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ArticleNeurogastroenterology and motility2021

Multicolor sparse viral labeling and 3D digital tracing of enteric plexus in mouse proximal colon using a novel adeno-associated virus capsid.

Lixin Wang, Collin Challis, Songlin Li, Charless C Fowlkes, Sripriya Ravindra Kumar, Pu-Qing Yuan, Yvette F Taché

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Article in Neurogastroenterology and motility, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Imaging the enteric nervous system.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2025
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lixin WangDepartment of Medicine, Taman Manoukisan Digestive Diseases Division, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8140-6325
Collin ChallisDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Songlin LiDepartment of Medicine, Taman Manoukisan Digestive Diseases Division, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Charless C FowlkesDepartment of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2990-1780
Sripriya Ravindra KumarDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6033-7631
Pu-Qing YuanDepartment of Medicine, Taman Manoukisan Digestive Diseases Division, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0067-510X
Yvette F TachéDepartment of Medicine, Taman Manoukisan Digestive Diseases Division, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1044-5279
University of California, Los Angeles · USCalifornia Institute of Technology · USUniversity of California, Irvine · US

Funding

Pilot and Feasibility ProgramP30DK041301 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ROZENGURT, JUAN ENRIQUE · 1990 to 2019
$18.0M
Comprehensive Structural and Functional Mapping of Mammalian Colonic Nervous SystemOT2OD024899 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI MULUGETA, MILLION, TACHE, YVETTE FRANCE · 2017 to 2021
$13.1M
Ghrelin Agonists Multiple Beneficial Effects on Parkinson's Non-Motor SymptomsI01RX001685 · VA · VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI WANG, LIXIN · 2015 to 2020
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NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK041301NIH HHS OT2 OD024899RRD VA I01 RX001685
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIntravenous administration of adeno-associated virus (AAV) can be used as a noninvasive approach to trace neuronal morphology and links. AAV-PHP.S is a variant of AAV9 that effectively transduces the peripheral nervous system. The objective was to label randomly and sparsely enteric plexus in the mouse colon using AAV-PHP.S with a tunable two-component multicolor vector system and digitally trace individual neurons and nerve fibers within microcircuits in three dimensions (3D).

methodsA vector system including a tetracycline inducer with a tet-responsive element driving three separate fluorophores was packaged in the AAV-PHP.S capsid. The vectors were injected retro-orbitally in mice, and the colon was harvested 3 weeks after. Confocal microscopic images of enteric plexus were digitally segmented and traced in 3D using Neurolucida 360, neuTube, or Imaris software. KEY

resultsThe transduction of multicolor AAV vectors induced random sparse spectral labeling of soma and neurites primarily in the myenteric plexus of the proximal colon, while neurons in the submucosal plexus were occasionally transduced. Digital tracing in 3D showed various types of wiring, including multiple conjunctions of one neuron with other neurons, neurites en route, and endings; clusters of neurons in close apposition between each other; axon-axon parallel conjunctions; and intraganglionic nerve endings consisting of multiple nerve endings and passing fibers. Most of digitally traced neuronal somas were of small or medium in size. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES: The multicolor AAV-PHP.S-packaged vectors enabled random sparse spectral labeling and revealed complexities of enteric microcircuit in the mouse proximal colon. The techniques can facilitate digital modeling of enteric micro-circuitry.

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AnimalsColonDependovirusEnteric Nervous SystemFemaleGene Transfer TechniquesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMaleMiceSubmucous PlexusGreen Fluorescent Proteins3D imagingadeno-associated viruscolonic enteric neurondigital tracingmouse

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