八达通(软件)
生物
神经科学
头足类
电池类型
解剖
进化生物学
遗传学
细胞
生态学
量子力学
物理
作者
Jeremea O. Songco-Casey,Gabrielle C. Coffing,Denise M. Piscopo,Judit R. Pungor,Andrew D. Kern,Adam C. Miller,Cristopher M. Niell
出处
期刊:Current Biology
[Elsevier]
日期:2022-10-01
卷期号:32 (23): 5031-5044.e4
被引量:4
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.015
摘要
Summary
Cephalopods have a remarkable visual system, with a camera-type eye and high acuity vision that they use for a wide range of sophisticated visually driven behaviors. However, the cephalopod brain is organized dramatically differently from that of vertebrates and invertebrates, and beyond neuroanatomical descriptions, little is known regarding the cell types and molecular determinants of their visual system organization. Here, we present a comprehensive single-cell molecular atlas of the octopus optic lobe, which is the primary visual processing structure in the cephalopod brain. We combined single-cell RNA sequencing with RNA fluorescence in situ hybridization to both identify putative molecular cell types and determine their anatomical and spatial organization within the optic lobe. Our results reveal six major neuronal cell classes identified by neurotransmitter/neuropeptide usage, in addition to non-neuronal and immature neuronal populations. We find that additional markers divide these neuronal classes into subtypes with distinct anatomical localizations, revealing further diversity and a detailed laminar organization within the optic lobe. We also delineate the immature neurons within this continuously growing tissue into subtypes defined by evolutionarily conserved developmental genes as well as novel cephalopod- and octopus-specific genes. Together, these findings outline the organizational logic of the octopus visual system, based on functional determinants, laminar identity, and developmental markers/pathways. The resulting atlas presented here details the "parts list" for neural circuits used for vision in octopus, providing a platform for investigations into the development and function of the octopus visual system as well as the evolution of visual processing.
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