Smooth-muscle-specific expression of neurotrophin-3 in mouse embryonic and neonatal gastrointestinal tract.
Vagal gastrointestinal (GI) afferents are essential for the regulation of eating, body weight, and digestion. However, their functional organization and the way that this develops are poorly understood. Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) is crucial for the survival of vagal sensory neurons and is expressed in the developing GI tract, possibly contributing to their survival and to other aspects of vagal afferent development. The identification of the functions of this peripheral NT-3 thus requires a detailed understanding of the localization and timing of its expression in the developing GI tract. We have studied embryos and neonates expressing the lacZ reporter gene from the NT-3 locus and found that NT-3 is expressed predominantly in the smooth muscle of the outer GI wall of the stomach, intestines, and associated blood vessels and in the stomach lamina propria and esophageal epithelium. NT-3 expression has been detected in the mesenchyme of the GI wall by embryonic day 12.5 (E12.5) and becomes restricted to smooth muscle and lamina propria by E15.5, whereas its expression in blood vessels and esophageal epithelium is first observed at E15.5. Expression in most tissues is maintained at least until postnatal day 4. The lack of colocalization of beta-galactosidase and markers for myenteric ganglion cell types suggests that NT-3 is not expressed in these ganglia. Therefore, NT-3 expression in the GI tract is largely restricted to smooth muscle at ages when vagal axons grow into the GI tract, and when vagal mechanoreceptors form in smooth muscle, consistent with its role in these processes and in vagal sensory neuron survival.
Fox
Edward A
EA
Behavioral Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, 703 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. au_gc@psych.purdue.edu
McAdams
Jennifer
J
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D020933:Neurotrophin 3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000378:metabolism
D020933:Neurotrophin 3; D001616:beta-Galactosidase
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