title: Gangliogenesis in the enteric nervous system: roles of the polysialylation of the neural cell adhesion molecule and its regulation by bone morphogenetic protein-4.
abstract: The neural crest-derived cells that colonize the fetal bowel become patterned into two ganglionated plexuses. The hypothesis that bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) promote ganglionation by regulating neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) polysialylation was tested. Transcripts encoding the sialyltransferases, ST8Sia IV (PST) and ST8Sia II (STX), which polysialylate NCAM, were detectable in fetal rat gut by E12 but were downregulated postnatally. PSA-NCAM-immunoreactive neuron numbers, but not those of NCAM, were developmentally regulated similarly. Circular smooth muscle was transiently (E16-20) PSA-NCAM-immunoreactive when it is traversed by migrating precursors of submucosal neurons. Neurons developing in vitro from crest-derived cells immunoselected at E12 with antibodies to p75(NTR) expressed NCAM and PSA-NCAM. BMP-4 promoted neuronal NCAM polysialylation and clustering. N-butanoylmannosamine, which blocks NCAM polysialylation, but not N-propanoylmannosamine, which does not, interfered with BMP-4-induced neuronal clustering. Observations suggest that BMP signaling enhances NCAM polysialylation, which allows precursors to migrate and form ganglionic aggregates during the remodeling of the developing ENS.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. christophe.faure@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faure
authors.forename: Alcmène
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chalazonitis
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rhéaume
authors.forename: Guylaine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bouchard
authors.forename: S-Gopalan
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Sampathkumar
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Yarema
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gershon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055415:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D017615:Enteric Nervous System / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D005725:Ganglia, Autonomic / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D039842:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012799:Sialyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: C525811:Bmp4 protein, rat; D055415:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D039842:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1; D012794:Sialic Acids; C103469:polysialyl neural cell adhesion molecule; D012799:Sialyltransferases