RESEARCH ARTICLE

Integrative analysis of in vivo recording with single-cell RNA-seq data reveals molecular properties of light-sensitive neurons in mouse V1

  • Jianwei Liu 1,3 ,
  • Mengdi Wang 1 ,
  • Le Sun 1,3 ,
  • Na Clara Pan 1 ,
  • Changjiang Zhang 1,3 ,
  • Junjing Zhang 2 ,
  • Zhentao Zuo 1 ,
  • Sheng He 1 ,
  • Qian Wu , 2,5 ,
  • Xiaoqun Wang , 1,3,4,6
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Brain-Intelligence Technology (Shanghai), Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • 3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4. Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 5. IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • 6. Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China

Received date: 07 Oct 2019

Accepted date: 09 Jan 2020

Published date: 15 Jun 2020

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Abstract

Vision formation is classically based on projections from retinal ganglion cells (RGC) to the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) and the primary visual cortex (V1). Neurons in the mouse V1 are tuned to light stimuli. Although the cellular information of the retina and the LGN has been widely studied, the transcriptome profiles of single light-stimulated neuron in V1 remain unknown. In our study, in vivo calcium imaging and whole-cell electrophysiological patch-clamp recording were utilized to identify 53 individual cells from layer 2/3 of V1 as lightsensitive (LS) or non-light-sensitive (NS) by single-cell light-evoked calcium evaluation and action potential spiking. The contents of each cell after functional tests were aspirated in vivo through a patch-clamp pipette for mRNA sequencing. Moreover, the three-dimensional (3-D) morphological characterizations of the neurons were reconstructed in a live mouse after the whole-cell recordings. Our sequencing results indicated that V1 neurons with a high expression of genes related to transmission regulation, such as Rtn4r and Rgs7, and genes involved in membrane transport, such as Na+/K+ ATPase and NMDA-type glutamatergic receptors, preferentially responded to light stimulation. Furthermore, an antagonist that blocks Rtn4r signals could inactivate the neuronal responses to light stimulation in live mice. In conclusion, our findings of the vivo-seq analysis indicate the key role of the strength of synaptic transmission possesses neurons in V1 of light sensory.

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Jianwei Liu , Mengdi Wang , Le Sun , Na Clara Pan , Changjiang Zhang , Junjing Zhang , Zhentao Zuo , Sheng He , Qian Wu , Xiaoqun Wang . Integrative analysis of in vivo recording with single-cell RNA-seq data reveals molecular properties of light-sensitive neurons in mouse V1[J]. Protein & Cell, 2020 , 11(6) : 417 -432 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-020-00720-y

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