| Autor: |
Fang Gao, Jun Ma, Yao-Qing Yu, Xiao-Fei Gao, Yang Bai, Yi Sun, Juan Liu, Xianyu Liu, Devin M. Barry, Steven Wilhelm, Tyler Piccinni-Ash, Na Wang, Dongyang Liu, Rachel A. Ross, Yan Hao, Xu Huang, Jin-Jing Jia, Qianyi Yang, Hao Zheng, Johan van Nispen, Jun Chen, Hui Li, Jiayi Zhang, Yun-Qing Li, Zhou-Feng Chen |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Cell Reports, Vol 41, Iss 1, Pp 111444- (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2211-1247 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111444 |
| Popis: |
Summary: Contagious itch behavior informs conspecifics of adverse environment and is crucial for the survival of social animals. Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and its receptor (GRPR) in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus mediates contagious itch behavior in mice. Here, we show that intrinsically photosensitive retina ganglion cells (ipRGCs) convey visual itch information, independently of melanopsin, from the retina to GRP neurons via PACAP-PAC1R signaling. Moreover, GRPR neurons relay itch information to the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT). Surprisingly, neither the visual cortex nor superior colliculus is involved in contagious itch. In vivo calcium imaging and extracellular recordings reveal contagious itch-specific neural dynamics of GRPR neurons. Thus, we propose that the retina-ipRGC-SCN-PVT pathway constitutes a previously unknown visual pathway that probably evolved for motion vision that encodes salient environmental cues and enables animals to imitate behaviors of conspecifics as an anticipatory mechanism to cope with adverse conditions. |
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