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Pan L, Zhang M. Structures of usher syndrome 1 proteins and their complexes. Physiology (Bethesda) 2012; 27:25-42. [PMID: 22311968 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00037.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Usher syndrome 1 (USH1) is the most common and severe form of hereditary loss of hearing and vision. Genetic, physiological, and cell biological studies, together with recent structural investigations, have not only uncovered the physiological functions of the five USH1 proteins but also provided mechanistic explanations for the hearing and visual deficiencies in humans caused by USH1 mutations. This review focuses on the structural basis of the USH1 protein complex organization.
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- Lifeng Pan
- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Giacomello M, De Mario A, Primerano S, Brini M, Carafoli E. Hair cells, plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase and deafness. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2012; 44:679-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2012.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2011] [Revised: 01/24/2012] [Accepted: 02/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ott C, Elia N, Jeong SY, Insinna C, Sengupta P, Lippincott-Schwartz J. Primary cilia utilize glycoprotein-dependent adhesion mechanisms to stabilize long-lasting cilia-cilia contacts. Cilia 2012; 1:3. [PMID: 23351752 PMCID: PMC3541541 DOI: 10.1186/2046-2530-1-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2011] [Accepted: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background The central tenet of cilia function is sensing and transmitting information. The capacity to directly contact extracellular surfaces would empower primary cilia to probe the environment for information about the nature and location of nearby surfaces. It has been well established that flagella and other motile cilia perform diverse cellular functions through adhesion. We hypothesized that mammalian primary cilia also interact with the extracellular environment through direct physical contact. Methods We identified cilia in rod photoreceptors and cholangiocytes in fixed mouse tissues and examined the structures that these cilia contact in vivo. We then utilized an MDCK cell culture model to characterize the nature of the contacts we observed. Results In retina and liver tissue, we observed that cilia from nearby cells touch one another. Using MDCK cells, we found compelling evidence that these contacts are stable adhesions that form bridges between two cells, or networks between many cells. We examined the nature and duration of the cilia-cilia contacts and discovered primary cilia movements that facilitate cilia-cilia encounters. Stable adhesions form as the area of contact expands from a single point to a stretch of tightly bound, adjacent cilia membranes. The cilia-cilia contacts persisted for hours and were resistant to several harsh treatments such as proteases and DTT. Unlike many other cell adhesion mechanisms, calcium was not required for the formation or maintenance of cilia adhesion. However, swainsonine, which blocks maturation of N-linked glycoproteins, reduced contact formation. We propose that cellular control of adhesion maintenance is active because cilia adhesion did not prevent cell division; rather, contacts dissolved during mitosis as cilia were resorbed. Conclusions The demonstration that mammalian primary cilia formed prolonged, direct, physical contacts supports a novel paradigm: that mammalian primary cilia detect features of the extracellular space, not just as passive antennae, but also through direct physical contact. We present a model for the cycle of glycoprotein-dependent contact formation, maintenance, and termination, and discuss the implications for potential physiological functions of cilia-cilia contacts.
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- Carolyn Ott
- Cell Biology and Metabolism Program, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Webb SW, Grillet N, Andrade LR, Xiong W, Swarthout L, Della Santina CC, Kachar B, Müller U. Regulation of PCDH15 function in mechanosensory hair cells by alternative splicing of the cytoplasmic domain. Development 2011; 138:1607-17. [PMID: 21427143 DOI: 10.1242/dev.060061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Protocadherin 15 (PCDH15) is expressed in hair cells of the inner ear and in photoreceptors of the retina. Mutations in PCDH15 cause Usher Syndrome (deaf-blindness) and recessive deafness. In developing hair cells, PCDH15 localizes to extracellular linkages that connect the stereocilia and kinocilium into a bundle and regulate its morphogenesis. In mature hair cells, PCDH15 is a component of tip links, which gate mechanotransduction channels. PCDH15 is expressed in several isoforms differing in their cytoplasmic domains, suggesting that alternative splicing regulates PCDH15 function in hair cells. To test this model, we generated three mouse lines, each of which lacks one out of three prominent PCDH15 isoforms (CD1, CD2 and CD3). Surprisingly, mice lacking PCDH15-CD1 and PCDH15-CD3 form normal hair bundles and tip links and maintain hearing function. Tip links are also present in mice lacking PCDH15-CD2. However, PCDH15-CD2-deficient mice are deaf, lack kinociliary links and have abnormally polarized hair bundles. Planar cell polarity (PCP) proteins are distributed normally in the sensory epithelia of the mutants, suggesting that PCDH15-CD2 acts downstream of PCP components to control polarity. Despite the absence of kinociliary links, vestibular function is surprisingly intact in the PCDH15-CD2 mutants. Our findings reveal an essential role for PCDH15-CD2 in the formation of kinociliary links and hair bundle polarization, and show that several PCDH15 isoforms can function redundantly at tip links.
