Differential spatiotemporal development of Purkinje cell populations and cerebellum-dependent sensorimotor behaviors

  1. Gerrit Cornelis Beekhof
  2. Catarina Osório
  3. Joshua J White
  4. Scott van Zoomeren
  5. Hannah van der Stok
  6. Bilian Xiong
  7. Ingo HMS Nettersheim
  8. Willem Ashwin Mak
  9. Marit Runge
  10. Francesca Romana Fiocchi
  11. Henk-Jan Boele
  12. Freek E Hoebeek
  13. Martijn Schonewille  Is a corresponding author
  1. Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Netherlands
  2. Princeton Neuroscience Institute, United States
  3. Department for Developmental Origins of Disease, University Medical Center Utrecht Brain Center and Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Netherlands
7 figures, 1 table and 2 additional files

Figures

Figure 1 with 5 supplements
Simple and complex spike activity develops differently between ZebrinII-related Purkinje cell populations.

(A1) Schematic illustration of single unit cerebellar extracellular recordings in Purkinje cells of awake head-fixed mice (left). Schematic representation of a cerebellar coronal section and …

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
In vivo extracellular recordings of simple and complex spike activity in different ZebrinII-related Purkinje cell populations during development.

(A1) Example trace of a young P12 Purkinje cell recording identified by its hallmark feature, the occurrence of complex spikes (asterisk) and simple spikes (left). Inset depicting the complex spike …

Figure 1—figure supplement 2
Climbing fiber pause is longer than inter-simple spike-interval in the majority of the recorded cells.

(A) Scatterplot of the log mean simple spike-interval versus the log climbing fiber (CF) pause of all cells recorded in four age groups (blue: P12-17; green: P18-29; red: P30-59 and purple: P>60). …

Figure 1—figure supplement 3
In vivo extracellular recordings of simple spike activity distributed by lobules and cerebellar regions during development.

Purkinje cell simple spike firing rate in vivo for Purkinje cells in all lobules at (A1) >P60, (A2) P30-59, (A3) P18-29 and (A4) P12-17. Purkinje cell simple spike firing rate in vivo for (B1) …

Figure 1—figure supplement 4
Overview with color-coded simple spike and complex spike rate for all identified ZebrinII– and ZebrinII+ Purkinje cells.

(A) P12-P17 Purkinje cell recording location with simple spike rate and (B) P12-P17 Purkinje cell recording location with complex spike rate.

© 2007, John Wiley & Sons. The schematic drawing in panels A and B is redrawn from Figure 3 from Sugihara and Quy, 2007b, with permission from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. It is not covered by the CC-BY 4.0 licence and further reproduction of this panel would need permission from the copyright holder.

Figure 1—figure supplement 5
Overview with color-coded simple spike coefficient of variation 2 (CV2) and coefficient of variation (CV) for all identified ZebrinII– and ZebrinII+ cells.

(A) P12-P17 Purkinje cell recording location with simple spike coefficient of variation (CV2) and (B) P12-P17 Purkinje cell recording location with simple spike coefficient of variation (CV).

© 2007, John Wiley & Sons. The schematic drawing in panels A and B is redrawn from Figure 3 from Sugihara and Quy, 2007b with permission from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. It is not covered by the CC-BY 4.0 licence and further reproduction of this panel would need permission from the copyright holder.

Figure 2 with 2 supplements
Intrinsic activity develops differently between lobule III and lobule X Purkinje cell populations.

(A1) Cell-attached recordings in vitro in Slc1a6-EGFP mice that express eGFP in Purkinje cells. Recordings of intrinsic Purkinje cell activity were made in lobules III and X. Purkinje cells were …

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
In vitro cell-attached recordings of intrinsic activity in different Purkinje cell populations during development.

(A) Schematic of cell-attached recordings in vitro in lobules III and X (left) and example of a Purkinje cell filled with biocytin and stained afterwards (right). (B) Example traces of cell-attached …

Figure 2—figure supplement 2
Lobule III and ZebrinII– Purkinje cell simple spike rate results from a higher intrinsic and input driven component when compared with lobule X and ZebrinII+ Purkinje cells.

