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ArticleCell reports2024

Highly neurogenic glia from human and mouse myenteric ganglia generate functional neurons following culture and transplantation into the gut.

Jessica L Mueller, Abigail R Leavitt, Ahmed A Rahman, Christopher Y Han, Leah C Ott, Narges S Mahdavian, Simona E Carbone, Sebastian K King, Alan J Burns, Daniel P Poole and 3 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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13 authors.

Jessica L MuellerDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Abigail R LeavittDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Ahmed A RahmanDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Christopher Y HanDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Leah C OttDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Narges S MahdavianDrug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Simona E CarboneDrug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Sebastian K KingDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Alan J BurnsDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Daniel P PooleDrug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Ryo HottaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Allan M GoldsteinDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: amgoldstein@mgb.org.
Rhian StavelyDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: rstavely@mgh.harvard.edu.

Funding

Characterizing neurogenic progenitors in the adult intestineR01DK119210 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ALLAN M GOLDSTEIN · 2020 to 2026
$2.5M
Uncovering the therapeutic potential of adipose tissue derived neural stem cells for Hirschsprung's disease.R21HD106036 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI GOLDSTEIN, ALLAN M, STAVELY, RHIAN · 2022 to 2023
$452k
Modifying the intestinal extracellular matrix to optimize enteric neuronal stem cell therapy for Hirschsprung diseaseF32DK131792 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MUELLER, JESSICA · 2022 to 2023
$160k
NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD106036NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK131792NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK119210
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enteric neural stem cell (ENSC) therapy offers great promise for neurointestinal diseases; however, current isolation methods yield insufficient neurons for regenerative applications. Multiomic profiling of enteric glial cells (EGCs) suggests that subpopulations within myenteric ganglia (MyGa) are a reservoir of highly neurogenic ENSCs. Here, we describe protocols to enrich for intraganglionic EGCs by isolating intact fragments of MyGa, generating cultures with higher neuronal purity than traditional methodologies isolating intramuscular single cells (IM-SCs). MyGa-derived EGCs transdifferentiate into more neurons than IM-SC-derived EGCs do, confirming their neurogenic predisposition. Following transplantation to the mouse intestine, MyGa-derived neurons generate calcium transients and activate smooth muscle in response to optogenetic stimulation. In the human intestine, MyGa-derived cells are similarly highly neurogenic, are enriched for a distinct progenitor population identified by single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), and exhibit neuromuscular connectivity following xenogeneic transplantation into mice. Highly neurogenic ENSCs are preferentially located within the MyGa, and their selective isolation offers considerable potential for therapy.

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NeurogliaNeuronsAnimalsCells, CulturedHumansMiceMyenteric PlexusNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesiscell therapyCP: NeuroscienceCP: Stem cell researchenteric glial cellenteric nervous systementeric neural stem cellenteric neuronmyenteric ganglianeurogenesisneuroregenerationpostnatalregeneration

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PMCPMC11697211

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