A non-canonical retina-ipRGCs-SCN-PVT visual pathway for mediating contagious itch behavior

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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.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Cell reports - 41(2022), 1 vom: 04. Okt., Seite 111444

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gao, Fang [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yao-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Xiao-Fei [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xianyu [VerfasserIn]
Barry, Devin M [VerfasserIn]
Wilhelm, Steven [VerfasserIn]
Piccinni-Ash, Tyler [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Na [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Dongyang [VerfasserIn]
Ross, Rachel A [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Jin-Jing [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Qianyi [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Hao [VerfasserIn]
van Nispen, Johan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jiayi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yun-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhou-Feng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

80043-53-4
CP: Neuroscience
Calcium
Contagious itch behavior
GRP
GRPR
Gastrin-Releasing Peptide
IpRGCs
Itch stimuli
Journal Article
Neural dynamics
PACAP
Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
SCN
SY7Q814VUP
Scratching motion
Stress

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.10.2022

Date Revised 15.11.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111444

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347136656