cannabinoid exposure in susceptible individuals. METHODS We recently developed a novel rodent model of schizophrenia susceptibility, the F2 methylazoxymethanol acetate rat, where only a proportion (~40%) of rats display a schizophrenia-like phenotype. Using this model, we examined the effects of adolescent synthetic cannabinoid exposure (0.2 mg/kg WIN55, 212-2, i.p.) or adolescent endocannabinoid upregulation (0.3 mg/kg URB597, i.p.) on dopamine neuron activity and amphetamine sensitivity in adulthood. RESULTS Adolescent synthetic cannabinoid exposure significantly increased the proportion of susceptible rats displaying a schizophrenia-like hyperdopaminergic phenotype after puberty without producing any observable alterations in control rats. Furthermore, this acquired phenotype appears to correspond with alterations in parvalbumin interneuron function within the hippocampus. Endocannabinoid upregulation during adolescence also increased the proportion of susceptible rats developing an increase in dopamine neuron activity; however, it did not alter the behavioral response to amphetamine, further emphasizing differences between exogenous and endogenous cannabinoids. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these studies provide experimental evidence that adolescent synthetic cannabinoid exposure may contribute to psychosis in susceptible individuals.
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- David D Aguilar
- Department of Pharmacology and Center for Biomedical Neuroscience, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas,Correspondence: David D. Aguilar, PhD, Boston VA Medical Center, West Roxbury Research, Bldg 3, 2A115 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA, 02132 ()
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- Department of Pharmacology and Center for Biomedical Neuroscience, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas
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- Department of Pharmacology and Center for Biomedical Neuroscience, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas
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Mariotti L, Losi G, Lia A, Melone M, Chiavegato A, Gómez-Gonzalo M, Sessolo M, Bovetti S, Forli A, Zonta M, Requie LM, Marcon I, Pugliese A, Viollet C, Bettler B, Fellin T, Conti F, Carmignoto G. Interneuron-specific signaling evokes distinctive somatostatin-mediated responses in adult cortical astrocytes. Nat Commun 2018; 9:82. [PMID: 29311610 PMCID: PMC5758790 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02642-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The signaling diversity of GABAergic interneurons to post-synaptic neurons is crucial to generate the functional heterogeneity that characterizes brain circuits. Whether this diversity applies to other brain cells, such as the glial cells astrocytes, remains unexplored. Using optogenetics and two-photon functional imaging in the adult mouse neocortex, we here reveal that parvalbumin- and somatostatin-expressing interneurons, two key interneuron classes in the brain, differentially signal to astrocytes inducing weak and robust GABAB receptor-mediated Ca2+ elevations, respectively. Furthermore, the astrocyte response depresses upon parvalbumin interneuron repetitive stimulations and potentiates upon somatostatin interneuron repetitive stimulations, revealing a distinguished astrocyte plasticity. Remarkably, the potentiated response crucially depends on the neuropeptide somatostatin, released by somatostatin interneurons, which activates somatostatin receptors at astrocytic processes. Our study unveils, in the living brain, a hitherto unidentified signaling specificity between interneuron subtypes and astrocytes opening a new perspective into the role of astrocytes as non-neuronal components of inhibitory circuits.
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- Letizia Mariotti
- Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council (CNR), 35121, Padova, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council (CNR), 35121, Padova, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council (CNR), 35121, Padova, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60126, Ancona, Italy.,Center for Neurobiology of Aging, INRCA IRCCS, 60121, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council (CNR), 35121, Padova, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council (CNR), 35121, Padova, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Optical Approches to Brain Function Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Optical Approches to Brain Function Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council (CNR), 35121, Padova, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council (CNR), 35121, Padova, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council (CNR), 35121, Padova, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60126, Ancona, Italy
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- Inserm UMR894, Center for Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Université Paris-Descartes, 75014, Paris, France
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- Departement of Biomedicine, University of Basel, 4031, Basel, Switzerland
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- Optical Approches to Brain Function Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60126, Ancona, Italy.,Center for Neurobiology of Aging, INRCA IRCCS, 60121, Ancona, Italy.,Foundation for Molecular Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60126, Ancona, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council (CNR), 35121, Padova, Italy. .,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35121, Padova, Italy.
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Selten M, van Bokhoven H, Nadif Kasri N. Inhibitory control of the excitatory/inhibitory balance in psychiatric disorders. F1000Res 2018; 7:23. [PMID: 29375819 PMCID: PMC5760969 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.12155.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Neuronal networks consist of different types of neurons that all play their own role in order to maintain proper network function. The two main types of neurons segregate in excitatory and inhibitory neurons, which together regulate the flow of information through the network. It has been proposed that changes in the relative strength in these two opposing forces underlie the symptoms observed in psychiatric disorders, including autism and schizophrenia. Here, we review the role of alterations to the function of the inhibitory system as a cause of psychiatric disorders. First, we explore both patient and post-mortem evidence of inhibitory deficiency. We then discuss the function of different interneuron subtypes in the network and focus on the central role of a specific class of inhibitory neurons, parvalbumin-positive interneurons. Finally, we discuss genes known to be affected in different disorders and the effects that mutations in these genes have on the inhibitory system in cortex and hippocampus. We conclude that alterations to the inhibitory system are consistently identified in animal models of psychiatric disorders and, more specifically, that mutations affecting the function of parvalbumin-positive interneurons seem to play a central role in the symptoms observed in these disorders.
