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Hainsworth AH, Lee S, Foot P, Patel A, Poon WW, Knight AE. Super-resolution imaging of subcortical white matter using stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) and super-resolution optical fluctuation imaging (SOFI). Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2018; 44:417-426. [PMID: 28696566 PMCID: PMC5835206 DOI: 10.1111/nan.12426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Revised: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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AIMS The spatial resolution of light microscopy is limited by the wavelength of visible light (the 'diffraction limit', approximately 250 nm). Resolution of sub-cellular structures, smaller than this limit, is possible with super resolution methods such as stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) and super-resolution optical fluctuation imaging (SOFI). We aimed to resolve subcellular structures (axons, myelin sheaths and astrocytic processes) within intact white matter, using STORM and SOFI. METHODS Standard cryostat-cut sections of subcortical white matter from donated human brain tissue and from adult rat and mouse brain were labelled, using standard immunohistochemical markers (neurofilament-H, myelin-associated glycoprotein, glial fibrillary acidic protein, GFAP). Image sequences were processed for STORM (effective pixel size 8-32 nm) and for SOFI (effective pixel size 80 nm). RESULTS In human, rat and mouse, subcortical white matter high-quality images for axonal neurofilaments, myelin sheaths and filamentous astrocytic processes were obtained. In quantitative measurements, STORM consistently underestimated width of axons and astrocyte processes (compared with electron microscopy measurements). SOFI provided more accurate width measurements, though with somewhat lower spatial resolution than STORM. CONCLUSIONS Super resolution imaging of intact cryo-cut human brain tissue is feasible. For quantitation, STORM can under-estimate diameters of thin fluorescent objects. SOFI is more robust. The greatest limitation for super-resolution imaging in brain sections is imposed by sample preparation. We anticipate that improved strategies to reduce autofluorescence and to enhance fluorophore performance will enable rapid expansion of this approach.
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- A H Hainsworth
- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St Georges University of London, London, UK
- Neurology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Cellular Pathology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Cellular Pathology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Cellular Pathology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK
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Park S, Kang W, Kwon YD, Shim J, Kim S, Kaang BK, Hohng S. Superresolution fluorescence microscopy for 3D reconstruction of thick samples. Mol Brain 2018; 11:17. [PMID: 29544505 PMCID: PMC5856285 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-018-0361-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of thick samples using superresolution fluorescence microscopy remains challenging due to high level of background noise and fast photobleaching of fluorescence probes. We develop superresolution fluorescence microscopy that can reconstruct 3D structures of thick samples with both high localization accuracy and no photobleaching problem. The background noise is reduced by optically sectioning the sample using line-scan confocal microscopy, and the photobleaching problem is overcome by using the DNA-PAINT (Point Accumulation for Imaging in Nanoscale Topography). As demonstrations, we take 3D superresolution images of microtubules of a whole cell, and two-color 3D images of microtubules and mitochondria. We also present superresolution images of chemical synapse of a mouse brain section at different z-positions ranging from 0 μm to 100 μm.
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- Sangjun Park
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Institute of Applied Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,National Center of Creative Research Initiatives, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Institute of Applied Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,National Center of Creative Research Initiatives, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- National Center of Creative Research Initiatives, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. .,Institute of Applied Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. .,National Center of Creative Research Initiatives, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Kaleido: Visualizing Big Brain Data with Automatic Color Assignment for Single-Neuron Images. Neuroinformatics 2018; 16:207-215. [PMID: 29502301 DOI: 10.1007/s12021-018-9363-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Effective 3D visualization is essential for connectomics analysis, where the number of neural images easily reaches over tens of thousands. A formidable challenge is to simultaneously visualize a large number of distinguishable single-neuron images, with reasonable processing time and memory for file management and 3D rendering. In the present study, we proposed an algorithm named "Kaleido" that can visualize up to at least ten thousand single neurons from the Drosophila brain using only a fraction of the memory traditionally required, without increasing computing time. Adding more brain neurons increases memory only nominally. Importantly, Kaleido maximizes color contrast between neighboring neurons so that individual neurons can be easily distinguished. Colors can also be assigned to neurons based on biological relevance, such as gene expression, neurotransmitters, and/or development history. For cross-lab examination, the identity of every neuron is retrievable from the displayed image. To demonstrate the effectiveness and tractability of the method, we applied Kaleido to visualize the 10,000 Drosophila brain neurons obtained from the FlyCircuit database ( http://www.flycircuit.tw/modules.php?name=kaleido ). Thus, Kaleido visualization requires only sensible computer memory for manual examination of big connectomics data.
