NeuronPub Date : 2024-10-23DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.10.001
Haining Zhu
{"title":"Interference of nuclear speckles: A nexus of RNA foci, dipeptide repeats, and mis-splicing in C9ORF72 ALS/FTD.","authors":"Haining Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this issue of Neuron, Wu et al.<sup>1</sup> show that nuclear speckle proteins are sequestered by both nuclear RNA foci and cytoplasmic dipeptide repeat aggregates in C9ORF72-ALS/FTD. Consequently, dysregulation of splicing induces widespread splicing alterations and contributes to neurodegeneration.</p>","PeriodicalId":19313,"journal":{"name":"Neuron","volume":"112 20","pages":"3375-3377"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142504954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuronPub Date : 2024-10-23Epub Date: 2024-08-22DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.07.023
William E Snyder, Petra E Vértes, Vanessa Kyriakopoulou, Konrad Wagstyl, Logan Z J Williams, Dustin Moraczewski, Adam G Thomas, Vyacheslav R Karolis, Jakob Seidlitz, Denis Rivière, Emma C Robinson, Jean-Francois Mangin, Armin Raznahan, Edward T Bullmore
{"title":"A bimodal taxonomy of adult human brain sulcal morphology related to timing of fetal sulcation and trans-sulcal gene expression gradients.","authors":"William E Snyder, Petra E Vértes, Vanessa Kyriakopoulou, Konrad Wagstyl, Logan Z J Williams, Dustin Moraczewski, Adam G Thomas, Vyacheslav R Karolis, Jakob Seidlitz, Denis Rivière, Emma C Robinson, Jean-Francois Mangin, Armin Raznahan, Edward T Bullmore","doi":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.07.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.07.023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We developed a computational pipeline (now provided as a resource) for measuring morphological similarity between cortical surface sulci to construct a sulcal phenotype network (SPN) from each magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan in an adult cohort (n = 34,725; 45-82 years). Networks estimated from pairwise similarities of 40 sulci on 5 morphological metrics comprised two clusters of sulci, represented also by the bimodal distribution of sulci on a linear-to-complex dimension. Linear sulci were more heritable and typically located in unimodal cortex, and complex sulci were less heritable and typically located in heteromodal cortex. Aligning these results with an independent fetal brain MRI cohort (n = 228; 21-36 gestational weeks), we found that linear sulci formed earlier, and the earliest and latest-forming sulci had the least between-adult variation. Using high-resolution maps of cortical gene expression, we found that linear sulcation is mechanistically underpinned by trans-sulcal gene expression gradients enriched for developmental processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":19313,"journal":{"name":"Neuron","volume":" ","pages":"3396-3411.e6"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11502256/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142046953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuronPub Date : 2024-10-23Epub Date: 2024-08-23DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.07.025
Rong Wu, Yingzhi Ye, Daoyuan Dong, Zhe Zhang, Shaopeng Wang, Yini Li, Noelle Wright, Javier Redding-Ochoa, Koping Chang, Shaohai Xu, Xueting Tu, Chengzhang Zhu, Lyle W Ostrow, Xavier Roca, Juan C Troncoso, Bin Wu, Shuying Sun
{"title":"Disruption of nuclear speckle integrity dysregulates RNA splicing in C9ORF72-FTD/ALS.","authors":"Rong Wu, Yingzhi Ye, Daoyuan Dong, Zhe Zhang, Shaopeng Wang, Yini Li, Noelle Wright, Javier Redding-Ochoa, Koping Chang, Shaohai Xu, Xueting Tu, Chengzhang Zhu, Lyle W Ostrow, Xavier Roca, Juan C Troncoso, Bin Wu, Shuying Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.07.025","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.07.025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Expansion of an intronic (GGGGCC)n repeat within the C9ORF72 gene is the most common genetic cause of both frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (C9-FTD/ALS), characterized with aberrant repeat RNA foci and noncanonical translation-produced dipeptide repeat (DPR) protein inclusions. Here, we elucidate that the (GGGGCC)n repeat RNA co-localizes with nuclear speckles and alters their phase separation properties and granule dynamics. Moreover, the essential nuclear speckle scaffold protein SRRM2 is sequestered into the poly-GR cytoplasmic inclusions in the C9-FTD/ALS mouse model and patient postmortem tissues, exacerbating the nuclear speckle dysfunction. Impaired nuclear speckle integrity induces global exon skipping and intron retention in human iPSC-derived neurons and causes neuronal toxicity. Similar alternative splicing changes can be found in C9-FTD/ALS patient postmortem tissues. This work identified novel molecular mechanisms of global RNA splicing defects caused by impaired nuclear speckle function in C9-FTD/ALS and revealed novel potential biomarkers or therapeutic targets.</p>","PeriodicalId":19313,"journal":{"name":"Neuron","volume":" ","pages":"3434-3451.e11"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11502262/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142056189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuronPub Date : 2024-10-16DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.020
Ji-Il Kim, Yuki Miura, Min-Yin Li, Omer Revah, Sridhar Selvaraj, Fikri Birey, Xiangling Meng, Mayuri Vijay Thete, Sergey D Pavlov, Jimena Andersen, Anca M Pașca, Matthew H Porteus, John R Huguenard, Sergiu P Pașca