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- Martijn Selten
- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK.,MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK.,Department of Human Genetics & Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboudumc, Geert Grooteplein 10, Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics & Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboudumc, Geert Grooteplein 10, Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics & Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboudumc, Geert Grooteplein 10, Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Engelhardt M, Hamad MIK, Jack A, Ahmed K, König J, Rennau LM, Jamann N, Räk A, Schönfelder S, Riedel C, Wirth MJ, Patz S, Wahle P. Interneuron synaptopathy in developing rat cortex induced by the pro-inflammatory cytokine LIF. Exp Neurol 2018; 302:169-180. [PMID: 29305051 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Revised: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Maren Engelhardt
- Developmental Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Institute of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, CBTM, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, CBTM, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Institute of Biology-II, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Research Unit for Experimental Neurotraumatology, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
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Chen C, Arai I, Satterfield R, Young SM, Jonas P. Synaptotagmin 2 Is the Fast Ca 2+ Sensor at a Central Inhibitory Synapse. Cell Rep 2017; 18:723-736. [PMID: 28099850 PMCID: PMC5276807 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.12.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Revised: 11/18/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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GABAergic synapses in brain circuits generate inhibitory output signals with submillisecond latency and temporal precision. Whether the molecular identity of the release sensor contributes to these signaling properties remains unclear. Here, we examined the Ca2+ sensor of exocytosis at GABAergic basket cell (BC) to Purkinje cell (PC) synapses in cerebellum. Immunolabeling suggested that BC terminals selectively expressed synaptotagmin 2 (Syt2), whereas synaptotagmin 1 (Syt1) was enriched in excitatory terminals. Genetic elimination of Syt2 reduced action potential-evoked release to ∼10%, identifying Syt2 as the major Ca2+ sensor at BC-PC synapses. Differential adenovirus-mediated rescue revealed that Syt2 triggered release with shorter latency and higher temporal precision and mediated faster vesicle pool replenishment than Syt1. Furthermore, deletion of Syt2 severely reduced and delayed disynaptic inhibition following parallel fiber stimulation. Thus, the selective use of Syt2 as release sensor at BC-PC synapses ensures fast and efficient feedforward inhibition in cerebellar microcircuits. Syt2 is the Ca2+ sensor of fast transmitter release at a cerebellar GABAergic synapse Syt2 triggers transmitter release with faster time course than Syt1 Syt2 ensures faster replenishment of the readily releasable pool than Syt1 Syt2 is essential for fast feedforward inhibition in cerebellar microcircuits
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- Chong Chen
- IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Research Group Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Function, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Research Group Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Function, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
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Ablation of C-fibers decreases quantal size of GABAergic synaptic transmission in the insular cortex. Neuroscience 2017; 365:179-191. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.09.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Revised: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Crabtree GW, Park AJ, Gordon JA, Gogos JA. Cytosolic Accumulation of L-Proline Disrupts GABA-Ergic Transmission through GAD Blockade. Cell Rep 2017; 17:570-582. [PMID: 27705802 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Revised: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Proline dehydrogenase (PRODH), which degrades L-proline, resides within the schizophrenia-linked 22q11.2 deletion suggesting a role in disease. Supporting this, elevated L-proline levels have been shown to increase risk for psychotic disorders. Despite the strength of data linking PRODH and L-proline to neuropsychiatric diseases, targets of disease-relevant concentrations of L-proline have not been convincingly described. Here, we show that Prodh-deficient mice with elevated CNS L-proline display specific deficits in high-frequency GABA-ergic transmission and gamma-band oscillations. We find that L-proline is a GABA-mimetic and can act at multiple GABA-ergic targets. However, at disease-relevant concentrations, GABA-mimesis is limited to competitive blockade of glutamate decarboxylase leading to reduced GABA production. Significantly, deficits in GABA-ergic transmission are reversed by enhancing net GABA production with the clinically relevant compound vigabatrin. These findings indicate that accumulation of a neuroactive metabolite can lead to molecular and synaptic dysfunction and help to understand mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric disease.
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- Gregg W Crabtree
- Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA; Division of Integrative Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Grünewald B, Lange MD, Werner C, O'Leary A, Weishaupt A, Popp S, Pearce DA, Wiendl H, Reif A, Pape HC, Toyka KV, Sommer C, Geis C. Defective synaptic transmission causes disease signs in a mouse model of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. eLife 2017; 6:28685. [PMID: 29135436 PMCID: PMC5724993 DOI: 10.7554/elife.28685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL or Batten disease) caused by mutations in the CLN3 gene is the most prevalent inherited neurodegenerative disease in childhood resulting in widespread central nervous system dysfunction and premature death. The consequences of CLN3 mutation on the progression of the disease, on neuronal transmission, and on central nervous network dysfunction are poorly understood. We used Cln3 knockout (Cln3Δex1-6) mice and found increased anxiety-related behavior and impaired aversive learning as well as markedly affected motor function including disordered coordination. Patch-clamp and loose-patch recordings revealed severely affected inhibitory and excitatory synaptic transmission in the amygdala, hippocampus, and cerebellar networks. Changes in presynaptic release properties may result from dysfunction of CLN3 protein. Furthermore, loss of calbindin, neuropeptide Y, parvalbumin, and GAD65-positive interneurons in central networks collectively support the hypothesis that degeneration of GABAergic interneurons may be the cause of supraspinal GABAergic disinhibition.