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Lagache T, Grassart A, Dallongeville S, Faklaris O, Sauvonnet N, Dufour A, Danglot L, Olivo-Marin JC. Mapping molecular assemblies with fluorescence microscopy and object-based spatial statistics. Nat Commun 2018; 9:698. [PMID: 29449608 PMCID: PMC5814551 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03053-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Elucidating protein functions and molecular organisation requires to localise precisely single or aggregated molecules and analyse their spatial distributions. We develop a statistical method SODA (Statistical Object Distance Analysis) that uses either micro- or nanoscopy to significantly improve on standard co-localisation techniques. Our method considers cellular geometry and densities of molecules to provide statistical maps of isolated and associated (coupled) molecules. We use SODA with three-colour structured-illumination microscopy (SIM) images of hippocampal neurons, and statistically characterise spatial organisation of thousands of synapses. We show that presynaptic synapsin is arranged in asymmetric triangle with the 2 postsynaptic markers homer and PSD95, indicating a deeper localisation of homer. We then determine stoichiometry and distance between localisations of two synaptic vesicle proteins with 3D-STORM. These findings give insights into the protein organisation at the synapse, and prove the efficiency of SODA to quantitatively assess the geometry of molecular assemblies.
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- Thibault Lagache
- Institut Pasteur, BioImage Analysis Unit. CNRS UMR 3691. 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Institut Pasteur, Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit. INSERM U1202. 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Institut Pasteur, BioImage Analysis Unit. CNRS UMR 3691. 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
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- CNRS UMR7592, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Diderot, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit. INSERM U1202. 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Institut Pasteur, BioImage Analysis Unit. CNRS UMR 3691. 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Inserm U894 Center for Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Team Membrane traffic in healthy and diseased brain, 102-108 rue de la Santé, 75014, Paris, France.
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- Institut Pasteur, BioImage Analysis Unit. CNRS UMR 3691. 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France.
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Babcock HP. Multiplane and Spectrally-Resolved Single Molecule Localization Microscopy with Industrial Grade CMOS cameras. Sci Rep 2018; 8:1726. [PMID: 29379074 PMCID: PMC5789017 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19981-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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This work explores the use of industrial grade CMOS cameras for single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM). We show that industrial grade CMOS cameras approach the performance of scientific grade CMOS cameras at a fraction of the cost. This makes it more economically feasible to construct high-performance imaging systems with multiple cameras that are capable of a diversity of applications. In particular we demonstrate the use of industrial CMOS cameras for biplane, multiplane and spectrally resolved SMLM. We also provide open-source software for simultaneous control of multiple CMOS cameras and for the reduction of the movies that are acquired to super-resolution images.
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- Hazen P Babcock
- Center for Advanced Imaging, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
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Orientation Selectivity in the Retina: ON Cell Types and Mechanisms. J Neurosci 2018; 36:8064-6. [PMID: 27488626 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1527-16.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Liu J, Sanes JR. Cellular and Molecular Analysis of Dendritic Morphogenesis in a Retinal Cell Type That Senses Color Contrast and Ventral Motion. J Neurosci 2017; 37:12247-12262. [PMID: 29114073 PMCID: PMC5729193 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2098-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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As neuronal dendrites develop, they acquire cell-type-specific features including characteristic size, shape, arborization, location and synaptic patterns. These features, in turn, are major determinants of type-specific neuronal function. Because neuronal diversity complicates the task of relating developmental programs to adult structure and function, we analyzed dendritic morphogenesis in a single retinal ganglion cell (RGC) type in mouse called J-RGC. We documented the emergence of five dendritic features that underlie J-RGC physiology: (1) dendritic field size, which approximate receptive field size; (2) dendritic complexity, which affects how J-RGCs sample space; (3) asymmetry, which contributes to direction-selectivity; (4) restricted lamination within the inner plexiform layer (IPL), which renders J-RGCs responsive to light decrements; and (5) distribution of synaptic inputs, which generate a color-opponent receptive field. We found dendritic growth in J-RGCs is accompanied by a refinement in dendritic self-crossing. Asymmetry arises by a combination of selective pruning and elaboration, whereas laminar restriction results from biased outgrowth toward the outermost IPL. Interestingly, asymmetry develops in a protracted dorsoventral wave, whereas lamination does so in a rapid centrifugal wave. As arbors mature, they acquire excitatory and inhibitory synapses, with the latter forming first and being concentrated in proximal dendrites. Thus, distinct mechanisms operate in different spatiotemporal dimensions of J-RGC dendritic patterning to generate the substrate for specific patterns of synaptogenesis. Finally, we asked whether the defining molecular signature of J-RGCs, the adhesion molecule JAM-B, regulates morphogenesis, and showed that it promotes dendro-dendritic interactions. Our results reveal multiple mechanisms that shape a dendritic arbor.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Visual perception begins in the retina, where distinct types of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are tuned to specific visual features such as direction of motion. The features to which each RGC type responds are determined largely by the number and type of synaptic inputs it receives, and these, in turn, are greatly influenced by the size, shape, arborization pattern, and location of its dendrites. We analyzed dendritic morphogenesis in a functionally characterized RGC type, the J-RGC, demonstrating distinct mechanisms that operate in different dimensions to generate the dendritic scaffold and synaptic patterns for feature detection. Our work elucidates cellular and molecular mechanisms that shape dendritic arbors and synaptic distribution, enabling J-RGC connectivity and thus, function.
