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Integrated Morphoelectric and Transcriptomic Classification of Cortical GABAergic Cells

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Gouwens, Nathan W., Sorensen, Staci A., Baftizadeh, Fahimeh, Budzillo, Agata, Lee, Brian R., Jarsky, Tim, Alfiler, Lauren, Baker, Katherine, Barkan, Eliza, Berry, Kyla, Bertagnolli, Darren, Bickley, Kris, Bomben, Jasmine, Braun, Thomas, Brouner, Krissy, Casper, Tamara, Crichton, Kirsten, Daigle, Tanya L., Dalley, Rachel, de Frates, Rebecca A., Dee, Nick, Desta, Tsega, Lee, Samuel Dingman, Dotson, Nadezhda, Egdorf, Tom, Ellingwood, Lauren, Enstrom, Rachel, Esposito, Luke, Farrell, Colin, Feng, David, Fong, Olivia, Gala, Rohan, Gamlin, Clare, Gary, Amanda, Glandon, Alexandra, Goldy, Jeff, Gorham, Melissa, Graybuck, Lucas, Gu, Hong, Hadley, Kristen, Hawrylycz, Michael J., Henry, Alex M., Hill, DiJon, Hupp, Madie, Kebede, Sara, Kim, Tae Kyung, Kim, Lisa, Kroll, Matthew, Lee, Changkyu, Link, Katherine E., Mallory, Matthew, Mann, Rusty, Maxwell, Michelle, McGraw, Medea, McMillen, Delissa, Mukora, Alice, Ng, Lindsay, Ng, Lydia, Ngo, Kiet, Nicovich, Philip R., Oldre, Aaron, Park, Daniel, Peng, Hanchuan, Penn, Osnat, Pham, Thanh, Pom, Alice, Popović, Zoran, Potekhina, Lydia, Rajanbabu, Ramkumar, Ransford, Shea, Reid, David, Rimorin, Christine, Robertson, Miranda, Ronellenfitch, Kara, Ruiz, Augustin, Sandman, David, Smith, Kimberly, Sulc, Josef, Sunkin, Susan M., Szafer, Aaron, Tieu, Michael, Torkelson, Amy, Trinh, Jessica, Tung, Herman, Wakeman, Wayne, Ward, Katelyn, Williams, Grace, Zhou, Zhi, Ting, Jonathan T., Arkhipov, Anton, Sümbül, Uygar, Lein, Ed S., Koch, Christof, Yao, Zizhen, Tasic, Bosiljka, Berg, Jim, Murphy, Gabe J., Zeng, Hongkui·2020·Cell

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Neurons are frequently classified into distinct types on the basis of structural, physiological, or genetic attributes. To better constrain the definition of neuronal cell types, we characterized the transcriptomes and intrinsic physiological properties of over 4,200 mouse visual cortical GABAergic interneurons and reconstructed the local morphologies of 517 of those neurons. We find that most transcriptomic types (t-types) occupy specific laminar positions within visual cortex, and, for most types, the cells mapping to a t-type exhibit consistent electrophysiological and morphological properties. These properties display both discrete and continuous variation among t-types. Through multimodal integrated analysis we define 28 met-types that have congruent morphological, electrophysiological, and transcriptomic properties and robust mutual predictability. We identify layer-specific axon innervation pattern as a defining feature distinguishing different met-types. These met-types represent a unified definition of cortical GABAergic interneuron types, providing a systematic framework to capture existing knowledge and bridge future analyses across different modalities.

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    GABAergic interneuron morphology is better preserved in ~350 um thick in vitro slice preparations than glutamatergic pyramidal neuron morphology.

    “the morphology of GABAergic interneurons is better preserved in ~350 um thick in vitro slice preparations than that of glutamatergic pyramidal neurons with known long-range projections”
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    The morpho-electric profiles of most t-types are largely unknown and their correspondence to historically defined GABAergic types has not been established.

    “The morpho-electric profiles of most t-types, however, are largely unknown and their correspondence to historically defined GABAergic types has not been established.”
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    The mapping algorithms and quality thresholds reliably assign Patch-seq transcriptomes to the correct reference transcriptomic types.

    “For the reasons explained above, we used transcriptomes of dissociated cells from (Tasic et al., 2018) as reference dataset and mapped Patch-seq transcriptomes to the reference data to identify their cell types.”
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    The standardized patch-clamp protocol and morphological reconstructions capture the relevant electrophysiological and morphological properties that distinguish cell types.

    “The limited number of stimuli in our standardized patch clamp protocol, the relatively small number of morphological reconstructions, and the much lower dimensionality of electrophysiological and morphological data compared to transcriptomic data may all contribute to this difference.”
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    The marker genes used to label met-types are selective for those met-types.

    “Marker genes also could distinguish these deep Pvalb met-types, as Pvalb-MET-1 cells expressed Gabrg1, Bche, and Th, while Pvalb-MET-2 cells expressed Sema3e (Figure 6G).”
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Gouwens, N. W., Sorensen, S. A., Baftizadeh, F., Budzillo, A., Lee, B. R., Jarsky, T., Alfiler, L., Baker, K., Barkan, E., Berry, K., Bertagnolli, D., Bickley, K., Bomben, J., Braun, T., Brouner, K., Casper, T., Crichton, K., Daigle, T. L., Dalley, R., de Frates, R. A., Dee, N., Desta, T., Lee, S. D., Dotson, N., Egdorf, T., Ellingwood, L., Enstrom, R., Esposito, L., Farrell, C., Feng, D., Fong, O., Gala, R., Gamlin, C., Gary, A., Glandon, A., Goldy, J., Gorham, M., Graybuck, L., Gu, H., Hadley, K., Hawrylycz, M. J., Henry, A. M., Hill, D., Hupp, M., Kebede, S., Kim, T. K., Kim, L., Kroll, M., Lee, C., Link, K. E., Mallory, M., Mann, R., Maxwell, M., McGraw, M., McMillen, D., Mukora, A., Ng, L., Ng, L., Ngo, K., Nicovich, P. R., Oldre, A., Park, D., Peng, H., Penn, O., Pham, T., Pom, A., Popović, Z., Potekhina, L., Rajanbabu, R., Ransford, S., Reid, D., Rimorin, C., Robertson, M., Ronellenfitch, K., Ruiz, A., Sandman, D., Smith, K., Sulc, J., Sunkin, S. M., Szafer, A., Tieu, M., Torkelson, A., Trinh, J., Tung, H., Wakeman, W., Ward, K., Williams, G., Zhou, Z., Ting, J. T., Arkhipov, A., Sümbül, U., Lein, E. S., Koch, C., Yao, Z., Tasic, B., Berg, J., Murphy, G. J., & Zeng, H.
Affiliations
  • Allen Institute for Brain Science (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
  • Gouwens, Nathan W.
  • Sorensen, Staci A.
  • Murphy, Gabe J.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-11
Volume
183
Issue
4
Pages
935-953.e19
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3101846945
Cited by
538
References
99
Citations by year
2026: 59 · 2025: 98 · 2024: 105 · 2023: 109 · 2022: 80 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 18
FWCI
31.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
GABAergic interneurons, visual cortex, neuronal cell types, neuronal morphology, electrophysiological properties, multimodal integration, mice
MeSH terms
Animals, Cerebral Cortex, Female, Hippocampus, Ion Channels, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Gene Expression Profiling, Electrophysiological Phenomena, GABAergic Neurons, Transcriptome

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