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- Stuart W Webb
- Dorris Neuroscience Center and Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Bonnet C, Grati M, Marlin S, Levilliers J, Hardelin JP, Parodi M, Niasme-Grare M, Zelenika D, Délépine M, Feldmann D, Jonard L, El-Amraoui A, Weil D, Delobel B, Vincent C, Dollfus H, Eliot MM, David A, Calais C, Vigneron J, Montaut-Verient B, Bonneau D, Dubin J, Thauvin C, Duvillard A, Francannet C, Mom T, Lacombe D, Duriez F, Drouin-Garraud V, Thuillier-Obstoy MF, Sigaudy S, Frances AM, Collignon P, Challe G, Couderc R, Lathrop M, Sahel JA, Weissenbach J, Petit C, Denoyelle F. Complete exon sequencing of all known Usher syndrome genes greatly improves molecular diagnosis. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2011; 6:21. [PMID: 21569298 PMCID: PMC3125325 DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-6-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2010] [Accepted: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Usher syndrome (USH) combines sensorineural deafness with blindness. It is inherited in an autosomal recessive mode. Early diagnosis is critical for adapted educational and patient management choices, and for genetic counseling. To date, nine causative genes have been identified for the three clinical subtypes (USH1, USH2 and USH3). Current diagnostic strategies make use of a genotyping microarray that is based on the previously reported mutations. The purpose of this study was to design a more accurate molecular diagnosis tool. METHODS We sequenced the 366 coding exons and flanking regions of the nine known USH genes, in 54 USH patients (27 USH1, 21 USH2 and 6 USH3). RESULTS Biallelic mutations were detected in 39 patients (72%) and monoallelic mutations in an additional 10 patients (18.5%). In addition to biallelic mutations in one of the USH genes, presumably pathogenic mutations in another USH gene were detected in seven patients (13%), and another patient carried monoallelic mutations in three different USH genes. Notably, none of the USH3 patients carried detectable mutations in the only known USH3 gene, whereas they all carried mutations in USH2 genes. Most importantly, the currently used microarray would have detected only 30 of the 81 different mutations that we found, of which 39 (48%) were novel. CONCLUSIONS Based on these results, complete exon sequencing of the currently known USH genes stands as a definite improvement for molecular diagnosis of this disease, which is of utmost importance in the perspective of gene therapy.
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- Crystel Bonnet
- Unité de Génétique Médicale, INSERM UMRS 587, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, INSERM UMRS 587, UPMC, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique Médicale, INSERM UMRS 587, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, INSERM UMRS 587, UPMC, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- NIDCD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- Unité de Génétique Médicale, INSERM UMRS 587, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, INSERM UMRS 587, UPMC, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, INSERM UMRS 587, UPMC, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Service de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, INSERM UMRS 587, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Service de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, INSERM UMRS 587, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique Médicale, INSERM UMRS 587, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
- Service de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, INSERM UMRS 587, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique Médicale, INSERM UMRS 587, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
- Service de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, INSERM UMRS 587, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, INSERM UMRS 587, UPMC, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, INSERM UMRS 587, UPMC, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Centre de Génétique, Hôpital St-Antoine, Lille, France
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- Service de Génétique médicale, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France
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- Service de Génétique, Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France
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- Centre de Référence des Maladies Neurogénétiques, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, France
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- Service ORL, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, France
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- Service ORL, Hôtel-Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Centre de Génétique, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Hôpital intercommunal de Font-Pré, Toulon La Seyne sur Mer, France
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Hôpital intercommunal de Font-Pré, Toulon La Seyne sur Mer, France
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- Departement d'Ophtalmologie et de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, AP-HP, France
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- Unité de Génétique Médicale, INSERM UMRS 587, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
- Service de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, INSERM UMRS 587, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Centre National de Génotypage, CEA, Evry, France
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- CEA, DSV, IG, Genoscope, CNRS-UMR 8030, UEVE, Université d'Evry, Evry, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, INSERM UMRS 587, UPMC, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Collège de France, Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, INSERM UMRS 587, UPMC, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-faciale, INSERM UMRS 587, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, AP-HP, UPMC, Paris, France
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Alagramam KN, Goodyear RJ, Geng R, Furness DN, van Aken AFJ, Marcotti W, Kros CJ, Richardson GP. Mutations in protocadherin 15 and cadherin 23 affect tip links and mechanotransduction in mammalian sensory hair cells. PLoS One 2011; 6:e19183. [PMID: 21532990 PMCID: PMC3080917 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2010] [Accepted: 03/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Immunocytochemical studies have shown that protocadherin-15 (PCDH15) and cadherin-23 (CDH23) are associated with tip links, structures thought to gate the mechanotransducer channels of hair cells in the sensory epithelia of the inner ear. The present report describes functional and structural analyses of hair cells from Pcdh15av3J (av3J), Pcdh15av6J (av6J) and Cdh23v2J (v2J) mice. The av3J and v2J mice carry point mutations that are predicted to introduce premature stop codons in the transcripts for Pcdh15 and Cdh23, respectively, and av6J mice have an in-frame deletion predicted to remove most of the 9th cadherin ectodomain from PCDH15. Severe disruption of hair-bundle morphology is observed throughout the early-postnatal cochlea in av3J/av3J and v2J/v2J mice. In contrast, only mild-to-moderate bundle disruption is evident in the av6J/av6J mice. Hair cells from av3J/av3J mice are unaffected by aminoglycosides and fail to load with [3H]-gentamicin or FM1-43, compounds that permeate the hair cell's mechanotransducer channels. In contrast, hair cells from av6J/av6J mice load with both FM1-43 and [3H]-gentamicin, and are aminoglycoside sensitive. Transducer currents can be recorded from hair cells of all three mutants but are reduced in amplitude in all mutants and have abnormal directional sensitivity in the av3J/av3J and v2J/v2J mutants. Scanning electron microscopy of early postnatal cochlear hair cells reveals tip-link like links in av6J/av6J mice, substantially reduced numbers of links in the av3J/av3J mice and virtually none in the v2J/v2J mice. Analysis of mature vestibular hair bundles reveals an absence of tip links in the av3J/av3J and v2J/v2J mice and a reduction in av6J/av6J mice. These results therefore provide genetic evidence consistent with PCDH15 and CDH23 being part of the tip-link complex and necessary for normal mechanotransduction.
