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Medalla M, Chang W, Ibañez S, Guillamon-Vivancos T, Nittmann M, Kapitonava A, Busch SE, Moore TL, Rosene DL, Luebke JI. Layer-specific pyramidal neuron properties underlie diverse anterior cingulate cortical motor and limbic networks. Cereb Cortex 2022; 32:2170-2196. [PMID: 34613380 PMCID: PMC9113240 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The laminar cellular and circuit mechanisms by which the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) exerts flexible control of motor and affective information for goal-directed behavior have not been elucidated. Using multimodal tract-tracing, in vitro patch-clamp recording and computational approaches in rhesus monkeys (M. mulatta), we provide evidence that specialized motor and affective network dynamics can be conferred by layer-specific biophysical and structural properties of ACC pyramidal neurons targeting two key downstream structures -the dorsal premotor cortex (PMd) and the amygdala (AMY). AMY-targeting neurons exhibited significant laminar differences, with L5 more excitable (higher input resistance and action potential firing rates) than L3 neurons. Between-pathway differences were found within L5, with AMY-targeting neurons exhibiting greater excitability, apical dendritic complexity, spine densities, and diversity of inhibitory inputs than PMd-targeting neurons. Simulations using a pyramidal-interneuron network model predict that these layer- and pathway-specific single-cell differences contribute to distinct network oscillatory dynamics. L5 AMY-targeting networks are more tuned to slow oscillations well-suited for affective and contextual processing timescales, while PMd-targeting networks showed strong beta/gamma synchrony implicated in rapid sensorimotor processing. These findings are fundamental to our broad understanding of how layer-specific cellular and circuit properties can drive diverse laminar activity found in flexible behavior.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria Medalla
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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Bakken TE, Jorstad NL, Hu Q, Lake BB, Tian W, Kalmbach BE, Crow M, Hodge RD, Krienen FM, Sorensen SA, Eggermont J, Yao Z, Aevermann BD, Aldridge AI, Bartlett A, Bertagnolli D, Casper T, Castanon RG, Crichton K, Daigle TL, Dalley R, Dee N, Dembrow N, Diep D, Ding SL, Dong W, Fang R, Fischer S, Goldman M, Goldy J, Graybuck LT, Herb BR, Hou X, Kancherla J, Kroll M, Lathia K, van Lew B, Li YE, Liu CS, Liu H, Lucero JD, Mahurkar A, McMillen D, Miller JA, Moussa M, Nery JR, Nicovich PR, Niu SY, Orvis J, Osteen JK, Owen S, Palmer CR, Pham T, Plongthongkum N, Poirion O, Reed NM, Rimorin C, Rivkin A, Romanow WJ, Sedeño-Cortés AE, Siletti K, Somasundaram S, Sulc J, Tieu M, Torkelson A, Tung H, Wang X, Xie F, Yanny AM, Zhang R, Ament SA, Behrens MM, Bravo HC, Chun J, Dobin A, Gillis J, Hertzano R, Hof PR, Höllt T, Horwitz GD, Keene CD, Kharchenko PV, Ko AL, Lelieveldt BP, Luo C, Mukamel EA, Pinto-Duarte A, Preissl S, Regev A, Ren B, Scheuermann RH, Smith K, Spain WJ, White OR, Koch C, Hawrylycz M, Tasic B, Macosko EZ, McCarroll SA, Ting JT, Zeng H, Zhang K, Feng G, Ecker JR, Linnarsson S, Lein ES. Comparative cellular analysis of motor cortex in human, marmoset and mouse. Nature 2021; 598:111-119. [PMID: 34616062 PMCID: PMC8494640 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03465-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 289] [Impact Index Per Article: 96.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The primary motor cortex (M1) is essential for voluntary fine-motor control and is functionally conserved across mammals1. Here, using high-throughput transcriptomic and epigenomic profiling of more than 450,000 single nuclei in humans, marmoset monkeys and mice, we demonstrate a broadly conserved cellular makeup of this region, with similarities that mirror evolutionary distance and are consistent between the transcriptome and epigenome. The core conserved molecular identities of neuronal and non-neuronal cell types allow us to generate a cross-species consensus classification of cell types, and to infer conserved properties of cell types across species. Despite the overall conservation, however, many species-dependent specializations are apparent, including differences in cell-type proportions, gene expression, DNA methylation and chromatin state. Few cell-type marker genes are conserved across species, revealing a short list of candidate genes and regulatory mechanisms that are responsible for conserved features of homologous cell types, such as the GABAergic chandelier cells. This consensus transcriptomic classification allows us to use patch-seq (a combination of whole-cell patch-clamp recordings, RNA sequencing and morphological characterization) to identify corticospinal Betz cells from layer 5 in non-human primates and humans, and to characterize their highly specialized physiology and anatomy. These findings highlight the robust molecular underpinnings of cell-type diversity in M1 across mammals, and point to the genes and regulatory pathways responsible for the functional identity of cell types and their species-specific adaptations.
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Stanley Institute for Cognitive Genomics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- LKEB, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Genomic Analysis Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Genomic Analysis Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Genomic Analysis Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Epilepsy Center of Excellence, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Stanley Institute for Cognitive Genomics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Genomes Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Epigenomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- LKEB, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Epigenomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Biomedical Sciences Program, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Genomic Analysis Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Institute for Genomes Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Genomic Analysis Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Genomic Analysis Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Computer Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Institute for Genomes Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Biomedical Sciences Program, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Center for Epigenomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Institute for Genomes Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Stanley Institute for Cognitive Genomics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
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- Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Computer Graphics and Visualization Group, Delt University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
- Regional Epilepsy Center, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- LKEB, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Pattern Recognition and Bioinformatics group, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Center for Epigenomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Epigenomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
- Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Epilepsy Center of Excellence, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Genomes Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Genomic Analysis Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
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