Gut-specific lymphatic patterns and progenitor heterogeneity during intestinal health and disease
Gut-specific lymphatic patterns and progenitor heterogeneity during intestinal health and disease
批准号:
9919553
负责人:
Natasza A Kurpios
金额:
$39.25万
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依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2017
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2017-05-01 至 2022-04-30
关键词:
AddressAdultAffectAngioblastAortaArteriesBindingBiological AssayBlood VesselsCXCR4 ReceptorsChIP-seqChickensChyleComplexCre driverDataDefectDepositionDevelopmentDietary FatsDiseaseDorsalDoseEmbryoEndotheliumExtravasationFailureFutureG-Protein-Coupled ReceptorsGene ExpressionGeneticGoalsHandednessHealthHeterogeneityImageImpairmentIntestinal VolvulusIntestinesLaboratoriesLeftLegal patentLesionLigandsLightLinkLipidsLiverLymphLymphangiectasisLymphangiogenesisLymphaticLymphatic Endothelial CellsLymphatic EndotheliumMaintenanceMechanicsMesenteryMetabolic DiseasesMidgutMolecularMusMuscleMutant Strains MiceOrganOutcomePathogenesisPathway interactionsPatternPhenotypePhysiologyPlayPopulationPositioning AttributeProcessReporterResearchResolutionRoleRotationSideSignal PathwaySignal TransductionSmooth MuscleStructureTamoxifenTechnologyTestingTexasTissuesVascular Endothelial Growth FactorsVeinsVenousWeight Gainabsorptionbody cavitycell typedisease phenotypeeggexperimental studyinnovationlipid transportlymphatic vasculaturelymphatic vesselmorphogensmouse modelmutantnovelnovel therapeuticsprecursor cellprogenitorpupreceptorsucklingtooltranscription factor
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ABSTRACT
The embryonic midgut must rotate in a complex yet stereotypical pattern to assume the familiar positioning
within the body cavity. Failure of this process causes malrotation and predisposes to catastrophic midgut
volvulus, a strangulation of the gut and associated vasculature. Our research has established the highly
conserved molecular mechanisms by which the mechanical rotation of the gut is achieved, orchestrated by
the conserved symmetry breaking transcription factor Pitx2. More recently we have shown that the same
organ asymmetry mechanisms pattern the complex network of blood and lymphatic vessels that supply and
drain the vertebrate gut. Thus with one core molecular repertoire, the developing gut assumes early
structural, molecular and vascular asymmetries that determine the form and function of the adult organ. In
the dorsal mesentery, a bridge of mesodermal tissue that suspends the gut within the body cavity, the
arteries and lymphatics that supply the future gut arise downstream of a Pitx2-‐‑Cxcl12 signaling pathway,
which directs the progressive assembly of Cxcr4-‐‑positive angioblasts into endothelial cords and patent
vessels. We have shown that loss of Pitx2, Cxcr4 or Cxcl12 function disrupts artery and lymphatic formation
specifically in the gut, and targets a novel population of lymphatic precursors that is distinct from those
derived from mesenteric lymph sac. Gut lymphatics have a crucial role in absorption of dietary lipids, a
function that separates them from all other lymphatic networks in the body. While our data highlight that the
eventual formation of lymphatics depends on the prior assembly of the arterial network, the specific
mechanisms of this relationship remain unclear. In our first aim, we address the specific roles and timing of
Pitx2 expression during lymphatic patterning and physiology. Using Pitx2 mutant mouse lines, we will
connect the earliest embryonic laterality pathways with organ-‐‑intrinsic patterns of lymphatic vasculature in
the gut. In our second aim, we test the relationship between Pitx2 and Vegf-‐‑C in the mouse gut and utilizing
the accessibility of chicken embryo. In our third aim, we will ablate Cxcr4 in arterial, lymphatic or
generalized endothelium using Cx40-‐‑, Prox1-‐‑ and Tie2-‐‑CRE drivers of tamoxifen-‐‑inducible Cre. We will test
the ability of Cxcr7, a second receptor for Cxcl12, to compensate for Cxcr4 loss using Cxcr7 mutant and
reporter mice. Lessons learned from these experiments will change the way we consider and study
lymphatics of the mammalian intestine, and will shed new light on potential targets of local lymphatics in
diseases of the gut.
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Gut-specific lymphatic patterns and progenitor heterogeneity during intestinal health and disease
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批准号:9311038
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$38.96万
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财政年份:2017
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负责人:Natasza A Kurpios
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依托单位:
Mechanisms underlying asymmetric rotation and vascular development of the midgut
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批准号:8434804
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$32.14万
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财政年份:2012
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负责人:Natasza A Kurpios
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依托单位:
Mechanisms underlying asymmetric rotation and vascular development of the midgut
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批准号:8297300
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$33.11万
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财政年份:2012
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负责人:Natasza A Kurpios
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依托单位:
Mechanisms underlying asymmetric rotation and morphogenesis of the midgut
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批准号:10522575
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$40.0万
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财政年份:2012
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负责人:Natasza A Kurpios
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依托单位:
海外基金