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- Kumar N. Alagramam
- Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (CJK); (GPR)
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (CJK); (GPR)
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Caberlotto E, Michel V, Foucher I, Bahloul A, Goodyear RJ, Pepermans E, Michalski N, Perfettini I, Alegria-Prévot O, Chardenoux S, Do Cruzeiro M, Hardelin JP, Richardson GP, Avan P, Weil D, Petit C. Usher type 1G protein sans is a critical component of the tip-link complex, a structure controlling actin polymerization in stereocilia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:5825-30. [PMID: 21436032 PMCID: PMC3078398 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017114108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The mechanotransducer channels of auditory hair cells are gated by tip-links, oblique filaments that interconnect the stereocilia of the hair bundle. Tip-links stretch from the tips of stereocilia in the short and middle rows to the sides of neighboring, taller stereocilia. They are made of cadherin-23 and protocadherin-15, products of the Usher syndrome type 1 genes USH1D and USH1F, respectively. In this study we address the role of sans, a putative scaffold protein and product of the USH1G gene. In Ush1g(-/-) mice, the cohesion of stereocilia is disrupted, and both the amplitude and the sensitivity of the transduction currents are reduced. In Ush1g(fl/fl)Myo15-cre(+/-) mice, the loss of sans occurs postnatally and the stereocilia remain cohesive. In these mice, there is a decrease in the amplitude of the total transducer current with no loss in sensitivity, and the tips of the stereocilia in the short and middle rows lose their prolate shape, features that can be attributed to the loss of tip-links. Furthermore, stereocilia from these rows undergo a dramatic reduction in length, suggesting that the mechanotransduction machinery has a positive effect on F-actin polymerization. Sans interacts with the cytoplasmic domains of cadherin-23 and protocadherin-15 in vitro and is absent from the hair bundle in mice defective for either of the two cadherins. Because sans localizes mainly to the tips of short- and middle-row stereocilia in vivo, we conclude that it belongs to a molecular complex at the lower end of the tip-link and plays a critical role in the maintenance of this link.
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- Elisa Caberlotto
- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 587, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75015 Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 587, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75015 Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 587, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75015 Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 587, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75015 Paris, France
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, United Kingdom
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 587, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75015 Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 587, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75015 Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 587, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75015 Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 587, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75015 Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 587, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75015 Paris, France
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- Plate-Forme de Recombinaison Homologue, Université Paris Descartes, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 1016, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche, 8104, Institut Cochin, 75014 Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 587, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75015 Paris, France
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Sensorielle, Faculté de Médecine, Université d'Auvergne, F-63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France; and
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 587, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75015 Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé, 587, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75015 Paris, France
- Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
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Richardson GP, de Monvel JB, Petit C. How the Genetics of Deafness Illuminates Auditory Physiology. Annu Rev Physiol 2011; 73:311-34. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-012110-142228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Guy P. Richardson
- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QG, United Kingdom;
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Département de Neuroscience, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris cedex 15, France; ,
- Inserm UMRS 587, F-75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre & Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Département de Neuroscience, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris cedex 15, France; ,
- Inserm UMRS 587, F-75015 Paris, France
- Université Pierre & Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
- Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France
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Verpy E, Leibovici M, Michalski N, Goodyear RJ, Houdon C, Weil D, Richardson GP, Petit C. Stereocilin connects outer hair cell stereocilia to one another and to the tectorial membrane. J Comp Neurol 2011; 519:194-210. [PMID: 21165971 PMCID: PMC3375590 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Stereocilin is defective in a recessive form of deafness, DFNB16. We studied the distribution of stereocilin in the developing and mature mouse inner ear and analyzed the consequences of its absence in stereocilin-null (Strc(-/-)) mice that suffer hearing loss starting at postnatal day 15 (P15) and progressing until P60. Using immunofluorescence and immunogold electron microscopy, stereocilin was detected in association with two cell surface specializations specific to outer hair cells (OHCs) in the mature cochlea: the horizontal top connectors that join the apical regions of adjacent stereocilia within the hair bundle, and the attachment links that attach the tallest stereocilia to the overlying tectorial membrane. Stereocilin was also detected around the kinocilium of vestibular hair cells and immature OHCs. In Strc(-/-) mice the OHC hair bundle was structurally and functionally normal until P9. Top connectors, however, did not form and the cohesiveness of the OHC hair bundle progressively deteriorated from P10. The stereocilia were still interconnected by tip links at P14, but these progressively disappeared from P15. By P60 the stereocilia, still arranged in a V-shaped bundle, were fully disconnected from each other. Stereocilia imprints on the lower surface of the tectorial membrane were also not observed in Strc(-/-) mice, thus indicating that the tips of the tallest stereocilia failed to be embedded in this gel. We conclude that stereocilin is essential to the formation of horizontal top connectors. We propose that these links, which maintain the cohesiveness of the mature OHC hair bundle, are required for tip-link turnover.
