Sequential maturation of supramammillary glutamatergic/GABAergic co-transmission onto adult-born dentate granule cells
- 1Doshisha University
Abstract
Hypothalamic supramammillary nucleus (SuM) neurons project to the dentate gyrus and co-release glutamate and GABA, thereby regulating hippocampal information processing. However, how synapses mediating glutamate/GABA co-transmission are established during development remains unclear. Here, we investigated the functional and structural maturation of SuM inputs onto adult-born granule cells (GCs). We found that most newborn GCs received GABAergic responses without detectable glutamatergic responses, whereas a smaller population exhibited glutamate/GABA co-transmission. Newborn GCs with glutamate/GABA co-transmission showed more mature anatomical and physiological properties than GABA-only neurons, with greater dendritic complexity, longer dendritic length, lower input resistance, and stronger medial perforant path inputs. Postsynaptic depolarization failed to induce synapse unsilencing in GABA-only neurons but induced robust long-term potentiation in newborn GCs with glutamatergic transmission, indicating that plasticity at SuM inputs emerges after functional glutamatergic transmission is established. Morphological analysis showed that SuM terminals apposed to newborn GCs contained both VGluT2 and VIAAT, whereas postsynaptic receptor organization remained immature. Moreover, environmental enrichment and chemogenetic activation of SuM neurons increased the proportion of newborn GCs receiving glutamate/GABA co-transmission, suggesting that SuM activity promotes the emergence of glutamatergic transmission. Together, these results suggest that SuM inputs onto newborn GCs undergo sequential maturation from initial GABAergic transmission to glutamate/GABA co-transmission, a process likely supported by SuM activity-dependent postsynaptic maturation.
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BibTeX
@misc{hashimotodani2026sequential,
title = {{Sequential maturation of supramammillary glutamatergic/GABAergic co-transmission onto adult-born dentate granule cells}},
author = {Y. Hashimotodani and K. Konno and M. Yamasaki and T. Sakaba},
howpublished = {bioRxiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.64898/2026.09.28.754986},
url = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.28.754986v1},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Sequential maturation of supramammillary glutamatergic/GABAergic co-transmission onto adult-born dentate granule cells
AU - Y. Hashimotodani
AU - K. Konno
AU - M. Yamasaki
AU - T. Sakaba
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/28
PB - bioRxiv
DO - 10.64898/2026.09.28.754986
UR - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.28.754986v1
AB - Hypothalamic supramammillary nucleus (SuM) neurons project to the dentate gyrus and co-release glutamate and GABA, thereby regulating hippocampal information processing. However, how synapses mediating glutamate/GABA co-transmission are established during development remains unclear. Here, we investigated the functional and structural maturation of SuM inputs onto adult-born granule cells (GCs). We found that most newborn GCs received GABAergic responses without detectable glutamatergic responses, whereas a smaller population exhibited glutamate/GABA co-transmission. Newborn GCs with glutamate/GABA co-transmission showed more mature anatomical and physiological properties than GABA-only neurons, with greater dendritic complexity, longer dendritic length, lower input resistance, and stronger medial perforant path inputs. Postsynaptic depolarization failed to induce synapse unsilencing in GABA-only neurons but induced robust long-term potentiation in newborn GCs with glutamatergic transmission, indicating that plasticity at SuM inputs emerges after functional glutamatergic transmission is established. Morphological analysis showed that SuM terminals apposed to newborn GCs contained both VGluT2 and VIAAT, whereas postsynaptic receptor organization remained immature. Moreover, environmental enrichment and chemogenetic activation of SuM neurons increased the proportion of newborn GCs receiving glutamate/GABA co-transmission, suggesting that SuM activity promotes the emergence of glutamatergic transmission. Together, these results suggest that SuM inputs onto newborn GCs undergo sequential maturation from initial GABAergic transmission to glutamate/GABA co-transmission, a process likely supported by SuM activity-dependent postsynaptic maturation.
ER -