Mapping the function of neuronal ion channels in model and experiment

  1. William F Podlaski  Is a corresponding author
  2. Alexander Seeholzer
  3. Lukas N Groschner
  4. Gero Miesenböck
  5. Rajnish Ranjan
  6. Tim P Vogels
  1. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  2. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
  3. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
7 figures, 2 tables and 2 additional files

Figures

The choice of ion channel model influences the behavior of a simulated neuron.

(A) Biophysical neuron models are composed of a detailed multicompartmental morphology, several active ion channel conductances, and a density of each conductance that depends on the specific …

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Ion channel models can be categorized by metadata and ancestor-descendant relationships.

(A) Metadata were manually extracted from ModelDB and associated journal articles (top). Ancestor-descendant relationship (bottom) was established between different models (see main text for …

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Figure 2—source data 1

Table of subtypes for each ion type class.

Subtypes of each of the five classes currently available in the resource (Kv, Nav, Cav, KCa, Ih), sorted by the frequency of their occurrence.

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Figure 3 with 4 supplements
Voltage-clamp protocols for the quantitative analysis of ion channel models.

(A) Left: five voltage clamp protocols were used to characterize ion channel responses recorded in single compartment somata simulated in NEURON (see Figure 3—figure supplement 1 and Tables 1 and 2

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Figure 3—source data 1

Table of omitted files.

List of omitted files for each of the five ion type classes, with a brief description of the reason for omission.

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Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Graphical description of the five voltage-clamp protocols used for ion channel model analysis.

Activation (A), inactivation (B), deactivation (C), ramp (D), action potential (E). See Table 2 for values of variables used in simulations. Dashed lines represent the approximate regions used for …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 2
Cluster indexes for Kv and Nav classes.

See Materials and methods for description. ‘Singletons’ refers to the number of single-element clusters. (A) Cluster indexes of the Kv class. The cluster number 60 was chosen since Dunn and …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 3
Cluster indexes for Cav, KCa and Ih classes.

Cluster indexes, see Materials and methods for description. ‘Singletons’ refers to the number of single-element clusters. (A) Cluster indexes of the Cav class. The candidate cluster number 30 (peak …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 4
Comparison of intra- and inter-subtype variability with intra- and inter-cluster variability.

(A) Median pairwise distance between all channels of a given subtype, calculated either with the final score (‘total’), or only each of the intermediate condition scores (here abbreviated, cf. Figure…

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Figure 4 with 2 supplements
Quantitative analysis of Kv ion channel models: functional map and clusters of common behavior.

(A) Pedigree graph of the Kv class (cf. Figure 2E), colored by membership in the 11 largest clusters in the class (named by most prevalent subtype, bottom). Membership to other clusters is indicated …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Nav and Cav class genealogy and clustering.

(A) Families of the Nav class, ordered from left to right by family size. Each dot represents an ion channel model and edges represent family relationships. Colors indicate the 11 most prevalent …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 2
KCa and Ih class genealogy and clustering.

(A) Families of the KCa class, ordered from left to right by family size. Each dot represents an ion channel model and edges represent family relationships. Colors indicate the 11 subtypes in the …

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Ion channel model groups defined by common subtype, neuron type and brain area show variability in behavior.

(A) Kv models are grouped by common subtype, neuron type, and brain area. The mean pairwise distance in score space between all models within a group is plotted against group size, with errorbars …

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Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Automated analysis of new models and experimental data.

(A) Flowchart of data processing steps involved in automated comparison. Source code for model files written in NEURON can be uploaded to the website, and current responses are automatically …

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Figure 6—figure supplement 1
K+ current recordings from Drosophila Kenyon cells.

Recordings from eight example traces of K+ current from Drosophila Kenyon cells (gray), with average (black). See Materials and methods for a description of experiments. Response traces are arranged …

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The ICGenealogy website allows for the interactive visualization of all data and analysis on the resource (ICGenealogy, 2016) (http://icg.neurotheory.ox.ac.uk).

(A) Schematic of similarity view on website. Channel models of the Kv family are displayed in the first two principal components of score space, colored by subtype (legend on left). Hovering over …

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Tables

Table 1

Parameters for reversal potential and inside and outside concentrations used in simulation protocols for five ion type classes. Ionic concentrations were not used for Ih currents.

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Erev (mV)[ion]in (mM)[ion]out (mM)
Kv−86.785.03.3152396
Nav50.021.0136.3753955
Cav135.08.1929e-52.0
KCa−86.785.03.3152396
Ih−45.0
Table 2

Voltage-clamp protocol parameters for the five ion type classes. Times are stated in units of ms, voltages in units of mV. See Figure 3—figure supplement 1 for graphical description. Items TA* and TB*

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ActIon typeV0V1V2ΔVT1T2T3TA*TB*
Kv−80−807010100500100100700
Nav−80−80701020503018100
Cav−80−80701010050010098700
KCa−80−80701010050010095605
Ih−40−1500101002000100952105
InactIon TypeV0V1V2V3ΔVT1T2T3T4TA*TB*
Kv−80−4070301010015005010016001700
Nav−80−4070301010015005010015801750
Cav−80−4070301010015005010015801750
KCa−80−4070301010015005010015951700
Ih−40−150−40−12010100100030010010951405
DeactIon TypeV0V1V2V3ΔVT1T2T3T4TA*TB*
Kv−8070−1004010100300200100400600
Nav−8070−1004010201030202980
Cav−8070−1004010100300200100380700
KCa−8070−1004010100300200100395605
Ih−40−140−110010100150050040015952105
RampIon TypeV0V1T1T2T3T4T5T6T7T8T9TA*TB*
Kv−80701008004004004002004001001001002800
Nav−8070100800400400400200400100100982800
Cav−8070100800400400400200400100100982800
KCa−80701008004004004002004001001001002800
Ih−80701008004004004002004001001001002800
APIon TypeT1TA*TB*
Kv18001001800
Nav1800981800
Cav1800981800
KCa1800951655
Ih1800951655

Additional files

Supplementary file 1

Instruction manual for ICGenealogy website browser.

This file contains a brief tutorial which introduces all of the major aspects of the accompanying web browser for the database.

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Supplementary file 2

Supplementary references.

This file lists all model files contained in the database and used for analysis here, as well as the accompanying reference publication for each one.

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