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- Benedikt Grünewald
- Hans-Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.,Integrated Research and Treatment Center-Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology I, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Hans-Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Sanford Children's Health Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology I, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Hans-Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.,Integrated Research and Treatment Center-Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Progress in developing transgenic monkey model for Huntington's disease. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2017; 125:401-417. [PMID: 29127484 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-017-1803-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Huntington's disease (HD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder that has no cure. Although treatments can often be given to relieve symptoms, the neuropathology associated with HD cannot be stopped or reversed. HD is characterized by degeneration of the striatum and associated pathways that leads to impairment in motor and cognitive functions as well as psychiatric disturbances. Although cell and rodent models for HD exist, longitudinal study in a transgenic HD nonhuman primate (i.e., rhesus macaque; HD monkeys) shows high similarity in its progression with human patients. Progressive brain atrophy and changes in white matter integrity examined by magnetic resonance imaging are coherent with the decline in cognitive behaviors related to corticostriatal functions and neuropathology. HD monkeys also express higher anxiety and irritability/aggression similar to human HD patients that other model systems have not yet replicated. While a comparative model approach is critical for advancing our understanding of HD pathogenesis, HD monkeys could provide a unique platform for preclinical studies and long-term assessment of translatable outcome measures. This review summarizes the progress in the development of the transgenic HD monkey model and the opportunities for advancing HD preclinical research.
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Höfflin F, Jack A, Riedel C, Mack-Bucher J, Roos J, Corcelli C, Schultz C, Wahle P, Engelhardt M. Heterogeneity of the Axon Initial Segment in Interneurons and Pyramidal Cells of Rodent Visual Cortex. Front Cell Neurosci 2017; 11:332. [PMID: 29170630 PMCID: PMC5684645 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The microdomain that orchestrates action potential initiation in neurons is the axon initial segment (AIS). It has long been considered to be a rather homogeneous domain at the very proximal axon hillock with relatively stable length, particularly in cortical pyramidal cells. However, studies in other brain regions paint a different picture. In hippocampal CA1, up to 50% of axons emerge from basal dendrites. Further, in about 30% of thick-tufted layer V pyramidal neurons in rat somatosensory cortex, axons have a dendritic origin. Consequently, the AIS is separated from the soma. Recent in vitro and in vivo studies have shown that cellular excitability is a function of AIS length/position and somatodendritic morphology, undermining a potentially significant impact of AIS heterogeneity for neuronal function. We therefore investigated neocortical axon morphology and AIS composition, hypothesizing that the initial observation of seemingly homogeneous AIS is inadequate and needs to take into account neuronal cell types. Here, we biolistically transfected cortical neurons in organotypic cultures to visualize the entire neuron and classify cell types in combination with immunolabeling against AIS markers. Using confocal microscopy and morphometric analysis, we investigated axon origin, AIS position, length, diameter as well as distance to the soma. We find a substantial AIS heterogeneity in visual cortical neurons, classified into three groups: (I) axons with somatic origin with proximal AIS at the axon hillock; (II) axons with somatic origin with distal AIS, with a discernible gap between the AIS and the soma; and (III) axons with dendritic origin (axon-carrying dendrite cell, AcD cell) and an AIS either starting directly at the axon origin or more distal to that point. Pyramidal cells have significantly longer AIS than interneurons. Interneurons with vertical columnar axonal projections have significantly more distal AIS locations than all other cells with their prevailing phenotype as an AcD cell. In contrast, neurons with perisomatic terminations display most often an axon originating from the soma. Our data contribute to the emerging understanding that AIS morphology is highly variable, and potentially a function of the cell type.
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- Felix Höfflin
- Institute of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Zoology and Neurobiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Zoology and Neurobiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Live Cell Imaging Core Mannheim (LIMA), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Zoology and Neurobiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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Mancarci BO, Toker L, Tripathy SJ, Li B, Rocco B, Sibille E, Pavlidis P. Cross-Laboratory Analysis of Brain Cell Type Transcriptomes with Applications to Interpretation of Bulk Tissue Data. eNeuro 2017; 4:ENEURO.0212-17.2017. [PMID: 29204516 PMCID: PMC5707795 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0212-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Establishing the molecular diversity of cell types is crucial for the study of the nervous system. We compiled a cross-laboratory database of mouse brain cell type-specific transcriptomes from 36 major cell types from across the mammalian brain using rigorously curated published data from pooled cell type microarray and single-cell RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) studies. We used these data to identify cell type-specific marker genes, discovering a substantial number of novel markers, many of which we validated using computational and experimental approaches. We further demonstrate that summarized expression of marker gene sets (MGSs) in bulk tissue data can be used to estimate the relative cell type abundance across samples. To facilitate use of this expanding resource, we provide a user-friendly web interface at www.neuroexpresso.org.
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- B. Ogan Mancarci
- Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 2A1, Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 2A1, Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 2A1, Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 2A1, Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute of CAMH
- Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Vancouver M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute of CAMH
- Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Vancouver M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 2A1, Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Unique Maturation Trajectories of Basket and Chandelier Cells in the Neocortex. J Neurosci 2017; 37:10255-10257. [PMID: 29070676 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1949-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Revised: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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High-Precision Fast-Spiking Basket Cell Discharges during Complex Events in the Human Neocortex. eNeuro 2017; 4:eN-NWR-0260-17. [PMID: 29034319 PMCID: PMC5639419 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0260-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
In the human neocortex, solitary action potentials in some layer 2–3 pyramidal cells (PCs) trigger brief episodes of network activity known as complex events through strong excitatory synapses that specifically innervate GABAergic interneurons. Yet, how these “master PCs” configure the local network activity is not well understood. We report that single spikes in the PCs, studied here in synaptically connected cell pairs in frontal or temporal neocortical areas of both males and females, elicit firing of fast-spiking basket cells (FSBCs) with a short delay (on average 2.7 ms). The FSBC discharge is triggered by 13 mV (on average) monosynaptic EPSPs, and the action potential is time locked to the master PC spike with high temporal precision, showing little jitter in delay. In the complex events, the FSBC discharge occurs in the beginning of the activity episode, forming the first wave of the complex event activity. Firing of FSBCs generates GABAergic IPSCs with fast kinetics in layer 2–3 PCs, and similar IPSCs regularly occur time locked to master PC spikes in the beginning of the complex events with high probability and short (median 4.1 ms) delay with little jitter. In comparison, discharge of nonfast spiking interneurons (non-FSINs) investigated here appears inconsistently in the complex events and shows low probability. Thus, firing of layer 2–3 FSBCs with high temporal fidelity characterizes early phase of the complex events in the human neocortex.
