Enteric nervous system: timecourse analysis of longitudinal muscle and myenteric plexus (LMMP) in mice
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE213604 | GEO | 2023/02/06
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) have important functions in regulation of motor activity in the gastrointestinal tract. In murine small intestine ICC are gathered in the region of the myenteric plexus (ICC-MY) and within the deep-muscular plexus near the submucosal surface of the circular muscle layer (ICC-DMP). These two classes of ICC have different physiological functions. ICC-MY are pacemaker cells and generate the slow wave electrical rhythmicity of gastrointestinal organs. ICC-DMP form synaptic connections with the varicose nerve terminals of enteric motor neurons and are involved in reception and transduction of motor neurotransmission. In the present study we used recently developed highly selective techniques to isolate the two classes of ICC from enzymatically dispersed intestinal muscles by fluorescence-activated cell sorting. Transcriptional expression of the two functional classes was investigated using DNA microarray analysis. Experiment Overall Design: ICC-DMP and ICC-MY cells were isolated from the murine small intestinal tissues and their transcriptional expression was compared with that of the tunica muscularis tissues. Transcriptional expression profiles of ICC-DMP and ICC-MY were compared to each other also.
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Project description:BACKGROUND: Within the gut the autonomous enteric nervous system (ENS) is able to sense mechanical stimuli and to trigger gut reflex behaviour. We previously proposed a novel sensory circuit in the ENS which consists of multifunctional rapidly adapting mechanosensitive enteric neurons (RAMEN) in the guinea pig. The aim of this study was to validate this concept by studying its applicability to other species or gut regions. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We deformed myenteric ganglia in the mouse small and large intestine and recorded spike discharge using voltage sensitive dye imaging. We also analysed expression of markers hitherto proposed to label mouse sensory myenteric neurons in the ileum (NF145kD) or colon (calretinin). RAMEN constituted 22% and 15% of myenteric neurons per ganglion in the ileum and colon, respectively. They encoded dynamic rather than sustained deformation. In the colon, 7% of mechanosensitive neurons fired throughout the sustained deformation, a behaviour typical for slowly adapting echanosensitive neurons (SAMEN). RAMEN and SAMEN responded directly to mechanical deformation as their response remained unchanged after synaptic blockade in low Ca(++)/high Mg(++). Activity levels of RAMEN increased with the degree of ganglion deformation. Recruitment of more RAMEN with stronger stimuli may suggest low and high threshold RAMEN. The majority of RAMEN were cholinergic but most lacked expression of NF145kD or calretinin. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: We showed for the first time that fundamental properties of mechanosensitive enteric neurons, such as firing pattern, encoding of dynamic deformation, cholinergic phenotype and their proportion, are conserved across species and regions. We conclude that RAMEN are important for mechanotransduction in the ENS. They directly encode dynamic changes in force as their firing frequency is proportional to the degree of deformation of the ganglion they reside in. The additional existence of SAMEN in the colon is likely an adaptation to colonic motor patterns which consist of phasic and tonic contractions.
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Project description:For most multigenic disorders, clinical manifestation (penetrance) and presentation (expressivity) are likely to be an outcome of genetic interaction between multiple susceptibility genes. Here, using gene knockouts in mice we evaluated genetic interaction between loss of Ret and loss of Sema3d, two Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) susceptibility genes. We intercrossed Ret and Sema3d double null heterozygotes to generate mice with the nine possible genotypes and assessed survival by counting various genotypes, myenteric plexus development by acetylcholinesterase (AchE) staining and embryonic day 12.5 (E12.5) gut transcriptome by RNA-sequencing. Survival rates of Ret wildtype, null heterozygote and null homozygote mice at E12.5, birth and weaning were not influenced by the genotypes at Sema3d locus and vice-versa. Loss of myenteric plexus was observed only in all Ret null homozygotes, irrespective of the genotypes at Sema3d locus, and Sema3d null heterozygote and homozygote mice had normal gut innervation. As compared to wildtype mice gut gene expression, loss of Ret in null homozygotes led to differential expression of ~300 genes, whereas loss of Sema3d in null homozygotes had no major consequence and there was no evidence supporting major interaction between the two genes influencing gut transcriptome. Overall, given the null alleles and phenotypic assays used, we did not find evidence for genetic interaction between Ret and Sema3d affecting survival, myenteric plexus formation or gut transcriptome.
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Project description:Objective: To assess the development of neuronal subtypes and the emergence of evoked electrical activity within the developing human ENS. Methods: Human foetal gut samples were obtaining via the MRC-Wellcome Trust Human Developmental Biology Resource (UK). Characterisation of the developing ENS was performed by immunohistochemistry, calcium imaging, RNAseq and qRT-PCR Results: Human foetal colon samples displayed robust Tuj1 immunohistochemistry by embryonic week (EW) 12 with a dense neuronal network at the level of the myenteric plexus. At EW12 expression of excitatory neurotransmitter markers (VAChT and Sub P) was observed. By contrast, inhibitory neurotransmitter markers (nNOS and VIP) were not observed until EW14. Co-labeling with synaptic markers (SYN1/SNAP-25) demonstrated the development of synaptic contacts by EW12. However, electrical train stimulation (40V,2s,20Hz of 300?s electrical pulses) did not evoke activity within the myenteric plexus of EW12 foetal gut (n=0/3). Similarly, the majority of EW14 gut tissues assessed (80%), demonstrated no response to electrical stimulation (n=4/5). Interestingly, at EW16 Tuj1+ expression, in the myenteric plexus, was observed within discrete ganglia and was combined with the emergence of calcium transients (F/F0=1.273±0.024;n=3), upon electrical stimulation (n=3/3), which were abolished after the addition of 1uM TTX (n=3/3). RNAseq and qRT-PCR analysis between EW12-16 revealed increases in expression in genes involved in neurotransmission and action potential generation including SCN9A and KCNQ3. Conclusion: Here we demonstrate the temporal development of human enteric neuronal subtypes from EW12-14 and the subsequent emergence of coordinated electrical activity within the human foetal ENS at approximately EW16.
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