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- Jinyue Liu
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, and
- Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, and
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Heller JP, Rusakov DA. The Nanoworld of the Tripartite Synapse: Insights from Super-Resolution Microscopy. Front Cell Neurosci 2017; 11:374. [PMID: 29225567 PMCID: PMC5705901 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Synaptic connections between individual nerve cells are fundamental to the process of information transfer and storage in the brain. Over the past decades a third key partner of the synaptic machinery has been unveiled: ultrathin processes of electrically passive astroglia which often surround pre- and postsynaptic structures. The recent advent of super-resolution (SR) microscopy has begun to uncover the dynamic nanoworld of synapses and their astroglial environment. Here we overview and discuss the current progress in our understanding of the synaptic nanoenvironment, as gleaned from the imaging methods that go beyond the diffraction limit of conventional light microscopy. We argue that such methods are essential to achieve a new level of comprehension pertinent to the principles of signal integration in the brain.
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- Janosch P Heller
- UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Institute of Neuroscience, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Super-resolution microscopy reveals functional organization of dopamine transporters into cholesterol and neuronal activity-dependent nanodomains. Nat Commun 2017; 8:740. [PMID: 28963530 PMCID: PMC5622129 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00790-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Dopamine regulates reward, cognition, and locomotor functions. By mediating rapid reuptake of extracellular dopamine, the dopamine transporter is critical for spatiotemporal control of dopaminergic neurotransmission. Here, we use super-resolution imaging to show that the dopamine transporter is dynamically sequestrated into cholesterol-dependent nanodomains in the plasma membrane of presynaptic varicosities and neuronal projections of dopaminergic neurons. Stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy reveals irregular dopamine transporter nanodomains (∼70 nm mean diameter) that were highly sensitive to cholesterol depletion. Live photoactivated localization microscopy shows a similar dopamine transporter membrane organization in live heterologous cells. In neurons, dual-color dSTORM shows that tyrosine hydroxylase and vesicular monoamine transporter-2 are distinctively localized adjacent to, but not overlapping with, the dopamine transporter nanodomains. The molecular organization of the dopamine transporter in nanodomains is reversibly reduced by short-term activation of NMDA-type ionotropic glutamate receptors, implicating dopamine transporter nanodomain distribution as a potential mechanism to modulate dopaminergic neurotransmission in response to excitatory input.The dopamine transporter (DAT) has a crucial role in the regulation of neurotransmission. Here, the authors use super-resolution imaging to show that DAT clusters into cholesterol-dependent membrane regions that are reversibly regulated by ionotropic glutamate receptors activation.
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Hartveit E, Zandt BJ, Madsen E, Castilho Á, Mørkve SH, Veruki ML. AMPA receptors at ribbon synapses in the mammalian retina: kinetic models and molecular identity. Brain Struct Funct 2017; 223:769-804. [PMID: 28936725 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-017-1520-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/10/2017] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In chemical synapses, neurotransmitter molecules released from presynaptic vesicles activate populations of postsynaptic receptors that vary in functional properties depending on their subunit composition. Differential expression and localization of specific receptor subunits are thought to play fundamental roles in signal processing, but our understanding of how that expression is adapted to the signal processing in individual synapses and microcircuits is limited. At ribbon synapses, glutamate release is independent of action potentials and characterized by a high and rapidly changing rate of release. Adequately translating such presynaptic signals into postsynaptic electrical signals poses a considerable challenge for the receptor channels in these synapses. Here, we investigated the functional properties of AMPA receptors of AII amacrine cells in rat retina that receive input at spatially segregated ribbon synapses from OFF-cone and rod bipolar cells. Using patch-clamp recording from outside-out patches, we measured the concentration dependence of response amplitude and steady-state desensitization, the single-channel conductance and the maximum open probability. The GluA4 subunit seems critical for the functional properties of AMPA receptors in AII amacrines and immunocytochemical labeling suggested that GluA4 is located at synapses made by both OFF-cone bipolar cells and rod bipolar cells. Finally, we used a series of experimental observables to develop kinetic models for AII amacrine AMPA receptors and subsequently used the models to explore the behavior of the receptors and responses generated by glutamate concentration profiles mimicking those occurring in synapses. These models will facilitate future in silico modeling of synaptic signaling and processing in AII amacrine cells.