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Cardis R, Cabungcal JH, Dwir D, Do KQ, Steullet P. A lack of GluN2A-containing NMDA receptors confers a vulnerability to redox dysregulation: Consequences on parvalbumin interneurons, and their perineuronal nets. Neurobiol Dis 2017; 109:64-75. [PMID: 29024713 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2017.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Revised: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The GluN2A subunit of NMDA receptors (NMDARs) plays a critical role during postnatal brain development as its expression increases while Glun2B expression decreases. Mutations and polymorphisms in GRIN2A gene, coding for GluN2A, are linked to developmental brain disorders such as mental retardation, epilepsy, schizophrenia. Published data suggest that GluN2A is involved in maturation and phenotypic maintenance of parvalbumin interneurons (PVIs), and these interneurons suffer from a deficient glutamatergic neurotransmission via GluN2A-containing NMDARs in schizophrenia. In the present study, we find that although PVIs and their associated perineuronal nets (PNNs) appear normal in anterior cingulate cortex of late adolescent/young adult GRIN2A KO mice, a lack of GluN2A delays PNN maturation. GRIN2A KO mice display a susceptibility to redox dysregulation as sub-threshold oxidative stress and subtle alterations in antioxidant systems are observed in their prefrontal cortex. Consequently, an oxidative insult applied during early postnatal development increases oxidative stress, decreases the number of parvalbumin-immunoreactive cells, and weakens the PNNs in KO but not WT mice. These effects are long-lasting, but preventable by the antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine. The persisting oxidative stress, deficit in PVIs and PNNs, and reduced local high-frequency neuronal synchrony in anterior cingulate of late adolescent/young adult KO mice, which have been challenged by an early-life oxidative insult, is accompanied with microglia activation. Altogether, these indicate that a lack of GluN2A-containing NMDARs alters the fine control of redox status, leading to a delayed maturation of PNNs, and conferring vulnerability for long-term oxidative stress, microglial activation, and PVI network dysfunction.
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- Romain Cardis
- Center of Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Site de Cery, 1008 Prilly, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center of Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Site de Cery, 1008 Prilly, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center of Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Site de Cery, 1008 Prilly, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center of Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Site de Cery, 1008 Prilly, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center of Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Site de Cery, 1008 Prilly, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Pelkey KA, Chittajallu R, Craig MT, Tricoire L, Wester JC, McBain CJ. Hippocampal GABAergic Inhibitory Interneurons. Physiol Rev 2017; 97:1619-1747. [PMID: 28954853 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00007.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 495] [Impact Index Per Article: 70.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
In the hippocampus GABAergic local circuit inhibitory interneurons represent only ~10-15% of the total neuronal population; however, their remarkable anatomical and physiological diversity allows them to regulate virtually all aspects of cellular and circuit function. Here we provide an overview of the current state of the field of interneuron research, focusing largely on the hippocampus. We discuss recent advances related to the various cell types, including their development and maturation, expression of subtype-specific voltage- and ligand-gated channels, and their roles in network oscillations. We also discuss recent technological advances and approaches that have permitted high-resolution, subtype-specific examination of their roles in numerous neural circuit disorders and the emerging therapeutic strategies to ameliorate such pathophysiological conditions. The ultimate goal of this review is not only to provide a touchstone for the current state of the field, but to help pave the way for future research by highlighting where gaps in our knowledge exist and how a complete appreciation of their roles will aid in future therapeutic strategies.
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- Kenneth A Pelkey
- Porter Neuroscience Center, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, Hatherly Laboratories, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom; and Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University of Paris, INSERM, CNRS, Neurosciences Paris Seine-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Paris, France
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- Porter Neuroscience Center, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, Hatherly Laboratories, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom; and Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University of Paris, INSERM, CNRS, Neurosciences Paris Seine-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Paris, France
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- Porter Neuroscience Center, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, Hatherly Laboratories, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom; and Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University of Paris, INSERM, CNRS, Neurosciences Paris Seine-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Paris, France
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- Porter Neuroscience Center, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, Hatherly Laboratories, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom; and Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University of Paris, INSERM, CNRS, Neurosciences Paris Seine-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Paris, France
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- Porter Neuroscience Center, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, Hatherly Laboratories, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom; and Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University of Paris, INSERM, CNRS, Neurosciences Paris Seine-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Paris, France
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- Porter Neuroscience Center, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, Hatherly Laboratories, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom; and Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University of Paris, INSERM, CNRS, Neurosciences Paris Seine-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Paris, France
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Yoshioka N, Miyata S, Tamada A, Watanabe Y, Kawasaki A, Kitagawa H, Takao K, Miyakawa T, Takeuchi K, Igarashi M. Abnormalities in perineuronal nets and behavior in mice lacking CSGalNAcT1, a key enzyme in chondroitin sulfate synthesis. Mol Brain 2017; 10:47. [PMID: 28982363 PMCID: PMC5629790 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-017-0328-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is an important glycosaminoglycan and is mainly found in the extracellular matrix as CS proteoglycans. In the brain, CS proteoglycans are highly concentrated in perineuronal nets (PNNs), which surround synapses and modulate their functions. To investigate the importance of CS, we produced and precisely examined mice that were deficient in the CS synthesizing enzyme, CSGalNAcT1 (T1KO). Biochemical analysis of T1KO revealed that loss of this enzyme reduced the amount of CS by approximately 50% in various brain regions. The amount of CS in PNNs was also diminished in T1KO compared to wild-type mice, although the amount of a major CS proteoglycan core protein, aggrecan, was not changed. In T1KO, we observed abnormalities in several behavioral tests, including the open-field test, acoustic startle response, and social preference. These results suggest that T1 is important for plasticity, probably due to regulation of CS-dependent PNNs, and that T1KO is a good model for investigation of PNNs.