{"title":"Human assembloids reveal the consequences of CACNA1G gene variants in the thalamocortical pathway.","authors":"Ji-Il Kim, Yuki Miura, Min-Yin Li, Omer Revah, Sridhar Selvaraj, Fikri Birey, Xiangling Meng, Mayuri Vijay Thete, Sergey D Pavlov, Jimena Andersen, Anca M Pașca, Matthew H Porteus, John R Huguenard, Sergiu P Pașca","doi":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abnormalities in thalamocortical crosstalk can lead to neuropsychiatric disorders. Variants in CACNA1G, which encodes the α1G subunit of the thalamus-enriched T-type calcium channel, are associated with absence seizures, intellectual disability, and schizophrenia, but the cellular and circuit consequences of these genetic variants in humans remain unknown. Here, we developed a human assembloid model of the thalamocortical pathway to dissect the contribution of genetic variants in T-type calcium channels. We discovered that the M1531V CACNA1G variant associated with seizures led to changes in T-type currents in thalamic neurons, as well as correlated hyperactivity of thalamic and cortical neurons in assembloids. By contrast, CACNA1G loss, which has been associated with risk of schizophrenia, resulted in abnormal thalamocortical connectivity that was related to both increased spontaneous thalamic activity and aberrant axonal projections. These results illustrate the utility of multi-cellular systems for interrogating human genetic disease risk variants at both cellular and circuit level.</p>","PeriodicalId":19313,"journal":{"name":"Neuron","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142471083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuronPub Date : 2024-10-15DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.021
Xize Xu, Mitchell P Morton, Sachira Denagamage, Nyomi V Hudson, Anirvan S Nandy, Monika P Jadi
{"title":"Spatial context non-uniformly modulates inter-laminar information flow in the primary visual cortex.","authors":"Xize Xu, Mitchell P Morton, Sachira Denagamage, Nyomi V Hudson, Anirvan S Nandy, Monika P Jadi","doi":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Our visual experience is a result of the concerted activity of neuronal ensembles in the sensory hierarchy. Yet, how the spatial organization of objects influences this activity remains poorly understood. We investigate how inter-laminar information flow within the primary visual cortex (V1) is affected by visual stimuli in isolation or with flankers at spatial configurations that are known to cause non-uniform degradation of perception. By employing dimensionality reduction approaches to simultaneous, layer-specific population recordings, we establish that information propagation between cortical layers occurs along a structurally stable communication subspace. The spatial configuration of contextual stimuli differentially modulates inter-laminar communication efficacy, the balance of feedforward and effective feedback signaling, and contextual signaling in the superficial layers. Remarkably, these modulations mirror the spatially non-uniform aspects of perceptual degradation. Our results suggest a model of retinotopically non-uniform cortical connectivity in the output layers of V1 that influences information flow in the sensory hierarchy.</p>","PeriodicalId":19313,"journal":{"name":"Neuron","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142504952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuronPub Date : 2024-10-14DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.018
Andres Agudelo-Toro, Jonathan A Michaels, Wei-An Sheng, Hansjörg Scherberger
{"title":"Accurate neural control of a hand prosthesis by posture-related activity in the primate grasping circuit.","authors":"Andres Agudelo-Toro, Jonathan A Michaels, Wei-An Sheng, Hansjörg Scherberger","doi":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have the potential to restore hand movement for people with paralysis, but current devices still lack the fine control required to interact with objects of daily living. Following our understanding of cortical activity during arm reaches, hand BCI studies have focused primarily on velocity control. However, mounting evidence suggests that posture, and not velocity, dominates in hand-related areas. To explore whether this signal can causally control a prosthesis, we developed a BCI training paradigm centered on the reproduction of posture transitions. Monkeys trained with this protocol were able to control a multidimensional hand prosthesis with high accuracy, including execution of the very intricate precision grip. Analysis revealed that the posture signal in the target grasping areas was the main contributor to control. We present, for the first time, neural posture control of a multidimensional hand prosthesis, opening the door for future interfaces to leverage this additional information channel.</p>","PeriodicalId":19313,"journal":{"name":"Neuron","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142471080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Central control of opioid-induced mechanical hypersensitivity and tolerance in mice.","authors":"Guangjuan Yin, Kaifang Duan, Dong Dong, Feng Du, Chao Guo, Changyi Zhang, Xi Liu, Yuanjie Sun, Tianwen Huang, Guangfu Cui, Longzhen Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Repetitive use of morphine (MF) and other opioids can trigger two major pain-related side effects: opioid-induced hypersensitivity (OIH) and analgesic tolerance, which can be subclassified as mechanical and thermal. The central mechanisms underlying mechanical OIH/tolerance remain unresolved. Here, we report that a brain-to-spinal opioid pathway, starting from μ-opioid receptor (MOR)-expressing neuron in the lateral parabrachial nucleus (lPBN<sup>MOR+</sup>) via dynorphin (Dyn) neuron in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVH<sup>Dyn+</sup>) to κ-opioid receptor (KOR)-expressing GABAergic neuron in the spinal dorsal horn (SDH<sup>KOR-GABA</sup>), controls repeated systemic administration of MF-induced mechanical OIH and tolerance in mice. The above effect is likely mediated by disruption of dorsal horn gate control for MF-resistant mechanical pain via silencing of the Dyn-positive GABAergic neurons in the SDH (lPBN<sup>MOR+</sup> → PVH<sup>Dyn+</sup> → SDH<sup>KOR-GABA</sup> → SDH<sup>Dyn-GABA</sup>). Repetitive binding of MF to MORs during repeated MF administration disrupted the above circuits. Targeting the above brain-to-spinal opioid pathways rescued repetitive MF-induced mechanical OIH and tolerance.