Parallel Social Information Processing Circuits Are Differentially Impacted in Autism

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Parallel processing circuits are thought to dramatically expand the network capabilities of the nervous system. Magnocellular and parvocellular oxytocin neurons have been proposed to subserve two parallel streams of social information processing, which allow a single molecule to encode a diverse array of ethologically distinct behaviors. Here we provide the first comprehensive characterization of magnocellular and parvocellular oxytocin neurons in male mice, validated across anatomical, projection target, electrophysiological, and transcriptional criteria. We next use novel multiple feature selection tools in Fmr1-KO mice to provide direct evidence that normal functioning of the parvocellular but not magnocellular oxytocin pathway is required for autism-relevant social reward behavior. Finally, we demonstrate that autism risk genes are enriched in parvocellular compared with magnocellular oxytocin neurons. Taken together, these results provide the first evidence that oxytocin-pathway-specific pathogenic mechanisms account for social impairments across a broad range of autism etiologies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:108

Enthalten in:

Neuron - 108(2020), 4 vom: 25. Nov., Seite 659-675.e6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lewis, Eastman M [VerfasserIn]
Stein-O'Brien, Genevieve L [VerfasserIn]
Patino, Alejandra V [VerfasserIn]
Nardou, Romain [VerfasserIn]
Grossman, Cooper D [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Bangamwabo, Bidii [VerfasserIn]
Ndiaye, Ndeye [VerfasserIn]
Giovinazzo, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Dardani, Ian [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Connie [VerfasserIn]
Goff, Loyal A [VerfasserIn]
Dölen, Gül [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

139135-51-6
50-56-6
Autism
Circuit
Fmr1
Fmr1 protein, mouse
Fragile X
Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein
Hypothalamus
Journal Article
Nucleus accumbens
Oxytocin
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Reward
Single-cell RNA sequencing
Social

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Date Completed 22.01.2021

Date Revised 19.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.neuron.2020.10.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316819573