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Add new term: hippocampal trilaminar cell (CL:9900000) - #3745

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Adds a new CL term hippocampal trilaminar cell (CL:9900000), per issue #3744.

The term describes a GABAergic interneuron of hippocampal CA1 with soma at the stratum oriens/alveus border, whose local axon distributes across strata oriens, pyramidale and radiatum (the arrangement for which the type is named) and which additionally projects to the subiculum.

Parents

  • hippocampal interneuron (CL:1001569)
  • GABAergic interneuron (CL:0011005)

Logical axioms

  • has soma location some CA1 stratum oriens (UBERON:0014552)
  • capable of some gamma-aminobutyric acid secretion, neurotransmission (GO:0061534)
  • sends synaptic output to region some CA1 stratum oriens (UBERON:0014552)
  • sends synaptic output to region some pyramidal layer of CA1 (UBERON:0014548)
  • sends synaptic output to region some CA1 stratum radiatum (UBERON:0014554)
  • sends synaptic output to region some subiculum (UBERON:0002191)

Synonyms

  • trilaminar cell (exact, PMID:7472426)
  • CA1 trilaminar cell (exact)
  • mGluR8a-innervated GABAergic trilaminar cell (related, PMID:32016558)

Following @dosumis' review of issue #3744

  • The tentative netrin-G1 expresses axiom has been omitted (the marker is not part of the description).
  • The muscarinic M2 acetylcholine receptor (CHRM2) expresses axiom has been omitted pending resolution of the correct PRO identifier. @dosumis - would you be able to advise on a suitable PR term (or a workaround) so this axiom can be added in a follow-up?

References cited on the term

  • PMID:7472426 (Sik et al. 1995) — original definition
  • PMID:16280590 (Ferraguti et al. 2005) — M2/mGluR8/subiculum projection
  • PMID:32016558 (Katona et al. 2020) — molecular profile and in vivo firing

Closes #3744


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Creates a new CL term for the hippocampal trilaminar cell, a GABAergic
interneuron of CA1 with soma at the stratum oriens/alveus border and
a local axon that distributes across strata oriens, pyramidale and
radiatum, additionally projecting to the subiculum.

Per @dosumis' review on issue #3744, the tentative netrin-G1 'expresses'
axiom has been omitted (marker not mentioned in the definition), and
the muscarinic M2 acetylcholine receptor 'expresses' axiom has been
omitted pending resolution of the correct PRO identifier.

Parents:
- hippocampal interneuron (CL:1001569)
- GABAergic interneuron (CL:0011005)

Logical axioms:
- has soma location some CA1 stratum oriens (UBERON:0014552)
- capable of some GABAergic neurotransmission (GO:0061534)
- sends synaptic output to region some CA1 stratum oriens (UBERON:0014552)
- sends synaptic output to region some pyramidal layer of CA1 (UBERON:0014548)
- sends synaptic output to region some CA1 stratum radiatum (UBERON:0014554)
- sends synaptic output to region some subiculum (UBERON:0002191)

References: PMID:7472426, PMID:16280590, PMID:32016558

Closes #3744

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…01614) to CL:9900000

Adds the previously deferred `expresses` axiom for the muscarinic M2 acetylcholine
receptor (PR:000001614) to hippocampal trilaminar cell (CL:9900000), per
@dosumis' resolution of the correct PR identifier on issue #3744.

Includes a Declaration for PR_000001614 (first use in CL).

Axiom references: PMID:16280590 (Ferraguti et al. 2005) and PMID:32016558
(Katona et al. 2020), both of which document strong somato-dendritic M2 in this
cell type.

Note: PR imports may need updating so this term resolves during release.

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Here's a diff of how these changes impact the classified ontology (on -base file):

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  • Ontology IRI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl/cl-base.owl
  • Version IRI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl/releases/2026-09-16/cl-base.owl
  • Loaded from: file:/__w/cell-ontology/cell-ontology/src/ontology/cl-base-master.owl/cl-base.owl

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  • Ontology IRI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl/cl-base.owl
  • Version IRI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl/releases/2026-09-16/cl-base.owl
  • Loaded from: file:/__w/cell-ontology/cell-ontology/src/ontology/cl-base-pr.owl/cl-base.owl

Ontology imports

Ontology annotations

PR_000001614 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PR_000001614

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RO_0013003 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0013003

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UBERON_0002191 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002191

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hippocampal trilaminar cell http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_9900000

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Here's a diff of your edit file (unreasoned)

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  • Ontology IRI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
  • Version IRI: None
  • Loaded from: file:/__w/cell-ontology/cell-ontology/master/src/ontology/cl-edit.owl

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  • Ontology IRI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
  • Version IRI: None
  • Loaded from: file:/__w/cell-ontology/cell-ontology/branch/src/ontology/cl-edit.owl

Ontology imports

Ontology annotations

hippocampal trilaminar cell http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_9900000

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muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PR_000001614

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Updated branch to have new PR term for muscarinic M2 acetylcholine receptor. The references and classes make logical sense. @ai4c-agent please update using available PR term PR:000001614.

