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A gut-brain neural circuit for nutrient sensory transduction.


ABSTRACT: The brain is thought to sense gut stimuli only via the passive release of hormones. This is because no connection has been described between the vagus and the putative gut epithelial sensor cell-the enteroendocrine cell. However, these electrically excitable cells contain several features of epithelial transducers. Using a mouse model, we found that enteroendocrine cells synapse with vagal neurons to transduce gut luminal signals in milliseconds by using glutamate as a neurotransmitter. These synaptically connected enteroendocrine cells are referred to henceforth as neuropod cells. The neuroepithelial circuit they form connects the intestinal lumen to the brainstem in one synapse, opening a physical conduit for the brain to sense gut stimuli with the temporal precision and topographical resolution of a synapse.

SUBMITTER: Kaelberer MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6417812 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A gut-brain neural circuit for nutrient sensory transduction.

Kaelberer Melanie Maya MM   Buchanan Kelly L KL   Klein Marguerita E ME   Barth Bradley B BB   Montoya Marcia M MM   Shen Xiling X   Bohórquez Diego V DV  

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20180901 6408


The brain is thought to sense gut stimuli only via the passive release of hormones. This is because no connection has been described between the vagus and the putative gut epithelial sensor cell-the enteroendocrine cell. However, these electrically excitable cells contain several features of epithelial transducers. Using a mouse model, we found that enteroendocrine cells synapse with vagal neurons to transduce gut luminal signals in milliseconds by using glutamate as a neurotransmitter. These sy  ...[more]

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