Cell type composition and circuit organization of clonally related excitatory neurons in the juvenile mouse neocortex

  1. Cathryn R Cadwell  Is a corresponding author
  2. Federico Scala
  3. Paul G Fahey
  4. Dmitry Kobak
  5. Shalaka Mulherkar
  6. Fabian H Sinz
  7. Stelios Papadopoulos
  8. Zheng H Tan
  9. Per Johnsson
  10. Leonard Hartmanis
  11. Shuang Li
  12. Ronald J Cotton
  13. Kimberley F Tolias
  14. Rickard Sandberg
  15. Philipp Berens
  16. Xialong Jiang  Is a corresponding author
  17. Andreas Savas Tolias  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, San Francisco, United States
  2. Baylor College of Medicine, United States
  3. University of Tübingen, Germany
  4. Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Abstract

Clones of excitatory neurons derived from a common progenitor have been proposed to serve as elementary information processing modules in the neocortex. To characterize the cell types and circuit diagram of clonally related neurons, we performed multi-cell patch clamp recordings and Patch-seq on neurons derived from Nestin-positive progenitors labeled by tamoxifen induction at embryonic day 10.5. The resulting clones are derived from two radial glia on average, span cortical layers 2-6, and are composed of a random sampling of transcriptomic cell types. We find an interaction between shared lineage and connectivity: related neurons are more likely to be connected vertically across cortical layers, but not laterally within the same layer. These findings challenge the view that related neurons show uniformly increased connectivity and suggest that integration of vertical intra-clonal input with lateral inter-clonal input may represent a developmentally programmed connectivity motif supporting the emergence of functional circuits.

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Sequencing data have been deposited in GEO under accession code GSE140946. All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files. Source data files have been provided for Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. The source data provided for Figure 4 also apply to Figure 5 and Table 1.

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  1. Cathryn R Cadwell

    Anatomic Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    Cathryn.Cadwell@ucsf.edu
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  2. Federico Scala

    Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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  3. Paul G Fahey

    Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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  4. Dmitry Kobak

    Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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  5. Shalaka Mulherkar

    Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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  6. Fabian H Sinz

    Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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  7. Stelios Papadopoulos

    Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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  8. Zheng H Tan

    Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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  9. Per Johnsson

    Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  10. Leonard Hartmanis

    Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  11. Shuang Li

    Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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  12. Ronald J Cotton

    Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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  13. Kimberley F Tolias

    Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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  14. Rickard Sandberg

    Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  15. Philipp Berens

    Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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  16. Xialong Jiang

    Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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    xiaolonj@bcm.edu
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  17. Andreas Savas Tolias

    Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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    astolias@bcm.edu
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Funding

Baylor College of Medicine (Optical Imaging and Vital Microscopy Core)

  • Andreas Savas Tolias

Baylor College of Medicine (Faculty start-up fund)

  • Xialong Jiang

National Institutes of Health (F30MH095440,T32GM007330)

  • Cathryn R Cadwell

National Institutes of Health (F30MH112312)

  • Paul G Fahey

Baylor Research Advocates for Student Scientists (BRASS Scholar Award)

  • Cathryn R Cadwell
  • Paul G Fahey

National Institutes of Health (R01MH103108,R01DA028525,DP1EY023176,P30EY002520,T32EY07001,DP1OD008301)

  • Andreas Savas Tolias

National Science Foundation (707359)

  • Andreas Savas Tolias

Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas

  • Rickard Sandberg

Vallee Foundation

  • Rickard Sandberg

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (EXC 2064,BE5601/4-1)

  • Philipp Berens

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (FKZ 01GQ1601)

  • Philipp Berens

McKnight Foundation (McKnight Scholar Award)

  • Andreas Savas Tolias

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation (Young Investigator Award)

  • Andreas Savas Tolias

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

Ethics

Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the animals were handled according to an approved institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) protocol of Baylor College of Medicine (protocol # AN-4703). Every effort was made to minimize suffering.

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© 2020, Cadwell et al.

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  1. Cathryn R Cadwell
  2. Federico Scala
  3. Paul G Fahey
  4. Dmitry Kobak
  5. Shalaka Mulherkar
  6. Fabian H Sinz
  7. Stelios Papadopoulos
  8. Zheng H Tan
  9. Per Johnsson
  10. Leonard Hartmanis
  11. Shuang Li
  12. Ronald J Cotton
  13. Kimberley F Tolias
  14. Rickard Sandberg
  15. Philipp Berens
  16. Xialong Jiang
  17. Andreas Savas Tolias
(2020)
Cell type composition and circuit organization of clonally related excitatory neurons in the juvenile mouse neocortex
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