期刊
NEURAL DEVELOPMENT
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13064-018-0124-7
关键词
Retinogeniculate; Dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus; Acetylcholine; Parabigeminal nucleus; Cholinergic tegmentum; math5-null
资金
- NIH/NEI [EY012716]
- NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE [R01EY012716] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
BackgroundThe dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) of the mouse has become a model system for understanding thalamic circuit assembly. While the development of retinal projections to dLGN has been a topic of extensive inquiry, how and when nonretinal projections innervate this nucleus remains largely unexplored. In this study, we examined the development of a major nonretinal projection to dLGN, the ascending input arising from cholinergic neurons of the brainstem. To visualize these projections, we used a transgenic mouse line that expresses red fluorescent protein exclusively in cholinergic neurons. To assess whether retinal input regulates the timing and pattern of cholinergic innervation of dLGN, we utilized the math5-null (math5(-/-)) mouse, which lacks retinofugal projections due to a failure of retinal ganglion cell differentiation.ResultsCholinergic brainstem innervation of dLGN began at the end of the first postnatal week, increased steadily with age, and reached an adult-like pattern by the end of the first postnatal month. The absence of retinal input led to a disruption in the trajectory, rate, and pattern of cholinergic innervation of dLGN. Anatomical tracing experiments reveal these disruptions were linked to cholinergic projections from parabigeminal nucleus, which normally traverse and reach dLGN through the optic tract.ConclusionsThe late postnatal arrival of cholinergic projections to dLGN and their regulation by retinal signaling provides additional support for the existence of a conserved developmental plan whereby retinal input regulates the timing and sequencing of nonretinal projections to dLGN.
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