Necdin shapes serotonergic development and SERT activity modulating breathing in a mouse model for Prader-Willi syndrome

  1. Valéry Matarazzo  Is a corresponding author
  2. Laura Caccialupi
  3. Fabienne Schaller
  4. Yuri Shvarev
  5. Nazim Kourdougli
  6. Alessandra Bertoni
  7. Clément Menuet
  8. Nicolas Voituron
  9. Evan Deneris
  10. Patricia Gaspar
  11. Laurent Bezin
  12. Pascale Durbec
  13. Gérard Hilaire
  14. Françoise Muscatelli  Is a corresponding author
  1. Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, INMED, France
  2. Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  3. Université Paris 13, UFR STAPS, France
  4. Case Western Reserve University, United States
  5. UPMC Univ Paris 6, Institut du Fer à Moulin, INSERM, France
  6. Université de Lyon, INSERM, CNRS, France
  7. Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IBDM, France
4 figures and 1 additional file

Figures

Figure 1 with 3 supplements
Necdin expression in 5-HT neurons and alterations of 5-HT neuronal development and activity in Ndn-KO mice.

(A) Scheme adapted from (Hawthorne et al., 2010) representing expression profiles of Necdin (green), Pet1 (blue) and 5-HT (red) throughout embryonic development of 5-HT neurons as soon as the …

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Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Necdin expression compared with Pet-1 and 5-HT expression throughout embryonic development and alteration of 5-HT projections in Ndn-KO embryos.

(A–I) Co-expression in WT brainstem of Necdin (B, E, H) with Pet-1 (A) and 5-HT (D,G) at E10.5 (A–C), E12.5 (D–F) and E16.5 (G–I). (J) 5-HT IHC on coronal brainstem sections at E12.5 showing 5-HT …

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Figure 1—video 1
Two-photon timelapse video showing somal translocation on organotypic slice cultures of Pet-EYFP neurons in WT embryos (E12.5).
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Figure 1—video 2
Two-photon timelapse video showing somal translocation on organotypic slice cultures of Pet-EYFP neurons in Ndn-KO embryos (E12.5).
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Figure 2 with 3 supplements
Large punctiform axonal 5-HT staining (5-HT LPAs) results from an increase in SERT expression and activity in Ndn-KO mice.

(A–B) (A) Axonal 5-HT immunoreactivity illustrating 5-HT LPAs in the raphe of WT, Ndn-KO, Slc6a4-KO and Ndn/Slc6a4-DKO neonates (P1). (B) 5-HT LPAs were counted for all different genotypes (n = 3/gen…

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Figure 2—figure supplement 1
5-HT metabolism, Tph2 and Slc6a4 transcripts quantification in Ndn-KO mice.

(A–D) 5-HT metabolic analyses from medulla extracted from WT (n = 8) and Ndn-KO (n = 6) mice (at E18.5): (A) 5-HT substrate (L-Trp) (mg per gram of tissue): WT: 85.8 (64.5, 98.5); Ndn-KO: 83.6 …

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Figure 2—figure supplement 2
ASP+ uptake in neurons of raphe primary cultures.

(A) 5-HT immunocytochemistry on primary raphe cultures showing positive 5-HT neurons (red). (B) Time lapse illustration of ASP+ fluorescence (black) accumulation into cells bodies and fibers over 5 …

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Figure 2—figure supplement 3
Flow diagram of mice used for in vitro and in situ analyses in Figures 1 and 2 and their corresponding supplement figures.
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Figure 3 with 2 supplements
Genetic ablation or pharmacologic inhibition of SERT suppresses apnea and rescues central chemoreflex in Ndn-KO mice.

(A) Workflow experiment of constant airflow whole body plethysmography performed in unanaesthetized, unrestrained WT, Ndn-KO, Ndn/Slc6a4-DKO and Ndn-KO+Fluox mice at the age of P15. Ndn-KO and WT …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Early life Fluoxetine treatment has only short-term positive effects on Ndn-KO apneas.

(A) Workflow experiment of constant airflow whole body plethysmography performed in unanaesthetized, unrestrained WT and Ndn-KO mice at 0, 15 and 45 days after treatment (DAT). Ndn-KO and WT animals …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 2
Early life treatment of Fluoxetine on respiratory apnea in wild-type mice.

(A–B) Plethysmographic recordings of WT mice at 45DAT pre-treated either with (A) 0.9% NaCl (indicated here as WT) or (B) Fluoxetine (indicated here as WT+Fluox) (10 mg/Kg/day) from age P5 to P15 …

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Figure 4 with 3 supplements
Alteration of respiratory chemoreflex in Ndn-KO neonates is rescued by Fluoxetine.

(A–F) Effect of hypercapnia on in vivo ventilatory parameters of WT and Ndn-KO neonates. (A) Workflow experiment of constant airflow whole body plethysmography performed in unanaesthetized, …

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Figure 4—source data 1

Plethysmography data before and after hypercapnia in WT and Ndn-KO mice.

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Figure 4—source data 2

Electrophysiology data of rhythmic phrenic bursts frequency during acidosis in WT and Ndn-KO preparations - before and after Fluoxetine treatment.

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Figure 4—source data 3

Relates to Figure 4—figure supplements 1 and 2.

Electrophysiology data of rhythmic phrenic bursts frequency during acidosis in WT and Ndn-KO preparations - before and after 8-OHDPAT treatment.

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Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Effect of pre-treatment with the 5-HT1A-R agonist 8OHDPAT on the resting PBf and the PBf response to acidosis in Ndn-KO en bloc brainstem-spinal cord preparations of P0-P1 pups.

(A–C) PBf produced in Ndn-KO en bloc brainstem-spinal cord preparations superfused with (A) neutral aCSF (pH 7.4) and then treated with 8OHDPAT (1 µM) either (B) in neutral aCSF (pH 7.4) or (C) in …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 2
Effects of Fluoxetine and of the 5-HT1A-R agonist 8OHDPAT on the resting PBf and the PBf response to acidosis in wild-type medulla preparations.

(A–B) PBf produced in WT en bloc brainstem-spinal cord preparations superfused with (A) neutral aCSF (pH 7.4) and treated with Fluoxetine (20 μM) in aCSF (pH 7.4) or acidified aCSF (pH 7.1), (B) …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 3
Flow diagram of mice used for ex vivo and in vivo analyses in Figures 3 and 4 and their corresponding supplement figures.
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