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CELL
Volume 186, Issue 16, Pages 3368-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.07.007
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The properties of neurons that innervate the distal colon are not well defined. This study identified distinct subsets of colon-innervating neurons with different morphologic and physiologic characteristics. These neurons exhibit diverse force thresholds to colon distension, and a specific subset mediates behavioral responses to high levels of distension and inflammation. This finding provides a potential target for therapeutic intervention in gastrointestinal diseases.
The properties of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons that innervate the distal colon are poorly defined, hinder-ing our understanding of their roles in normal physiology and gastrointestinal (GI) disease. Here, we report genetically defined subsets of colon-innervating DRG neurons with diverse morphologic and physiologic properties. Four colon-innervating DRG neuron populations are mechanosensitive and exhibit distinct force thresholds to colon distension. The highest threshold population, selectively labeled using Bmpr1b genetic tools, is necessary and sufficient for behavioral responses to high colon distension, which is partly mediated by the mechanosensory ion channel Piezo2. This Ad-HTMR population mediates behavioral over-reactivity to colon distension caused by inflammation in a model of inflammatory bowel disease. Thus, like cutaneous DRG mechanoreceptor populations, colon-innervating mechanoreceptors exhibit distinct anatomical and physiological properties and tile force threshold space, and genetically defined colon-innervating HTMRs mediate pathophysiological responses to colon distension, revealing a target population for therapeutic intervention.
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