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The Journal of Neuroscience, July 20, 2005, 25(29):6845-6856; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0442-05.2005

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Endocannabinoid Signaling in Rat Somatosensory Cortex: Laminar Differences and Involvement of Specific Interneuron Types

Ágnes L. Bodor,¹ István Katona,¹ Gábor Nyíri,¹ Ken Mackie,² Catherine Ledent,³ Norbert Hájos,¹ and Tamás F. Freund¹

¹Department of Cellular and Network Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 Budapest, Hungary, ²Departments of Anesthesiology, Physiology, and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, and ³Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium

Endocannabinoid-mediated retrograde signaling exerts powerful control over synaptic transmission in many brain areas. However, in the neocortex, the precise laminar, cellular, and subcellular localization of the type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB₁) as well as its function has been elusive. Here we combined multiple immunolabeling with whole-cell recordings to investigate the morpho-functional characteristics of cannabinoid signaling in rat somatosensory cortex.

Immunostaining for CB₁ revealed axonal and somatic labeling with striking layer specificity: a high density of CB₁-positive fibers was seen in layers II-III, in layer VI, and in upper layer V, whereas other layers had sparse (layer IV) or hardly any (layer I) staining. Membrane staining for CB₁ was only found in axon terminals, all of which contained GABA and formed symmetric synapses. Double immunostaining also revealed that CB₁-positive cells formed two neurochemically distinct subpopulations: two-thirds were cholecystokinin positive and one-third expressed calbindin, each subserving specific inhibitory functions in cortical networks.

In addition, cannabinoid sensitivity of GABAergic input showed striking layer specificity, as revealed by both electrophysiological and anatomical experiments. We found a unique population of large pyramidal neurons in layer VB that received much less perisomatic innervation from CB₁-expressing GABAergic axon terminals and, accordingly, showed no depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition, unlike pyramidal cells in layer II, and a population of small pyramidal cells in layer V. This suggests that inhibitory control of pyramidal cells involved in intracortical or corticostriatal processing is fine-tuned by activity-dependent endocannabinoid signaling, whereas inhibition of pyramidal cells relaying cortical information to lower subcortical effector centers often lacks this plasticity.

Key words: cholecystokinin; DSI; GABA; interneurons; parvalbumin; retrograde signaling

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Received Feb 2, 2005; revised May 20, 2005; accepted June 6, 2005.

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