Characterising the molecular and cellular basis of enteric nervous system altera...
Characterising the molecular and cellular basis of enteric nervous system alterations in the inflamed gut
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) encompasses two gastrointestinal conditions - Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis - which currently lack satisfactory treatment. IBD is associated with alterations to the enteric nervous system...
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Información proyecto NeurogENSity
Duración del proyecto: 40 meses
Fecha Inicio: 2024-04-19
Fecha Fin: 2027-08-31
Líder del proyecto
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET
No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.
TRL
4-5
Presupuesto del proyecto
207K€
Descripción del proyecto
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) encompasses two gastrointestinal conditions - Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis - which currently lack satisfactory treatment. IBD is associated with alterations to the enteric nervous system (ENS) of the gut, including the formation of new neurons (‘neurogenesis’) and changes in the properties of existing neurons (‘neuroplasticity’). Growing evidence suggests an interplay between acute inflammation and ENS pathology. Despite this, detailed characterisation of ENS alterations, their underlying molecular mechanisms, and how inflammation may induce them during IBD, is not well understood.
The Marklund laboratory has recently uncovered a stepwise diversification model of enteric neurogenesis, suggesting that during embryonic development, subtype identities are specified through identity conversions in post-mitotic neurons. This work leads to the intriguing possibility that the identity of terminally-differentiated enteric neurons may, in fact, be flexible. However, whether stepwise diversification is present during adult inflammation-induced neurogenesis, and whether neuronal identity can be altered by extrinsic stimuli such as inflammation, remains to be assessed. Using a colitis model of IBD, single cell RNA sequencing of ENS and immune cells and spatial transcriptomics, NeurogENSity will characterise the composition of the inflamed ENS, revealing the cellular changes occurring as a result of acute inflammation. Pseudotime trajectory analysis, in combination with lineage tracing experiments, will address the nature of adult enteric neuronal identity specification. ENS-immune interactions which may underlie neurogenic and neuroplastic alterations will be identified, and their relevance assessed using cell depletion assays. Together, NeurogENSity will identify mechanisms underlying inflammation-induced alterations to the ENS, paving the way for targeted treatments of ENS dysfunction during IBD.