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Structural and molecular heterogeneity of calretinin‐expressing interneurons in the rodent and primate striatum

Calretinin‐expressing (CR+) interneurons are the most common type of striatal interneuron in primates. However, because CR+ interneurons are relatively scarce in rodent striatum, little is known about their molecular and other properties, and they are typically excluded from models of striatal circu...

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Autores principales: Garas, Farid N., Kormann, Eszter, Shah, Rahul S., Vinciati, Federica, Smith, Yoland, Magill, Peter J., Sharott, Andrew
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5814860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29218729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cne.24373
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author Garas, Farid N.
Kormann, Eszter
Shah, Rahul S.
Vinciati, Federica
Smith, Yoland
Magill, Peter J.
Sharott, Andrew
author_facet Garas, Farid N.
Kormann, Eszter
Shah, Rahul S.
Vinciati, Federica
Smith, Yoland
Magill, Peter J.
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description Calretinin‐expressing (CR+) interneurons are the most common type of striatal interneuron in primates. However, because CR+ interneurons are relatively scarce in rodent striatum, little is known about their molecular and other properties, and they are typically excluded from models of striatal circuitry. Moreover, CR+ interneurons are often treated in models as a single homogenous population, despite previous descriptions of their heterogeneous structures and spatial distributions in rodents and primates. Here, we demonstrate that, in rodents, the combinatorial expression of secretagogin (Scgn), specificity protein 8 (SP8) and/or LIM homeobox protein 7 (Lhx7) separates striatal CR+ interneurons into three structurally and topographically distinct cell populations. The CR+/Scgn+/SP8+/Lhx7− interneurons are small‐sized (typically 7–11 µm in somatic diameter), possess tortuous, partially spiny dendrites, and are rostrally biased in their positioning within striatum. The CR+/Scgn−/SP8−/Lhx7− interneurons are medium‐sized (typically 12–15 µm), have bipolar dendrites, and are homogenously distributed throughout striatum. The CR+/Scgn−/SP8−/Lhx7+ interneurons are relatively large‐sized (typically 12–20 µm), and have thick, infrequently branching dendrites. Furthermore, we provide the first in vivo electrophysiological recordings of identified CR+ interneurons, all of which were the CR+/Scgn−/SP8−/Lhx7− cell type. In the primate striatum, Scgn co‐expression also identified a topographically distinct CR+ interneuron population with a rostral bias similar to that seen in both rats and mice. Taken together, these results suggest that striatal CR+ interneurons comprise at least three molecularly, structurally, and topographically distinct cell populations in rodents. These properties are partially conserved in primates, in which the relative abundance of CR+ interneurons suggests that they play a critical role in striatal microcircuits.
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spelling pubmed-58148602018-02-27 Structural and molecular heterogeneity of calretinin‐expressing interneurons in the rodent and primate striatum Garas, Farid N. Kormann, Eszter Shah, Rahul S. Vinciati, Federica Smith, Yoland Magill, Peter J. Sharott, Andrew J Comp Neurol Research Articles Calretinin‐expressing (CR+) interneurons are the most common type of striatal interneuron in primates. However, because CR+ interneurons are relatively scarce in rodent striatum, little is known about their molecular and other properties, and they are typically excluded from models of striatal circuitry. Moreover, CR+ interneurons are often treated in models as a single homogenous population, despite previous descriptions of their heterogeneous structures and spatial distributions in rodents and primates. Here, we demonstrate that, in rodents, the combinatorial expression of secretagogin (Scgn), specificity protein 8 (SP8) and/or LIM homeobox protein 7 (Lhx7) separates striatal CR+ interneurons into three structurally and topographically distinct cell populations. The CR+/Scgn+/SP8+/Lhx7− interneurons are small‐sized (typically 7–11 µm in somatic diameter), possess tortuous, partially spiny dendrites, and are rostrally biased in their positioning within striatum. The CR+/Scgn−/SP8−/Lhx7− interneurons are medium‐sized (typically 12–15 µm), have bipolar dendrites, and are homogenously distributed throughout striatum. The CR+/Scgn−/SP8−/Lhx7+ interneurons are relatively large‐sized (typically 12–20 µm), and have thick, infrequently branching dendrites. Furthermore, we provide the first in vivo electrophysiological recordings of identified CR+ interneurons, all of which were the CR+/Scgn−/SP8−/Lhx7− cell type. In the primate striatum, Scgn co‐expression also identified a topographically distinct CR+ interneuron population with a rostral bias similar to that seen in both rats and mice. Taken together, these results suggest that striatal CR+ interneurons comprise at least three molecularly, structurally, and topographically distinct cell populations in rodents. These properties are partially conserved in primates, in which the relative abundance of CR+ interneurons suggests that they play a critical role in striatal microcircuits. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-12-21 2018-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5814860/ /pubmed/29218729 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cne.24373 Text en © 2017 The Authors The Journal of Comparative Neurology Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Garas, Farid N.
Kormann, Eszter
Shah, Rahul S.
Vinciati, Federica
Smith, Yoland
Magill, Peter J.
Sharott, Andrew
Structural and molecular heterogeneity of calretinin‐expressing interneurons in the rodent and primate striatum
title Structural and molecular heterogeneity of calretinin‐expressing interneurons in the rodent and primate striatum
title_full Structural and molecular heterogeneity of calretinin‐expressing interneurons in the rodent and primate striatum
title_fullStr Structural and molecular heterogeneity of calretinin‐expressing interneurons in the rodent and primate striatum
title_full_unstemmed Structural and molecular heterogeneity of calretinin‐expressing interneurons in the rodent and primate striatum
title_short Structural and molecular heterogeneity of calretinin‐expressing interneurons in the rodent and primate striatum
title_sort structural and molecular heterogeneity of calretinin‐expressing interneurons in the rodent and primate striatum
topic Research Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5814860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29218729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cne.24373
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