A class-specific effect of dysmyelination on the excitability of hippocampal interneurons

  1. Delphine Pinatel
  2. Edouard Pearlstein
  3. Giulia Bonetto
  4. Laurence Goutebroze
  5. Domna Karagogeos
  6. Valérie Crepel
  7. Catherine Faivre-Sarrailh  Is a corresponding author
  1. INSERM, Aix Marseille University, France
  2. INSERM UMR-S 1270, Sorbonne Universite, France
  3. University of Crete, Greece

Abstract

The role of myelination for axonal conduction is well-established in projection neurons but little is known about its significance in GABAergic interneurons. Myelination is discontinuous along interneuron axons and the mechanisms controlling myelin patterning and segregation of ion channels at the nodes of Ranvier have not been elucidated. Protein 4.1B is implicated in the organization of the nodes of Ranvier as a linker between paranodal and juxtaparanodal membrane proteins to the spectrin cytoskeleton. In the present study, 4.1B KO mice are used as a genetic model to analyze the functional role of myelin in Lhx6-positive parvalbumin (PV) and somatostatin (SST) neurons, two major classes of GABAergic neurons in the hippocampus. We show that 4.1B-deficiency induces disruption of juxtaparanodal K+ channel clustering and mislocalization of nodal or heminodal Na+ channels. Strikingly, 4.1B-deficiency causes loss of myelin in GABAergic axons in the hippocampus. In particular, stratum oriens SST cells display severe axonal dysmyelination and a reduced excitability. This reduced excitability is associated with a decrease in occurrence probability of small amplitude synaptic inhibitory events on pyramidal cells. In contrast, stratum pyramidale fast-spiking PV cells do not appear affected. In conclusion, our results indicate a class-specific effect of dysmyelination on the excitability of hippocampal interneurons associated with a functional alteration of inhibitory drive.

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  1. Delphine Pinatel

    UMR1249, INMED, INSERM, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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    No competing interests declared.
  2. Edouard Pearlstein

    UMR1249, INMED, INSERM, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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  3. Giulia Bonetto

    UMR1249, INMED, INSERM, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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    Giulia Bonetto, is affiliated with AstraZeneca. The author has no financial interests to declare..
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  4. Laurence Goutebroze

    INSERM UMR-S 1270, Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France
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  5. Domna Karagogeos

    Department of Basic Sciences, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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  6. Valérie Crepel

    INMED UMR1249, INSERM, Aix Marseille University, Marseille cedex 09, France
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  7. Catherine Faivre-Sarrailh

    UMR1249, INMED, INSERM, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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    catherine.sarrailh@univ-amu.fr
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    No competing interests declared.
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Funding

Fondation pour l'Aide à la Recherche sur la Sclérose en Plaques (Postdoc fellowship)

  • Delphine Pinatel

Fondation pour l'Aide à la Recherche sur la Sclérose en Plaques (Grant)

  • Domna Karagogeos

Fondation pour l'Aide à la Recherche sur la Sclérose en Plaques (Grant)

  • Catherine Faivre-Sarrailh

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: The care and use of mice in all experiments were carried out according to the European and Institutional guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals and approved by the local authority (laboratory's agreement number D13-055-8, Préfecture des Bouches du Rhône).

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© 2023, Pinatel et al.

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  1. Delphine Pinatel
  2. Edouard Pearlstein
  3. Giulia Bonetto
  4. Laurence Goutebroze
  5. Domna Karagogeos
  6. Valérie Crepel
  7. Catherine Faivre-Sarrailh
(2023)
A class-specific effect of dysmyelination on the excitability of hippocampal interneurons
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