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Multimodal mapping of cell types and projections in the central nucleus of the amygdala

  1. Yuhan Wang
  2. Sabine Krabbe
  3. Mark Eddison
  4. Fredrick E Henry
  5. Greg Fleishman
  6. Andrew L Lemire
  7. Lihua Wang
  8. Wyatt Korff
  9. Paul W Tillberg
  10. Andreas Lüthi
  11. Scott Sternson  Is a corresponding author
  1. Janelia Research Campus, United States
  2. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany
  3. Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland
  4. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84262
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  1. Yuhan Wang
  2. Sabine Krabbe
  3. Mark Eddison
  4. Fredrick E Henry
  5. Greg Fleishman
  6. Andrew L Lemire
  7. Lihua Wang
  8. Wyatt Korff
  9. Paul W Tillberg
  10. Andreas Lüthi
  11. Scott Sternson
(2023)
Multimodal mapping of cell types and projections in the central nucleus of the amygdala
eLife 12:e84262.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84262
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Abstract

The central nucleus of the amygdala (CEA) is a brain region that integrates external and internal sensory information and executes innate and adaptive behaviors through distinct output pathways. Despite its complex functions, the diversity of molecularly defined neuronal types in the CEA and their contributions to major axonal projection targets have not been examined systematically. Here, we performed single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-Seq) to classify molecularly defined cell types in the CEA and identified marker genes to map the location of these neuronal types using expansion asisted iterative fluorescence in situ hybridization (EASI-FISH). We developed new methods to integrate EASI-FISH with 5-plex retrograde axonal labeling to determine the spatial, morphological, and connectivity properties of ~30,000 molecularly defined CEA neurons. Our study revealed spatio-molecular organization of the CEA, with medial and lateral CEA associated with distinct molecularly defined cell families. We also found a long-range axon projection network from the CEA, where target regions receive inputs from multiple molecularly defined cell types. Axon collateralization was found primarily among projections to hindbrain targets, which are distinct from forebrain projections. This resource reports marker gene combinations for molecularly defined cell types and axon-projection types, which will be useful for selective interrogation of these neuronal populations to study their contributions to the diverse functions of the CEA.

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All data generated in this study have been deposited at figshare (https://figshare.com/s/a031a8dfca1b4d25d3de). We also provide an interactive data portal for data visualization at http://multifish-data.janelia.org/. The single-cell RNA-seq dataset generated in this study has been deposited to GEO (Gene Expression Omnibus, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/) with accession number GSE213828. Any additional information required to reanalyze the data reported in this paper is available from the lead contacts upon request.

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  1. Yuhan Wang

    Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, United States
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  2. Sabine Krabbe

    German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany
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  3. Mark Eddison

    Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, United States
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  4. Fredrick E Henry

    Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, United States
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  5. Greg Fleishman

    Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, United States
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  6. Andrew L Lemire

    Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, United States
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  7. Lihua Wang

    Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, United States
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  8. Wyatt Korff

    Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, United States
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  9. Paul W Tillberg

    Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, United States
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  10. Andreas Lüthi

    Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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  11. Scott Sternson

    Department of Neurosciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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    ssternson@health.ucsd.edu
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Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  • Scott Sternson

Dementia Research Switzerland

  • Sabine Krabbe

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 methods for animal care and use were conducted according to National Institutes of Health guidelines for animal research and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at Janelia Research Campus (Protocol number: 19-174).

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  1. Mario A Penzo, National Institute of Mental Health, United States

Publication history

  1. Received: October 17, 2022
  2. Accepted: January 18, 2023
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: January 20, 2023 (version 1)

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© 2023, Wang et al.

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  1. Yuhan Wang
  2. Sabine Krabbe
  3. Mark Eddison
  4. Fredrick E Henry
  5. Greg Fleishman
  6. Andrew L Lemire
  7. Lihua Wang
  8. Wyatt Korff
  9. Paul W Tillberg
  10. Andreas Lüthi
  11. Scott Sternson
(2023)
Multimodal mapping of cell types and projections in the central nucleus of the amygdala
eLife 12:e84262.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84262

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