Cell-Type Specific Connectivity of Whisker-Related Sensory and Motor Cortical Input to Dorsal Striatum

Author:

Sanabria Branden D.ORCID,Baskar Sindhuja S.ORCID,Yonk Alex J.ORCID,Lee Christian R.ORCID,Margolis David J.ORCID

Abstract

AbstractThe anterior dorsolateral striatum (DLS) is heavily innervated by convergent excitatory projections from the primary motor (M1) and sensory cortex (S1) and is considered an important site of sensorimotor integration. M1 and S1 corticostriatal synapses have functional differences in the strength of their connections with striatal spiny projection neurons (SPNs) and fast-spiking interneurons (FSIs) in the DLS, and as a result exert an opposing influence on sensory-guided behaviors. In the present study, we tested whether M1 and S1 inputs exhibit differences in the subcellular anatomical distribution onto striatal neurons. We injected adeno-associated viral vectors encoding spaghetti monster fluorescent proteins (sm.FPs) into M1 and S1, and used confocal microscopy to generate 3D reconstructions of corticostriatal inputs to single identified SPNs and FSIs obtained through ex-vivo patch-clamp electrophysiology. We found that SPNs are less innervated by S1 compared to M1, but FSIs receive a similar number of inputs from both M1 and S1. In addition, M1 and S1 inputs were distributed similarly across the proximal, medial, and distal regions of SPNs and FSIs. Notably, clusters of inputs were prevalent in SPNs but not FSIs. Our results suggest that SPNs have stronger functional connectivity to M1 compared to S1 due to a higher density of synaptic inputs. The clustering of M1 and S1 inputs onto SPNs but not FSIs suggest that cortical inputs are integrated through cell-type specific mechanisms and more generally have implications for how sensorimotor integration is performed in the striatum.Significance StatementThe dorsolateral striatum (DLS) is a key brain area involved in sensorimotor integration due to its dense innervation by the primary motor (M1) and sensory cortex (S1). However, the quantity and anatomical distribution of these inputs to the striatal cell population has not been well characterized. In this study we demonstrate that corticostriatal projections from M1 and S1 differentially innervate spiny projection neurons (SPNs) and fast-spiking interneurons (FSIs) in the DLS. S1 inputs innervate SPNs less than M1 and are likely to form synaptic clusters in SPNs but not in FSIs. These findings suggest that sensorimotor integration is partly achieved by differences in the synaptic organization of corticostriatal inputs to local striatal microcircuits.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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