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- Elisabeth Verpy
- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Goodyear RJ, Forge A, Legan PK, Richardson GP. Asymmetric distribution of cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15 in the kinocilial links of avian sensory hair cells. J Comp Neurol 2011; 518:4288-97. [PMID: 20853507 PMCID: PMC3337639 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15 are components of tip links, fine filaments that interlink the stereocilia of hair cells and are believed to gate the hair cell's mechanotransducer channels. Tip links are aligned along the hair bundle's axis of mechanosensitivity, stretching obliquely from the top of one stereocilium to the side of an adjacent, taller stereocilium. In guinea pig auditory hair cells, tip links are polarized with cadherin 23 at the upper end and protocadherin 15 at the lower end, where the transducer channel is located. Double immunogold labeling of avian hair cells was used to study the distribution of these two proteins in kinocilial links, a link type that attaches the tallest stereocilia of the hair bundle to the kinocilium. In the kinocilial links of vestibular hair bundles, cadherin 23 localizes to the stereocilium and protocadherin 15 to the kinocilium. The two cadherins are therefore asymmetrically distributed within the kinocilial links but of a polarity that is, within those links that are aligned along the hair bundle's axis of sensitivity, reversed relative to that of tip links. Conventional transmission electron microscopy of hair bundles fixed in the presence of tannic acid reveals a distinct density in the 120–130 nm long kinocilial links that is located 35–40 nm from the kinociliary membrane. The location of this density is consistent with it being the site at which interactions occur in an in trans configuration between the opposing N-termini of homodimeric forms of cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15. J. Comp. Neurol. 518:4288–4297, 2010. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Richard J Goodyear
- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, United Kingdom
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Yan D, Kamiya K, Ouyang XM, Liu XZ. Analysis of subcellular localization of Myo7a, Pcdh15 and Sans in Ush1c knockout mice. Int J Exp Pathol 2010; 92:66-71. [PMID: 21156003 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2010.00751.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Usher syndrome (USH) is the most frequent cause of combined deaf-blindness in man. An important finding from mouse models and molecular studies is that the USH proteins are integrated into a protein network that regulates inner ear morphogenesis. To understand further the function of harmonin in the pathogenesis of USH1, we have generated a targeted null mutation Ush1c mouse model. Here, we examine the effects of null mutation of the Ush1c gene on subcellular localization of Myo7a, Pcdh15 and Sans in the inner ear. Morphology and proteins distributions were analysed in cochlear sections and whole mount preparations from Ush1c(-/-) and Ush1c(-/+) controls mice. We observed the same distribution of Myo7a throughout the cytoplasm in knockout and control mice. However, we detected Pcdh15 at the base of stereocilia and in the cuticular plate in cochlear hair cells from Ush1c(+/-) controls, whereas in the knockout Ush1c(-/-) mice, Pcdh15 staining was concentrated in the apical region of the outer hair cells and no defined staining was detected at the base of stereocilia nor in the cuticular plate. We showed localization of Sans in the stereocilia of controls mouse cochlear hair cells. However, in cochleae from Ush1c(-/-) mice, strong Sans signals were detected towards the base of stereocilia close to their insertion point into the cuticular plate. Our data indicate that the disassembly of the USH1 network caused by absence of harmonin may have led to the mis-localization of the Protocadherin 15 and Sans proteins in the cochlear hair cells of Ush1c(-/-) knockout mice.
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- Denise Yan
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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The 6-billion human population provides a vast reservoir of mutations, which, in addition to the opportunity of detecting very subtle defects, including specific cognitive dysfunctions as well as late appearing disorders, offers a unique background in which to investigate the roles of cell-cell adhesion proteins. Here we focus on inherited human disorders involving members of the cadherin superfamily. Most of the advances concern monogenic disorders. Yet, with the development of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) association studies, cadherin genes are emerging as susceptibility genes in multifactorial disorders. Various skin and heart disorders revealed the critical role played by desmosomal cadherins in epidermis, hairs, and myocardium, which experience high mechanical stress. Of particular interest in that respect is the study of Usher syndrome type 1 (USH1), a hereditary syndromic form of deafness. Studies of USH1 brought to light the crucial role of transient fibrous links formed by cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15 in the cohesion of the developing hair bundle, the mechanoreceptive structure of the auditory sensory cells, as well as the involvement of these cadherins in the formation of the tip-link, a key component of the mechano-electrical transduction machinery. Finally, in line with the well-established role of cadherins in synaptic formation, maintenance, strength, and plasticity, a growing number of cadherin family members, especially protocadherins, have been found to be involved in neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Aziz El-Amraoui
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, 25 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
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Development and regeneration of sensory transduction in auditory hair cells requires functional interaction between cadherin-23 and protocadherin-15. J Neurosci 2010; 30:11259-69. [PMID: 20739546 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1949-10.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Tip links are extracellular filaments that connect pairs of hair cell stereocilia and convey tension to mechanosensitive channels. Recent evidence suggests that tip links are formed by calcium-dependent interactions between the N-terminal domains of cadherin-23 (CDH23) and protocadherin-15 (PCDH15). Mutations in either CDH23 or PCDH15 cause deafness in mice and humans, indicating the molecules are required for normal inner ear function. However, there is little physiological evidence to support a direct role for CDH23 and PCDH15 in hair cell mechanotransduction. To investigate the contributions of CDH23 and PCDH15 to mechanotransduction and tip-link formation, we examined outer hair cells of mouse cochleas during development and after chemical disruption of tip links. We found that tip links and mechanotransduction with all the qualitative properties of mature transduction recovered within 24 h after disruption. To probe tip-link formation, we measured transduction currents after extracellular application of recombinant CDH23 and PCDH15 fragments, which included putative interaction domains (EC1). Both fragments inhibited development and regeneration of transduction but did not disrupt transduction in mature cells. PCDH15 fragments that carried a mutation in EC1 that causes deafness in humans did not inhibit transduction development or regeneration. Immunolocalization revealed wild-type fragments bound near the tips of hair cell stereocilia. Scanning electron micrographs revealed that hair bundles exposed to fragments had a reduced number of linkages aligned along the morphological axis of sensitivity of the bundle. Together, the data provide direct evidence implicating CDH23 and PCDH15 proteins in the formation of tip links during development and regeneration of mechanotransduction.
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Ebert J, Fink S, Koitschev A, Walther P, Langer MG, Lehmann-Horn F. Recovery of mechano-electrical transduction in rat cochlear hair bundles after postnatal destruction of the stereociliar cross-links. Proc Biol Sci 2010; 277:2291-9. [PMID: 20356889 PMCID: PMC2894906 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Mechano-electrical transduction (MET) in the stereocilia of outer hair cells (OHCs) was studied in newborn Wistar rats using scanning electron microscopy to investigate the stereociliar cross-links, Nomarski laser differential interferometry to investigate stereociliar stiffness and by testing the functionality of the MET channels by recording the entry of fluorescent dye, FM1-43, into stereocilia. Preparations were taken from rats on their day of birth (P0) or 1–4 days later (P1–P4). Hair bundles developed from the base to the apex and from the inner to outer OHC rows. MET channel responses were detected in apical coil OHCs on P1. To study the possible recovery of MET after disrupting the cross-links, the same investigations were performed after the application of Ca2+ chelator 1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA) and allowing the treated samples to recover in culture medium for 0–20 h. We found that the structure and function were abolished by BAPTA. In P0–P1 samples, structural recovery was complete and the open probability of MET channels reached control values. In P3–P4 samples, complete recovery only occurred in OHCs of the outermost row. Although our results demonstrate an enormous recovery potential of OHCs in the postnatal period, the structural component restricts the potential for therapy in patients.