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- Espen Hartveit
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5009, Bergen, Norway.
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5009, Bergen, Norway.,Blue Brain Project, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5009, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Radiology, Førde Central Hospital, Førde, Norway
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5009, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5009, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5009, Bergen, Norway.
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The antipsychotic drugs olanzapine and haloperidol modify network connectivity and spontaneous activity of neural networks in vitro. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11609. [PMID: 28912551 PMCID: PMC5599625 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11944-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Impaired neural synchronization is a hallmark of psychotic conditions such as schizophrenia. It has been proposed that schizophrenia-related cognitive deficits are caused by an unbalance of reciprocal inhibitory and stimulatory signaling. This supposedly leads to decreased power of induced gamma oscillations during the performance of cognitive tasks. In light of this hypothesis an efficient antipsychotic treatment should modify the connectivity and synchronization of local neural circuits. To address this issue, we investigated a model of hippocampal neuronal networks in vitro. Inhibitory and excitatory innervation of GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons was quantified using immunocytochemical markers and an automated routine to estimate network connectivity. The first generation (FGA) and second generation (SGA) antipsychotic drugs haloperidol and olanzapine, respectively, differentially modified the density of synaptic inputs. Based on the observed synapse density modifications, we developed a computational model that reliably predicted distinct changes in network activity patterns. The results of computational modeling were confirmed by spontaneous network activity measurements using the multiple electrode array (MEA) technique. When the cultures were treated with olanzapine, overall activity and synchronization were increased, whereas haloperidol had the opposite effect. We conclude that FGAs and SGAs differentially affect the balance between inhibition and excitation in hippocampal networks.
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The concepts called STED/RESOLFT superresolve features by a light-driven transfer of closely packed molecules between two different states, typically a nonfluorescent "off" state and a fluorescent "on" state at well-defined coordinates on subdiffraction scales. For this, the applied light intensity must be sufficient to guarantee the state difference for molecules spaced at the resolution sought. Relatively high intensities have therefore been applied throughout the imaging to obtain the highest resolutions. At regions where features are far enough apart that molecules could be separated with lower intensity, the excess intensity just adds to photobleaching. Here, we introduce DyMIN (standing for Dynamic Intensity Minimum) scanning, generalizing and expanding on earlier concepts of RESCue and MINFIELD to reduce sample exposure. The principle of DyMIN is that it only uses as much on/off-switching light as needed to image at the desired resolution. Fluorescence can be recorded at those positions where fluorophores are found within a subresolution neighborhood. By tuning the intensity (and thus resolution) during the acquisition of each pixel/voxel, we match the size of this neighborhood to the structures being imaged. DyMIN is shown to lower the dose of STED light on the scanned region up to ∼20-fold under common biological imaging conditions, and >100-fold for sparser 2D and 3D samples. The bleaching reduction can be converted into accordingly brighter images at <30-nm resolution.
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Super-resolution Microscopical Localization of Dopamine Receptors 1 and 2 in Rat Hippocampal Synaptosomes. Mol Neurobiol 2017; 55:4857-4869. [PMID: 28735416 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-017-0688-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Although dopamine receptors D1 and D2 play key roles in hippocampal function, their synaptic localization within the hippocampus has not been fully elucidated. In order to understand precise functions of pre- or postsynaptic dopamine receptors (DRs), the development of protocols to differentiate pre- and postsynaptic DRs is essential. So far, most studies on determination and quantification of DRs did not discriminate between subsynaptic localization. Therefore, the aim of the study was to generate a robust workflow for the localization of DRs. This work provides the basis for future work on hippocampal DRs, in light that DRs may have different functions at pre- or postsynaptic sites. Synaptosomes from rat hippocampi isolated by a sucrose gradient protocol were prepared for super-resolution direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM) using Bassoon as a presynaptic zone and Homer1 as postsynaptic density marker. Direct labeling of primary validated antibodies against dopamine receptors D1 (D1R) and D2 (D2R) with Alexa Fluor 594 enabled unequivocal assignment of D1R and D2R to both, pre- and postsynaptic sites. D1R immunoreactivity clusters were observed within the presynaptic active zone as well as at perisynaptic sites at the edge of the presynaptic active zone. The results may be useful for the interpretation of previous studies and the design of future work on DRs in the hippocampus. Moreover, the reduction of the complexity of brain tissue by the use of synaptosomal preparations and dSTORM technology may represent a useful tool for synaptic localization of brain proteins.
