Project description:Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a congenital intestinal disorder characterized by the absence of ganglia in the distal intestine. Despite surgical resection of the aganglionic intestine and pull-through surgery, HSCR patients still experience bowel dysfunction, indicating that latent abnormalities may also exist in the proximal ganglionic intestine. To elucidate possible causes of postoperative bowel dysfunction in HSCR, we investigated differences in the proximal ganglionic intestine using an animal model of HSCR (Ednrb-null mice) and validated our findings in tissue from human HSCR patients. We found that the proximal ganglionic colon of HSCR mice exhibited greater stiffness and fibrosis than their wild-type littermates. Similarly, submucosal fibrosis was significantly greater in the proximal ganglionic intestine of HSCR patients than in intestinal tissue from age and site-matched controls. Furthermore, we observed dysregulated expression of extracellular matrix (ECM)-related genes in the proximal ganglionic intestine of HSCR mice compared to controls. We conclude that increased fibrosis, stiffness, and alterations in ECM composition may contribute to persistent dysfunction of the ganglionic intestine in HSCR. These findings add to the growing body of literature that describe abnormalities in the proximal ganglionic intestine of HSCR and suggest that HSCR is not limited to the aganglionic intestine alone.
Project description:This dataset contains bulk RNA sequencing data from paired aganglionic and ganglionic colonic tissue specimens obtained from three pediatric patients diagnosed with Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, OMIM 142623). RNA was extracted and sequenced to investigate transcriptomic alterations and signaling pathway dysregulation associated with HSCR pathogenesis. Raw paired-end FASTQ files generated by Illumina NovaSeq 6000 sequencing are provided for each sample, enabling downstream analyses of differential gene expression between diseased and unaffected intestinal segments.
Project description:Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a neurocristopathy characterized by absence of intramural ganglion cells along variable lengths of the gastrointestinal tract. The HSCR phenotype is highly variable with respect to gender, segment length of aganglionosis, familiality and the presence of additional anomalies. By molecular genetic analysis, a minimum of 11 neuro-developmental genes (RET, GDNF, NRTN, SOX10, EDNRB, EDN3, ECE1, ZFHX1B, PHOX2B, KIAA1279, TCF4) are known to harbor rare high-penetrance mutations that confer a large risk to the bearer. In addition, two other genes (RET, NRG1) harbor common low-penetrance polymorphisms that contribute only partially to risk and act as genetic modifiers. To broaden this search, we examined whether a set of 67 proven and candidate HSCR genes harbored additional modifier alleles. In this pilot study, we utilized a custom-designed array CGH with ~33,000 test probes at an average resolution of ~185bp to detect gene-sized or smaller copy number variants (CNVs) within these 67 genes in 18 heterogeneous HSCR patients. Using stringent criteria, we identified CNVs at three loci (MAPK10, ZFHX1B, SOX2) that are novel, involve regulatory and coding sequences of these neuro-developmental genes and show association with HSCR in combination with other congenital anomalies. Two-condition experiment: Patient vs. Control. Sex-matched controls. Technical replicates: 4 were examined twice and 3 were studied in triplicate. Technical replicates: 408.3.1, 408.3.2 Technical replicates: 300.3.1, 300.3.2 Technical replicates: 354.3.1, 354.3.2 Technical replicates: 355.3.1, 355.3.2 Technical replicates: 63.3.1, 63.3.2, 63.3.3 Technical replicates: 122.7.1, 122.7.2, 122.7.3 Technical replicates: 413.3.1, 413.3.2, 413.3.3
Project description:There were two cases of children with Hirschsprung disease, as the con group (dilated segment) and the HSCR group (stenotic segment), and two cases of Hirschsprung disease-related enterocolitis, as the dilated segment was the HAEC group
Project description:Objective Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a severe congenital disorder affecting 1:5000 live births. HSCR results from failure of enteric nervous system (ENS) progenitors to fully colonise the gastrointestinal tract during embryonic development. This leads to aganglionosis in the distal bowel, resulting in disrupted motor activity and impaired peristalsis. Currently, the only viable treatment option is surgical resection of the aganglionic bowel. However, patients frequently suffer debilitating, lifelong symptoms, with multiple surgical procedures often necessary. Hence, alternative treatment options are crucial. An attractive strategy involves the transplantation of ENS progenitors generated from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). Design ENS progenitors were generated from hPSCs using an accelerated protocol and characterised, in detail, through a combination of single cell RNA-sequencing, protein expression analysis and calcium imaging. We tested ENS progenitors’ capacity to integrate and restore functional responses in HSCR colon, after ex vivo transplantation to organotypically cultured patient-derived colonic tissue, using organ bath contractility. Results We found that our protocol consistently gives rise to high yields of cell populations exhibiting transcriptional and functional hallmarks of early ENS progenitors. Following transplantation, hPSC-derived ENS progenitors integrate, migrate and form neurons within explanted human HSCR colon samples. Importantly, the transplanted HSCR tissue displayed increased basal contractile activity and increased responses to electrical stimulation compared to control tissue. Conclusion Our findings demonstrate, for the first time, the potential of hPSC-derived ENS progenitors to repopulate and restore functional responses in human HSCR patient colonic tissue.
Project description:To study differential expression of genes in kids fed on doe's milk(Control) versus kids fed on replacer milk (Test) post PPR Vaccination