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Fogarty MJ. Inhibitory Synaptic Influences on Developmental Motor Disorders. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24086962. [PMID: 37108127 PMCID: PMC10138861 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24086962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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During development, GABA and glycine play major trophic and synaptic roles in the establishment of the neuromotor system. In this review, we summarise the formation, function and maturation of GABAergic and glycinergic synapses within neuromotor circuits during development. We take special care to discuss the differences in limb and respiratory neuromotor control. We then investigate the influences that GABAergic and glycinergic neurotransmission has on two major developmental neuromotor disorders: Rett syndrome and spastic cerebral palsy. We present these two syndromes in order to contrast the approaches to disease mechanism and therapy. While both conditions have motor dysfunctions at their core, one condition Rett syndrome, despite having myriad symptoms, has scientists focused on the breathing abnormalities and their alleviation-to great clinical advances. By contrast, cerebral palsy remains a scientific quagmire or poor definitions, no widely adopted model and a lack of therapeutic focus. We conclude that the sheer abundance of diversity of inhibitory neurotransmitter targets should provide hope for intractable conditions, particularly those that exhibit broad spectra of dysfunction-such as spastic cerebral palsy and Rett syndrome.
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- Matthew J Fogarty
- Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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Baguma-Nibasheka M, Kablar B. Mechanics of Lung Development. ADVANCES IN ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY, AND CELL BIOLOGY 2023; 236:131-150. [PMID: 37955774 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38215-4_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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We summarize how skeletal muscle and lung developmental biology fields have been bridged to benefit from mouse genetic engineering technologies and to explore the role of fetal breathing-like movements (FBMs) in lung development, by using skeletal muscle-specific mutant mice. It has been known for a long time that FBMs are essential for the lung to develop properly. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms transducing the mechanical forces of muscular activity into specific genetic programs that propel lung morphogenesis (development of the shape, form and size of the lung, its airways, and gas exchange surface) as well as its differentiation (acquisition of specialized cell structural and functional features from their progenitor cells) are only starting to be revealed. This chapter is a brief synopsis of the cumulative findings from that ongoing quest. An update on and the rationale for our recent International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) search is also provided.
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- Mark Baguma-Nibasheka
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
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- Department of Medical Neuroscience, Anatomy and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Milanese JS, Marcotte R, Costain WJ, Kablar B, Drouin S. Roles of Skeletal Muscle in Development: A Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Overview. ADVANCES IN ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY, AND CELL BIOLOGY 2023; 236:21-55. [PMID: 37955770 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38215-4_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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The ability to assess various cellular events consequent to perturbations, such as genetic mutations, disease states and therapies, has been recently revolutionized by technological advances in multiple "omics" fields. The resulting deluge of information has enabled and necessitated the development of tools required to both process and interpret the data. While of tremendous value to basic researchers, the amount and complexity of the data has made it extremely difficult to manually draw inference and identify factors key to the study objectives. The challenges of data reduction and interpretation are being met by the development of increasingly complex tools that integrate disparate knowledge bases and synthesize coherent models based on current biological understanding. This chapter presents an example of how genomics data can be integrated with biological network analyses to gain further insight into the developmental consequences of genetic perturbations. State of the art methods for conducting similar studies are discussed along with modern methods used to analyze and interpret the data.
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- Human Health Therapeutics, National Research Council of Canada , Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Human Health Therapeutics, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medical Neuroscience, Anatomy and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Human Health Therapeutics, National Research Council of Canada , Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Kablar B. Skeletal Muscle's Role in Prenatal Inter-organ Communication: A Phenogenomic Study with Qualitative Citation Analysis. ADVANCES IN ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY, AND CELL BIOLOGY 2023; 236:1-19. [PMID: 37955769 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38215-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Gene targeting in mice allows for a complete elimination of skeletal (striated or voluntary) musculature in the body, from the beginning of its development, resulting in our ability to study the consequences of this ablation on other organs. Here I focus on the relationship between the muscle and lung, motor neurons, skeleton, and special senses. Since the inception of my independent laboratory, in 2000, with my team, we published more than 30 papers (and a book chapter), nearly 400 pages of data, on these specific relationships. Here I trace, using Web of Science, nearly 600 citations of this work, to understand its impact. The current report contains a summary of our work and its impact, NCBI's Gene Expression Omnibus accession numbers of all our microarray data, and three clear future directions doable by anyone using our publicly available data. Together, this effort furthers our understanding of inter-organ communication during prenatal development.
