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An applicable and efficient retrograde monosynaptic circuit mapping tool for larval zebrafish.

Tian-Lun Chen, Qiu-Sui Deng, Kunzhang Lin, Xiu-Dan Zheng, Xin Wang, Yong-Wei Zhong, Xin-Yu Ning, Ying Li, Fu-Qiang Xu, Jiu-Lin Du and 1 more

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Tian-Lun Chen *Institute of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3802-955X
Qiu-Sui Deng *Institute of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6149-7535
Kunzhang Lin *Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Viral Vectors for Biomedicine, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5091-6197
Xiu-Dan ZhengInstitute of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4898-6243
Xin WangInstitute of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2806-4508
Yong-Wei ZhongInstitute of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Xin-Yu NingInstitute of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Ying LiInstitute of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0649-7041
Fu-Qiang XuShenzhen Key Laboratory of Viral Vectors for Biomedicine, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
Jiu-Lin DuInstitute of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9413-9991
Xu-Fei DuInstitute of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4599-0074

Funding

Brain Science and Brain-like Intelligence Technology - National Science and Technology Major Project 2021ZD0204500Brain Science and Brain-like Intelligence Technology - National Science and Technology Major Project 2021ZD0204502National Natural Science Foundation of China 32321003National Natural Science Foundation of China 62320106010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The larval zebrafish is a vertebrate model for in vivo monitoring and manipulation of whole-brain neuronal activity. Tracing its neural circuits remains challenging. Here, we report an applicable methodology tailored for larval zebrafish to achieve efficient retrograde trans-monosynaptic tracing from genetically defined neurons via EnvA-pseudotyped glycoprotein-deleted rabies viruses. By combinatorially optimizing multiple factors involved, we identified the CVS strain trans-complemented with advanced expression of N2cG at 36 °C as the optimal combination. It yielded a tracing efficiency of up to 20 inputs per starter cell. Its low cytotoxicity enabled the viable labeling and calcium imaging of infected neurons 10 days post-infection, spanning larval ages commonly used for functional examination. Cre-dependent labeling was further developed to enable cell-type-specific input tracing and circuit reconstruction. We mapped cerebellar circuits and uncovered the ipsilateral preference and subtype specificity of granule cell-to-Purkinje cell connections. Our method offers an efficient way for tracing neural circuits in larval zebrafish.

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NeuronsZebrafishAnimalsLarvaRabies viruscerebellumcircuit tracingneurosciencerabies virusreconstructiontrans-monosynapticzebrafish

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PMCPMC13588618

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