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- J Ebert
- Institute of Applied Physiology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Mammals have an astonishing ability to sense and discriminate sounds of different frequencies and intensities. Fundamental for this process are mechanosensory hair cells in the inner ear that convert sound-induced vibrations into electrical signals. The study of genes that are linked to deafness has provided insights into the cell biological mechanisms that control hair cell development and their function as mechanosensors.
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- Martin Schwander
- Department of Cell Biology, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Bahloul A, Michel V, Hardelin JP, Nouaille S, Hoos S, Houdusse A, England P, Petit C. Cadherin-23, myosin VIIa and harmonin, encoded by Usher syndrome type I genes, form a ternary complex and interact with membrane phospholipids. Hum Mol Genet 2010; 19:3557-65. [PMID: 20639393 PMCID: PMC2928128 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cadherin-23 is a component of early transient lateral links of the auditory sensory cells' hair bundle, the mechanoreceptive structure to sound. This protein also makes up the upper part of the tip links that control gating of the mechanoelectrical transduction channels. We addressed the issue of the molecular complex that anchors these links to the hair bundle F-actin core. By using surface plasmon resonance assays, we show that the cytoplasmic regions of the two cadherin-23 isoforms that do or do not contain the exon68-encoded peptide directly interact with harmonin, a submembrane PDZ (post-synaptic density, disc large, zonula occludens) domain-containing protein, with unusually high affinity. This interaction involves the harmonin Nter-PDZ1 supramodule, but not the C-terminal PDZ-binding motif of cadherin-23. We establish that cadherin-23 directly binds to the tail of myosin VIIa. Moreover, cadherin-23, harmonin and myosin VIIa can form a ternary complex, which suggests that myosin VIIa applies tension forces on hair bundle links. We also show that the cadherin-23 cytoplasmic region, harmonin and myosin VIIa interact with phospholipids on synthetic liposomes. Harmonin and the cytoplasmic region of cadherin-23, both independently and as a binary complex, can bind specifically to phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2), which may account for the role of this phospholipid in the adaptation of mechanoelectrical transduction in the hair bundle. The distributions of cadherin-23, harmonin, myosin VIIa and PI(4,5)P2 in the growing and mature auditory hair bundles as well as the abnormal locations of harmonin and myosin VIIa in cadherin-23 null mutant mice strongly support the functional relevance of these interactions.
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- Amel Bahloul
- Département de Neuroscience, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Targeting of the hair cell proteins cadherin 23, harmonin, myosin XVa, espin, and prestin in an epithelial cell model. J Neurosci 2010; 30:7187-201. [PMID: 20505086 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0852-10.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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We have developed an advantageous epithelial cell transfection model for examining the targeting, interactions, and mutations of hair cell proteins. When expressed in LLC-PK1-CL4 epithelial cells (CL4 cells), the outer hair cell protein prestin showed faithful domain-specific targeting to the basolateral plasma membrane. We examined the consequences of mutations affecting prestin activity and assigned a targeting role to the cytoplasmic tail. The stereociliary link protein cadherin 23 (Cdh23) was targeted to the plasma membrane of CL4 cell microvilli, the topological equivalent of stereocilia. In cells coexpressing the Cdh23 cytoplasmic binding protein harmonin, a large fraction of harmonin became colocalized with Cdh23 in microvilli. Using this assay and in vitro protein binding assays, we formulated an alternative model for Cdh23-harmonin binding, in which the primary interaction is between the harmonin N-domain and a 35-residue internal peptide in the Cdh23 cytoplasmic tail. Contrary to a previous model, we found no role for the Cdh23 C-terminal PDZ (PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1)-binding motif and observed that Cdh23 bound similar levels of harmonin with or without the exon 68 peptide. We also examined two proteins involved in stereocilium elongation. The stereociliary actin-bundling protein espin was targeted to CL4 cell microvilli and caused microvillar elongation, whereas espin with the c.2469delGTCA or c.1988delAGAG human deafness mutation showed defects in microvillar targeting and elongation. The unconventional myosin motor myosin XVa accumulated at the tips of espin-elongated microvilli, by analogy to its location in stereocilia, whereas myosin XVa with the c.4351G>A or c.4669A>G human deafness mutation did not, revealing functional deficits in motor activity.
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Strimbu C, Kao A, Tokuda J, Ramunno-Johnson D, Bozovic D. Dynamic state and evoked motility in coupled hair bundles of the bullfrog sacculus. Hear Res 2010; 265:38-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2009] [Revised: 03/03/2010] [Accepted: 03/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Oshima K, Shin K, Diensthuber M, Peng AW, Ricci AJ, Heller S. Mechanosensitive hair cell-like cells from embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. Cell 2010; 141:704-16. [PMID: 20478259 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.03.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2009] [Revised: 01/18/2010] [Accepted: 02/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Mechanosensitive sensory hair cells are the linchpin of our senses of hearing and balance. The inability of the mammalian inner ear to regenerate lost hair cells is the major reason for the permanence of hearing loss and certain balance disorders. Here, we present a stepwise guidance protocol starting with mouse embryonic stem and induced pluripotent stem cells, which were directed toward becoming ectoderm capable of responding to otic-inducing growth factors. The resulting otic progenitor cells were subjected to varying differentiation conditions, one of which promoted the organization of the cells into epithelial clusters displaying hair cell-like cells with stereociliary bundles. Bundle-bearing cells in these clusters responded to mechanical stimulation with currents that were reminiscent of immature hair cell transduction currents.