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- Boris Kablar
- Department of Medical Neuroscience, Anatomy and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
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Mouradian GC, Lakshminrusimha S, Konduri GG. Perinatal Hypoxemia and Oxygen Sensing. Compr Physiol 2021; 11:1653-1677. [PMID: 33792908 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c190046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The development of the control of breathing begins in utero and continues postnatally. Fetal breathing movements are needed for establishing connectivity between the lungs and central mechanisms controlling breathing. Maturation of the control of breathing, including the increase of hypoxia chemosensitivity, continues postnatally. Insufficient oxygenation, or hypoxia, is a major stressor that can manifest for different reasons in the fetus and neonate. Though the fetus and neonate have different hypoxia sensing mechanisms and respond differently to acute hypoxia, both responses prevent deviations to respiratory and other developmental processes. Intermittent and chronic hypoxia pose much greater threats to the normal developmental respiratory processes. Gestational intermittent hypoxia, due to maternal sleep-disordered breathing and sleep apnea, increases eupneic breathing and decreases the hypoxic ventilatory response associated with impaired gasping and autoresuscitation postnatally. Chronic fetal hypoxia, due to biologic or environmental (i.e. high-altitude) factors, is implicated in fetal growth restriction and preterm birth causing a decrease in the postnatal hypoxic ventilatory responses with increases in irregular eupneic breathing. Mechanisms driving these changes include delayed chemoreceptor development, catecholaminergic activity, abnormal myelination, increased astrocyte proliferation in the dorsal respiratory group, among others. Long-term high-altitude residents demonstrate favorable adaptations to chronic hypoxia as do their offspring. Neonatal intermittent hypoxia is common among preterm infants due to immature respiratory systems and thus, display a reduced drive to breathe and apneas due to insufficient hypoxic sensitivity. However, ongoing intermittent hypoxia can enhance hypoxic sensitivity causing ventilatory overshoots followed by apnea; the number of apneas is positively correlated with degree of hypoxic sensitivity in preterm infants. Chronic neonatal hypoxia may arise from fetal complications like maternal smoking or from postnatal cardiovascular problems, causing blunting of the hypoxic ventilatory responses throughout at least adolescence due to attenuation of carotid body fibers responses to hypoxia with potential roles of brainstem serotonin, microglia, and inflammation, though these effects depend on the age in which chronic hypoxia initiates. Fetal and neonatal intermittent and chronic hypoxia are implicated in preterm birth and complicate the respiratory system through their direct effects on hypoxia sensing mechanisms and interruptions to the normal developmental processes. Thus, precise regulation of oxygen homeostasis is crucial for normal development of the respiratory control network. © 2021 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 11:1653-1677, 2021.
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- Gary C Mouradian
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, UC Davis Children's Hospital, UC Davis Health, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.,Children's Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Pilarski JQ, Leiter JC, Fregosi RF. Muscles of Breathing: Development, Function, and Patterns of Activation. Compr Physiol 2019; 9:1025-1080. [PMID: 31187893 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c180008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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This review is a comprehensive description of all muscles that assist lung inflation or deflation in any way. The developmental origin, anatomical orientation, mechanical action, innervation, and pattern of activation are described for each respiratory muscle fulfilling this broad definition. In addition, the circumstances in which each muscle is called upon to assist ventilation are discussed. The number of "respiratory" muscles is large, and the coordination of respiratory muscles with "nonrespiratory" muscles and in nonrespiratory activities is complex-commensurate with the diversity of activities that humans pursue, including sleep (8.27). The capacity for speech and adoption of the bipedal posture in human evolution has resulted in patterns of respiratory muscle activation that differ significantly from most other animals. A disproportionate number of respiratory muscles affect the nose, mouth, pharynx, and larynx, reflecting the vital importance of coordinated muscle activity to control upper airway patency during both wakefulness and sleep. The upright posture has freed the hands from locomotor functions, but the evolutionary history and ontogeny of forelimb muscles pervades the patterns of activation and the forces generated by these muscles during breathing. The distinction between respiratory and nonrespiratory muscles is artificial, as many "nonrespiratory" muscles can augment breathing under conditions of high ventilator demand. Understanding the ontogeny, innervation, activation patterns, and functions of respiratory muscles is clinically useful, particularly in sleep medicine. Detailed explorations of how the nervous system controls the multiple muscles required for successful completion of respiratory behaviors will continue to be a fruitful area of investigation. © 2019 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 9:1025-1080, 2019.
