GABAergic phenotype of periglomerular cells in the rodent olfactory bulb
GABAergic phenotype of periglomerular cells in the rodent olfactory bulb
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DOI:
10.1002/cne.21356
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发表时间:
2007-06-20
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Sassoe-Pognetto, M.
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作者:
Panzanelli, P.;Fritschy, J. M.;Sassoe-Pognetto, M.
Periglomerular (PG) cells in the rodent olfactory bulb are heterogeneous anatomically and neurochemically. Here we investigated whether major classes of PG cells use gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) as a neurotransmitter. In addition to three known subtypes of PG cells expressing tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), calbindin D-28k (CB), and calretinin (CR), we identified a novel PG cell population containing the GABA(A) receptor alpha 5 subunit. Consistent with previous studies in the rat, we found that TH-positive cells were also labeled with antibodies against GABA, whereas PG cells expressing CB or the alpha 5 subunit were GABA-negative. Using GAD67-GFP knockin mice, we found that all PG cell subtypes expressed GAD67-GFP. Calretinin labeled the major fraction (44%) of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-positive cells, followed by TH (16%), CB (14%), and the alpha 5 subunit (13%). There was no overlap between these neuronal populations, which accounted for approximate to 85% of GAD67-GFP-positive cells. We then demonstrated that PG cells labeled for TH, CB, or CR established dendrodendritic synapses expressing glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) or the vesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter, VGAT, irrespective of their immunoreactivity for GABA. In addition, CB-, CR-, and TH-positive dendrites were apposed to GABA(A) receptor clusters containing the alpha 1 or alpha 3 subunits, which are found in mitral and tufted cells, and the alpha 2 subunit, which is expressed by PG cells. Together, these findings indicate that all major subtypes of PG cells are GABAergic. In addition, they show that PG cells provide GABAergic input to the dendrites of principal neurons and are interconnected with other GABAergic interneurons, which most likely are other PG cells.