Target-specific control of olfactory bulb periglomerular cells by GABAergic and cholinergic basal forebrain inputs
Abstract
The olfactory bulb (OB), the first relay for odor processing in the brain, receives dense GABAergic and cholinergic long-range projections from basal forebrain (BF) nuclei that provide information about the internal state and behavioral context of the animal. However, the targets, impact and dynamic of these afferents are still unclear. I studied how BF synaptic inputs modulate activity in diverse subtypes of periglomerular (PG) interneurons using optogenetic stimulation and loose cell-attached or whole-cell patch-clamp recording in OB slices from adult mice. GABAergic BF inputs potently blocked PG cells firing except in a minority of calretinin-expressing cells in which GABA release elicited spiking. Parallel cholinergic projections excited a previously overlooked PG cell subtype via synaptic activation of M1 muscarinic receptors. Low frequency stimulation of the cholinergic axons drove persistent firing in these PG cells thereby increasing tonic inhibition in principal neurons. Taken together, these findings suggest that modality-specific BF inputs can orchestrate synaptic inhibition in OB glomeruli using multiple, potentially independent, inhibitory or excitatory target-specific pathways.
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- Jun Ding, Stanford University, United States
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Animal experimentation: All experiments procedures were approved by the French Ministry and by the local ethic committee for animal experimentation (CREMEAS)(authorization number APAFIS#5250-2016042115058488v3 and v7) . Mice were housed in the animal facility with ad libidum access to food and water. Animals were sacrificed by cervical dislocation following the methods approved by the directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and Council. Surgeries were performed under anesthesia and every effort was made to minimize suffering.
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- Preprint posted: July 6, 2021 (view preprint)
- Received: July 6, 2021
- Accepted: February 16, 2022
- Accepted Manuscript published: February 28, 2022 (version 1)
- Version of Record published: March 7, 2022 (version 2)
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© 2022, De Saint Jan
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