Dorsoventral Heterogeneity of Synaptic Connectivity in Hippocampal CA3 Pyramidal Neurons.

Autor:	Li M; Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106., Jiang YQ; Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106., Lee DK; Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106., Wang H; Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106., Lu MC; Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106., Sun Q; Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 qxs111@case.edu.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience [J Neurosci] 2024 Aug 14; Vol. 44 (33). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 14.
DOI:	10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0370-24.2024
Abstrakt:	The hippocampal CA3 region plays an important role in learning and memory. CA3 pyramidal neurons (PNs) receive two prominent excitatory inputs-mossy fibers (MFs) from dentate gyrus (DG) and recurrent collaterals (RCs) from CA3 PNs-that play opposing roles in pattern separation and pattern completion, respectively. Although the dorsoventral heterogeneity of the hippocampal anatomy, physiology, and behavior has been well established, nothing is known about the dorsoventral heterogeneity of synaptic connectivity in CA3 PNs. In this study, we performed Timm's sulfide silver staining, dendritic and spine morphological analyses, and ex vivo electrophysiology in mice of both sexes to investigate the heterogeneity of MF and RC pathways along the CA3 dorsoventral axis. Our morphological analyses demonstrate that ventral CA3 (vCA3) PNs possess greater dendritic lengths and more complex dendritic arborization, compared with dorsal CA3 (dCA3) PNs. Moreover, using ChannelRhodopsin2 (ChR2)-assisted patch-clamp recording, we found that the ratio of the RC-to-MF excitatory drive onto CA3 PNs increases substantially from dCA3 to vCA3, with vCA3 PNs receiving significantly weaker MFs, but stronger RCs, excitation than dCA3 PNs. Given the distinct roles of MF versus RC inputs in pattern separation versus completion, our findings of the significant dorsoventral variations of MF and RC excitation in CA3 PNs may have important functional implications for the contribution of CA3 circuit to the dorsoventral difference in hippocampal function. Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing financial interests. (Copyright © 2024 the authors.)
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