title: Balancing on the crest - Evidence for disruption of the enteric ganglia via inappropriate lineage segregation and consequences for gastrointestinal function.
abstract: Normal enteric nervous system (ENS) development relies on numerous factors, including appropriate migration, proliferation, differentiation, and maturation of neural crest (NC) derivatives. Incomplete rostral to caudal migration of enteric neural crest-derived progenitors (ENPs) down the gut is at least partially responsible for the absence of enteric ganglia that is a hallmark feature of Hirschsprung disease (HSCR). The thought that ganglia proximal to aganglionosis are normal has guided surgical procedures for HSCR patients. However, chronic gastrointestinal dysfunction suffered by a subset of patients after surgery as well as studies in HSCR mouse models suggest that aberrant NC segregation and differentiation may be occurring in ganglionated regions of the intestine. Studies in mouse models that possess enteric ganglia throughout the length of the intestine (non-HSCR) have also found that certain genetic alterations affect neural crest lineage balance and interestingly many of these mutants also have functional gastrointestinal (GI) defects. It is possible that many GI disorders can be explained in part by imbalances in NC-derived lineages. Here we review studies evaluating ENS defects in HSCR and non-HSCR mouse models, concluding with clinical implications while highlighting areas requiring further study.
authors: Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine and the PhD Program in Human Genetics, Center for Human Genetic Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors: Melissa A
authors: MA
authors: Musser
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Michelle Southard-Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019070:Cell Lineage; D017615:Enteric Nervous System / Q000473:pathology*; D005724:Ganglia / Q000473:pathology*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000294:innervation* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Enteric nervous system; Gastrointestinal function; Hirschsprung disease; Lineage segregation; Mouse models; Neural crest development
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