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- Jason Q Pilarski
- Department of Biological and Dental Sciences, Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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- Departments of Physiology and Neuroscience, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Suff N, Karda R, Diaz JA, Ng J, Baruteau J, Perocheau D, Tangney M, Taylor PW, Peebles D, Buckley SMK, Waddington SN. Ascending Vaginal Infection Using Bioluminescent Bacteria Evokes Intrauterine Inflammation, Preterm Birth, and Neonatal Brain Injury in Pregnant Mice. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2018; 188:2164-2176. [PMID: 30036519 PMCID: PMC6168615 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2018.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Revised: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Preterm birth is a serious global health problem and the leading cause of infant death before 5 years of age. At least 40% of cases are associated with infection. The most common way for pathogens to access the uterine cavity is by ascending from the vagina. Bioluminescent pathogens have revolutionized the understanding of infectious diseases. We hypothesized that bioluminescent Escherichia coli can be used to track and monitor ascending vaginal infections. Two bioluminescent strains were studied: E. coli K12 MG1655-lux, a nonpathogenic laboratory strain, and E. coli K1 A192PP-lux2, a pathogenic strain capable of causing neonatal meningitis and sepsis in neonatal rats. On embryonic day 16, mice received intravaginal E. coli K12, E. coli K1, or phosphate-buffered saline followed by whole-body bioluminescent imaging. In both cases, intravaginal delivery of E. coli K12 or E. coli K1 led to bacterial ascension into the uterine cavity, but only E. coli K1 induced preterm parturition. Intravaginal administration of E. coli K1 significantly reduced the proportion of pups born alive compared with E. coli K12 and phosphate-buffered saline controls. However, in both groups of viable pups born after bacterial inoculation, there was evidence of comparable brain inflammation by postnatal day 6. This study ascribes specific mechanisms by which exposure to intrauterine bacteria leads to premature delivery and neurologic inflammation in neonates.
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- Natalie Suff
- Gene Transfer Technology Group, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Preterm Birth Group, Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Gene Transfer Technology Group, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Gene Transfer Technology Group, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Gene Transfer Technology Group, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Gene Transfer Technology Group, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Metabolic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Gene Transfer Technology Group, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- SynBio Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Preterm Birth Group, Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Gene Transfer Technology Group, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
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- Gene Transfer Technology Group, University College London, London, United Kingdom; MRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Doryab A, Amoabediny G, Salehi-Najafabadi A. Advances in pulmonary therapy and drug development: Lung tissue engineering to lung-on-a-chip. Biotechnol Adv 2016; 34:588-596. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2016.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2015] [Revised: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Antony N, McDougall AR, Mantamadiotis T, Cole TJ, Bird AD. Creb1 regulates late stage mammalian lung development via respiratory epithelial and mesenchymal-independent mechanisms. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25569. [PMID: 27150575 PMCID: PMC4858709 DOI: 10.1038/srep25569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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During mammalian lung development, the morphological transition from respiratory tree branching morphogenesis to a predominantly saccular architecture, capable of air-breathing at birth, is dependent on physical forces as well as molecular signaling by a range of transcription factors including the cAMP response element binding protein 1 (Creb1). Creb1(-/-) mutant mice exhibit complete neonatal lethality consistent with a lack of lung maturation beyond the branching phase. To further define its role in the developing mouse lung, we deleted Creb1 separately in the respiratory epithelium and mesenchyme. Surprisingly, we found no evidence of a morphological lung defect nor compromised neonatal survival in either conditional Creb1 mutant. Interestingly however, loss of mesenchymal Creb1 on a genetic background lacking the related Crem protein showed normal lung development but poor neonatal survival. To investigate the underlying requirement for Creb1 for normal lung development, Creb1(-/-) mice were re-examined for defects in both respiratory muscles and glucocorticoid hormone signaling, which are also required for late stage lung maturation. However, these systems appeared normal in Creb1(-/-) mice. Together our results suggest that the requirement of Creb1 for normal mammalian lung morphogenesis is not dependent upon its expression in lung epithelium or mesenchyme, nor its role in musculoskeletal development.
