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Somatostatin-positive interneurons in the dentate gyrus of mice provide local- and long-range septal synaptic inhibition

  1. Mei Yuan
  2. Thomas Meyer
  3. Christoph Benkowitz
  4. Shakuntala Savanthrapadian
  5. Laura Ansel-Bollepalli
  6. Angelica Foggetti
  7. Peer Wulff
  8. Pepe Alcami
  9. Claudio Elgueta
  10. Marlene Bartos  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Freiburg, Germany
  2. University of Kiel, Germany
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21105
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  1. Mei Yuan
  2. Thomas Meyer
  3. Christoph Benkowitz
  4. Shakuntala Savanthrapadian
  5. Laura Ansel-Bollepalli
  6. Angelica Foggetti
  7. Peer Wulff
  8. Pepe Alcami
  9. Claudio Elgueta
  10. Marlene Bartos
(2017)
Somatostatin-positive interneurons in the dentate gyrus of mice provide local- and long-range septal synaptic inhibition
eLife 6:e21105.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21105
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Abstract

Somatostatin-expressing-interneurons (SOMIs) in the dentate gyrus (DG) control formation of granule cell (GC) assemblies during memory acquisition. Hilar-perforant-path-associated interneurons (HIPP cells) have been considered to be synonymous for DG-SOMIs. Deviating from this assumption, we show two functionally contrasting DG-SOMI-types. The classical feedback-inhibitory HIPPs distribute axon fibers in the molecular layer. They are engaged by converging GC-inputs and provide dendritic inhibition to the DG circuitry. In contrast, SOMIs with axon in the hilus, termed hilar interneurons (HILs), provide perisomatic inhibition onto GABAergic cells in the DG and project to the medial septum. Repetitive activation of glutamatergic inputs onto HIPP cells induces long-lasting-depression (LTD) of synaptic transmission but long-term-potentiation (LTP) of synaptic signals in HIL cells. Thus, LTD in HIPPs may assist flow of spatial information from the entorhinal cortex to the DG, whereas LTP in HILs may facilitate the temporal coordination of GCs with activity patterns governed by the medial septum.

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  1. Mei Yuan

    Institute for Physiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  2. Thomas Meyer

    Institute for Physiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  3. Christoph Benkowitz

    Institute for Physiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  4. Shakuntala Savanthrapadian

    Institute for Physiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  5. Laura Ansel-Bollepalli

    Institute for Physiology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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  6. Angelica Foggetti

    Institute for Physiology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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  7. Peer Wulff

    Institute for Physiology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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  8. Pepe Alcami

    Institute for Physiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  9. Claudio Elgueta

    Institute for Physiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  10. Marlene Bartos

    Institute for Physiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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    Marlene Bartos, Reviewing editor, elife.
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (FOR2143)

  • Marlene Bartos

Volkswagen Foundation (Lichtenberg Award)

  • Marlene Bartos

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All animal procedures were performed in accordance to national and european legislations (license no.: G-11/53; X-12/20D).

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  1. Gary L Westbrook, Vollum Institute, United States

Publication history

  1. Received: August 31, 2016
  2. Accepted: April 1, 2017
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: April 3, 2017 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: April 18, 2017 (version 2)

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© 2017, Yuan et al.

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  1. Mei Yuan
  2. Thomas Meyer
  3. Christoph Benkowitz
  4. Shakuntala Savanthrapadian
  5. Laura Ansel-Bollepalli
  6. Angelica Foggetti
  7. Peer Wulff
  8. Pepe Alcami
  9. Claudio Elgueta
  10. Marlene Bartos
(2017)
Somatostatin-positive interneurons in the dentate gyrus of mice provide local- and long-range septal synaptic inhibition
eLife 6:e21105.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21105

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