Transgenic mice expressing a fluorescent in vivo label in a distinct subpopulation of neocortical layer 5 pyramidal cells

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作者
Akemann, W
Zhong, YM
Ichinohe, N
Rockland, KS
Knöpfel, T
机构
[1] RIKEN Brain Sci & Inst, Lab Neuronal Circuit Dynam, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[2] RIKEN Brain Sci Inst, Lab Cort Org, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
关键词
green fluorescent protein; electrophysiology; biocytin; rodent;
D O I
10.1002/cne.20338
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The neuronal components of cortical circuits have been characterized on the basis of their morphological and functional properties, and further refined by correlation of marker proteins with particular cell types. This latter approach has been very fruitful for GABA-containing neurons, but comparable diagnostic markers for subpopulations of excitatory pyramidal cells have been more elusive. An emerging new approach consists of transgenic mice that express fluorescent proteins under the control of promoters that are active in specific cell types. Here, we analyzed a line of transgenic mice that carries a transgene consisting of regulatory sequences of the potassium channel Kv3.1 and enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP). In these mice, a set of neurons in neocortical layer 5 expresses high levels of the transgenic marker protein. EYFP-expressing, and nonexpressing layer 5 cells were easily identified in living tissue under conditions suitable for patch-clamp electrophysiology. By using immunolabeling, retrograde Fast Blue labeling and electrophysiological recordings with biocytin injections, we identified the fluorescent neurons as a population of pyramidal cells with distinct morphological and electrophysiological properties when compared with nonfluorescent neighboring layer 5 pyramidal cells. The most prominent morphological difference between these two populations was a much smaller number of apical oblique dendrites in EYFP-positive as compared with the EYFP-negative cells. The most prominent electrophysiological feature was a steady spike frequency adaptation in EYFP-positive cells, whereas EYFP-negative cells responded to a depolarizing current injection with a closely spaced spike doublet followed by constant frequency firing. The in vivo labeled transgenic mice provide an experimental tool for further functional differentiation of these populations of layer 5 pyramidal cells. (C) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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