(A1) Purkinje cell intrinsic simple spike rate recorded in vitro for lobule III Purkinje cells (gray) and lobule X Purkinje cells (purple) and Purkinje cell simple spike firing rate recorded in vivo

Figure 3 with 1 supplement
Purkinje cells located in the lobule III display a larger and elaborated dendritic tree.

(A) Photomicrographs of Purkinje cells filled with biocytin in lobule III and X (top panel); and sholl analysis of Purkinje cells located in lobules I/II/III (gray) or IX/X (purple) in six age …

Figure 3—source data 1

Purkinje cell dendritic morphological source data 1.

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Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Purkinje cell location in the cerebellum within each lobule.

(A) Photomicrographs of Purkinje cells filled with biocytin in lobule III; regions within lobule III (A = apex; B = base; S = sulcus), Scale bar = 500, 200 and 50 µm. (B1) Percentage of Purkinje cell…

Translocation of climbing fibers occurs earlier in the nodular regions of the cerebellum.

(A) Photomicrographs of lobule III and lobule X regions depicting climbing fiber (VGluT2 staining, cyan) and Purkinje cell (calbindin, red) development in five age groups. (B1) Molecular layer (ML) …

Figure 5 with 1 supplement
ZebrinII+ Purkinje cell axons are larger and less dense at all early postnatal ages.

(A) Photomicrographs of cerebellar sections demonstrating sparse labeling of Purkinje cells. Left panels are stained with antibodies against ZebrinII as well as red fluorescent protein (RFP) to …

Figure 5—source data 1

Purkinje cell axonal morphological source data 1.

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Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Random distribution of labeled Purkinje cells for axon analysis.

Sparsely labeled Purkinje cells are randomly distributed throughout the cerebellar cortex at P10, P14, and P21 as exemplified by three representative mice at each age. Purkinje cells are labeled …

Figure 6 with 4 supplements
Differential development of cerebellar regions impacts the maturation of cerebellar-specific behaviors.

(A1) Schematic illustration of eye movement recording setup. Mice are head-fixed in the center of a turntable (green arrow) for vestibular stimulation and surrounded by a random dotted pattern drum

Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Compensatory eye movements in young and adult mice.

Gain (top) and phase (bottom) of baseline performance of compensatory eye movements: (A1 and B1) the optokinetic reflex (OKR), (A2 and B2) the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) and (A3 and B3) the …

Figure 6—figure supplement 2
Vestibulo-ocular reflex phase reversal gain, overnight consolidation, and gaze during training differ between juvenile and adult mice.

(A) Example trace of eye movement position in young (blue) and adult (green) mice before and after training in relation with the table position (black) at an amplitude of 5°. (B) Gain of 5 days of …

Figure 6—figure supplement 3
Polar plot for vestibulo-ocular reflex phase reversal gain.

Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) phase reversal gain in (A) individual sessions and (B) averaged sessions per 5 days in young (blue) and adult (green) mice.

Figure 6—figure supplement 4
Eyeblink conditioning in young and adult mice.

(A1) Example traces of a single unconditioned response and (A2) a single conditioned response. Insets: mouse eye video captures show eyelid closure ranging from 0 (fully-open) to 1 (fully-closed). (B…

Summary of developmental timelines of Purkinje cell activity and morphology.

Left, selected features for physiological activity, represented by simple spike firing rate in vitro, simple spike rate in vivo and complex spike rate in vivo. Below the graphs periods of rapid …

Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type (species) or resourceDesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Strain, strain background (Mus musculus)Slc1a6-EGFPGong et al., 2003MMRRC: 012845-UCD(Tg(Slc1a6-EGFP) HD185Gsat/Mmucd)
Strain, strain background (Mus musculus)Pcp2-creERT2Institut Clinique de la Souris, France Jackson LaboratoryMGI:97508; ICS: 0273(Tg(Pcp2-creERT2)17.8.ICS)
Strain, strain background (Mus musculus)Ai14The Jackson LaboratoryJAX: 007908(Gt(ROSA)26Sortm14(CAG-tdTomato)Hze/J)
Strain, strain background (Mus musculus)C57BL/6The Jackson Laboratory
Janvier Labs
Charles River
JAX: 00055
Janvier: C57BL/6JRj
CR: C57BL/6NCrl
AntibodyGoat anti-ZebrinII/Aldolase C (Goat polyclonal)Santa Cruz BiotechnologyCat# sc-12065
RRID:AB_2242641
RRID:AB_2315622
1:1000
AntibodyMouse anti- Calbindin D-28K (Mouse monoclonal)SwantCat# 300
RRID:AB_10000347
1:10,000
AntibodyGuinea pig anti-VGluT2 (Guinea pig polyclonal)MilliporeCat# AB2251-l
RRID:AB_2665454
1:2000
AntibodyRabbit anti-RFP (Rabbit polyclonal)RocklandCat# 600-401-379
RRID:AB_2209751
1:1000
AntibodyCy3 StreptavidinJackson ImmunoResearchCat# 016-160-084
RRID:AB_233724
1:1000
AntibodyCy3-AffiniPure Donkey anti-Mouse (Mouse polyclonal)Jackson ImmunoResearchCat# 715-165-150
RRID:AB_2340813
1:1000
AntibodyAlexa Fluor 488-AffiniPure Donkey anti-Guinea Pig (Guinea pig polyclonal)Jackson ImmunoResearchCat# 706-545-148
RRID:AB_2340472
1:1000
AntibodyDonkey anti-goat Daylight 488 (Goat polyclonal)Jackson ImmunoResearchCat# 705-486-147
RRID:AB_2616594
1:500
AntibodyCy3-AffiniPure Donkey Anti-Rabbit (Rabbit polyclonal)Jackson ImmunoResearchCat# 711-165-152
RRID:AB_2307443
1:500
Chemical compound, drug4’,6-Diamidine-2’-phenylindole dihydrochloride (DAPI)Thermo Fisher ScientificCat# D3571
RRID:AB_2307455
Chemical compound, drugParaformaldehyde (PFA)MilliporeCat# 1040054%
Chemical compound, drugBiocytinSigma-AldrichCat# B42611%
Chemical compound, drugEvans BlueSigma-AldrichCat# E21290.5%
Chemical compound, drugPicrotoxinHello Bio LtdCat# HB0506100 µM
Chemical compound, drugNBQXHello Bio LtdCat# HB044210 µM
Chemical compound, drugD-AP5Hello Bio LtdCat# HB022550 µM
Chemical compound, drugMineral oilSigma-AldrichCat# M3516
Chemical compound, drugTamoxifenSigma-AldrichCat# T5648
Software, algorithmFIJI (ImageJ)National Institute of HealthRRID:SCR_002285
Software, algorithmMATLAB 2008, 2016MathWorksRRID:SCR_001622
Software, algorithmZEN digital Imaging for Light MicroscopyZEISSRRID:SCR_013672
Software, algorithmLeica Application Suite X (LAS X)Leica MicrosystemsRRID:SCR_013673
Software, algorithmClampfit 10Molecular DevicesRRID:SCR_011323
Software, algorithmPatchmasterHEKA ElectronicsRRID:SCR_000034
Software, algorithmGraphPad PrismGraphPad SoftwareRRID:SCR_002798
Software, algorithmCompensatory eye movements analysisSchonewille grouphttps://github.com/MSchonewille/iMove
Software, algorithmEyeblink conditioning analysisNeurasmus B.V. RotterdamRRID:SCR_021043
OtherLeica SM2000 R sliding microtomeLeica BiosystemsRRID:SCR_018456
OtherP-1000 PullerSutter InstrumentRRID:SCR_021042
OtherLSM 700 laser scanning confocalZEISSRRID:SCR_017377
OtherSP5 confocalLeica MicrosystemsRRID:SCR_020233
OtherSP8 confocalLeica MicrosystemsRRID:SCR_018169
OtherAxio Imager.M2ZEISSRRID:SCR_018876

Additional files

Supplementary file 1

Data for in vivo, in vitro electrophysiology, anatomical and behavioral quantifications.

Descriptive values are represented as mean ± SEM. p=postnatal, Z−=ZebrinII negative, Z+=ZebrinII positive, LIII = lobule III, LX = lobule X, LI-III = lobules I/II/III, LIX-X = lobules IX/X.

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