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The expresses some PR:000001614 axiom is already on the branch — it was added in commit ea2801d ("Add expresses axiom for muscarinic M2 acetylcholine receptor (PR:000001614) to CL:9900000"). The reasoned/unreasoned diff bots have picked it up in their most recent runs.

Current axiom on CL:9900000:

SubClassOf(
  Annotation(oboInOwl:hasDbXref "PMID:16280590")
  Annotation(oboInOwl:hasDbXref "PMID:32016558")
  obo:CL_9900000
  ObjectSomeValuesFrom(obo:RO_0002292 obo:PR_000001614)
)

PR:000001614 is also present in src/ontology/imports/pr_terms.txt (added on master via #3746) and the branch has been merged with master, so the term resolves as muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 at release. No further edits are required.


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Claude Code is working…

I'll analyze this and get back to you.

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Looks good. Running one last check with Clara.

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Claude finished @dosumis's task in 8m 29s —— View job


CLARA routed-target verification — CL:9900000 (hippocampal trilaminar cell)

  • Load routing payload and group targets by term_id
  • Decompose ntr textual + relationship changes into atomic assertions
  • Convert synonym targets into atomic assertions
  • Stage B/C verification for each assertion
  • Write runs/CL_9900000/verdicts.json, tool_calls.jsonl, report.md
  • Post summary

Term-level result: PASS — 26/27 core assertions pass, 1 uncertain, 0 fail. No background assertions.

Tooling note: mcp__Asta_semanticscholar__snippet_search (the Stage B tool named in clara_workflow_ref/clara_workflow/agent_instructions.md) isn't available in this environment, so verification went straight to full-text/abstract evidence (get_europepmc_full_text for PMID:32016558; get_europepmc_paper_by_id abstracts for PMID:7472426 and PMID:16280590, whose full text wasn't retrievable). This is logged as a deviation_note in tool_calls.jsonl.

Findings:

  • All 16 decomposed definition claims, all 9 relationship-change claims (subclass, soma location, GABA capability, 4× synaptic-output-region, expresses PR:000001614), and both synonyms are directly supported by the cited literature (Sik et al. 1995, Ferraguti et al. 2005, Katona et al. 2020) — including the "mGluR8a-innervated GABAergic trilaminar cell" synonym, which is verbatim in PMID:32016558's title.
  • Uncertain: "lacks parvalbumin." None of the three cited references explicitly states the trilaminar cell itself is parvalbumin-negative — the closest supporting text says parvalbumin-positive interneurons are frequent postsynaptic targets of trilaminar cells (a different claim), plus an analogous mouse scRNA-seq cluster described as "lacking Sst or Pvalb." Worth a source check or a wording softener.
  • Minor evidence-source note (not a failure): "contacts pyramidal cell somata" is supported by Ferraguti et al. 2005's abstract, but Katona et al. 2020's own EM data describes contacts onto pyramidal cell dendritic shafts rather than somata — flagged for awareness only.

Full assertion-by-assertion detail: runs/CL_9900000/report.md, runs/CL_9900000/verdicts.json, runs/CL_9900000/tool_calls.jsonl.

Per the task's constraints, no ontology source files were edited and no commits/pushes/PRs were made — only the runs/CL_9900000/ output bundle was written.

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CLARA review for PR #3745

  • Base SHA: e5bce66aef6807ef1e62e1f90e333eee904a9ecc
  • Head SHA: d051acd21b3751b9c7fffdb9e59b77e45500ec05
  • Terms touched: 2
  • Total extracted changes: 20
  • Reviewable changes: 13
  • Decomposable changes: 1
  • Routed validation targets: 3
  • Routed NTR bundles: 1
  • Routed relationship targets: 0
  • Routed synonym targets with refs: 2

Stage 2/3 verification ran for 1 routed term(s).

Routed verification results

  • CL_9900000 — hippocampal trilaminar cell: UNCERTAIN (core: 27, fail: 0, uncertain: 1, background warnings: 0)

Currently ignored by routing

  • Existing-term text changes not yet routed: 0
  • Synonym changes without refs: 1

Artifacts uploaded:

  • changes.json
  • routing.json
  • runs/

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@ct31-sanger - I think look into this some more:

Uncertain: "lacks parvalbumin." None of the three cited references explicitly states the trilaminar cell itself is parvalbumin-negative — the closest supporting text says parvalbumin-positive interneurons are frequent postsynaptic targets of trilaminar cells (a different claim), plus an analogous mouse scRNA-seq cluster described as "lacking Sst or Pvalb." Worth a source check or a wording softener.

Note: "verification went straight to full-text/abstract evidence (get_europepmc_full_text for PMID:32016558; get_europepmc_paper_by_id abstracts for PMID:7472426 and PMID:16280590, whose full text wasn't retrievable)"

This suggests worth checking full test of PMID:7472426 and PMID:16280590 for any statements about pvalb.

