NDLI: Characterization of Type I and Type II nNOS-Expressing Interneurons in the Barrel Cortex of Mouse

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Author	Perrenoud, Quentin Geoffroy, Hélène Gauthier, Benjamin Rancillac, Armelle Alfonsi, Fabienne Nicoletta, Kessaris Rossier, Jean Vitalis, Tania Gallopin, Thierry
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	In the neocortex, neuronal nitric oxide (NO) synthase (nNOS) is essentially expressed in two classes of GABAergic neurons: type I neurons displaying high levels of expression and type II neurons displaying weaker expression. Using immunocytochemistry in mice expressing GFP under the control of the glutamic acid decarboxylase 67k (GAD67) promoter, we studied the distribution of type I and type II neurons in the barrel cortex and their expression of parvalbumin (PV), somatostatin (SOM), and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). We found that type I neurons were predominantly located in deeper layers and expressed SOM (91.5%) while type II neurons were concentrated in layer II/III and VI and expressed PV (17.7%), SOM (18.7%), and VIP (10.2%). We then characterized neurons expressing nNOS mRNA (n = 42 cells) ex vivo, using whole-cell recordings coupled to single-cell reverse transcription-PCR and biocytin labeling. Unsupervised cluster analysis of this sample disclosed four classes. One cluster (n = 7) corresponded to large, deep layer neurons, displaying a high expression of SOM (85.7%) and was thus very likely to correspond to type I neurons. The three other clusters were identified as putative type II cells and corresponded to neurogliaform-like interneurons (n = 19), deep layer neurons expressing PV or SOM (n = 9), and neurons expressing VIP (n = 7). Finally, we performed nNOS immunohistochemistry on mouse lines in which GFP labeling revealed the expression of two specific developmental genes (Lhx6 and 5-HT3A). We found that type I neurons expressed Lhx6 but never 5-HT3A, indicating that they originate in the medial ganglionic eminence (MGE). Type II neurons expressed Lhx6 (63%) and 5-HT3A (34.4%) supporting their derivation either from the MGE or from the caudal ganglionic eminence (CGE) and the entopeduncular and dorsal preoptic areas. Together, our results in the barrel cortex of mouse support the view that type I neurons form a specific class of SOM-expressing neurons while type II neurons comprise at least three classes.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2012.00036
Starting Page	36
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ISSN	16625110
e-ISSN	16625110
Journal	Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Volume Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	Frontiers Research Foundation
Publisher Date	2012-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Frontiers Research Foundation
Subject Keyword	Sensory Systems Cognitive Neuroscience Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Neuroscience (miscellaneous) Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cognitive Neuroscience Sensory Systems Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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