Lack of (cid:3) 1 integrins in enteric neural crest cells leads to a Hirschsprung-like phenotype
Lack of (cid:3) 1 integrins in enteric neural crest cells leads to a Hirschsprung-like phenotype
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肠神经嵴细胞中缺乏 (cid:3) 1 整合素会导致先天性巨结肠表型
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P. Talbot
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G. Melkonian;J. L. Wang;J. Chung;N. Munoz;P. Talbot
by Pietri et al. (Pietri et al., 2004) for whole tissues and paraffin sections, and by Delannet et al. (Delannet et al., 1994) for frozen sections. The primary antibodies we used are listed in Table S1 in the supplementary material. The (cid:3) -galactosidase ( (cid:3) -gal) activity was detected by X-Gal staining on whole tissues as described in Dufour et al. (Dufour et al., 1994). The (cid:3) -gal activity of the protein extracts was measured using the (cid:3) -galactosidase Enzyme Assay System (Promega). The enteric nervous system arises mainly from vagal and sacral neural crest cells that colonise the gut between 9.5 and 14 days of development in mice. Using the Cre-LoxP system, we removed (cid:3) 1 integrins in the neural crest cells when they emerge from the neural tube. (cid:3) 1-null enteric neural crest cells fail to colonise the gut completely, leading to an aganglionosis of the descending colon, which resembles the human Hirschsprung’s disease. Moreover, (cid:3) 1-null enteric neural crest cells form abnormal aggregates in the gut wall, leading to a severe alteration of the ganglia network organisation. Organotypic cultures of gut explants reveal that (cid:3) 1-null enteric neural crest cells show impaired adhesion on extracellular matrix and enhanced intercellular adhesion properties. They display migration defects in collagen gels and gut tissue environments. We also provide evidence that (cid:3) 1 integrins are required for the villi innervation in the small intestine. Our findings highlight the crucial roles played by (cid:3) 1 integrins at various steps of enteric nervous system development.