δ2-Protocadherins organize parallel indirect basal ganglia circuits.

Authors

Naosuke Hoshina, Joshua M Boeckers, Erin M Johnson-Venkatesh, Miyuki Hoshina, Kana Matsumoto, Abhijnana Das, Veronica R Rally, Jaanvi Sant, Akiko Terauchi, Shinji Kinoshita, Takafumi Inoue, Hisashi Umemori

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Science advances. Volume 12. Issue 34. Pages eaec8746. Aug 21, 2026. Epub Aug 21, 2026.

Abstract

The basal ganglia (BG) contain multiple parallel neural circuits, each of which may control different behaviors. However, how the distinct parallel BG circuits are molecularly organized is not known. Here, we show that two δ2-protocadherins (PCDHs), PCDH17 and PCDH10, which are homophilic cell adhesion molecules, establish and define two distinct indirect BG circuits that regulate different behaviors. PCDH17 and PCDH10 are expressed in a complementary expression pattern in the BG, anatomically defining two parallel indirect BG connections. Indirect pathway-specific Pcdh17 and Pcdh10 conditional knockout (cKO) mice show impaired establishment of the indirect BG circuits in a region-preferential manner. Last, the Pcdh17 cKO mice show defects in task learning, while the Pcdh10 cKO mice show defects in motor/sensory habituation. These results identify PCDH17 and PCDH10 as the molecular organizers for two distinct indirect BG circuits regulating different behaviors and reveal the molecular mechanisms for organizing parallel BG circuits.

PMID:
42627895
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 22 Aug 2026.

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