</p>","PeriodicalId":19313,"journal":{"name":"Neuron","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142471082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuronPub Date : 2024-10-10DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.013
Jonathan Daume, Jan Kamiński, Yousef Salimpour, Andrea Gómez Palacio Schjetnan, William S Anderson, Taufik A Valiante, Adam N Mamelak, Ueli Rutishauser
{"title":"Persistent activity during working memory maintenance predicts long-term memory formation in the human hippocampus.","authors":"Jonathan Daume, Jan Kamiński, Yousef Salimpour, Andrea Gómez Palacio Schjetnan, William S Anderson, Taufik A Valiante, Adam N Mamelak, Ueli Rutishauser","doi":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Working memory (WM) and long-term memory (LTM) are often viewed as separate cognitive systems. Little is known about how these systems interact when forming memories. We recorded single neurons in the human medial temporal lobe while patients maintained novel items in WM and completed a subsequent recognition memory test for the same items. In the hippocampus, but not in the amygdala, the level of WM content-selective persistent activity during WM maintenance was predictive of whether the item was later recognized with high confidence or forgotten. By contrast, visually evoked activity in the same cells was not predictive of LTM formation. During LTM retrieval, memory-selective neurons responded more strongly to familiar stimuli for which persistent activity was high while they were maintained in WM. Our study suggests that hippocampal persistent activity of the same cells supports both WM maintenance and LTM encoding, thereby revealing a common single-neuron component of these two memory systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":19313,"journal":{"name":"Neuron","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142471084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuronPub Date : 2024-10-09DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.019
Christer Betsholtz
{"title":"Insights into mechanisms and therapeutic avenues for primary familial brain calcification.","authors":"Christer Betsholtz","doi":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The diverse etiologies of the genetic neurodegenerative disorder known as primary familial brain calcification have dimmed hopes for curative therapies. However, two new papers in Neuron<sup>1</sup><sup>,</sup><sup>2</sup> provide a reason for optimism by identifying mechanisms involved in brain phosphate transport and a promising target for restoring phosphate balance in the brain.</p>","PeriodicalId":19313,"journal":{"name":"Neuron","volume":"112 19","pages":"3223-3225"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142400863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuronPub Date : 2024-10-09Epub Date: 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.07.003
Luyu Fan, Youwen Zhuang, Hongyu Wu, Huiqiong Li, Youwei Xu, Yue Wang, Licong He, Shishan Wang, Zhangcheng Chen, Jianjun Cheng, H Eric Xu, Sheng Wang
{"title":"Structural basis of psychedelic LSD recognition at dopamine D<sub>1</sub> receptor.","authors":"Luyu Fan, Youwen Zhuang, Hongyu Wu, Huiqiong Li, Youwei Xu, Yue Wang, Licong He, Shishan Wang, Zhangcheng Chen, Jianjun Cheng, H Eric Xu, Sheng Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.07.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuron.2024.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Understanding the kinetics of LSD in receptors and subsequent induced signaling is crucial for comprehending both the psychoactive and therapeutic effects of LSD. Despite extensive research on LSD's interactions with serotonin 2A and 2B receptors, its behavior on other targets, including dopamine receptors, has remained elusive. Here, we present cryo-EM structures of LSD/PF6142-bound dopamine D<sub>1</sub> receptor (DRD1)-legobody complexes, accompanied by a β-arrestin-mimicking nanobody, NBA3, shedding light on the determinants of G protein coupling versus β-arrestin coupling. Structural analysis unveils a distinctive binding mode of LSD in DRD1, particularly with the ergoline moiety oriented toward TM4. Kinetic investigations uncover an exceptionally rapid dissociation rate of LSD in DRD1, attributed to the flexibility of extracellular loop 2 (ECL2). Moreover, G protein can stabilize ECL2 conformation, leading to a significant slowdown in ligand's dissociation rate. These findings establish a solid foundation for further exploration of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) dynamics and their relevance to signal transduction.</p>","PeriodicalId":19313,"journal":{"name":"Neuron","volume":" ","pages":"3295-3310.e8"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141879205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}