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Shrivastava AN, Aperia A, Melki R, Triller A. Physico-Pathologic Mechanisms Involved in Neurodegeneration: Misfolded Protein-Plasma Membrane Interactions. Neuron 2017; 95:33-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Zhao Z, Xin B, Li L, Huang ZL. High-power homogeneous illumination for super-resolution localization microscopy with large field-of-view. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:13382-13395. [PMID: 28788875 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.013382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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As a wide-field imaging technique, super-resolution localization microscopy (SRLM) is theoretically capable of increasing field-of-view (FOV) without sacrificing either imaging speed or spatial resolution. There are two key factors for realizing large FOV SRLM: one is high-power illumination over the whole FOV with sufficient illumination homogeneity and the other is large FOV signal detection by a camera that has large number of pixels and sufficient detection sensitivity. However nowadays, even though the state-of-art scientific complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (sCMOS) cameras provide single molecule fluorescence signal detection ability over an FOV of more than 200 μm × 200 μm, large FOV SRLM still has not been achieved due to the lack of high-power homogeneous illumination. In this paper, we report large FOV SRLM with a high-power homogeneous illumination system. We demonstrate experimentally that our illumination system, which is based on a newly designed multimode fiber combiner, is capable of providing sufficient illumination intensity (~4.7 kW/cm2 @ 640 nm) and excellent illumination homogeneity. Compared with the reported approaches, our illumination system is advantageous in laser power scaling and square-shape illumination without beam clipping. As a result, our system makes full use of the sensor of a representative Hamamatsu Flash 4.0 V2 sCMOS camera (2048 × 2048 active pixels) and achieves a FOV as large as 221 μm × 221 μm with homogeneous spatial resolution. The flexible solution for realizing large FOV SRLM reported in this paper pushes a significant step toward the development of SRLM.
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Lee JS, Kim HG, Jeon CJ. Identification of synaptic pattern of NMDA receptor subunits upon direction-selective retinal ganglion cells in developing and adult mouse retina. Acta Histochem 2017; 119:495-507. [PMID: 28545760 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2017.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2016] [Revised: 04/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Direction selectivity of the retina is a unique mechanism and critical function of eyes for surviving. Direction-selective retinal ganglion cells (DS RGCs) strongly respond to preferred directional stimuli, but rarely respond to the opposite or null directional stimuli. These DS RGCs are sensitive to glutamate, which is secreted from bipolar cells. Using immunocytochemistry, we studied with the distributions of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor subunits on the dendrites of DS RGCs in the developing and adult mouse retina. DS RGCs were injected with Lucifer yellow for identification of dendritic morphology. The triple-labeled images of dendrites, kinesin II, and NMDA receptor subunits were visualized using confocal microscopy and were reconstructed from high-resolution confocal images. Although our results revealed that the synaptic pattern of NMDA receptor subunits on dendrites of DS RGCs was not asymmetric in developing and adult mouse retina, they showed the anatomical connectivity of NMDA glutamatergic synapses onto DS RGCs and the developmental formation of the direction selectivity in the mouse retina. Through the comprehensive interpretation of the direction-selective neural circuit, this study, therefore, implies that the direction selectivity may be generated by the asymmetry of the excitatory glutamatergic inputs and the inhibitory inputs onto DS RGCs.
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STED Imaging in Drosophila Brain Slices. Methods Mol Biol 2017. [PMID: 28324607 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6810-7_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Super-resolution microscopy is a very powerful tool to investigate fine cellular structures and molecular arrangements in biological systems. For instance, stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy has been successfully used in recent years to investigate the arrangement and colocalization of different protein species in cells in culture and on the surface of specimens. However, because of its extreme sensitivity to light scattering, super-resolution imaging deep inside tissues remains a challenge. Here, we describe the preparation of thin slices from the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) brain, subsequent immunolabeling and imaging with STED microscopy. This protocol allowed us to image small dendritic branches from neurons located deep in the fly brain with improved resolution compared with conventional light microscopy.