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- Nozomu Yoshioka
- Department of Neurochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.,Transdiciplinary Research Program, Niigata University, Asahi-machi, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.,Present address: Divisions of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Motoyamakita-machi, Kobe, 658-8558, Japan.,Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Neurochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.,Transdiciplinary Research Program, Niigata University, Asahi-machi, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.,PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Neurochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.,Present address: Divisions of Preventive Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Neurochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.,Transdiciplinary Research Program, Niigata University, Asahi-machi, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Motoyamakita-machi, Kobe, 658-8558, Japan
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- Section of Behavior Patterns, National Institute of Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan.,Division of Experimental Animal Resource and Development, Life Science Research Center, Toyama University, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Section of Behavior Patterns, National Institute of Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan.,Division of Systems Medical Science, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Neurochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.,Department of Medical Biology, School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1103, Japan
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- Department of Neurochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan. .,Transdiciplinary Research Program, Niigata University, Asahi-machi, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.
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Forebrain-specific ablation of phospholipase Cγ1 causes manic-like behavior. Mol Psychiatry 2017; 22:1473-1482. [PMID: 28138157 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Manic episodes are one of the major diagnostic symptoms in a spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders that include schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder (BD). Despite a possible association between BD and the gene encoding phospholipase Cγ1 (PLCG1), its etiological basis remains unclear. Here, we report that mice lacking phospholipase Cγ1 (PLCγ1) in the forebrain (Plcg1f/f; CaMKII) exhibit hyperactivity, decreased anxiety-like behavior, reduced depressive-related behavior, hyperhedonia, hyperphagia, impaired learning and memory and exaggerated startle responses. Inhibitory transmission in hippocampal pyramidal neurons and striatal dopamine receptor D1-expressing neurons of Plcg1-deficient mice was significantly reduced. The decrease in inhibitory transmission is likely due to a reduced number of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-ergic boutons, which may result from impaired localization and/or stabilization of postsynaptic CaMKII (Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II) at inhibitory synapses. Moreover, mutant mice display impaired brain-derived neurotrophic factor-tropomyosin receptor kinase B-dependent synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, which could account for deficits of spatial memory. Lithium and valproate, the drugs presently used to treat mania associated with BD, rescued the hyperactive phenotypes of Plcg1f/f; CaMKII mice. These findings provide evidence that PLCγ1 is critical for synaptic function and plasticity and that the loss of PLCγ1 from the forebrain results in manic-like behavior.
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Lu J, Tucciarone J, Padilla-Coreano N, He M, Gordon JA, Huang ZJ. Selective inhibitory control of pyramidal neuron ensembles and cortical subnetworks by chandelier cells. Nat Neurosci 2017; 20:1377-1383. [PMID: 28825718 PMCID: PMC5614838 DOI: 10.1038/nn.4624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The neocortex comprises multiple information processing streams mediated by subsets of glutamatergic pyramidal cells (PCs) that receive diverse inputs and project to distinct targets. How GABAergic interneurons regulate the segregation and communication among intermingled PC subsets that contribute to separate brain networks remains unclear. Here we demonstrate that a subset of GABAergic chandelier cells (ChCs) in the prelimbic cortex, which innervate PCs at spike initiation site, selectively control PCs projecting to the basolateral amygdala (BLAPC) compared to those projecting to contralateral cortex (CCPC). These ChCs in turn receive preferential input from local and contralateral CCPCs as opposed to BLAPCs and BLA neurons (the prelimbic cortex-BLA network). Accordingly, optogenetic activation of ChCs rapidly suppresses BLAPCs and BLA activity in freely behaving mice. Thus, the exquisite connectivity of ChCs not only mediates directional inhibition between local PC ensembles but may also shape communication hierarchies between global networks.
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- Jiangteng Lu
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA
- Program in Neuroscience and Medical Scientist Training Program, Stony Brook University, New York 11790, USA
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- Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA
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- Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA
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Lopez AY, Wang X, Xu M, Maheshwari A, Curry D, Lam S, Adesina AM, Noebels JL, Sun QQ, Cooper EC. Ankyrin-G isoform imbalance and interneuronopathy link epilepsy and bipolar disorder. Mol Psychiatry 2017; 22:1464-1472. [PMID: 27956739 PMCID: PMC5798616 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Revised: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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ANK3, encoding the adaptor protein Ankyrin-G (AnkG), has been implicated in bipolar disorder by genome-wide association studies. ANK3 has multiple alternative first exons, and a bipolar disorder-associated ANK3 variant has been shown to reduce the expression of exon 1b. Here we identify mechanisms through which reduced ANK3 exon 1b isoform expression disrupts neuronal excitation-inhibition balance. We find that parvalbumin (PV) interneurons and principal cells differentially express ANK3 first exon subtypes. PV interneurons express only isoforms containing exon 1b, whereas excitatory principal cells express exon 1e alone or both 1e and 1b. In transgenic mice deficient for exon 1b, PV interneurons lack voltage-gated sodium channels at their axonal initial segments and have increased firing thresholds and diminished action potential dynamic range. These mice exhibit an Ank3 gene dosage-dependent phenotype including behavior changes modeling bipolar disorder, epilepsy and sudden death. Thus ANK3's important association with human bipolar susceptibility may arise from imbalance between AnkG function in interneurons and principal cells and resultant excessive circuit sensitivity and output. AnkG isoform imbalance is a novel molecular endophenotype and potential therapeutic target.