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- N. Antony
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia
- The Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, 3168, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia
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Sussman D, Lye SJ, Wells GD. Impact of maternal physical activity on fetal breathing and body movement--A review. Early Hum Dev 2016; 94:53-6. [PMID: 26811196 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2016.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Fetal movements, which include body and breathing movement, are important indicators of fetal well-being and nervous system development. These have been shown to be affected by intrauterine conditions. While maternal physical activity does induce a change in intrauterine conditions and physiology, its impact on fetal movements is still unclear. This paper will provide a brief review of the literature and outline the current knowledge with regards to the effects of maternal exercise on fetal body and breathing movements.
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- Dafna Sussman
- Physiology and Experimental Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.
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- Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development, OISE, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6, Canada; Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada.
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- Physiology and Experimental Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 2C9, Canada.
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Tanahashi H, Tian QB, Hara Y, Sakagami H, Endo S, Suzuki T. Polyhydramnios in Lrp4 knockout mice with bilateral kidney agenesis: Defects in the pathways of amniotic fluid clearance. Sci Rep 2016; 6:20241. [PMID: 26847765 PMCID: PMC4742865 DOI: 10.1038/srep20241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Amniotic fluid volume during mid-to-late gestation depends mainly on the urine excretion from the foetal kidneys and partly on the fluid secretion from the foetal lungs during foetal breathing-like movements. Urine is necessary for foetal breathing-like movements, which is critical for foetal lung development. Bilateral renal agenesis and/or obstruction of the urinary tract lead to oligohydramnios, which causes infant death within a short period after birth due to pulmonary hypoplasia. Lrp4, which functions as an agrin receptor, is essential for the formation of neuromuscular junctions. Herein, we report novel phenotypes of Lrp4 knockout (Lrp4(-/-)) mice. Most Lrp4(-/-) foetuses showed unilateral or bilateral kidney agenesis, and Lrp4 knockout resulted in polyhydramnios. The loss of Lrp4 compromised foetal swallowing and breathing-like movements and downregulated the expression of aquaporin-9 in the foetal membrane and aquaporin-1 in the placenta, which possibly affected the amniotic fluid clearance. These results suggest that amniotic fluid removal was compromised in Lrp4(-/-) foetuses, resulting in polyhydramnios despite the impairment of urine production. Our findings indicate that amniotic fluid removal plays an essential role in regulating the amniotic fluid volume.
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- Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Department of Neuroplasticity, Institute of Pathogenesis and Disease Prevention, Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.,Department of Biological Sciences for Intractable Neurological Diseases, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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- Department of Neuroplasticity, Institute of Pathogenesis and Disease Prevention, Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Research Team for Aging Neuroscience, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Sakae-cho, Itabashi, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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- Department of Neuroplasticity, Institute of Pathogenesis and Disease Prevention, Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.,Department of Biological Sciences for Intractable Neurological Diseases, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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Pais RS, Moreno-Barriuso N, Hernández-Porras I, López IP, De Las Rivas J, Pichel JG. Transcriptome analysis in prenatal IGF1-deficient mice identifies molecular pathways and target genes involved in distal lung differentiation. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83028. [PMID: 24391734 PMCID: PMC3877002 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF1) is a multifunctional regulator of somatic growth and development throughout evolution. IGF1 signaling through IGF type 1 receptor (IGF1R) controls cell proliferation, survival and differentiation in multiple cell types. IGF1 deficiency in mice disrupts lung morphogenesis, causing altered prenatal pulmonary alveologenesis. Nevertheless, little is known about the cellular and molecular basis of IGF1 activity during lung development. Methods/Principal Findings Prenatal Igf1−/− mutant mice with a C57Bl/6J genetic background displayed severe disproportional lung hypoplasia, leading to lethal neonatal respiratory distress. Immuno-histological analysis of their lungs showed a thickened mesenchyme, alterations in extracellular matrix deposition, thinner smooth muscles and dilated blood vessels, which indicated immature and delayed distal pulmonary organogenesis. Transcriptomic analysis of Igf1−/− E18.5 lungs using RNA microarrays identified deregulated genes related to vascularization, morphogenesis and cellular growth, and to MAP-kinase, Wnt and cell-adhesion pathways. Up-regulation of immunity-related genes was verified by an increase in inflammatory markers. Increased expression of Nfib and reduced expression of Klf2, Egr1 and Ctgf regulatory proteins as well as activation of ERK2 MAP-kinase were corroborated by Western blot. Among IGF-system genes only IGFBP2 revealed a reduction in mRNA expression in mutant lungs. Immuno-staining patterns for IGF1R and IGF2, similar in both genotypes, correlated to alterations found in specific cell compartments of Igf1−/− lungs. IGF1 addition to Igf1−/− embryonic lungs cultured ex vivo increased airway septa remodeling and distal epithelium maturation, processes accompanied by up-regulation of Nfib and Klf2 transcription factors and Cyr61 matricellular protein. Conclusions/Significance We demonstrated the functional tissue specific implication of IGF1 on fetal lung development in mice. Results revealed novel target genes and gene networks mediators of IGF1 action on pulmonary cellular proliferation, differentiation, adhesion and immunity, and on vascular and distal epithelium maturation during prenatal lung development.
