Re-engineering Rabies Virus

重新设计狂犬病病毒

基本信息

批准号：
9795068
负责人：
IAN R WICKERSHAM
金额：
$ 263.48万
依托单位：
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-08-01 至 2023-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9795068
关键词：
Address Adopted Behavior Behavioral Biological Brain Cells Cognition Complement Data Engineering Experimental Designs Functional Imaging Functional disorder Gene Expression Generations Genes Genetic Genome Genus Alpharetrovirus Glycoproteins Image Label Mental Processes Mental disorders Monitor Nervous system structure Neurofibrillary Tangles Neurons Optics Perception Phenotype Phosphoproteins Physiological Play Polymerase Polymerase Gene Population Publishing Rabies Rabies virus Reagent Resolution Retroviridae Role Structure Synapses System Techniques Tissues Toxic effect Viral Viral Genes Viral Genome Viral Physiology Viral Vector Virus adeno-associated viral vector base behavioral study cellular engineering cofactor design env Gene Products experimental study in vivo insight mutant nervous system disorder neural circuit optical imaging optogenetics presynaptic prevent receptor recombinase relating to nervous system success tool two-photon

项目摘要

PROJECT SUMMARY Every part of the brain is composed of dense tangles of heavily-interconnected neurons of many different types, each playing completely different roles in the circuitry. Rabies viral vectors have become indispensable tools for revealing the organization of this otherwise generally indecipherable jumble, because they allow the identification of synaptically-connected networks of neurons within the tissue. They also allow monitoring and manipulation of the activity of the virally-labeled neurons by optogenetics and other techniques, so that the contributions to mental processes of identified components of neural circuitry can be revealed. Despite their usefulness, however, rabies viral vectors have drawbacks, chief among which is their toxicity to the labeled neurons, which prevents their use in longer-term physiological and behavioral experiments that would provide major insights into the biological bases of cognition. In this project, we will develop a new generation of rabies viral vectors and monosynaptic tracing systems based on them that will allow completely nontoxic fluorescent labeling, optical monitoring, and optogenetic manipulation of synaptically-connected neuronal networks.

项目摘要大脑的每个部分都由许多不同类型的紧密连接神经元的密集缠结组成，每个在电路中扮演完全不同的角色。狂犬病病毒向量已成为必不可少的工具揭示了这个原本难以理解的混乱组织的组织，因为它们允许身份证明组织内神经元的突触连接网络的。他们还允许监视和操纵通过光遗传学和其他技术，病毒标记的神经元的活性，因此对可以揭示出神经回路的确定组成部分的心理过程。尽管它们有用，但是，狂犬病病毒载体的缺点，其中首席是它们对标有神经元的毒性，这是它们的毒性防止它们在长期生理和行为实验中的使用，这些实验将为您提供主要见解认知的生物基础。在这个项目中，我们将开发新一代的狂犬病病毒媒介和基于它们的单突触跟踪系统将允许完全无毒的荧光标签，光学监测突触连接的神经元网络的光遗传操作。