Integration of Within-Cell Experimental Data With Multi-Compartmental Modeling Predicts H-Channel Densities and Distributions in Hippocampal OLM Cells

Determining biophysical details of spatially extended neurons is a challenge that needs to be overcome if we are to understand the dynamics of brain function from cellular perspectives. Moreover, we now know that we should not average across recordings from many cells of a given cell type to obtain...

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Main Authors: Vladislav Sekulić, Feng Yi, Tavita Garrett, Alexandre Guet-McCreight, J. Josh Lawrence, Frances K. Skinner
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2020.00277/full
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Vladislav Sekulić
Feng Yi
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J. Josh Lawrence
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J. Josh Lawrence
Frances K. Skinner
Frances K. Skinner
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Vladislav Sekulić
Feng Yi
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Alexandre Guet-McCreight
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J. Josh Lawrence
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description Determining biophysical details of spatially extended neurons is a challenge that needs to be overcome if we are to understand the dynamics of brain function from cellular perspectives. Moreover, we now know that we should not average across recordings from many cells of a given cell type to obtain quantitative measures such as conductance since measures can vary multiple-fold for a given cell type. In this work we examine whether a tight combination of experimental and computational work can address this challenge. The oriens-lacunosum/moleculare (OLM) interneuron operates as a “gate” that controls incoming sensory and ongoing contextual information in the CA1 of the hippocampus, making it essential to understand how its biophysical properties contribute to memory function. OLM cells fire phase-locked to the prominent hippocampal theta rhythms, and we previously used computational models to show that OLM cells exhibit high or low theta spiking resonance frequencies that depend respectively on whether their dendrites have hyperpolarization-activated cation channels (h-channels) or not. However, whether OLM cells actually possess dendritic h-channels is unknown at present. We performed a set of whole-cell recordings of OLM cells from mouse hippocampus and constructed three multi-compartment models using morphological and electrophysiological parameters extracted from the same OLM cell, including per-cell pharmacologically isolated h-channel currents. We found that the models best matched experiments when h-channels were present in the dendrites of each of the three model cells created. This strongly suggests that h-channels must be present in OLM cell dendrites and are not localized to their somata. Importantly, this work shows that a tight integration of model and experiment can help tackle the challenge of characterizing biophysical details and distributions in spatially extended neurons. Full spiking models were built for two of the OLM cells, matching their current clamp cell-specific electrophysiological recordings. Overall, our work presents a technical advancement in modeling OLM cells. Our models are available to the community to use to gain insight into cellular dynamics underlying hippocampal function.
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spelling doaj.art-ab6663beeebf488bb71d04cda010a3822022-12-21T17:50:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience1662-51022020-09-011410.3389/fncel.2020.00277561818Integration of Within-Cell Experimental Data With Multi-Compartmental Modeling Predicts H-Channel Densities and Distributions in Hippocampal OLM CellsVladislav Sekulić0Vladislav Sekulić1Feng Yi2Tavita Garrett3Alexandre Guet-McCreight4Alexandre Guet-McCreight5J. Josh Lawrence6J. Josh Lawrence7J. Josh Lawrence8Frances K. Skinner9Frances K. Skinner10Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, CanadaDepartment of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaDepartment of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, Center for Structural and Functional Neuroscience, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United StatesNeuroscience Graduate Program and Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United StatesKrembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, CanadaDepartment of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaDepartment of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, United StatesCenter for Translational Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, United StatesGarrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, United StatesKrembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, CanadaDepartments of Medicine (Neurology) and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaDetermining biophysical details of spatially extended neurons is a challenge that needs to be overcome if we are to understand the dynamics of brain function from cellular perspectives. Moreover, we now know that we should not average across recordings from many cells of a given cell type to obtain quantitative measures such as conductance since measures can vary multiple-fold for a given cell type. In this work we examine whether a tight combination of experimental and computational work can address this challenge. The oriens-lacunosum/moleculare (OLM) interneuron operates as a “gate” that controls incoming sensory and ongoing contextual information in the CA1 of the hippocampus, making it essential to understand how its biophysical properties contribute to memory function. OLM cells fire phase-locked to the prominent hippocampal theta rhythms, and we previously used computational models to show that OLM cells exhibit high or low theta spiking resonance frequencies that depend respectively on whether their dendrites have hyperpolarization-activated cation channels (h-channels) or not. However, whether OLM cells actually possess dendritic h-channels is unknown at present. We performed a set of whole-cell recordings of OLM cells from mouse hippocampus and constructed three multi-compartment models using morphological and electrophysiological parameters extracted from the same OLM cell, including per-cell pharmacologically isolated h-channel currents. We found that the models best matched experiments when h-channels were present in the dendrites of each of the three model cells created. This strongly suggests that h-channels must be present in OLM cell dendrites and are not localized to their somata. Importantly, this work shows that a tight integration of model and experiment can help tackle the challenge of characterizing biophysical details and distributions in spatially extended neurons. Full spiking models were built for two of the OLM cells, matching their current clamp cell-specific electrophysiological recordings. Overall, our work presents a technical advancement in modeling OLM cells. Our models are available to the community to use to gain insight into cellular dynamics underlying hippocampal function.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2020.00277/fullhippocampusinterneuroninhibitory celldendriteh-channelsmulti-compartment model
spellingShingle Vladislav Sekulić
Vladislav Sekulić
Feng Yi
Tavita Garrett
Alexandre Guet-McCreight
Alexandre Guet-McCreight
J. Josh Lawrence
J. Josh Lawrence
J. Josh Lawrence
Frances K. Skinner
Frances K. Skinner
Integration of Within-Cell Experimental Data With Multi-Compartmental Modeling Predicts H-Channel Densities and Distributions in Hippocampal OLM Cells
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
hippocampus
interneuron
inhibitory cell
dendrite
h-channels
multi-compartment model
title Integration of Within-Cell Experimental Data With Multi-Compartmental Modeling Predicts H-Channel Densities and Distributions in Hippocampal OLM Cells
title_full Integration of Within-Cell Experimental Data With Multi-Compartmental Modeling Predicts H-Channel Densities and Distributions in Hippocampal OLM Cells
title_fullStr Integration of Within-Cell Experimental Data With Multi-Compartmental Modeling Predicts H-Channel Densities and Distributions in Hippocampal OLM Cells
title_full_unstemmed Integration of Within-Cell Experimental Data With Multi-Compartmental Modeling Predicts H-Channel Densities and Distributions in Hippocampal OLM Cells
title_short Integration of Within-Cell Experimental Data With Multi-Compartmental Modeling Predicts H-Channel Densities and Distributions in Hippocampal OLM Cells
title_sort integration of within cell experimental data with multi compartmental modeling predicts h channel densities and distributions in hippocampal olm cells
topic hippocampus
interneuron
inhibitory cell
dendrite
h-channels
multi-compartment model
url https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2020.00277/full
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