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- Angel Y. Lopez
- Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
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- Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
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- Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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McKenzie S. Inhibition shapes the organization of hippocampal representations. Hippocampus 2017; 28:659-671. [PMID: 28921762 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Revised: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Hippocampal neurons become tuned to stimuli that predict behaviorally salient outcomes. This plasticity suggests that memory formation depends upon shifts in how different anatomical inputs can drive hippocampal activity. Here, I present evidence that inhibitory neurons can provide such a mechanism for learning-related changes in the tuning of pyramidal cells. Inhibitory currents arriving on the dendrites of pyramidal cells determine whether an excitatory input can drive action potential output. Specificity and plasticity of this dendritic modulation allows for precise, modifiable changes in how afferent inputs are integrated, a process that defines a neuron's receptive field. In addition, feedback inhibition plays a fundamental role in biasing which excitatory neurons may be co-active. By defining the rules of synchrony and the rules of input integration, interneurons likely play an important role in the organization of memory representation within the hippocampus.
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- Sam McKenzie
- NYU Langone Medical Center, 450 E29th Street, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10016
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Nucleus accumbens feedforward inhibition circuit promotes cocaine self-administration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E8750-E8759. [PMID: 28973852 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1707822114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The basolateral amygdala (BLA) sends excitatory projections to the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and regulates motivated behaviors partially by activating NAc medium spiny neurons (MSNs). Here, we characterized a feedforward inhibition circuit, through which BLA-evoked activation of NAc shell (NAcSh) MSNs was fine-tuned by GABAergic monosynaptic innervation from adjacent fast-spiking interneurons (FSIs). Specifically, BLA-to-NAcSh projections predominantly innervated NAcSh FSIs compared with MSNs and triggered action potentials in FSIs preceding BLA-mediated activation of MSNs. Due to these anatomical and temporal properties, activation of the BLA-to-NAcSh projection resulted in a rapid FSI-mediated inhibition of MSNs, timing-contingently dictating BLA-evoked activation of MSNs. Cocaine self-administration selectively and persistently up-regulated the presynaptic release probability of BLA-to-FSI synapses, entailing enhanced FSI-mediated feedforward inhibition of MSNs upon BLA activation. Experimentally enhancing the BLA-to-FSI transmission in vivo expedited the acquisition of cocaine self-administration. These results reveal a previously unidentified role of an FSI-embedded circuit in regulating NAc-based drug seeking and taking.
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Paul A, Crow M, Raudales R, He M, Gillis J, Huang ZJ. Transcriptional Architecture of Synaptic Communication Delineates GABAergic Neuron Identity. Cell 2017; 171:522-539.e20. [PMID: 28942923 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Understanding the organizational logic of neural circuits requires deciphering the biological basis of neuronal diversity and identity, but there is no consensus on how neuron types should be defined. We analyzed single-cell transcriptomes of a set of anatomically and physiologically characterized cortical GABAergic neurons and conducted a computational genomic screen for transcriptional profiles that distinguish them from one another. We discovered that cardinal GABAergic neuron types are delineated by a transcriptional architecture that encodes their synaptic communication patterns. This architecture comprises 6 categories of ∼40 gene families, including cell-adhesion molecules, transmitter-modulator receptors, ion channels, signaling proteins, neuropeptides and vesicular release components, and transcription factors. Combinatorial expression of select members across families shapes a multi-layered molecular scaffold along the cell membrane that may customize synaptic connectivity patterns and input-output signaling properties. This molecular genetic framework of neuronal identity integrates cell phenotypes along multiple axes and provides a foundation for discovering and classifying neuron types.
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- Anirban Paul
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11790, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
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Neumann AR, Raedt R, Steenland HW, Sprengers M, Bzymek K, Navratilova Z, Mesina L, Xie J, Lapointe V, Kloosterman F, Vonck K, Boon PAJM, Soltesz I, McNaughton BL, Luczak A. Involvement of fast-spiking cells in ictal sequences during spontaneous seizures in rats with chronic temporal lobe epilepsy. Brain 2017; 140:2355-2369. [PMID: 29050390 PMCID: PMC6248724 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awx179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Revised: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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See Lenck-Santini (doi:10.1093/awx205) for a scientific commentary on this article. Epileptic seizures represent altered neuronal network dynamics, but the temporal evolution and cellular substrates of the neuronal activity patterns associated with spontaneous seizures are not fully understood. We used simultaneous recordings from multiple neurons in the hippocampus and neocortex of rats with chronic temporal lobe epilepsy to demonstrate that subsets of cells discharge in a highly stereotypical sequential pattern during ictal events, and that these stereotypical patterns were reproducible across consecutive seizures. In contrast to the canonical view that principal cell discharges dominate ictal events, the ictal sequences were predominantly composed of fast-spiking, putative inhibitory neurons, which displayed unusually strong coupling to local field potential even before seizures. The temporal evolution of activity was characterized by unique dynamics where the most correlated neuronal pairs before seizure onset displayed the largest increases in correlation strength during the seizures. These results demonstrate the selective involvement of fast spiking interneurons in structured temporal sequences during spontaneous ictal events in hippocampal and neocortical circuits in experimental models of chronic temporal lobe epilepsy.
