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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2010

Loss of enteroendocrine cells in mice alters lipid absorption and glucose homeostasis and impairs postnatal survival.

Georg Mellitzer, Anthony Beucher, Viviane Lobstein, Pascal Michel, Sylvie Robine, Michèle Kedinger, Gérard Gradwohl

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Georg MellitzerInstitut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, INSERM U964, CNRS UMR 7104, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France.
Anthony Beucher
Viviane Lobstein
Pascal Michel
Sylvie Robine
Michèle Kedinger
Gérard Gradwohl
Institut de génétique et de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire · FRInserm · FRLaboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes · FRUniversité de Strasbourg · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At least 10 enteroendocrine cell types have been identified, and the peptide hormones they secrete have diverse functions that include regulation of glucose homeostasis, food intake, and gastric emptying. Mice lacking individual enteroendocrine hormones, their receptors, or combinations of these have shed light on the role of these hormones in the regulation of energy homeostasis. However, because enteroendocrine hormones have partially overlapping functions, these loss-of-function studies produced only minor phenotypes, and none of the enteroendocrine hormones was shown to be essential for life. To examine the effect of loss of all enteroendocrine cells and hormones on energy homeostasis, we generated mice with intestinal-specific ablation of the proendocrine transcription factor neurogenin 3 (referred to herein as Ngn3Deltaint mice). Ngn3Deltaint mice were deficient for all enteroendocrine cells and hormones, and died with a high frequency during the first week of life. Mutant mice were growth retarded and had yellowish stool suggestive of steatorrhea. Subsequent analyses revealed that Ngn3Deltaint mice had impaired lipid absorption, reduced weight gain, and improved glucose homeostasis. Furthermore, intestinal epithelium of the mutant mice showed an enlarged proliferative crypt compartment and accelerated cell turnover but no changes to goblet and Paneth cell numbers. Enterocytes had shorter microvilli, but the expression of the main brush border enzymes was unaffected. Our data help unravel the role of enteroendocrine cells and hormones in lipid absorption and maintenance of the intestinal epithelium.

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Gene Expression RegulationMutationAllelesAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEnteroendocrine CellsFemaleGlucoseHomeostasisHormonesLipidsMaleMiceMice, TransgenicNerve Tissue ProteinsPaneth CellsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsGlucoseHormonesLipidsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurog3 protein, mouse

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PMID20364088
PMCPMC2860910
OpenAlexW1990753699

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