title: Laminin-1 promotes enteric nervous system development in mouse embryo.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Neuronal development is regulated by extracellular environmental factors including nerve growth factor (NGF) and laminin. We have previously demonstrated that laminin-1 promotes neurite outgrowth of dorsal root ganglion cells by modulating NGF and integrin signaling. However, information about their effects on the enteric nervous system (ENS) is limited. Recently, we succeeded in visualizing enteric neural crest-derived cell (ENCC) migration using SOX10-Venus transgenic mice, in which ENCC are labeled with a green fluorescent protein, Venus. In this study, we examine the effects of NGF and laminin-1 in ENCC migration using SOX10-Venus mice gut.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pregnant SOX10-Venus mice were killed on day 12.5 of gestation. The colorectum was dissected from embryos (n = 10) and placed in culture medium including NGF with or without laminin-1 for 12 h. Extension rates of ENCC migration, colorectum and ENCC migration per colorectum were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Venus positive-ENCC extension rate was significantly higher in the laminin group (n = 5) compared to control (n = 5), 22.84 and 13.96 %, respectively (p < 0.05). The extension rate of the colorectum was not significantly different between the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that laminin promotes ENCC migration in mice. This technique allowed us to visualize the effects of extracellular molecules on ENCC migration and it potentially provides us with an insight into the pathophysiology of developmental disorders of the ENS, such as Hirschsprung's disease.
authors: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo Nerima Hospital, 3-1-10 Takanodai, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, 177-8521, Japan, nana.nakazawa@gmail.com.
authors: Nana
authors: N
authors: Nakazawa
authors: Katsumi
authors: K
authors: Miyahara
authors: Manabu
authors: M
authors: Okawada
authors: Atsuyuki
authors: A
authors: Yamataka
authors: Ryota
authors: R
authors: Suzuki
authors: Chihiro
authors: C
authors: Akazawa
authors: Naoki
authors: N
authors: Tomikawa-Ichikawa
authors: Eri
authors: E
authors: Arikawa-Hirasawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D017615:Enteric Nervous System / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007797:Laminin / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D015398:Signal Transduction; D046509:Tissue Culture Techniques
chemical_list: D007797:Laminin; C121346:laminin 1
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