Hyperactivated PTP1B phosphatase in parvalbumin neurons alters anterior cingulate inhibitory circuits and induces autism-like behaviors

Nat Commun. 2020 Feb 24;11(1):1017. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14813-z.

Abstract

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have social interaction deficits and difficulty filtering information. Inhibitory interneurons filter information at pyramidal neurons of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), an integration hub for higher-order thalamic inputs important for social interaction. Humans with deletions including LMO4, an endogenous inhibitor of PTP1B, display intellectual disabilities and occasionally autism. PV-Lmo4KO mice ablate Lmo4 in PV interneurons and display ASD-like repetitive behaviors and social interaction deficits. Surprisingly, increased PV neuron-mediated peri-somatic feedforward inhibition to the pyramidal neurons causes a compensatory reduction in (somatostatin neuron-mediated) dendritic inhibition. These homeostatic changes increase filtering of mediodorsal-thalamocortical inputs but reduce filtering of cortico-cortical inputs and narrow the range of stimuli ACC pyramidal neurons can distinguish. Simultaneous ablation of PTP1B in PV-Lmo4KO neurons prevents these deficits, indicating that PTP1B activation in PV interneurons contributes to ASD-like characteristics and homeostatic maladaptation of inhibitory circuits may contribute to deficient information filtering in ASD.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials / physiology
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / genetics
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder / genetics
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder / pathology
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder / physiopathology*
  • Behavior Observation Techniques
  • Behavior, Animal / physiology
  • Dendrites / physiology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Evoked Potentials / physiology
  • Female
  • Gyrus Cinguli / cytology
  • Gyrus Cinguli / pathology
  • Gyrus Cinguli / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Interneurons / metabolism
  • LIM Domain Proteins / genetics
  • LIM Domain Proteins / metabolism
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Nerve Net / metabolism*
  • Neural Inhibition / physiology
  • Parvalbumins / metabolism*
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1 / genetics
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1 / metabolism*
  • Pyramidal Cells / metabolism
  • Somatostatin / metabolism
  • Stereotaxic Techniques
  • Thalamus / cytology
  • Thalamus / metabolism

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • LIM Domain Proteins
  • Lmo4 protein, mouse
  • Parvalbumins
  • Somatostatin
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1
  • Ptpn1 protein, mouse