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Lee JS, Kim HJ, Ahn CH, Jeon CJ. Expression of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor α4 and β2 Subunits on Direction-Selective Retinal Ganglion Cells in the Rabbit. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2017; 50:29-37. [PMID: 28386148 PMCID: PMC5374101 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.16024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 12/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The direction selectivity of the retina is a distinct mechanism that is critical function of eyes for survival. The direction-selective retinal ganglion cells (DS RGCs) strongly respond to a preferred direction, but rarely respond to opposite direction or null directional visual stimuli. The DS RGCs are sensitive to acetylcholine, which is secreted from starburst amacrine cells (SACs) to the DS RGCs. Here, we investigated the existence and distribution of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) α4 and β2 subunits on the dendritic arbors of the DS RGCs in adult rabbit retina using immunocytochemistry. The DS RGCs were injected with Lucifer yellow to identify their dendritic morphology. The double-labeled images of dendrites and nAChR subunits were visualized for reconstruction using high-resolution confocal microscopy. Although our results revealed that the distributional pattern of the nAChR subunits on the dendritic arbors of the DS RGCs was not asymmetric in the adult rabbit retina, the distribution of nAChR α4 and β2 subunits and molecular profiles of cholinergic inputs to DS RGCs in adult rabbit retina provide anatomical evidence for direction selectivity.
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- Jun-Seok Lee
- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, College of Natural Sciences, and Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology
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- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, College of Natural Sciences, and Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University
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- Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, College of Natural Sciences, and Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University
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Hauser M, Wojcik M, Kim D, Mahmoudi M, Li W, Xu K. Correlative Super-Resolution Microscopy: New Dimensions and New Opportunities. Chem Rev 2017; 117:7428-7456. [PMID: 28045508 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Correlative microscopy, the integration of two or more microscopy techniques performed on the same sample, produces results that emphasize the strengths of each technique while offsetting their individual weaknesses. Light microscopy has historically been a central method in correlative microscopy due to its widespread availability, compatibility with hydrated and live biological samples, and excellent molecular specificity through fluorescence labeling. However, conventional light microscopy can only achieve a resolution of ∼300 nm, undercutting its advantages in correlations with higher-resolution methods. The rise of super-resolution microscopy (SRM) over the past decade has drastically improved the resolution of light microscopy to ∼10 nm, thus creating exciting new opportunities and challenges for correlative microscopy. Here we review how these challenges are addressed to effectively correlate SRM with other microscopy techniques, including light microscopy, electron microscopy, cryomicroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and various forms of spectroscopy. Though we emphasize biological studies, we also discuss the application of correlative SRM to materials characterization and single-molecule reactions. Finally, we point out current limitations and discuss possible future improvements and advances. We thus demonstrate how a correlative approach adds new dimensions of information and provides new opportunities in the fast-growing field of SRM.
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- Meghan Hauser
- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Center for Nanomedicine and Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Division of Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Cristino L, Imperatore R, Di Marzo V. Techniques for the Cellular and Subcellular Localization of Endocannabinoid Receptors and Enzymes in the Mammalian Brain. Methods Enzymol 2017; 593:61-98. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2017.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Light-Microscopy-Based Sparse Neural Circuit Reconstruction: Array Tomography and Other Methods. Appl Microsc 2016. [DOI: 10.9729/am.2016.46.4.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Maric HM, Hausrat TJ, Neubert F, Dalby NO, Doose S, Sauer M, Kneussel M, Strømgaard K. Gephyrin-binding peptides visualize postsynaptic sites and modulate neurotransmission. Nat Chem Biol 2016; 13:153-160. [DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Wensel TG, Zhang Z, Anastassov IA, Gilliam JC, He F, Schmid MF, Robichaux MA. Structural and molecular bases of rod photoreceptor morphogenesis and disease. Prog Retin Eye Res 2016; 55:32-51. [PMID: 27352937 PMCID: PMC5112133 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2016.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Revised: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The rod cell has an extraordinarily specialized structure that allows it to carry out its unique function of detecting individual photons of light. Both the structural features of the rod and the metabolic processes required for highly amplified light detection seem to have rendered the rod especially sensitive to structural and metabolic defects, so that a large number of gene defects are primarily associated with rod cell death and give rise to blinding retinal dystrophies. The structures of the rod, especially those of the sensory cilium known as the outer segment, have been the subject of structural, biochemical, and genetic analysis for many years, but the molecular bases for rod morphogenesis and for cell death in rod dystrophies are still poorly understood. Recent developments in imaging technology, such as cryo-electron tomography and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, in gene sequencing technology, and in gene editing technology are rapidly leading to new breakthroughs in our understanding of these questions. A summary is presented of our current understanding of selected aspects of these questions, highlighting areas of uncertainty and contention as well as recent discoveries that provide new insights. Examples of structural data from emerging imaging technologies are presented.