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- Rosete Sofía Pais
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica de la Rioja, Fundación Rioja Salud, Logroño, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer - Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer - Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica de la Rioja, Fundación Rioja Salud, Logroño, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer - Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica de la Rioja, Fundación Rioja Salud, Logroño, Spain
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Breathing movements have been demonstrated in the fetuses of every mammalian species investigated and are a critical component of normal fetal development. The classic sheep preparations instrumented for chronic fetal monitoring determined that fetal breathing movements (FBMs) occur in aggregates interspersed with long periods of quiescence that are strongly associated with neurophysiological state. The fetal sheep model also provided data regarding the neurochemical modulation of behavioral state and FBMs under a variety of in utero conditions. Subsequently, in vitro rodent models have been developed to advance our understanding of cellular, synaptic, network, and more detailed neuropharmacological aspects of perinatal respiratory neural control. This includes the ontogeny of the inspiratory rhythm generating center, the preBötzinger complex (preBötC), and the anatomical and functional development of phrenic motoneurons (PMNs) and diaphragm during the perinatal period. A variety of newborn animal models and studies of human infants have provided insights into age-dependent changes in state-dependent respiratory control, responses to hypoxia/hypercapnia and respiratory pathologies.
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- John J Greer
- Department of Physiology, Centre for Neuroscience, Women and Children Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Ornitz DM, Yin Y. Signaling networks regulating development of the lower respiratory tract. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2012; 4:4/5/a008318. [PMID: 22550231 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a008318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The lungs serve the primary function of air-blood gas exchange in all mammals and in terrestrial vertebrates. Efficient gas exchange requires a large surface area that provides intimate contact between the atmosphere and the circulatory system. To achieve this, the lung contains a branched conducting system (the bronchial tree) and specialized air-blood gas exchange units (the alveoli). The conducting system brings air from the external environment to the alveoli and functions to protect the lung from debris that could obstruct airways, from entry of pathogens, and from excessive loss of fluids. The distal lung enables efficient exchange of gas between the alveoli and the conducting system and between the alveoli and the circulatory system. In this article, we highlight developmental and physiological mechanisms that specify, pattern, and regulate morphogenesis of this complex and essential organ. Recent advances have begun to define molecular mechanisms that control many of the important processes required for lung organogenesis; however, many questions remain. A deeper understanding of these molecular mechanisms will aid in the diagnosis and treatment of congenital lung disease and in the development of strategies to enhance the reparative response of the lung to injury and eventually permit regeneration of functional lung tissue.
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- David M Ornitz
- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Petersen TH, Calle EA, Colehour MB, Niklason LE. Matrix composition and mechanics of decellularized lung scaffolds. Cells Tissues Organs 2011; 195:222-31. [PMID: 21502745 DOI: 10.1159/000324896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/18/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The utility of decellularized native tissues for tissue engineering has been widely demonstrated. Here, we examine the production of decellularized lung scaffolds from native rodent lung using two different techniques, principally defined by use of either the detergent 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS) or sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). All viable cellular material is removed, including at least 99% of DNA. Histochemical staining and mechanical testing indicate that collagen and elastin are retained in the decellularized matrices with CHAPS-based decellularization, while SDS-based decellularization leads to loss of collagen and decline in mechanical strength. Quantitative assays confirm that most collagen is retained with CHAPS treatment but that about 80% of collagen is lost with SDS treatment. In contrast, for both detergent methods, at least 60% of elastin content is lost along with about 95% of native proteoglycan content. Mechanical testing of the decellularized scaffolds indicates that they are mechanically similar to native lung using CHAPS decellularization, including retained tensile strength and elastic behavior, demonstrating the importance of collagen and elastin in lung mechanics. With SDS decellularization, the mechanical integrity of scaffolds is significantly diminished with some loss of elastic function as well. Finally, a simple theoretical model of peripheral lung matrix mechanics is consonant with our experimental findings. This work demonstrates the feasibility of producing a decellularized lung scaffold that can be used to study lung matrix biology and mechanics, independent of the effects of cellular components.
