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Alterations to parvalbumin-expressing interneuron function and associated network oscillations in the hippocampal – medial prefrontal cortex circuit during natural sleep in AppNL-G-F/NL-G-F mice

Brady, E. S., Griffiths, J., Andrianova, L., Bielska, M. H., Saito, T., Saido, T. C., Randall, A. D., Tamagnini, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8741-5094, Witton, J. and Craig, M. T. (2023) Alterations to parvalbumin-expressing interneuron function and associated network oscillations in the hippocampal – medial prefrontal cortex circuit during natural sleep in AppNL-G-F/NL-G-F mice. Neurobiology of disease, 182. 106151. ISSN 1095-953X

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106151

Abstract/Summary

In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the accumulation of the peptide amyloid-β (Aβ) damages synapses and disrupts neuronal activity, leading to the disruption of neuronal oscillations associated with cognition. This is thought to be largely due to impairments in CNS synaptic inhibition, particularly via parvalbumin (PV)-expressing interneurons that are essential for generating several key oscillations. Research in this field has largely been conducted in mouse models that over-express humanised, mutated forms of AD-associated genes that produce exaggerated pathology. This has prompted the development and use of knock-in mouse lines that express these genes at an endogenous level, such as the App mouse model used in the present study. These mice appear to model the early stages of Aβ-induced network impairments, yet an in-depth characterisation of these impairments in currently lacking. Therefore, using 16 month-old App mice, we analysed neuronal oscillations found in the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) during awake behaviour, rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep to assess the extent of network dysfunction. No alterations to gamma oscillations were found to occur in the hippocampus or mPFC during either awake behaviour, REM or NREM sleep. However, during NREM sleep an increase in the power of mPFC spindles and decrease in the power of hippocampal sharp-wave ripples was identified. The latter was accompanied by an increase in the synchronisation of PV-expressing interneuron activity, as measured using two-photon Ca imaging, as well as a decrease in PV-expressing interneuron density. Furthermore, although changes were detected in local network function of mPFC and hippocampus, long-range communication between these regions appeared intact. Altogether, our results suggest that these NREM sleep-specific impairments represent the early stages of circuit breakdown in response to amyloidopathy.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > School of Pharmacy > Division of Pharmacology
ID Code:112075
Uncontrolled Keywords:Parvalbumin interneuron, Amyloid, Alzheimer's disease, Neuronal oscillation
Publisher:Elsevier

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