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Evidence of a Myenteric Plexus Barrier and Its Macrophage-Dependent Degradation During Murine Colitis: Implications in Enteric Neuroinflammation

Dóra, Dávid and Ferenczi, Szilamér and Stavely, Rhian and Tóth, Viktória E and Varga, Zoltán V. and Kovács, Tamás and Bódi, Ildikó and Hotta, Ryo and Kovács, Krisztina J. and Goldstein, Allan M. and Nagy, Nándor (2021) Evidence of a Myenteric Plexus Barrier and Its Macrophage-Dependent Degradation During Murine Colitis: Implications in Enteric Neuroinflammation. CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. ISSN 2352-2345

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Abstract

Background & aims: Neuroinflammation in the gut is associated with many gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease. In the brain, neuroinflammatory conditions are associated with blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption and subsequent neuronal injury. We sought to determine whether the enteric nervous system is similarly protected by a physical barrier and whether that barrier is disrupted in colitis. Methods: Confocal and electron microscopy were used to characterize myenteric plexus structure, and FITC-dextran assays were used to assess for presence of a barrier. Colitis was induced with dextran sulfate sodium, with co-administration of liposome-encapsulated clodronate to deplete macrophages. Results: We identified a blood-myenteric barrier (BMB) consisting of extracellular matrix proteins (agrin and collagen-4) and glial end-feet, reminiscent of the BBB, surrounded by a collagen-rich periganglionic space. The BMB is impermeable to the passive movement of 4 kDa FITC-dextran particles. A population of macrophages is present within enteric ganglia (intraganglionic macrophages [IGMs]) and exhibits a distinct morphology from muscularis macrophages, with extensive cytoplasmic vacuolization and mitochondrial swelling but without signs of apoptosis. IGMs can penetrate the BMB in physiological conditions and establish direct contact with neurons and glia. Dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis leads to BMB disruption, loss of its barrier integrity, and increased numbers of IGMs in a macrophage-dependent process. Conclusions: In intestinal inflammation, macrophage-mediated degradation of the BMB disrupts its physiological barrier function, eliminates the separation of the intra- and extra-ganglionic compartments, and allows inflammatory stimuli to access the myenteric plexus. This suggests a potential mechanism for the onset of neuroinflammation in colitis and other GI pathologies with acquired enteric neuronal dysfunction.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine / orvostudomány > R1 Medicine (General) / orvostudomány általában > R850-854 Experimental medicine / kisérleti orvostudomány
Depositing User: Dr. Zoltán Varga
Date Deposited: 24 Sep 2021 14:33
Last Modified: 03 Apr 2023 07:22
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/130393

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