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- Theodore G Wensel
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Gao H, Pun CM, Kwong S. An efficient image segmentation method based on a hybrid particle swarm algorithm with learning strategy. Inf Sci (N Y) 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2016.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The Purkinje cell as a model of synaptogenesis and synaptic specificity. Brain Res Bull 2016; 129:12-17. [PMID: 27721030 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2016.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Revised: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Since the groundbreaking work of Ramon y Cajal, the cerebellar Purkinje cell has always represented an ideal model for studying the organization, development and function of synaptic circuits. Purkinje cells receive distinct types of glutamatergic and GABAergic synapses, each characterized by exquisite sub-cellular and molecular specificity. The formation and refinement of these connections results from a temporally-regulated sequence of events that involves molecular interactions between distinct sets of secreted and surface proteins, as well as activity-dependent competition between converging inputs. Insights into the mechanisms controlling synaptic specificity in Purkinje cells may help understand synapse development also in other brain regions and disclose circuit abnormalities that underlie neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Garas FN, Shah RS, Kormann E, Doig NM, Vinciati F, Nakamura KC, Dorst MC, Smith Y, Magill PJ, Sharott A. Secretagogin expression delineates functionally-specialized populations of striatal parvalbumin-containing interneurons. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27669410 PMCID: PMC5036963 DOI: 10.7554/elife.16088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Corticostriatal afferents can engage parvalbumin-expressing (PV+) interneurons to rapidly curtail the activity of striatal projection neurons (SPNs), thus shaping striatal output. Schemes of basal ganglia circuit dynamics generally consider striatal PV+ interneurons to be homogenous, despite considerable heterogeneity in both form and function. We demonstrate that the selective co-expression of another calcium-binding protein, secretagogin (Scgn), separates PV+ interneurons in rat and primate striatum into two topographically-, physiologically- and structurally-distinct cell populations. In rats, these two interneuron populations differed in their firing rates, patterns and relationships with cortical oscillations in vivo. Moreover, the axons of identified PV+/Scgn+ interneurons preferentially targeted the somata of SPNs of the so-called 'direct pathway', whereas PV+/Scgn- interneurons preferentially targeted 'indirect pathway' SPNs. These two populations of interneurons could therefore provide a substrate through which either of the striatal output pathways can be rapidly and selectively inhibited to subsequently mediate the expression of behavioral routines.
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- Farid N Garas
- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, United States.,Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research, Emory University, Atlanta, United States
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Dzyubenko E, Rozenberg A, Hermann DM, Faissner A. Colocalization of synapse marker proteins evaluated by STED-microscopy reveals patterns of neuronal synapse distribution in vitro. J Neurosci Methods 2016; 273:149-159. [PMID: 27615741 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2016.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Quantification of synapses and their morphological analysis are extensively used in network development and connectivity studies, drug screening and other areas of neuroscience. Thus, a number of quantitative approaches were introduced so far. However, most of the available methods are highly tailored to specific applications and have limitations for widespread use. NEW METHOD We present a new plugin for the open-source software ImageJ to provide a modifiable, high-throughput and easy to use method for synaptic puncta analysis. Our approach is based on colocalization of pre- and postsynaptic protein markers. Structurally completed glutamatergic and GABAergic synapses were identified by VGLUT1-PSD95 and VGAT-gephyrin colocalization, respectively. By combining conventional confocal microscopy with stimulated emission depletion (STED) imaging, we propose a method to quantify the number of scaffolding protein clusters, recruited to a single postsynaptic density. RESULTS In a proof-of-concept study, we reveal the differential distribution of glutamatergic and GABAergic synapse density with reference to perineuronal net (PNN) expression. Using super-resolution STED imaging, we demonstrate that postsynaptic puncta of completed synapses are composed of significantly more protein clusters, compared to uncompleted synapses. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS Our Synapse Counter plugin for ImageJ offers a rapid and unbiased research tool for a broad spectrum of neuroscientists. The proposed method of synaptic protein clusters quantification exploits super-resolution imaging to provide a comprehensive approach to the analysis of postsynaptic density composition. CONCLUSIONS Our results strongly substantiate the benefits of colocalization-based synapse detection.