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- Adam R Neumann
- Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural
Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Dr W, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4,
Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural
Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Dr W, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4,
Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural
Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Dr W, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4,
Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural
Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Dr W, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4,
Canada
- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural
Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Dr W, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4,
Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural
Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Dr W, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4,
Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural
Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Dr W, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4,
Canada
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- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium
- VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Brain and Cognition Research unit, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurosurgery, and Stanford Neurosciences Institute,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural
Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Dr W, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4,
Canada
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California at
Irvine, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural
Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Dr W, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4,
Canada
- Department of Neurosurgery, and Stanford Neurosciences Institute,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Cortical networks are composed of glutamatergic excitatory projection neurons and local GABAergic inhibitory interneurons that gate signal flow and sculpt network dynamics. Although they represent a minority of the total neocortical neuronal population, GABAergic interneurons are highly heterogeneous, forming functional classes based on their morphological, electrophysiological, and molecular features, as well as connectivity and in vivo patterns of activity. Here we review our current understanding of neocortical interneuron diversity and the properties that distinguish cell types. We then discuss how the involvement of multiple cell types, each with a specific set of cellular properties, plays a crucial role in diversifying and increasing the computational power of a relatively small number of simple circuit motifs forming cortical networks. We illustrate how recent advances in the field have shed light onto the mechanisms by which GABAergic inhibition contributes to network operations.
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D'Souza RD, Burkhalter A. A Laminar Organization for Selective Cortico-Cortical Communication. Front Neuroanat 2017; 11:71. [PMID: 28878631 PMCID: PMC5572236 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2017.00071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The neocortex is central to mammalian cognitive ability, playing critical roles in sensory perception, motor skills and executive function. This thin, layered structure comprises distinct, functionally specialized areas that communicate with each other through the axons of pyramidal neurons. For the hundreds of such cortico-cortical pathways to underlie diverse functions, their cellular and synaptic architectures must differ so that they result in distinct computations at the target projection neurons. In what ways do these pathways differ? By originating and terminating in different laminae, and by selectively targeting specific populations of excitatory and inhibitory neurons, these “interareal” pathways can differentially control the timing and strength of synaptic inputs onto individual neurons, resulting in layer-specific computations. Due to the rapid development in transgenic techniques, the mouse has emerged as a powerful mammalian model for understanding the rules by which cortical circuits organize and function. Here we review our understanding of how cortical lamination constrains long-range communication in the mammalian brain, with an emphasis on the mouse visual cortical network. We discuss the laminar architecture underlying interareal communication, the role of neocortical layers in organizing the balance of excitatory and inhibitory actions, and highlight the structure and function of layer 1 in mouse visual cortex.
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- Rinaldo D D'Souza
- Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of MedicineSt. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of MedicineSt. Louis, MO, United States
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Selective inhibitory control of pyramidal neuron ensembles and cortical subnetworks by chandelier cells. Nat Neurosci 2017. [PMID: 28825718 DOI: 10.1038/nn.4624.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
The neocortex comprises multiple information processing streams mediated by subsets of glutamatergic pyramidal cells (PCs) that receive diverse inputs and project to distinct targets. How GABAergic interneurons regulate the segregation and communication among intermingled PC subsets that contribute to separate brain networks remains unclear. Here we demonstrate that a subset of GABAergic chandelier cells (ChCs) in the prelimbic cortex, which innervate PCs at spike initiation site, selectively control PCs projecting to the basolateral amygdala (BLAPC) compared to those projecting to contralateral cortex (CCPC). These ChCs in turn receive preferential input from local and contralateral CCPCs as opposed to BLAPCs and BLA neurons (the prelimbic cortex-BLA network). Accordingly, optogenetic activation of ChCs rapidly suppresses BLAPCs and BLA activity in freely behaving mice. Thus, the exquisite connectivity of ChCs not only mediates directional inhibition between local PC ensembles but may also shape communication hierarchies between global networks.