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- Kazuo Oshima
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Huang Q, Tang J. Age-related hearing loss or presbycusis. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2010; 267:1179-91. [DOI: 10.1007/s00405-010-1270-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 04/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Etournay R, Lepelletier L, Boutet de Monvel J, Michel V, Cayet N, Leibovici M, Weil D, Foucher I, Hardelin JP, Petit C. Cochlear outer hair cells undergo an apical circumference remodeling constrained by the hair bundle shape. Development 2010; 137:1373-83. [PMID: 20332152 DOI: 10.1242/dev.045138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Epithelial cells acquire diverse shapes relating to their different functions. This is particularly relevant for the cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs), whose apical and basolateral shapes accommodate the functioning of these cells as mechano-electrical and electromechanical transducers, respectively. We uncovered a circumferential shape transition of the apical junctional complex (AJC) of OHCs, which occurs during the early postnatal period in the mouse, prior to hearing onset. Geometric analysis of the OHC apical circumference using immunostaining of the AJC protein ZO1 and Fourier-interpolated contour detection characterizes this transition as a switch from a rounded-hexagon to a non-convex circumference delineating two lateral lobes at the neural side of the cell, with a negative curvature in between. This shape tightly correlates with the 'V'-configuration of the OHC hair bundle, the apical mechanosensitive organelle that converts sound-evoked vibrations into variations in cell membrane potential. The OHC apical circumference remodeling failed or was incomplete in all the mouse mutants affected in hair bundle morphogenesis that we tested. During the normal shape transition, myosin VIIa and myosin II (A and B isoforms) displayed polarized redistributions into and out of the developing lobes, respectively, while Shroom2 and F-actin transiently accumulated in the lobes. Defects in these redistributions were observed in the mutants, paralleling their apical circumference abnormalities. Our results point to a pivotal role for actomyosin cytoskeleton tensions in the reshaping of the OHC apical circumference. We propose that this remodeling contributes to optimize the mechanical coupling between the basal and apical poles of mature OHCs.
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- Raphaël Etournay
- Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, INSERM UMRS587-Université Paris VI, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, Paris Cedex 15, France
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Usher syndrome (USH) comprises a group of autosomal recessively inherited disorders characterized by a dual sensory impairment of the audiovestibular and visual systems. Three major clinical subtypes (USH type I, USH type II and USH type III) are distinguished on the basis of the severity of the hearing loss, the presence or absence of vestibular dysfunction and the age of onset of retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Since the cloning of the first USH gene (MYO7A) in 1995, there have been remarkable advances in elucidating the genetic basis for this disorder, as evidence for 11 distinct loci have been obtained and genes for 9 of them have been identified. The USH genes encode proteins of different classes and families, including motor proteins, scaffold proteins, cell adhesion molecules and transmembrane receptor proteins. Extensive information has emerged from mouse models and molecular studies regarding pathogenesis of this disorder and the wide phenotypic variation in both audiovestibular and/or visual function. A unifying hypothesis is that the USH proteins are integrated into a protein network that regulates hair bundle morphogenesis in the inner ear. This review addresses genetics and pathological mechanisms of USH. Understanding the molecular basis of phenotypic variation and pathogenesis of USH is important toward discovery of new molecular targets for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of this debilitating disorder.
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- Denise Yan
- Department of Otolaryngology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Harmonin-b, an actin-binding scaffold protein, is involved in the adaptation of mechanoelectrical transduction by sensory hair cells. Pflugers Arch 2010; 459:115-30. [PMID: 19756723 PMCID: PMC2767239 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-009-0711-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2009] [Revised: 07/25/2009] [Accepted: 07/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We assessed the involvement of harmonin-b, a submembranous protein containing PDZ domains, in the mechanoelectrical transduction machinery of inner ear hair cells. Harmonin-b is located in the region of the upper insertion point of the tip link that joins adjacent stereocilia from different rows and that is believed to gate transducer channel(s) located in the region of the tip link's lower insertion point. In Ush1cdfcr-2J/dfcr-2J mutant mice defective for harmonin-b, step deflections of the hair bundle evoked transduction currents with altered speed and extent of adaptation. In utricular hair cells, hair bundle morphology and maximal transduction currents were similar to those observed in wild-type mice, but adaptation was faster and more complete. Cochlear outer hair cells displayed reduced maximal transduction currents, which may be the consequence of moderate structural anomalies of their hair bundles. Their adaptation was slower and displayed a variable extent. The latter was positively correlated with the magnitude of the maximal transduction current, but the cells that showed the largest currents could be either hyperadaptive or hypoadaptive. To interpret our observations, we used a theoretical description of mechanoelectrical transduction based on the gating spring theory and a motor model of adaptation. Simulations could account for the characteristics of transduction currents in wild-type and mutant hair cells, both vestibular and cochlear. They led us to conclude that harmonin-b operates as an intracellular link that limits adaptation and engages adaptation motors, a dual role consistent with the scaffolding property of the protein and its binding to both actin filaments and the tip link component cadherin-23.
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Sakaguchi H, Tokita J, Müller U, Kachar B. Tip links in hair cells: molecular composition and role in hearing loss. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2009; 17:388-93. [PMID: 19633555 DOI: 10.1097/moo.0b013e3283303472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Tip links are thought to be an essential element of the mechanoelectrical transduction (MET) apparatus in sensory hair cells of the inner ear. The molecules that form tip links have recently been identified, and the analysis of their properties has not only changed our view of MET but also suggests that tip-link defects can cause hearing loss. RECENT FINDINGS Structural, histological and biochemical studies show that the extracellular domains of two deafness-associated cadherins, cadherin 23 (CDH23) and protocadherin 15 (PCDH15), interact in trans to form the upper and lower part of each tip link, respectively. High-speed Ca imaging suggests that MET channels are localized exclusively at the lower end of each tip link. Biochemical and genetic studies provide evidence that defects in tip links cause hearing impairment in humans. SUMMARY The identification of the proteins that form tip links have shed new light on the molecular basis of MET and the mechanisms causing hereditary deafness, noise-induced hearing loss and presbycusis.
