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Function and Structure Adaptations in Forebrain Development

Function and Structure Adaptations in Forebrain Development
前脑发育中的功能和结构适应
批准号:
10368094
负责人:
PAT LEVITT
金额:
$72.02万
依托单位国家:
美国
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财政年份:
2002
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2002-07-01 至 2024-03-31

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电路的发育依赖于基因和经验来进行适当的组装和成熟。定义
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Circuit development relies on genes and experience for proper assembly and maturation. Defining the mechanisms that drive circuit-specific adaptations during heightened periods of plasticity are key for understanding typical and atypical development. We hypothesize that molecules that regulate timing of maturation modulate experience-dependent development and differential circuit vulnerabilities in neuro- developmental disorders (NDDs). Advanced molecular and connectomics technologies have provided a more complete perspective on the extent of neuronal and circuit diversity in the mature brain, but there is a knowledge gap for the plastic periods of growth and refinement. Insight into this gap has emerged from studies during the current grant period showing that 1) the c-MET receptor tyrosine kinase (MET) regulates timing of excitatory synapse maturation; 2) MET is expressed in discrete subpopulations of intra-telencephalic (IT) and cortico-thalamic (CT) neurons; and 3) dysregulated MET signaling alters the timing of critical period (CP) plasticity for binocularity and disrupts fear learning. Foundational studies of developing molecular and connectivity subtypes and their function in the cortex comprise three specific aims. In Aim 1, developing medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and primary visual cortex (V1) MET+ neurons will be profiled using connectomics and transcriptomics methods. A newly derived transgenic mouse line, MetGFP, will be combined with specific tracing of MET+ connectivity using virally-transduced split-Cre technology that produces Cre-mediated, temporally stable labeling of GFP+ (MET+) neurons and their axonal projections. Injections of fluorescent retrograde tracers in mPFC and V1 targets will label IT or CT neurons. Labeled neurons will be FACS-sorted and profiled by single cell RNA sequencing. Transcriptome data analysis will delineate subtypes of Met+ and Met-neurons, with additional methods used to validate discoveries and determine whether sex and developmental timing are variables for the subtypes. Aim 2 will test the hypothesis that Met down-regulation is required for structural and functional plasticity during the CP in V1. A new, controllable transgenic mouse (ctg-Met) that sustains MET signaling beyond its endogenous expression period will be used in combination with two-photon dendritic spine imaging to quantify spine genesis and pruning during the V1 CP. Functional circuit connectivity will be assessed by laser scanning photostimulation combined with glutamate uncaging. V1 plasticity will be measured using a classic paradigm of monocular deprivation-induced ocular dominance plasticity. In Aim 3, the role of MET+ mPFC neurons in mediating the CP for contextual fear memory persistence will be determined using selective expression of DREADDs in GFP+ neurons using the split-Cre approach. The impact of Met deletion or ctg-Met-mediated extended expression will be examined for the developmental emergence of conditioned fear memory persistence. The studies have high impact for determining mechanisms that underlie typical and atypical circuit development and plasticity in the neocortex related to NDDs.
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