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ArticleJCI insight2021

Cell-autonomous retinoic acid receptor signaling has stage-specific effects on mouse enteric nervous system.

Tao Gao, Elizabeth C Wright-Jin, Rajarshi Sengupta, Jessica B Anderson, Robert O Heuckeroth

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Article in JCI insight, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tao GaoChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Elizabeth C Wright-JinDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Rajarshi SenguptaChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jessica B AndersonChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Robert O HeuckerothChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY AND INTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDERSR01DK087715 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HEUCKEROTH, ROBERT O · 2010 to 2013
$1.3M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK087715
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinoic acid (RA) signaling is essential for enteric nervous system (ENS) development, since vitamin A deficiency or mutations in RA signaling profoundly reduce bowel colonization by ENS precursors. These RA effects could occur because of RA activity within the ENS lineage or via RA activity in other cell types. To define cell-autonomous roles for retinoid signaling within the ENS lineage at distinct developmental time points, we activated a potent floxed dominant-negative RA receptor α (RarαDN) in the ENS using diverse CRE recombinase-expressing mouse lines. This strategy enabled us to block RA signaling at premigratory, migratory, and postmigratory stages for ENS precursors. We found that cell-autonomous loss of RA receptor (RAR) signaling dramatically affected ENS development. CRE activation of RarαDN expression at premigratory or migratory stages caused severe intestinal aganglionosis, but at later stages, RarαDN induced a broad range of phenotypes including hypoganglionosis, submucosal plexus loss, and abnormal neural differentiation. RNA sequencing highlighted distinct RA-regulated gene sets at different developmental stages. These studies show complicated context-dependent RA-mediated regulation of ENS development.

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Enteric Nervous SystemReceptors, Retinoic AcidSignal TransductionAnimalsEmbryo, MammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentFemaleMaleMiceNeurogenesisReceptors, Retinoic AcidEmbryonic developmentGastroenterologyNeurodevelopment

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PMID33848271
PMCPMC8262371
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