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Multimodal analysis of cell types in a hypothalamic node controlling social behavior

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Kim, Dong-Wook, Yao, Zizhen, Graybuck, Lucas T., Kim, Tae Kyung, Nguyen, Thuc Nghi, Smith, Kimberly A., Fong, Olivia, Yi, Lynn +11 more·2019·Cell

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The ventrolateral subdivision of the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMHvl) contains ∼4,000 neurons that project to multiple targets and control innate social behaviors including aggression and mounting. However, the number of cell types in VMHvl and their relationship to connectivity and behavioral function are unknown. We performed single-cell RNA sequencing using two independent platforms-SMART-seq (∼4,500 neurons) and 10x (∼78,000 neurons)-and investigated correspondence between transcriptomic identity and axonal projections or behavioral activation, respectively. Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) identified 17 transcriptomic types (T-types), including several sexually dimorphic clusters, the majority of which were validated by seqFISH. Immediate early gene analysis identified T-types exhibiting preferential responses to intruder males versus females but only rare examples of behavior-specific activation. Unexpectedly, many VMHvl T-types comprise a mixed population of neurons with different projection target preferences. Overall our analysis revealed that, surprisingly, few VMHvl T-types exhibit a clear correspondence with behavior-specific activation and connectivity.

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  • In mouse hypothalamus, activated neurons during a specific behavioral state are often distributed across a range of transcriptomic cell types.

    “In hypothalamus, several studies using either of the two approaches in mice demonstrate that activated neurons during a specific behavioral state are often distributed across a range of transcriptomic cell types (Kim et al., 2019; Moffitt et al., 2018; Xu et al., 2020).”

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  • In the ventromedial hypothalamus, few transcriptionally defined cell types showed a clear match with behavior-specific activation or connectivity.

    “Indeed, in the ventromedial hypothalamus, few transcriptionally defined cell types exhibited a clear correspondence with behavior-specific activation or connectivity.”

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Kim, D.-W., Yao, Z., Graybuck, L. T., Kim, T. K., Nguyen, T. N., Smith, K. A., Fong, O., Yi, L., Koulena, N., Pierson, N., Shah, S., Lo, L., Pool, A.-H., Oka, Y., Pachter, L., Cai, L., Tasic, B., Zeng, H., & Anderson, D. J.
Affiliations
  • California Institute of Technology (US)
  • Allen Institute for Brain Science (US)
Corresponding author
Anderson, David J.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-10
Volume
179
Issue
3
Pages
713-728.e17
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2981201615
Cited by
259
References
102
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 41 · 2019: 3
FWCI
9.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
Funders
California Institute of Technology
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Keywords
ventromedial hypothalamus, hypothalamic neurons, social behavior, aggression, mounting behavior, neuronal cell types, axonal projections, sexual dimorphism, intruder response, immediate early genes, single-cell transcriptomics, canonical correlation analysis, seqFISH
MeSH terms
Animals, Female, Hypothalamus, Male, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Neurons, Sexual Behavior, Animal, Social Behavior, Estrogen Receptor alpha, Mice, Single-Cell Analysis, Transcriptome

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