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- Thomas H Petersen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Burgos CM, Nord M, Roos A, Didon L, Eklöf AC, Frenckner B. Connective tissue growth factor expression pattern in lung development. Exp Lung Res 2010; 36:441-50. [DOI: 10.3109/01902141003714056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Oh WJ, Westmoreland JJ, Summers R, Condie BG. Cleft palate is caused by CNS dysfunction in Gad1 and Viaat knockout mice. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9758. [PMID: 20333300 PMCID: PMC2841638 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2009] [Accepted: 03/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Previous studies have shown that disruption of GABA signaling in mice via mutations in the Gad1, Gabrb3 or Viaat genes leads to the development of non-neural developmental defects such as cleft palate. Studies of the Gabrb3 and Gad1 mutant mice have suggested that GABA function could be required either in the central nervous system or in the palate itself for normal palatogenesis. Methodology/Principal Findings To further examine the role of GABA signaling in palatogenesis we used three independent experimental approaches to test whether Gad1 or Viaat function is required in the fetal CNS for normal palate development. We used oral explant cultures to demonstrate that the Gad1 and Viaat mutant palates were able to undergo palatogenesis in culture, suggesting that there is no defect in the palate tissue itself in these mice. In a second series of experiments we found that the GABAA receptor agonist muscimol could rescue the cleft palate phenotype in Gad1 and Viaat mutant embryos. This suggested that normal multimeric GABAA receptors in the CNS were necessary for normal palatogenesis. In addition, we showed that CNS-specific inactivation of Gad1 was sufficient to disrupt palate development. Conclusions/Significance Our results are consistent with a role for Gad1 and Viaat in the central nervous system for normal development of the palate. We suggest that the alterations in GABA signaling lead to non-neural defects such as cleft palate as a secondary effect due to alterations in or elimination of fetal movements.
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- Won-Jong Oh
- Developmental Biology Group, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Developmental Biology Group, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Developmental Biology Group, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Rot I, Kablar B. The influence of acoustic and static stimuli on development of inner ear sensory epithelia. Int J Dev Neurosci 2010; 28:309-15. [PMID: 20188812 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2010] [Revised: 02/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/18/2010] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Mechanical stimuli affect differentiation of specific cell types in several organs of mouse fetuses that develop without any skeletal musculature. To that end, we employed Myf5(-/-):MyoD(-/-) mouse embryos that completely lack skeletal musculature, and analyzed the development of sensory fields in the inner ear. Amyogenic fetuses lack skeletal muscles that move the chain of three middle ear ossicles which normally transfers sound vibrations. They also cannot tilt their head, which prevents the perception of angular acceleration. While our findings in the spiral organ of Corti are surprisingly normal, our results show that the development of cristae ampullaris, vestibular sensory fields sensitive to the angular acceleration, was the most affected. In cristae, hair cells and supporting cells were significantly smaller in the mutant embryos, but hair cells completely lacked tenascin, while supporting cells were more numerous. In maculae, supporting cells were significantly smaller but more numerous in the mutants. Here, we propose that our finding of a specific type I hair cell absence in the mutant's crista may now be employed in the identification of a profile of genes specific for the lacking cell type.
