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The anterior paired lateral neuron normalizes odour-evoked activity in the Drosophila mushroom body calyx

  1. Luigi Prisco
  2. Stephan Hubertus Deimel
  3. Hanna Yeliseyeva
  4. André Fiala
  5. Gaia Tavosanis  Is a corresponding author
  1. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany
  2. University of Göttingen, Germany
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74172
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  1. Luigi Prisco
  2. Stephan Hubertus Deimel
  3. Hanna Yeliseyeva
  4. André Fiala
  5. Gaia Tavosanis
(2021)
The anterior paired lateral neuron normalizes odour-evoked activity in the Drosophila mushroom body calyx
eLife 10:e74172.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74172
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Abstract

To identify and memorize discrete but similar environmental inputs, the brain needs to distinguish between subtle differences of activity patterns in defined neuronal populations. The Kenyon cells of the Drosophila adult mushroom body (MB) respond sparsely to complex olfactory input, a property that is thought to support stimuli discrimination in the MB. To understand how this property emerges, we investigated the role of the inhibitory anterior paired lateral neuron (APL) in the input circuit of the MB, the calyx. Within the calyx, presynaptic boutons of projection neurons (PNs) form large synaptic microglomeruli (MGs) with dendrites of postsynaptic Kenyon cells (KCs). Combining EM data analysis and in vivo calcium imaging, we show that APL, via inhibitory and reciprocal synapses targeting both PN boutons and KC dendrites, normalizes odour-evoked representations in MGs of the calyx. APL response scales with the PN input strength and is regionalized around PN input distribution. Our data indicate that the formation of a sparse code by the Kenyon cells requires APL-driven normalization of their MG postsynaptic responses. This work provides experimental insights on how inhibition shapes sensory information representation in a higher brain centre, thereby supporting stimuli discrimination and allowing for efficient associative memory formation.

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  1. Luigi Prisco

    Dynamics of neuronal circuits, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany
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  2. Stephan Hubertus Deimel

    Department of Molecular Neurobiology of Behavior, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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  3. Hanna Yeliseyeva

    Dynamics of neuronal circuits, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany
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  4. André Fiala

    Department of Molecular Neurobiology of Behavior, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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  5. Gaia Tavosanis

    Dynamics of neuronal circuits, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (FOR 2705)

  • André Fiala
  • Gaia Tavosanis

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. Mani Ramaswami, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

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  1. Preprint posted: September 22, 2021 (view preprint)
  2. Received: September 23, 2021
  3. Accepted: December 28, 2021
  4. Accepted Manuscript published: December 29, 2021 (version 1)
  5. Version of Record published: January 7, 2022 (version 2)

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© 2021, Prisco et al.

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  1. Luigi Prisco
  2. Stephan Hubertus Deimel
  3. Hanna Yeliseyeva
  4. André Fiala
  5. Gaia Tavosanis
(2021)
The anterior paired lateral neuron normalizes odour-evoked activity in the Drosophila mushroom body calyx
eLife 10:e74172.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74172

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