scholarly journals Heterokaryon Technique for Analysis of Cell Type-specific Localization

Author(s):  
Roseann Gammal ◽  
Krista Baker ◽  
Destin Heilman
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dika A. Kuljis ◽  
Khaled Zemoura ◽  
Cheryl A. Telmer ◽  
Jiseok Lee ◽  
Eunsol Park ◽  
...  

AbstractAnatomical methods for determining cell-type specific connectivity are essential to inspire and constrain our understanding of neural circuit function. We developed new genetically-encoded reagents for fluorescence-synapse labeling and connectivity analysis in brain tissue, using a fluorogen-activating protein (FAP)-or YFP-coupled, postsynaptically-localized neuroligin-1 targeting sequence (FAP/YFPpost). Sparse viral expression of FAP/YFPpost with the cell-filling, red fluorophore dTomato (dTom) enabled high-throughput, compartment-specific localization of synapses across diverse neuron types in mouse somatosensory cortex. High-resolution confocal image stacks of virally-transduced neurons were used for 3D reconstructions of postsynaptic cells and automated detection of synaptic puncta. We took advantage of the bright, far-red emission of FAPpost puncta for multichannel fluorescence alignment of dendrites, synapses, and presynaptic neurites to assess subtype-specific inhibitory connectivity onto L2 neocortical pyramidal (Pyr) neurons. Quantitative and compartment-specific comparisons show that PV inputs are the dominant source of inhibition at both the soma and across all dendritic branches examined and were particularly concentrated at the primary apical dendrite, a previously unrecognized compartment of L2 Pyr neurons. Our fluorescence-based synapse labeling reagents will facilitate large-scale and cell-type specific quantitation of changes in synaptic connectivity across development, learning, and disease states.


2017 ◽  
Vol 371 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-387
Author(s):  
Saishu Yoshida ◽  
Takako Kato ◽  
Naoko Kanno ◽  
Naoto Nishimura ◽  
Hiroto Nishihara ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 370 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saishu Yoshida ◽  
Takako Kato ◽  
Naoko Kanno ◽  
Naoto Nishimura ◽  
Hiroto Nishihara ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 1524-1529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noriyuki Takahashi ◽  
Wataru Tarumi ◽  
Masanori T. Itoh ◽  
Bunpei Ishizuka

1991 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 705-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred A. van Engelen ◽  
Peter Sterk ◽  
Hilbert Booij ◽  
Jan H.G. Cordewener ◽  
Wim Rook ◽  
...  

FEBS Letters ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 478 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 9-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farsaneh Sadeghlar ◽  
Konrad Sandhoff ◽  
Gerhild van Echten-Deckert

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