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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Gut enterochromaffin cells drive visceral pain and anxiety |
Author: | Bayrer, J.R. Castro, J. Venkataraman, A. Touhara, K.K. Rossen, N.D. Morrie, R.D. Maddern, J. Hendry, A. Braverman, K.N. Garcia-Caraballo, S. Schober, G. Brizuela, M. Castro Navarro, F.M. Bueno-Silva, C. Ingraham, H.A. Brierley, S.M. Julius, D. |
Citation: | Nature, 2023; 616(7955):137-142 |
Publisher: | Springer Nature |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
ISSN: | 0028-0836 1476-4687 |
Statement of Responsibility: | James R. Bayrer, Joel Castro, Archana Venkataraman, Kouki K. Touhara, Nathan D. Rossen, Ryan D. Morrie, Jessica Maddern, Aenea Hendry, Kristina N. Braverman, Sonia Garcia-Caraballo, Gudrun Schober, Mariana Brizuela, Fernanda M. Castro Navarro, Carla Bueno-Silva, Holly A. Ingraham, Stuart M. Brierley, David Julius |
Abstract: | Gastrointestinal (GI) discomfort is a hallmark of most gut disorders and represents an important component of chronic visceral pain1 . For the growing population aficted by irritable bowel syndrome, GI hypersensitivity and pain persist long after tissue injury has resolved2 . Irritable bowel syndrome also exhibits a strong sex bias, aficting women three times more than men1 . Here, we focus on enterochromafn (EC) cells, which are rare excitable, serotonergic neuroendocrine cells in the gut epithelium3–5 . EC cells detect and transduce noxious stimuli to nearby mucosal nerve endings3,6 but involvement of this signalling pathway in visceral pain and attendant sex diferences has not been assessed. By enhancing or suppressing EC cell function in vivo, we show that these cells are sufcient to elicit hypersensitivity to gut distension and necessary for the sensitizing actions of isovalerate, a bacterial short-chain fatty acid associated with GI infammation7,8 . Remarkably, prolonged EC cell activation produced persistent visceral hypersensitivity, even in the absence of an instigating inflammatory episode. Furthermore, perturbing EC cell activity promoted anxiety-like behaviours which normalized after blockade of serotonergic signalling. Sex diferences were noted across a range of paradigms, indicating that the EC cell–mucosal afferent circuit is tonically engaged in females. Our findings validate a critical role for EC cell–mucosal afferent signalling in acute and persistent GI pain, in addition to highlighting genetic models for studying visceral hypersensitivity and the sex bias of gut pain. |
Keywords: | Neurophysiology; Pain |
Rights: | © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2023 |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41586-023-05829-8 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/2008727 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/2014250 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1181448 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05829-8 |
Appears in Collections: | Medicine publications |
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