Enteric neurons express Steel factor-lacZ transgene in the murine gastrointestinal tract

Brain Research

Volumn 738, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 323-328

  Torihashi, Shigeko ^a,d   Yoshida, Hisahiro ^b   Nishikawa, Shin Ichi ^b   Kunisada, Takahiro ^c   Sanders, Kenton M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

enteric nervous system; gastrointestinal motility; interstitial cells of Cajal; pacemaker cells; stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 0030569358     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00935-3     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. [1] Brannan, C.I., Lyman, S.D., Williams, D.E., Eisenman, J., Anderson, D.M., Cosman, D., Bedell, M.A., Jenkins, N.A. and Copeland, N.G., Steel-Dickie mutation encodes a c-Kit ligand lacking trans-membrane and cytoplasmic domains, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 88 (1991) 4671-4674.
2. [2] Burns, A.J., Lomax, A.E.J., Torihashi, S., Sanders, K.M. and Ward, S.M., Interstitial cells of Cajal mediate inhibitory neurotransmission in the stomach, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, in press.
3. [3] Burns, A.J., Torihashi, S., Harney, S.C., Sanders, K.M. and Ward S.M., The effect of the c-kit mutation on development of the interstitial cell netwoek in the murine stomach and colon, Neurogastroenterol. Motil., 7 (1995) 249.
4. [4] Flanagan, J.G. and Leder, P., The kit ligand: A cell surface molecule altered in steel mutant fibroblast, Cell, 63 (1990) 185-194.
5. [5] Huizinga, J.D., Thuneberg, L., Klüppel, M., Malysz, J., Mikkelsen, H.B. and Bernstein, A., W / kit gene required for intestitial cells of Cajal and for intestinal pacemaker activity, Nature, 373 (1995) 347-349.
6. [6] Isozaki, K., Hirota, S., Nakama, A., Miyagawa, J.-I., Shinomura, Y., Xu Z., Nomura, S. and Kitamura, Y., Distributed intestinal movement, bile reflex to the stomach, and deficiency of c-kit-expressing cells in Ws/Ws mutant rats, Gastroenterology, 109 (1995) 456-464.
7. [7] Jackson, P., Thompson, V.M. and Thompson, R.J., A comparison of the evolutionary distribution of the two neuroendocrine markers, neuron-specific enolase and protein gene product 9.5, J. Neurochem., 45 (1985) 185-190.
8. [8] Kaufman, M.H., The Atlas of Mouse Development, Academic Press, San Diego, 1992.
9. [9] Keshet, E., Lyman, S.D., Williams. D.E., Anderson, D.M., Jenkins, N.A., Copeland, N.G. and Parada, L.F., Embryonic RNA expression patterns of the c-kit receptor and its cognate ligand suggest multiple functional roles in mouse development, EMBO J., 10 (1991) 2425-2435.
10. [10] Lammie, A., Drobnjak, M., Gerald, W., Saad, A., Cote, R. and Cordon-Cardo, C., Expression of c-kit and kit ligand proteins in normal human tissues, J. Histochem. Cytochem., 42 (1994) 1417-1425.
11. [11] Lecoin, L., Gabella, G. and Douarin, N.L., Origin of the c-kit-positive interstitial cells in the avian bowel, Development, 122 (1996) 725-733.
12. [12] Maeda, H., Yamagata, A., Nishikawa, S., Yoshinaga, K., Kobayashi, S., Nishi, K. and Nishikawa, S.I., Requirement of c-kit for development of interstitial pacemaker system. Development, 116 (1992) 369-375.
13. [13] Manova, K., Nocka, K., Besmer, P. and Bachvarova, R.F., Gonadal expression of c-kit encoded at the W locus of the mouse, Development, 110 (1990) 1057-1069.