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Medrihan L, Sagi Y, Inde Z, Krupa O, Daniels C, Peyrache A, Greengard P. Initiation of Behavioral Response to Antidepressants by Cholecystokinin Neurons of the Dentate Gyrus. Neuron 2017; 95:564-576.e4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2016] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Buckmaster PS, Abrams E, Wen X. Seizure frequency correlates with loss of dentate gyrus GABAergic neurons in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy. J Comp Neurol 2017; 525:2592-2610. [PMID: 28425097 PMCID: PMC5963263 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2017] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Epilepsy occurs in one of 26 people. Temporal lobe epilepsy is common and can be difficult to treat effectively. It can develop after brain injuries that damage the hippocampus. Multiple pathophysiological mechanisms involving the hippocampal dentate gyrus have been proposed. This study evaluated a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy to test which pathological changes in the dentate gyrus correlate with seizure frequency and help prioritize potential mechanisms for further study. FVB mice (n = 127) that had experienced status epilepticus after systemic treatment with pilocarpine 31-61 days earlier were video-monitored for spontaneous, convulsive seizures 9 hr/day every day for 24-36 days. Over 4,060 seizures were observed. Seizure frequency ranged from an average of one every 3.6 days to one every 2.1 hr. Hippocampal sections were processed for Nissl stain, Prox1-immunocytochemistry, GluR2-immunocytochemistry, Timm stain, glial fibrillary acidic protein-immunocytochemistry, glutamic acid decarboxylase in situ hybridization, and parvalbumin-immunocytochemistry. Stereological methods were used to measure hilar ectopic granule cells, mossy cells, mossy fiber sprouting, astrogliosis, and GABAergic interneurons. Seizure frequency was not significantly correlated with the generation of hilar ectopic granule cells, the number of mossy cells, the extent of mossy fiber sprouting, the extent of astrogliosis, or the number of GABAergic interneurons in the molecular layer or hilus. Seizure frequency significantly correlated with the loss of GABAergic interneurons in or adjacent to the granule cell layer, but not with the loss of parvalbumin-positive interneurons. These findings prioritize the loss of granule cell layer interneurons for further testing as a potential cause of temporal lobe epilepsy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Paul S. Buckmaster
- Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
- Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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Synaptic integration in cortical inhibitory neuron dendrites. Neuroscience 2017; 368:115-131. [PMID: 28756117 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.06.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Revised: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Cortical inhibitory interneurons have a wide range of important functions, including balancing network excitation, enhancing spike-time precision of principal neurons, and synchronizing neural activity within and across brain regions. All these functions critically depend on the integration of synaptic inputs in their dendrites. But the sparse number of inhibitory cells, their small caliber dendrites, and the problem of cell-type identification, have prevented fast progress in analyzing their dendritic properties. Despite these challenges, recent advancements in electrophysiological, optical and molecular tools have opened the door for studying synaptic integration and dendritic computations in molecularly defined inhibitory interneurons. Accumulating evidence indicates that the biophysical properties of inhibitory neuron dendrites differ substantially from those of pyramidal neurons. In addition to the supralinear dendritic integration commonly observed in pyramidal neurons, interneuron dendrites can also integrate synaptic inputs in a linear or sublinear fashion. In this comprehensive review, we compare the dendritic biophysical properties of the three major classes of cortical inhibitory neurons and discuss how these cell type-specific properties may support their functions in the cortex.
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Frederiksen K, Lu D, Yang J, Jensen HS, Bastlund JF, Larsen PH, Liu H, Crestey F, Dekermendjian K, Badolo L, Laursen M, Hougaard C, Yang C, Svenstrup N, Grunnet M. A small molecule activator of Nav
1.1 channels increases fast-spiking interneuron excitability and GABAergic transmission in vitro
and has anti-convulsive effects in vivo. Eur J Neurosci 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Kristen Frederiksen
- Neuroscience Drug Discovery; H. Lundbeck A/S Ottiliavej 9 DK-2500 Valby Denmark
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- Shanghai ChemPartner Co. Ltd.; Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park; Shanghai China
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- Shanghai ChemPartner Co. Ltd.; Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park; Shanghai China
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- Shanghai ChemPartner Co. Ltd.; Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park; Shanghai China
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- Neuroscience Drug Discovery; H. Lundbeck A/S Ottiliavej 9 DK-2500 Valby Denmark
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- Neuroscience Drug Discovery; H. Lundbeck A/S Ottiliavej 9 DK-2500 Valby Denmark
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- Neuroscience Drug Discovery; H. Lundbeck A/S Ottiliavej 9 DK-2500 Valby Denmark
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- Neuroscience Drug Discovery; H. Lundbeck A/S Ottiliavej 9 DK-2500 Valby Denmark
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- Neuroscience Drug Discovery; H. Lundbeck A/S Ottiliavej 9 DK-2500 Valby Denmark
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- Shanghai ChemPartner Co. Ltd.; Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park; Shanghai China
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- Neuroscience Drug Discovery; H. Lundbeck A/S Ottiliavej 9 DK-2500 Valby Denmark
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- Neuroscience Drug Discovery; H. Lundbeck A/S Ottiliavej 9 DK-2500 Valby Denmark
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Elucidation of the neural circuits activated by a GABA B receptor positive modulator: Relevance to anxiety. Neuropharmacology 2017; 136:129-145. [PMID: 28734870 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Although there is much evidence for a role of GABAB receptors in the pathophysiology of anxiety, the underlying neuronal mechanisms are largely unclear. The GABAB receptor allosteric positive modulator, GS39783, exerts anxiolytic effects without interfering with GABAB-mediated modulation of body temperature, cognitive performance and locomotor activity thus offering advantages over GABAB receptor agonists. However, the precise neural circuits underlying the anxiolytic effects of GS39783 are unknown. The aim of the present study was to identify brain structures and associated neuronal circuits that are modulated by GS39783 under either basal or mild stress conditions. To this end, the expression pattern of c-Fos, a marker of neuronal activation, was examined in mice acutely treated with GS39783 under basal conditions or following a mild anxiogenic challenge induced by exposure to the Open Arm (OA) of an Elevated Plus Maze. OA exposure enhanced c-Fos expression in vehicle-treated animals in several brain regions, including the medial prefrontal cortex, lateral septum, amygdala, hippocampus, paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and the periaqueductal gray (PAG). Under basal conditions, GS39783 increased c-Fos in a restricted panel of areas notably amygdala nuclei, cortical areas and PAG subregions, while it inhibited c-Fos expression in the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN). Under stress conditions, GS39783 reversed OA-induced c-Fos expression in the granular cell layer of the dentate gyrus, no longer increased c-Fos expression in the amygdala nor reduced c-Fos expression in the DRN. These specific patterns of neural activation by GS39783 might explain the neurobiological correlates implicated in GABAB-mediated anti-anxiety effects. This article is part of the "Special Issue Dedicated to Norman G. Bowery".
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