Dual-polarity voltage imaging of the concurrent dynamics of multiple neuron types

Science. 2022 Nov 4;378(6619):eabm8797. doi: 10.1126/science.abm8797. Epub 2022 Nov 4.

Abstract

Genetically encoded fluorescent voltage indicators are ideally suited to reveal the millisecond-scale interactions among and between targeted cell populations. However, current indicators lack the requisite sensitivity for in vivo multipopulation imaging. We describe next-generation green and red voltage sensors, Ace-mNeon2 and VARNAM2, and their reverse response-polarity variants pAce and pAceR. Our indicators enable 0.4- to 1-kilohertz voltage recordings from >50 spiking neurons per field of view in awake mice and ~30-minute continuous imaging in flies. Using dual-polarity multiplexed imaging, we uncovered brain state-dependent antagonism between neocortical somatostatin-expressing (SST+) and vasoactive intestinal peptide-expressing (VIP+) interneurons and contributions to hippocampal field potentials from cell ensembles with distinct axonal projections. By combining three mutually compatible indicators, we performed simultaneous triple-population imaging. These approaches will empower investigations of the dynamic interplay between neuronal subclasses at single-spike resolution.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials* / physiology
  • Animals
  • Fluorescence
  • Hippocampus* / cytology
  • Hippocampus* / physiology
  • Interneurons / physiology
  • Luminescent Measurements
  • Luminescent Proteins / chemistry
  • Luminescent Proteins / genetics
  • Mice
  • Molecular Imaging* / methods
  • Neurons* / classification
  • Neurons* / physiology
  • Rhodopsin / chemistry
  • Rhodopsin / genetics
  • Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / metabolism
  • Visual Cortex* / cytology
  • Visual Cortex* / physiology

Substances

  • Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide
  • Rhodopsin
  • Luminescent Proteins