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ArticleCell death & disease2019

Impaired Wnt/β-catenin pathway leads to dysfunction of intestinal regeneration during necrotizing enterocolitis.

Bo Li, Carol Lee, Marissa Cadete, Haitao Zhu, Yuhki Koike, Alison Hock, Richard Y Wu, Steven R Botts, Adam Minich, Mashriq Alganabi and 14 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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64citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Bo LiTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8298-8344
Carol LeeTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Marissa CadeteTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Haitao ZhuTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Yuhki KoikeTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Alison HockTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Richard Y WuCell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Steven R BottsCell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Adam MinichTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Mashriq AlganabiTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Lijun ChiTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Elke Zani-RuttenstockTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Hiromu MiyakeTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Yong ChenTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Annika MutanenDivision of General and Thoracic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Bo NganDivision of Pathology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Kathene C Johnson-HenryCell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-550X
Paolo De CoppiUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 1EH, UK.
Simon EatonUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 1EH, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0892-9204
Pekka MäättänenBiology Department, Burman University, Lacombe, AB, T4L 2E5, Canada.
Paul Delgado-OlguinTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Philip M ShermanDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, 201102, Shanghai, China.
Augusto ZaniDivision of General and Thoracic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Agostino PierroTranslational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada. agostino.pierro@sickkids.ca.
Hospital for Sick Children · CAUniversity of Toronto · CAGreat Ormond Street Hospital · GBBurman University · CA

Funding

CIHR 353857CIHR IOP92890CIHR MOP89894CIHR PJT-149046Department of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating neonatal disease characterized by acute intestinal injury. Intestinal stem cell (ISC) renewal is required for gut regeneration in response to acute injury. The Wnt/β-catenin pathway is essential for intestinal renewal and ISC maintenance. We found that ISC expression, Wnt activity and intestinal regeneration were all decreased in both mice with experimental NEC and in infants with acute active NEC. Moreover, intestinal organoids derived from NEC-injured intestine of both mice and humans failed to maintain proliferation and presented more differentiation. Administration of Wnt7b reversed these changes and promoted growth of intestinal organoids. Additionally, administration of exogenous Wnt7b rescued intestinal injury, restored ISC, and reestablished intestinal epithelial homeostasis in mice with NEC. Our findings demonstrate that during NEC, Wnt/β-catenin signaling is decreased, ISC activity is impaired, and intestinal regeneration is defective. Administration of Wnt resulted in the maintenance of intestinal epithelial homeostasis and avoidance of NEC intestinal injury.

Indexed as

Wnt Signaling PathwayAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationEnterocolitis, NecrotizingEpithelial CellsGene Expression RegulationHumansIntestinesMice, Inbred C57BLModels, BiologicalOrganoidsProto-Oncogene ProteinsRegenerationStem CellsSurvival AnalysisProto-Oncogene ProteinsWnt7b protein, mouseWnt Proteins

Identifiers

PMID31582728
PMCPMC6776513
OpenAlexW2978781448

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