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Activity-dependent tuning of intrinsic excitability in mouse and human neurogliaform cells

  1. Ramesh Chittajallu  Is a corresponding author
  2. Kurt Auville
  3. Vivek Mahadevan
  4. Mandy Lai
  5. Steven Hunt
  6. Daniela Calvigioni
  7. Kenneth A Pelkey
  8. Kareem A Zaghloul
  9. Chris J McBain  Is a corresponding author
  1. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Insititute of Child Helath and Human Development, National Insitutes of Health, United States
  2. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.57571
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  1. Ramesh Chittajallu
  2. Kurt Auville
  3. Vivek Mahadevan
  4. Mandy Lai
  5. Steven Hunt
  6. Daniela Calvigioni
  7. Kenneth A Pelkey
  8. Kareem A Zaghloul
  9. Chris J McBain
(2020)
Activity-dependent tuning of intrinsic excitability in mouse and human neurogliaform cells
eLife 9:e57571.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.57571
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Abstract

The ability to modulate the efficacy of synaptic communication between neurons constitutes an essential property critical for normal brain function. Animal models have proved invaluable in revealing a wealth of diverse cellular mechanisms underlying varied plasticity modes. However, to what extent these processes are mirrored in humans is largely uncharted thus questioning their relevance in human circuit function. In this study, we focus on neurogliaform cells, that possess specialized physiological features enabling them to impart a widespread inhibitory influence on neural activity. We demonstrate that this prominent neuronal subtype, embedded in both mouse and human neural circuits, undergo remarkably similar activity-dependent modulation manifesting as epochs of enhanced intrinsic excitability. In principle, these evolutionary conserved plasticity routes likely tune the extent of neurogliaform cell mediated inhibition thus constituting canonical circuit mechanisms underlying human cognitive processing and behavior.

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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting source data files.

The following previously published data sets were used
    1. Allen Brain Institute - Hodge et al. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1506-7
    (2019) Cell Diversity in the Mouse Cortex and Hippocampus & Cell Diversity in the Human cortex
    https://transcriptomic-viewer-downloads.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/mouse/transcriptome.zip; https://transcriptomic-viewer-downloads.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/human/transcriptome.zip.
    https://portal.brain-map.org/atlases-and-data/rnaseq

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  1. Ramesh Chittajallu

    Section on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Insititute of Child Helath and Human Development, National Insitutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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    ramesh.chittajallu@nih.gov
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.
    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-9794-0052

  2. Kurt Auville

    Section on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Insititute of Child Helath and Human Development, National Insitutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

  3. Vivek Mahadevan

    Laboratory of Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Insititute of Child Helath and Human Development, National Insitutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-0805-827X

  4. Mandy Lai

    Section on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Insititute of Child Helath and Human Development, National Insitutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

  5. Steven Hunt

    Laboratory of Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Insititute of Child Helath and Human Development, National Insitutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  6. Daniela Calvigioni

    Laboratory of Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Insititute of Child Helath and Human Development, National Insitutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

  7. Kenneth A Pelkey

    Section on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Insititute of Child Helath and Human Development, National Insitutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.
    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-9731-1336

  8. Kareem A Zaghloul

    Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.
    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0001-8575-3578

  9. Chris J McBain

    Section on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Insititute of Child Helath and Human Development, National Insitutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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    mcbainc@mail.nih.gov
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.
    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-5909-0157

Funding

NINDS Intramural Research Program (Z01NS003144)

  • Kareem A Zaghloul

NICHD Intramural Research Program (ZIAHD001205)

  • Chris J McBain

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

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  1. Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All mice were handled in accordance with animal protocols approved by the National Institutes of Health (ASP# 17-045).

Human subjects: The NINDS Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved the research protocol (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT01273129), and informed consent for the experimental use of resected tissue was obtained from each participant and their guardians.

Version history

  1. Received: April 4, 2020
  2. Accepted: June 2, 2020
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: June 4, 2020 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: June 17, 2020 (version 2)

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  1. Ramesh Chittajallu
  2. Kurt Auville
  3. Vivek Mahadevan
  4. Mandy Lai
  5. Steven Hunt
  6. Daniela Calvigioni
  7. Kenneth A Pelkey
  8. Kareem A Zaghloul
  9. Chris J McBain
(2020)
Activity-dependent tuning of intrinsic excitability in mouse and human neurogliaform cells
eLife 9:e57571.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.57571

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