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- Hirofumi Sakaguchi
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Mutation analysis in the long isoform of USH2A in American patients with Usher Syndrome type II. J Hum Genet 2009; 54:732-8. [PMID: 19881469 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Usher syndrome type II (USH2) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by moderate to severe hearing impairment and progressive visual loss due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP). To identify novel mutations and determine the frequency of USH2A mutations as a cause of USH2, we have carried out mutation screening of all 72 coding exons and exon-intron splice sites of the USH2A gene. A total of 20 USH2 American probands of European descent were analyzed using single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) and direct sequencing methods. Ten different USH2A mutations were identified in 55% of the probands, five of which were novel mutations. The detected mutations include three missense, three frameshifts and four nonsense mutations, with c.2299delG/p.E767fs mutation, accounting for 38.9% of the pathological alleles. Two cases were homozygotes, two cases were compound heterozygotes and one case had complex allele with three variants. In seven probands, only one USH2A mutation was detected and no pathological mutation was found in the remaining eight individuals. Altogether, our data support the fact that c.2299delG/p.E767fs is indeed the most common USH2A mutation found in USH2 patients of European Caucasian background. Thus, if screening for mutations in USH2A is considered, it is reasonable to screen for the c.2299delG mutation first.
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Grillet N, Xiong W, Reynolds A, Kazmierczak P, Sato T, Lillo C, Dumont RA, Hintermann E, Sczaniecka A, Schwander M, Williams D, Kachar B, Gillespie PG, Müller U. Harmonin mutations cause mechanotransduction defects in cochlear hair cells. Neuron 2009; 62:375-87. [PMID: 19447093 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2008] [Revised: 03/06/2009] [Accepted: 04/06/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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In hair cells, mechanotransduction channels are gated by tip links, the extracellular filaments that consist of cadherin 23 (CDH23) and protocadherin 15 (PCDH15) and connect the stereocilia of each hair cell. However, which molecules mediate cadherin function at tip links is not known. Here we show that the PDZ-domain protein harmonin is a component of the upper tip-link density (UTLD), where CDH23 inserts into the stereociliary membrane. Harmonin domains that mediate interactions with CDH23 and F-actin control harmonin localization in stereocilia and are necessary for normal hearing. In mice expressing a mutant harmonin protein that prevents UTLD formation, the sensitivity of hair bundles to mechanical stimulation is reduced. We conclude that harmonin is a UTLD component and contributes to establishing the sensitivity of mechanotransduction channels to displacement.
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- Nicolas Grillet
- Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Childhood and Neglected Disease, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Sengupta S, George M, Miller KK, Naik K, Chou J, Cheatham MA, Dallos P, Naramura M, Band H, Zheng J. EHD4 and CDH23 are interacting partners in cochlear hair cells. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:20121-9. [PMID: 19487694 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.025668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cadherin 23 (CDH23), a transmembrane protein localized near the tips of hair cell stereocilia in the mammalian inner ear, is important for delivering mechanical signals to the mechano-electric transducer channels. To identify CDH23-interacting proteins, a membrane-based yeast two-hybrid screen of an outer hair cell (OHC) cDNA library was performed. EHD4, a member of the C-terminal EH domain containing a protein family involved in endocytic recycling, was identified as a potential interactor. To confirm the interaction, we first demonstrated the EHD4 mRNA expression in hair cells using in situ hybridization. Next, we showed that EHD4 co-localizes and co-immunoprecipitates with CDH23 in mammalian cells. Interestingly, the co-immunoprecipitation was found to be calcium-sensitive. To investigate the role of EHD4 in hearing, compound action potentials were measured in EHD4 knock-out (KO) mice. Although EHD4 KO mice have normal hearing sensitivity, analysis of mouse cochlear lysates revealed a 2-fold increase in EHD1, but no increase in EHD2 or EHD3, in EHD4 KO cochleae compared with wild type, suggesting that a compensatory increase in EHD1 levels may account for the absence of a hearing defect in EHD4 KO mice. Taken together, these data indicate that EHD4 is a novel CDH23-interacting protein that could regulate CDH23 trafficking/localization in a calcium-sensitive manner.
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- Soma Sengupta
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Hugh Knowles Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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Linking genes underlying deafness to hair-bundle development and function. Nat Neurosci 2009; 12:703-10. [PMID: 19471269 PMCID: PMC3332156 DOI: 10.1038/nn.2330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2009] [Accepted: 04/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The identification of genes underlying monogenic, early-onset forms of deafness in humans has provided unprecedented insight into the molecular mechanisms of hearing in the peripheral auditory system. The molecules involved in the development and function of the cochlea eluded characterization until recently due to the paucity of the principle cell types present in cochlear hair cells, yet a genetic approach has circumvented this problem and succeeded in identifying proteins and deciphering some of the molecular complexes that operate in these cells . In combination with mouse models, the genetic approach is now revealing some of the principles underlying the development and physiology of the cochlea. The review centers on this facet of the genetics of hearing. Focusing on the hair bundle, the mechanosensory device of the sensory hair cell, we highlight recent advances in understanding the way in which the hair bundle is formed, how it operates as a mechanotransducer and how it processes sound. In particular, we discuss how this work highlights the roles played by various hair-bundle link types.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The present review addresses the mechanisms, genetics and pathogenesis of Usher syndrome. RECENT FINDINGS Recent molecular findings have provided more information regarding the pathogenesis of this disorder and the wide phenotypic variation in both audiovestibular and/or visual systems. Evidence has begun to emerge supporting a theory of a protein interactome involving the Usher proteins in both the inner ear and the retina. This interactome appears to be important for hair cell development in the ear but its role in the retina remains unclear. SUMMARY Understanding clinical disease progression and molecular pathways is important in the progress towards developing gene therapy to prevent blindness due to Usher syndrome as well as delivering prognostic information to affected individuals.
