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ArticleNature neuroscience2025

The transcriptomes, connections and development of submucosal neuron classes in the mouse small intestine.

Wei Li, Khomgrit Morarach, Ziwei Liu, Sanghita Banerjee, Yanan Chen, Ashley L Harb, Joel M Kosareff, Charles R Hall, Fernando López-Redondo, Elham Jalalvand and 4 more

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Wei Li *Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Khomgrit Morarach *Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ziwei LiuDivision of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sanghita BanerjeeDivision of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Yanan ChenDivision of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5238-2720
Ashley L HarbEnteric Neuroscience Program (ENSP), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Joel M KosareffEnteric Neuroscience Program (ENSP), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-9163-7767
Charles R HallEnteric Neuroscience Program (ENSP), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Fernando López-RedondoDivision of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Elham JalalvandDivision of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4759-3301
Suad H MohamedEnteric Neuroscience Program (ENSP), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Anastassia MikhailovaDivision of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
David R LindenEnteric Neuroscience Program (ENSP), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1727-0387
Ulrika MarklundDivision of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. ulrika.marklund@ki.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1426-1271

Funding

Neurobiology of Intrinsic Primary Afferent NeuronsR01DK129315 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI David R. Linden · 2021 to 2026
$3.3M
EC | EC Seventh Framework Programm | FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific Programme: "Ideas" Implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013)) divENSify 101045026Hjärnfonden (Swedish Brain Foundation) FO2023-0130; FO2021-0105Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation) 2020.0109NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK129315Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2020-01129; 2022-01570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The enteric submucosal plexus regulates essential digestive functions, yet its neuronal composition remains incompletely understood. We identified two putative secretomotor neuron classes and a previously unrecognized submucosal intrinsic primary afferent neuron class through single-cell RNA sequencing in the mouse small intestine. Using viral-mediated labeling of each class, we uncovered their morphologies and neural projections in the submucosa-mucosa context, finding connections among all classes and an unexpected close association with enterochromaffin cells. Further transcriptome analysis at the postnatal stage and lineage tracing revealed that neuron identities in the submucosal plexus emerge through an initial binary fate split at neurogenesis, followed by phenotypic diversification, akin to the developmental process of the myenteric plexus. We propose a unified developmental framework for neuronal diversification across the gut wall. Our study offers comprehensive molecular, developmental and morphological insights into submucosal neurons, opening new avenues for exploring physiological functions, circuit dynamics and formation of the submucosal plexus.

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Intestine, SmallNeurogenesisNeuronsSubmucous PlexusTranscriptomeAnimalsMiceMice, Inbred C57BL

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PMCPMC12148937

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