期刊
FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
卷 14, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.623148
关键词
neurotransmitter; neurons; scRNAseq; metazoans; Dale' s principle
资金
- Swiss National Science Foundation [310030_188471]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [310030_188471] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Neurotransmitter expression is commonly used to classify neurons, but recent research suggests that one neuron may express multiple neurotransmitters, challenging the traditional notion. Single-cell transcriptomics provides insights into neurotransmitter coexpression in neurons across different animal species.
Neurotransmitter expression is widely used as a criterion for classifying neurons. It was initially thought that neurons express a single type of neurotransmitter, a phenomenon commonly recognized as Dale's principle: one neuron, one transmitter. Consequently, the expression of a single neurotransmitter should determine stable and distinguishable neuronal characteristics. However, this notion has been largely challenged and increasing evidence accumulates supporting a different scenario: one neuron, multiple neurotransmitters. Single-cell transcriptomics provides an additional path to address coexpression of neurotransmitters, by investigating the expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis and transmission of fast-acting neuromodulators. Here, we study neuronal phenotypes based on the expression of neurotransmitters, at single-cell resolution, across different animal species representing distinct clades of the tree of life. We take advantage of several existing scRNAseq datasets and analyze them in light of neurotransmitter plasticity. Our results show that while most neurons appear to predominantly express a single type of neurotransmitter, a substantial number of neurons simultaneously expresses a combination of them, across all animal species analyzed.
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