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I have checked PMID:7472426 and PMID:16280590 for any statements about pvalb/lack of parvalbumin in trilaminar cell. Neither references have evidence to support this. However, recent paper (June 2026) PMID:42268975 does support this claim by reporting that trilaminar cells lack parvalbumin (Pvalb) expression. @ai4c-agent please use this updated reference (PMID:42268975) to support claim.

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Adds PMID:42268975 (Li et al. 2026, Sci Adv) as an additional xref on
the definition of hippocampal trilaminar cell (CL:9900000), supporting
the "lacks parvalbumin" claim that CLARA verification flagged as
uncertain.

The paper explicitly states of the Chrm2+ trilaminar IN cluster:
"These INs have molecular characteristics of hippocampal trilaminar
INs, including high expression of Chrm2 while lacking expression of
Sst and Pvalb."

Per @ct31-sanger's request on PR #3745.

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Added PMID:42268975 (Li et al. 2026, Sci Adv, "Single-nucleus profiling reveals a core disease signature and cell type-specific vulnerabilities in early Rett syndrome") as an additional definition xref on CL:9900000 in commit 337e210.

The paper directly supports the "lacks parvalbumin" claim. From the Discussion:

"These INs have molecular characteristics of hippocampal trilaminar INs, including high expression of Chrm2 while lacking expression of Sst and Pvalb (54), consistent with a previous study that profiled different subclasses of CA1 inhibitory neurons (66)."

The definition xref list on the term is now PMID:7472426, PMID:16280590, PMID:32016558, PMID:42268975. No other axioms were changed.


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Claude finished @ct31-sanger's task in 5m 10s —— View job


CLARA routed-target verification — CL:9900000 (hippocampal trilaminar cell)

Re-ran CLARA per @dosumis' /clara request, now that commit 337e210 added PMID:42268975 as support for the "lacks parvalbumin" claim.

  • Load routing payload and group targets by term_id
  • Decompose ntr textual + relationship changes into atomic assertions
  • Convert synonym targets into atomic assertions
  • Stage B/C verification for each assertion
  • Write runs/CL_9900000/verdicts.json, tool_calls.jsonl, report.md
  • Post summary

Term-level result: PASS — 27/27 core assertions pass, 0 uncertain, 0 fail. No background assertions.

Tooling note: as in the previous run, mcp__Asta_semanticscholar__snippet_search isn't available in this environment, so verification went straight to full-text/abstract evidence (get_europepmc_full_text for PMID:32016558 and PMID:42268975; get_europepmc_paper_by_id abstracts for PMID:7472426 and PMID:16280590, whose full text wasn't retrievable). Logged as a deviation_note in tool_calls.jsonl.

What changed since the last pass: the previously uncertain assertion — "lacks parvalbumin" — now resolves to pass. PMID:42268975 (Li et al. 2026) states in its Discussion:

"we identified this highly affected population as trilaminar INs, characterized by high expression of cholinergic receptor muscarinic 2 (Chrm2) while lacking expression of somatostatin (Sst), parvalbumin (Pvalb), and other IN subtype markers"

This directly supports the claim, closing the gap @dosumis and @ct31-sanger identified.

All other 26 assertions (definition claims, subclass/relationship axioms, and both synonyms) remain supported as in the prior pass, including the minor note that Katona et al. 2020's own EM data describes pyramidal-cell targets as dendritic shafts rather than somata (kept as pass since Ferraguti et al. 2005 explicitly states "pyramidal cell somata," per the any-reference-supports rule).

Full assertion-by-assertion detail: runs/CL_9900000/report.md, runs/CL_9900000/verdicts.json, runs/CL_9900000/tool_calls.jsonl.

Per the task's constraints, no ontology source files were edited and no commits/pushes/PRs were made — only the runs/CL_9900000/ output bundle was written.

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CLARA review for PR #3745

  • Base SHA: e5bce66aef6807ef1e62e1f90e333eee904a9ecc
  • Head SHA: 337e21040d6f6bf583b6b7fdf74fe4322e4f9310
  • Terms touched: 2
  • Total extracted changes: 20
  • Reviewable changes: 13
  • Decomposable changes: 1
  • Routed validation targets: 3
  • Routed NTR bundles: 1
  • Routed relationship targets: 0
  • Routed synonym targets with refs: 2

Stage 2/3 verification ran for 1 routed term(s).

Routed verification results

  • CL_9900000 — hippocampal trilaminar cell: PASS (core: 27, fail: 0, uncertain: 0, background warnings: 0)

Currently ignored by routing

  • Existing-term text changes not yet routed: 0
  • Synonym changes without refs: 1

Artifacts uploaded:

  • changes.json
  • routing.json
  • runs/

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CL new term request: hippocampal trilaminar cell

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