eLife,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 21, 2024
Intrinsic
sensory
neurons
are
an
essential
part
of
the
enteric
nervous
system
(ENS)
and
play
a
crucial
role
in
gastrointestinal
tract
motility
digestion.
Neuronal
subtypes
ENS
have
been
distinguished
by
their
electrophysiological
properties,
morphology,
expression
characteristic
markers,
notably
neurotransmitters
neuropeptides.
Here
we
investigated
synaptic
cell
adhesion
molecules
as
novel
type
markers
ENS.
Our
work
identifies
two
Type
II
classic
cadherins,
Cdh6
Cdh8,
specific
to
mouse
colon.
We
show
that
Cdh6+
demonstrate
all
other
distinguishing
classifications
including
marker
Calcb
Nmu
,
Dogiel
morphology
AH-type
electrophysiology
I
H
current.
Optogenetic
activation
distal
colon
evokes
retrograde
colonic
motor
complexes
(CMCs),
while
pharmacologic
blockade
rhythmicity-associated
current
disrupts
spontaneous
generation
CMCs.
These
findings
provide
first
demonstration
selective
single
neurochemical
functional
class
neurons,
critical
for
Intrinsic
sensory
neurons
are
an
essential
part
of
the
enteric
nervous
system
(ENS)
and
play
a
crucial
role
in
gastrointestinal
tract
motility
digestion.
Neuronal
subtypes
ENS
have
been
distinguished
by
their
electrophysiological
properties,
morphology,
expression
characteristic
markers,
notably
neurotransmitters
neuropeptides.
Here
we
investigated
synaptic
cell
adhesion
molecules
as
novel
type
markers
ENS.
Our
work
identifies
two
Type
II
classic
cadherins,
Cdh6
Cdh8,
specific
to
mouse
colon.
We
show
that
Cdh6+
demonstrate
all
other
distinguishing
classifications
including
marker
Calcb
Nmu
,
Dogiel
morphology
AH-type
electrophysiology
I
H
current.
Optogenetic
activation
distal
colon
evokes
retrograde
colonic
motor
complexes
(CMCs),
while
pharmacologic
blockade
rhythmicity-associated
current
disrupts
spontaneous
generation
CMCs.
These
findings
provide
first
demonstration
selective
single
neurochemical
functional
class
neurons,
critical
for
eLife,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 21, 2024
Intrinsic
sensory
neurons
are
an
essential
part
of
the
enteric
nervous
system
(ENS)
and
play
a
crucial
role
in
gastrointestinal
tract
motility
digestion.
Neuronal
subtypes
ENS
have
been
distinguished
by
their
electrophysiological
properties,
morphology,
expression
characteristic
markers,
notably
neurotransmitters
neuropeptides.
Here
we
investigated
synaptic
cell
adhesion
molecules
as
novel
type
markers
ENS.
Our
work
identifies
two
Type
II
classic
cadherins,
Cdh6
Cdh8,
specific
to
mouse
colon.
We
show
that
Cdh6+
demonstrate
all
other
distinguishing
classifications
including
marker
Calcb
Nmu
,
Dogiel
morphology
AH-type
electrophysiology
I
H
current.
Optogenetic
activation
distal
colon
evokes
retrograde
colonic
motor
complexes
(CMCs),
while
pharmacologic
blockade
rhythmicity-associated
current
disrupts
spontaneous
generation
CMCs.
These
findings
provide
first
demonstration
selective
single
neurochemical
functional
class
neurons,
critical
for