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- Irena Rot
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and the Neuroscience Institute, Dalhousie University, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building, 5850 College St, B3H 1X5, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Baguma‐Nibasheka M, Kablar B. Altered retinal cell differentiation in the AP‐3 delta mutant (Mocha) mouse. Int J Dev Neurosci 2009; 27:701-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2009.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2009] [Revised: 06/29/2009] [Accepted: 07/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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- Mark Baguma‐Nibasheka
- Department of Anatomy and NeurobiologyDalhousie University Faculty of Medicine5850 College StreetHalifaxNSCanadaB3H 1X5
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- Department of Anatomy and NeurobiologyDalhousie University Faculty of Medicine5850 College StreetHalifaxNSCanadaB3H 1X5
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Baguma-Nibasheka M, Kablar B. Pulmonary hypoplasia in the connective tissue growth factor (Ctgf) null mouse. Dev Dyn 2008; 237:485-93. [DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Weatherbee SD, Anderson KV, Niswander LA. LDL-receptor-related protein 4 is crucial for formation of the neuromuscular junction. Development 2007; 133:4993-5000. [PMID: 17119023 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (Lrp4) is a member of a family of structurally related, single-pass transmembrane proteins that carry out a variety of functions in development and physiology, including signal transduction and receptor-mediated endocytosis. Lrp4 is expressed in multiple tissues in the mouse, and is important for the proper development and morphogenesis of limbs, ectodermal organs, lungs and kidneys. We show that Lrp4 is also expressed in the post-synaptic endplate region of muscles and is required to form neuromuscular synapses. Lrp4-mutant mice die at birth with defects in both presynaptic and postsynaptic differentiation, including aberrant motor axon growth and branching, a lack of acetylcholine receptor and postsynaptic protein clustering, and a failure to express postsynaptic genes selectively by myofiber synaptic nuclei. Our data show that Lrp4 is required during the earliest events in postsynaptic neuromuscular junction (NMJ) formation and suggest that it acts in the early, nerveindependent steps of NMJ assembly. The identification of Lrp4 as a crucial factor for NMJ formation may have implications for human neuromuscular diseases such as myasthenia syndromes.
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- Scott D Weatherbee
- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Moreno-Barriuso N, López-Malpartida AV, de Pablo F, Pichel JG. Alterations in alveolar epithelium differentiation and vasculogenesis in lungs of LIF/IGF-I double deficient embryos. Dev Dyn 2006; 235:2040-50. [PMID: 16691571 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Previous studies on double deficient mice for leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) reported that they died of respiratory failure, with abnormal lung histology and altered expression of pulmonary markers. Here we analyzed prenatal Lif/Igf-I double mutant mouse embryos to characterize LIF and IGF-I cooperative roles in distal lung epithelium and vascular maturation. Lungs of IGF-I-deficient embryos displayed a higher proportion of type II pneumocytes, less differentiated type I pneumocytes, and failure in alveolar capillary remodeling compared to wild type and LIF-deficient mice. Lif/Igf-I double knockout lungs showed aggravated pulmonary hypoplasia, lower airway volume, increased proliferation, and elevated levels of ERK1/2 activation. In addition, their alveoli were collapsed and lined by type II cells. The differentiation of type I cells barely occurred and capillaries remained in the abundant mesenchyme. These results indicate that LIF collaborates with IGF-I in lung alveolar epithelium and vascular maturation.
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- Nuria Moreno-Barriuso
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Geddes AJ, Angka HE, Davies KA, Kablar B. Subpopulations of motor and sensory neurons respond differently to brain-derived neurotrophic factor depending on the presence of the skeletal muscle. Dev Dyn 2006; 235:2175-84. [PMID: 16804896 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The aim of our study was to assess the ability of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) to rescue motor and sensory neurons from programmed cell death. It is clearly demonstrated that the administration of a single injection of a putative neurotrophic factor to mouse embryos in utero on embryonic day (E) 14.5 is sufficient to significantly reduce the death of motor neurons when assessed on E18.5. However, the trophic requirements of somatic neurons have not been unequivocally determined in a mammalian species in vivo. Indeed, the unexpectedly high numbers of surviving neurons observed in neurotrophin and tyrosine kinase receptor knockout mice are probably the consequence of functional redundancy between the neurotrophins and their receptors. We studied spinal cord and facial motor nucleus neurons and proprioceptive neurons in the dorsal root ganglion and mesencephalic nucleus. The action of BDNF was assessed in wild-type fetuses to gain insight into its ability to rescue neurons from naturally occurring programmed cell death. In addition, we used Myf5(-/-):MyoD(-/-) embryos, which completely lack skeletal musculature, to assess the ability of BDNF to rescue neurons from excessively occurring programmed cell death. We found that BDNF differentially rescued neurons from naturally vs. excessively occurring cell death and that its ability to do so varied among neuronal subpopulations.
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- Allison J Geddes
- Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Halifax, NS, Canada
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