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Genetic and extrinsic mechanisms governing early enteric nervous system development

控制早期肠神经系统发育的遗传和外在机制

基本信息

批准号：
10581603
负责人：
Rosa A Uribe
金额：
$ 39.81万
依托单位：
RICE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-03-27 至 2026-02-28
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10581603
关键词：
Address Affect Agreement Anterior Biological Assay Biological Models Candidate Disease Gene Cell Cycle Cells Chagas Disease Chromosome Mapping Collecting Cell Colon Colonic Aganglionosis Complex Computer Models Congenital Megacolon Constipation Coupled Data Data Set Defect Destinations Development Distal Embryo Embryonic Development Ensure Enteral Enteric Nervous System Environment Equilibrium Esophageal achalasia Event Eye Foundations Future Ganglia Gastrointestinal tract structure Gene Expression Gene Expression Profile Genes Genetic Genetic Transcription Genomics Goals Hindgut Homeostasis Hormone secretion Human Immigration In Situ Infiltration Intestinal Motility Intestinal Obstruction Knowledge Lead Length Mammals Maps Mitosis Mitotic Modeling Molecular Muscle Nervous System control Neuroglia Neuronal Differentiation Neurons Optics Pathway interactions Pattern Peristalsis Play Population Positioning Attribute Process Proliferating Research Research Proposals Resolution Role Series Signal Pathway Signal Transduction Speed System Testing Therapeutic Studies Time Tissue Engineering Tissues Tretinoin Tube Water Zebrafish cell fate specification confocal imaging effective therapy enteric neuropathy experimental study gastrointestinal gene regulatory network genetic signature gut colonization in utero in vivo in vivo imaging innovation intestinal barrier loss of function migration nerve stem cell nervous system development nervous system disorder neural neurodevelopment neurogenesis neuron development neuronal patterning novel therapeutics optogenetics programs spatiotemporal stem cells transcription factor transcriptomics translational therapeutics

项目摘要

Resident between the muscle walls of the entire gastrointestinal (GI) tract, the enteric nervous system (ENS) consists of a series of interconnected neurons and glia, numbered in the hundreds of millions. The ENS controls essential gut functions, such as peristalsis, water balance and intestinal barrier homeostasis. The ENS is derived from enteric neural progenitors (ENPs) that migrate into the developing gut tube during embryogenesis and differentiate into enteric neurons or glia. Disruption in ENS formation results in the congenital condition Hirschsprung disease (HSCR), in which variable regions of the GI lack ENS—the most common form of HSCR presents along the distal colon, also known as colonic aganglionosis. The underlying cellular mechanisms that ENPs utilize to migrate into and spatially position along the gut tube, as well as genetic programs they execute to differentiate into enteric neurons have not been well studied in vivo, therefore limiting our knowledge of how the ENS manifests. The overall goal is to expand foundational knowledge of the genes utilized to execute the complex mechanisms necessary for ENS formation, with an eye for informing downstream translational therapeutic studies. In this proposal, we utilize zebrafish embryos due to their genetic conservation with humans, the ease of viewing their external development and for their optical transparency. Building off of single-cell transcriptomic data sets generated from ENP cells collected during their early neurogenesis along the gut tube, Aim 1 will examine a hypothesis that the spatial arrangement of newly uncovered ENP transcriptional subpopulations predict future enteric neuron placement and terminal differentiation along the gut tube. In agreement with and extending observations in mammalian models, we have recently discovered that Retinoic Acid (RA) signaling is critical globally during early steps of zebrafish ENS development; however, how RA signaling autonomously influences ENS ontogenesis in vivo is not well understood in any system to date. Aim 2 will investigate a hypothesis that the RA pathway autonomously controls ENP differentiation states and migration patterns along the gut tube using cutting edge single-cell transcriptomics, optogenetics and in vivo imaging. We will also test a mechanistic model in Aim 2 that candidate transcription factors function intrinsically downstream of RA in ENPs to govern ENS formation, thereby expanding our understanding of the ENS gene regulatory network. Aim 3 will use genetic modulation of the cell cycle, quantitative in vivo imaging and cell tracking test a cellular mechanistic model that ENPs couple proliferation with migration to dictate proper enteric neuron patterning in the gut downstream of the RA pathway. The results of these aims will significantly increase our knowledge of the genetic, molecular and cellular underpinnings of ENP development and early ENS creation and they will provide a new mechanistic framework for studying these developmentally important cells in vivo.

肠位于整个胃肠道的肌壁之间，即肠神经系统