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Emergence of non-canonical parvalbumin-containing interneurons in hippocampus of a murine model of Type I lissencephaly

  1. Tyler G Ekins
  2. Vivek Mahadevan
  3. Yajun Zhang
  4. James A D'Amour
  5. Gülcan Akgül
  6. Timothy J Petros
  7. Chris J McBain  Is a corresponding author
  1. Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, United States
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Cite this article as: eLife 2020;9:e62373 doi: 10.7554/eLife.62373

Abstract

Type I lissencephaly is a neuronal migration disorder caused by haploinsuffiency of the PAFAH1B1 (mouse: Pafah1b1) gene and is characterized by brain malformation, developmental delays, and epilepsy. Here, we investigate the impact of Pafah1b1 mutation on the cellular migration, morphophysiology, microcircuitry and transcriptomics of mouse hippocampal CA1 parvalbumin-containing inhibitory interneurons (PV+INTs). We find that WT PV+INTs consist of two physiological subtypes (80% fast-spiking (FS), 20% non-fast-spiking (NFS)) and four morphological subtypes. We find that cell-autonomous mutations within interneurons disrupts morphophysiological development of PV+INTs and results in the emergence of a non-canonical 'intermediate spiking (IS)' subset of PV+INTs. We also find that now dominant IS/NFS cells are prone to entering depolarization block, causing them to temporarily lose the ability to initiate action potentials and control network excitation, potentially promoting seizures. Finally, single-cell nuclear RNAsequencing of PV+INTs revealed several misregulated genes related to morphogenesis, cellular excitability, and synapse formation.

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  1. Tyler G Ekins

    Program in Developmental Neurobiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  2. Vivek Mahadevan

    Laboratory of Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  3. Yajun Zhang

    Program in Developmental Neurobiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  4. James A D'Amour

    Program in Developmental Neurobiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-8144-3692

  5. Gülcan Akgül

    Program in Developmental Neurobiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  6. Timothy J Petros

    Cellular and Molecular Neurodevelopment, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  7. Chris J McBain

    Program in Developmental Neurobiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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    mcbainc@mail.nih.gov
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-5909-0157

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Intramural Resarch Award)

  • Chris J McBain

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 mouse experiments were conducted in accordance with animal protocols approved by the National Institutes of Health (ASP# 17-045).

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  1. Inna Slutsky, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Publication history

  1. Received: August 22, 2020
  2. Accepted: November 4, 2020
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: November 5, 2020 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: November 18, 2020 (version 2)

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