14. [14] Matsui, Y., Zsebo, K.M. and Hogan, B.L.M., Embryonic expression of a haematopoietic growth factor encoded by the Sl locus and the ligand for c-kit, Nature, 347 (1990) 667-669.
15. [15] Miyazawa, K., Williams, D.A., Gotoh, A., Nishimaki, J., Broxmeyer, H.E. and Toyama, K., Membrane-bound steel factor induces more persistent tyrosine kinase activation and longer life span of c-kit gene-encoded protein than its soluble form, Blood, 85 (1995) 641-649.
16. [16] Morii, E., Hirata, S., Kim, H.-M., Mikoshiba, K., Nishimura, Y., Kitamura, Y. and Nomura, S., Spatial expression of genes encoding c-kit receptors and their ligands in mouse cerebellum as revealed by in situ hybridization, Dev. Brain Res., 65 (1992) 123-126.
17. [17] Murofushi, H., Suzuki, M., Sakai, H. and Kobayashi, S., Immunohistochemical localization of microtubule-associated proteins in the nervous system of the small intestine of guinea pig, Cell Tissue Res., 255 (1989) 315-322.
18. [18] Ogawa, M., Matsuzaki, Y., Nishikawa, S., Hayashi, S.-I., Kunisada, T., Sudo, T., Kina, T., Nakaushi, H. and Nishikawa, S.-I., Expression and funciton of c-kit in hemopoietic progenitor cells, J. Exp. Med., 174 (1991) 63-71.
19. [19] Shull, R.M., Suggs, S.V., Langley, K.E., Okino, K.H., Jacobsen, F.W. and Martin, F.H., Canine stem cell factor (c-kit ligand) supports the survival of hematopoietic projenitors in long-term canine marrow culture, Exp. Hematol., 20 (1992) 1118-1124.
20. [20] Torihashi, S., Kobayashi, S., Ward, S.M., Burns, A.J. and Sanders, K.M., Development of the c-kit receptor presenting cells in the mouse small intestine and their pacemaker activity, Neurogastroenterol. Mot., 7 (1995) 287.
21. [21] Torihashi, S., Ward, S.M., Nishikawa, S.I., Nishi, K., Kobayashi, S. and Sanders, K.M., c-kit Dependent development of interstitial cells and electrical activity in the murine gastrointestinal tract, Cell Tissue Res., 280 (1995) 97-111.
22. [22] Tsuzuki, T., Takahashi, M., Asai, N., Iwashita, T., Matsuyama, M. and Asai, J., Spatial and temporal expression of the ret proto-oncogene product in embryonic, infant and adult rat tissues, Oncogene, 10 (1995) 191-198.
23. [23] Ward, S.M., Burns, A.J., Torihashi, S. and Sanders, K.M., Mutation of the proto-oncogene c-kit blocks development of interstitial cells and electrical rhythmicity in murine intestine, J. Physiol., 480 (1994) 91-97.
24. [24] Ward, S.M., Burns, A.J., Torihashi, S., Harney, S.C. and Sanders, K.M., Impaired development of interstitial cells and intestinal electrical rhythmicity in steel mutans, Am. J. Physiol., 269 (1995) C1577-C1585.
25. [25] Wehrle-Haller, B. and Weston, J.A., Soluble and cell-bound forms of steel factor activity play distinct roles in melanocyte precursor dispersal and survival on the lateral neural crest migration pathway, Development, 121 (1995) 731-742.
26. [26] Yoshida, H., Hayashi, S.-I, Shultz, L.D., Yamamura, K.-I., Nishikawa, S., Nishikawa, S.-I. and Kunisada, T., Neurl and skin cell-specific expression pattern conferred by Steel factor regulatory sequence in transgenic mice, Dev. Dynamics, in press.
27. [27] Zsebo, K.M., Williams, D.A., Geissler, E.N., Broudy, V.C., Martin, F.H., Atkins, H.L., Hsu, R.-Y., Birkett, N.C., Okino, K.H., Murdock, D.C.,. Jacobsen, F.W., Langley, K.E., Smith, K.A., Takeishi, T., Cattanach, B.M., Galli, S.J. and Suggs, S.V., Stem cell factor is encoded at the Sl locus of the mouse and is the ligand for the c-kit tyrosine kinase receptor, Cell, 63 (1990) 213-224.