Identification of GABAergic subpopulations in the lateral hypothalamus for home-driven behaviors in mice

Summary: Home information profoundly influences behavioral states in both humans and animals. However, how “home” is represented in the brain and its role in driving diverse related behaviors remain elusive. Here, we demonstrate that home bedding contains sufficient home information to modulate affe...

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Main Authors: Xiaoya Su, Bo Lei, Junyue He, Yunlong Liu, Ao Wang, Yikai Tang, Weixuan Liu, Yi Zhong
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Weixuan Liu
Yi Zhong
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description Summary: Home information profoundly influences behavioral states in both humans and animals. However, how “home” is represented in the brain and its role in driving diverse related behaviors remain elusive. Here, we demonstrate that home bedding contains sufficient home information to modulate affective behaviors, including aversion responses, defensive aggression, and mating behaviors. These varied responses to home information are mediated by gama-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic neurons in the lateral hypothalamus (LHGABA). Inhibiting LHGABA abolishes, while activating mimics, the effects of home bedding on these behaviors across different contexts. Specifically, projections from LHGABA to the ventral tegmental area (VTA) mediate the relaxation of aversive emotion, while projections to the periaqueductal gray (PAG) initiate defensive concerns. Thus, our data suggest that home information in different contexts converges to activate distinct subgroups of the LHGABA, which, in turn, elicit appropriate affective behaviors in relieving aversion, fighting intruders, or enhancing mating through involving distinct downstream projections.
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spelling doaj-art-59dbb8bca32544b79884c82bc3dc38682025-08-20T02:16:49ZengElsevierCell Reports2211-12472024-11-01431111484210.1016/j.celrep.2024.114842Identification of GABAergic subpopulations in the lateral hypothalamus for home-driven behaviors in miceXiaoya Su0Bo Lei1Junyue He2Yunlong Liu3Ao Wang4Yikai Tang5Weixuan Liu6Yi Zhong7School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; McGovern Institute of Brain Research, Beijing 100084, P.R. ChinaSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; McGovern Institute of Brain Research, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; Corresponding authorSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; McGovern Institute of Brain Research, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; Peking University, Tsinghua University, National Institute Biological Science Joint Graduate Program, Beijing, P.R. ChinaNeuroscience and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, CanadaSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; McGovern Institute of Brain Research, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. ChinaSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; McGovern Institute of Brain Research, Beijing 100084, P.R. ChinaSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; McGovern Institute of Brain Research, Beijing 100084, P.R. ChinaSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; McGovern Institute of Brain Research, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China; Corresponding authorSummary: Home information profoundly influences behavioral states in both humans and animals. However, how “home” is represented in the brain and its role in driving diverse related behaviors remain elusive. Here, we demonstrate that home bedding contains sufficient home information to modulate affective behaviors, including aversion responses, defensive aggression, and mating behaviors. These varied responses to home information are mediated by gama-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic neurons in the lateral hypothalamus (LHGABA). Inhibiting LHGABA abolishes, while activating mimics, the effects of home bedding on these behaviors across different contexts. Specifically, projections from LHGABA to the ventral tegmental area (VTA) mediate the relaxation of aversive emotion, while projections to the periaqueductal gray (PAG) initiate defensive concerns. Thus, our data suggest that home information in different contexts converges to activate distinct subgroups of the LHGABA, which, in turn, elicit appropriate affective behaviors in relieving aversion, fighting intruders, or enhancing mating through involving distinct downstream projections.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124724011938CP: NeuroscienceCP: Cell biology
spellingShingle Xiaoya Su
Bo Lei
Junyue He
Yunlong Liu
Ao Wang
Yikai Tang
Weixuan Liu
Yi Zhong
Identification of GABAergic subpopulations in the lateral hypothalamus for home-driven behaviors in mice
Cell Reports
CP: Neuroscience
CP: Cell biology
title Identification of GABAergic subpopulations in the lateral hypothalamus for home-driven behaviors in mice
title_full Identification of GABAergic subpopulations in the lateral hypothalamus for home-driven behaviors in mice
title_fullStr Identification of GABAergic subpopulations in the lateral hypothalamus for home-driven behaviors in mice
title_full_unstemmed Identification of GABAergic subpopulations in the lateral hypothalamus for home-driven behaviors in mice
title_short Identification of GABAergic subpopulations in the lateral hypothalamus for home-driven behaviors in mice
title_sort identification of gabaergic subpopulations in the lateral hypothalamus for home driven behaviors in mice
topic CP: Neuroscience
CP: Cell biology
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124724011938
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