Massive normalization of olfactory bulb output in mice with a 'monoclonal nose'

  1. Benjamin Roland
  2. Rebecca Jordan
  3. Dara L Sosulski
  4. Assunta Diodato
  5. Izumi Fukunaga
  6. Ian Wickersham
  7. Kevin M Franks
  8. Andreas T Schaefer
  9. Alexander Fleischmann  Is a corresponding author
  1. Collège de France, France
  2. The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom
  3. University College London, United Kingdom
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
  5. Duke University, United States

Abstract

Perturbations in neural circuits can provide mechanistic understanding of the neural correlates of behavior. In M71 transgenic mice with a 'monoclonal nose', glomerular input patterns in the olfactory bulb are massively perturbed and olfactory behaviors are altered. To gain insights into how olfactory circuits can process such degraded inputs we characterized odor-evoked responses of olfactory bulb mitral cells and interneurons. Surprisingly, calcium imaging experiments reveal that mitral cell responses in M71 transgenic mice are largely normal, highlighting a remarkable capacity of olfactory circuits to normalize sensory input. In vivo whole cell recordings suggest that feedforward inhibition from olfactory bulb periglomerular cells can mediate this signal normalization. Together, our results identify inhibitory circuits in the olfactory bulb as a mechanistic basis for many of the behavioral phenotypes of mice with a 'monoclonal nose' and highlight how substantially degraded odor input can be transformed to yield meaningful olfactory bulb output.

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  1. Benjamin Roland

    Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, Collège de France, Paris, France
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  2. Rebecca Jordan

    The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  3. Dara L Sosulski

    Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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  4. Assunta Diodato

    Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, Collège de France, Paris, France
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  5. Izumi Fukunaga

    The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  6. Ian Wickersham

    MIT Genetic Neuroengineering Group, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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  7. Kevin M Franks

    Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, United States
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  8. Andreas T Schaefer

    The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  9. Alexander Fleischmann

    Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, Collège de France, Paris, France
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    alexander.fleischmann@college-de-france.fr
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Ethics

Animal experimentation: All experiments were performed in accordance with approved institutional animal care and use committee protocols of Columbia University (#AC-AAAH9255), and in accordance with the INSERM Animal Care and Use Committee guidelines (#B750512/00615.02), the German Animal Welfare Act, and the UK Home Office and the Animals and Scientific Procedures Act (#PPL 70/7827).

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© 2016, Roland et al.

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  1. Benjamin Roland
  2. Rebecca Jordan
  3. Dara L Sosulski
  4. Assunta Diodato
  5. Izumi Fukunaga
  6. Ian Wickersham
  7. Kevin M Franks
  8. Andreas T Schaefer
  9. Alexander Fleischmann
(2016)
Massive normalization of olfactory bulb output in mice with a 'monoclonal nose'
eLife 5:e16335.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16335

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