A postnatal molecular switch drives the activity-dependent maturation of parvalbumin interneurons [CUT&RUN]
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Project description:Cortical neurons are specified during embryonic development but often only acquire their mature properties at relatively late stages of postnatal development. This delay in terminal differentiation is particularly prominent for fast-spiking parvalbumin-expressing (PV+) interneurons, which play critical roles in regulating the activity of the cerebral cortex. We found that the terminal differentiation of PV+ interneurons is triggered by neuronal activity and mediated by the transcriptional coactivator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1a). Developmental loss of PGC-1a prevents PV+ interneurons from acquiring their unique structural, electrophysiological, synaptic, and metabolic features and disrupts PV+ interneuron subtype specification. PGC-1a exerts its function as a master regulator of the differentiation of PV+ interneurons by directly controlling gene expression through a transcriptional complex that includes ERRg and Mef2c. Our results uncover a molecular switch that translates neural activity into transcriptional programs promoting the maturation of PV+ interneurons at the appropriate developmental stage.
2025-07-15 | GSE256442 | GEO
Project description:A postnatal molecular switch drives the activity-dependent maturation of parvalbumin interneurons.
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Project description:Cortical neurons are specified during embryonic development but often only acquire their mature properties at relatively late stages of postnatal development. This delay in terminal differentiation is particularly prominent for fast-spiking parvalbumin-expressing (PV+) interneurons, which play critical roles in regulating the activity of the cerebral cortex. We found that the terminal differentiation of PV+ interneurons is triggered by neuronal activity and mediated by the transcriptional coactivator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1a). Developmental loss of PGC-1a prevents PV+ interneurons from acquiring their unique structural, electrophysiological, synaptic, and metabolic features and disrupts PV+ interneuron subtype specification. PGC-1a exerts its function as a master regulator of the differentiation of PV+ interneurons by directly controlling gene expression through a transcriptional complex that includes ERRg and Mef2c. Our results uncover a molecular switch that translates neural activity into transcriptional programs promoting the maturation of PV+ interneurons at the appropriate developmental stage.
2025-07-15 | GSE256441 | GEO
Project description:A postnatal molecular switch drives the activity-dependent maturation of parvalbumin interneurons [scRNA-seq]
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Project description:Since many years, we are interested in the regulation of the intraneuronal chloride concentration. We were the first group reporting a full knockout of the KCl-co-transporter KCC2, which dies immediately after birth due to respiratory failure. Notably, KCC2 loss-of-function mutations are associated with inherited febrile seizures, severe genetic generalized epilepsy and epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures. Here, we used our floxed line to study the consequences of the disruption of KCC2 within parvalbumin-positive interneurons in mice. Remarkably, this leads to the disinhibition of PV-positive interneurons as evidenced by a decrease of E-S-Coupling and an increase in the sIPSC frequency. Nevertheless, these mice develop fatal epilepsy with progressive loss of parvalbumin-positive interneurons thus increasing network excitability.
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2025-04-13 | GSE277793 | GEO
Project description:Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder with no cure and few treatment options. In early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, impaired metabolism and functional connectivity of the retrosplenial cortex strongly predict future cognitive impairments. Therefore, understanding Alzheimer’s disease-related deficits in the retrosplenial cortex is critical for understanding the origins of cognitive impairment and identifying early treatment targets. Using the 5xFAD mouse model, we discovered early, sex-dependent alterations in parvalbumin-interneuron transcriptomic profiles. This corresponded with impaired parvalbumin-interneuron activity, which was sufficient to induce cognitive impairments and dysregulate retrosplenial functional connectivity. In fMRI scans from patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, we observed a similar sex-dependent dysregulation of retrosplenial cortex functional connectivity and, in post-mortem tissue from subjects with Alzheimer’s disease, a loss of parvalbumin interneurons. Reversal of cognitive deficits by stimulation of parvalbumin interneurons in the retrosplenial cortex suggests that this may serve as a promising novel therapeutic strategy.
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Project description:People with schizophrenia show hyperactivity in the ventral hippocampus (vHipp) and we have previously demonstrated distinct behavioral roles for vHipp cell populations. Here, we test the hypothesis that parvalbumin (PV) and somatostatin (SST) interneurons differentially innervate and regulate hippocampal pyramidal neurons based on their projection target. First, we use eGRASP to show that PV-positive interneurons form a similar number of synaptic connections with pyramidal cells regardless of their projection target while SST-positive interneurons preferentially target nucleus accumbens (NAc) projections. To determine if these anatomical differences result in functional changes, we used in vivo opto-electrophysiology to show that SST cells also preferentially regulate the activity of NAc-projecting cells. These results suggest vHipp interneurons differentially regulate that vHipp neurons that project to the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and NAc. Characterization of these cell populations may provide potential molecular targets for the treatment schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders associated with vHipp dysfunction.
2023-11-09 | GSE244159 | GEO