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- Egor Dzyubenko
- Department of Cell Morphology and Molecular Neurobiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany; International School of Neuroscience (IGSN), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Essen, Germany
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- Department of Cell Morphology and Molecular Neurobiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
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Belmer A, Klenowski PM, Patkar OL, Bartlett SE. Mapping the connectivity of serotonin transporter immunoreactive axons to excitatory and inhibitory neurochemical synapses in the mouse limbic brain. Brain Struct Funct 2016; 222:1297-1314. [PMID: 27485750 PMCID: PMC5368196 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-016-1278-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Serotonin neurons arise from the brainstem raphe nuclei and send their projections throughout the brain to release 5-HT which acts as a modulator of several neuronal populations. Previous electron microscopy studies in rats have morphologically determined the distribution of 5-HT release sites (boutons) in certain brain regions and have shown that 5-HT containing boutons form synaptic contacts that are either symmetric or asymmetric. In addition, 5-HT boutons can form synaptic triads with the pre- and postsynaptic specializations of either symmetrical or asymmetrical synapses. However, due to the labor intensive processing of serial sections required by electron microscopy, little is known about the neurochemical properties or the quantitative distribution of 5-HT triads within whole brain or discrete subregions. Therefore, we used a semi-automated approach that combines immunohistochemistry and high-resolution confocal microscopy to label serotonin transporter (SERT) immunoreactive axons and reconstruct in 3D their distribution within limbic brain regions. We also used antibodies against key pre- (synaptophysin) and postsynaptic components of excitatory (PSD95) or inhibitory (gephyrin) synapses to (1) identify putative 5-HTergic boutons within SERT immunoreactive axons and, (2) quantify their close apposition to neurochemical excitatory or inhibitory synapses. We provide a 5-HTergic axon density map and have determined the ratio of synaptic triads consisting of a 5-HT bouton in close proximity to either neurochemical excitatory or inhibitory synapses within different limbic brain areas. The ability to model and map changes in 5-HTergic axonal density and the formation of triadic connectivity within whole brain regions using this rapid and quantitative approach offers new possibilities for studying neuroplastic changes in the 5-HTergic pathway.
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- Arnauld Belmer
- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld 4059, Australia
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- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld 4059, Australia
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- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld 4059, Australia
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- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld 4059, Australia. .,Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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Danial JSH, Aguib Y, Yacoub MH. Advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques for the life sciences. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract 2016; 2016:e201616. [PMID: 29043264 PMCID: PMC5642830 DOI: 10.21542/gcsp.2016.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, for which the Nobel Prize was awarded in 2014, has been a topic of interest to physicists and biologists alike. It is inevitable that numerous questions in biomedical research cannot be answered by means other than direct observation. In this review, advances to fluorescence microscopy are covered in a widely accessible fashion to facilitate its use in decisions related to its acquisition and utilization in biomedical research.
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- John S H Danial
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom.,Present address: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent systems, Heisenbergstraße 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt.,Qatar Cardiovascular Research Centre, Doha, Qatar.,Harefield Heart Science Centre, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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Spühler IA, Conley GM, Scheffold F, Sprecher SG. Super Resolution Imaging of Genetically Labeled Synapses in Drosophila Brain Tissue. Front Cell Neurosci 2016; 10:142. [PMID: 27303270 PMCID: PMC4880563 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Understanding synaptic connectivity and plasticity within brain circuits and their relationship to learning and behavior is a fundamental quest in neuroscience. Visualizing the fine details of synapses using optical microscopy remains however a major technical challenge. Super resolution microscopy opens the possibility to reveal molecular features of synapses beyond the diffraction limit. With direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy, dSTORM, we image synaptic proteins in the brain tissue of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Super resolution imaging of brain tissue harbors difficulties due to light scattering and the density of signals. In order to reduce out of focus signal, we take advantage of the genetic tools available in the Drosophila and have fluorescently tagged synaptic proteins expressed in only a small number of neurons. These neurons form synapses within the calyx of the mushroom body, a distinct brain region involved in associative memory formation. Our results show that super resolution microscopy, in combination with genetically labeled synaptic proteins, is a powerful tool to investigate synapses in a quantitative fashion providing an entry point for studies on synaptic plasticity during learning and memory formation.
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- Isabelle A Spühler
- Department of Physics, University of FribourgFribourg, Switzerland; Department of Biology, University of FribourgFribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Fribourg Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg Fribourg, Switzerland
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Super-Resolution Mapping of Neuronal Circuitry With an Index-Optimized Clearing Agent. Cell Rep 2016; 14:2718-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.02.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Revised: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Super-resolution imaging of neuronal circuits. Nat Methods 2015. [DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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