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A mouse model for nonsyndromic deafness (DFNB12) links hearing loss to defects in tip links of mechanosensory hair cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:5252-7. [PMID: 19270079 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900691106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Deafness is the most common form of sensory impairment in humans and is frequently caused by single gene mutations. Interestingly, different mutations in a gene can cause syndromic and nonsyndromic forms of deafness, as well as progressive and age-related hearing loss. We provide here an explanation for the phenotypic variability associated with mutations in the cadherin 23 gene (CDH23). CDH23 null alleles cause deaf-blindness (Usher syndrome type 1D; USH1D), whereas missense mutations cause nonsyndromic deafness (DFNB12). In a forward genetic screen, we have identified salsa mice, which suffer from hearing loss due to a Cdh23 missense mutation modeling DFNB12. In contrast to waltzer mice, which carry a CDH23 null allele mimicking USH1D, hair cell development is unaffected in salsa mice. Instead, tip links, which are thought to gate mechanotransduction channels in hair cells, are progressively lost. Our findings suggest that DFNB12 belongs to a new class of disorder that is caused by defects in tip links. We propose that mutations in other genes that cause USH1 and nonsyndromic deafness may also have distinct effects on hair cell development and function.
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MAGI-1, a candidate stereociliary scaffolding protein, associates with the tip-link component cadherin 23. J Neurosci 2008; 28:11269-76. [PMID: 18971469 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3833-08.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Inner ear hair-cell mechanoelectrical transduction is mediated by a largely unidentified multiprotein complex associated with the stereociliary tips of hair bundles. One identified component of tip links, which are the extracellular filamentous connectors implicated in gating the mechanoelectrical transduction channels, is the transmembrane protein cadherin 23 (Cdh23), more specifically, the hair- cell-specific Cdh23(+68) splice variant. Using the intracellular domain of Cdh23(+68) as bait, we identified in a cochlear cDNA library MAGI-1, a MAGUK (membrane-associated guanylate kinase) protein. MAGI-1 binds via its PDZ4 domain to a C-terminal PDZ-binding site on Cdh23. MAGI-1 immunoreactivity was detectable throughout neonatal stereocilia in a distribution similar to that of Cdh23. As development proceeded, MAGI-1 occurred in a punctate staining pattern on stereocilia, which was maintained into adulthood. Previous reports suggest that Cdh23 interacts via an internal PDZ-binding site with the PDZ1 domain of the stereociliary protein harmonin, and potentially via a weaker binding of its C terminus with harmonin's PDZ2 domain. We propose that MAGI-1 has the ability to replace harmonin's PDZ2 binding at Cdh23's C terminus. Moreover, the strong interaction between PDZ1 of harmonin and Cdh23 is interrupted by a 35 aa insertion in the hair-cell-specific Cdh23(+68) splice variant, which puts forward MAGI-1 as an attractive candidate for an intracellular scaffolding partner of this tip-link protein. Our results consequently support a role of MAGI-1 in the tip-link complex, where it could provide a sturdy connection with the cytoskeleton and with other components of the mechanoelectrical transduction complex.
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Verpy E, Weil D, Leibovici M, Goodyear RJ, Hamard G, Houdon C, Lefèvre GM, Hardelin JP, Richardson GP, Avan P, Petit C. Stereocilin-deficient mice reveal the origin of cochlear waveform distortions. Nature 2008; 456:255-8. [PMID: 18849963 PMCID: PMC3338146 DOI: 10.1038/nature07380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2008] [Accepted: 08/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Although the cochlea is an amplifier and a remarkably sensitive and finely tuned detector of sounds, it also produces conspicuous mechanical and electrical waveform distortions. These distortions reflect nonlinear mechanical interactions within the cochlea. By allowing one tone to suppress another (masking effect), they contribute to speech intelligibility. Tones can also combine to produce sounds with frequencies not present in the acoustic stimulus. These sounds compose the otoacoustic emissions that are extensively used to screen hearing in newborns. Because both cochlear amplification and distortion originate from the outer hair cells-one of the two types of sensory receptor cells-it has been speculated that they stem from a common mechanism. Here we show that the nonlinearity underlying cochlear waveform distortions relies on the presence of stereocilin, a protein defective in a recessive form of human deafness. Stereocilin was detected in association with horizontal top connectors, lateral links that join adjacent stereocilia within the outer hair cell's hair bundle. These links were absent in stereocilin-null mutant mice, which became progressively deaf. At the onset of hearing, however, their cochlear sensitivity and frequency tuning were almost normal, although masking was much reduced and both acoustic and electrical waveform distortions were completely lacking. From this unique functional situation, we conclude that the main source of cochlear waveform distortions is a deflection-dependent hair bundle stiffness resulting from constraints imposed by the horizontal top connectors, and not from the intrinsic nonlinear behaviour of the mechanoelectrical transducer channel.
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- Elisabeth Verpy
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, F75015 Paris, France.
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Rzadzinska AK, Steel KP. Presence of interstereocilial links in waltzer mutants suggests Cdh23 is not essential for tip link formation. Neuroscience 2008; 158:365-8. [PMID: 18996172 PMCID: PMC2989438 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2008] [Revised: 10/10/2008] [Accepted: 10/15/2008] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cadherin23 has been proposed to form the upper part of the tip link, an interstereocilial link believed to control opening of transducer channels of sensory hair cells. However, we detect tip link-like links in mouse mutants with null alleles of Cdh23, suggesting the presence of other components that permit formation of a link between the tip of one stereocilium and the side of the adjacent taller stereocilium.
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- A K Rzadzinska
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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Human hereditary hearing impairment: mouse models can help to solve the puzzle. Hum Genet 2008; 124:325-48. [DOI: 10.1007/s00439-008-0556-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Accepted: 08/29/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Müller U. Cadherins and mechanotransduction by hair cells. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2008; 20:557-66. [PMID: 18619539 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2008.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2008] [Revised: 06/12/2008] [Accepted: 06/13/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Mechanotransduction, the conversion of a mechanical stimulus into an electrical signal is crucial for our ability to hear and to maintain balance. Recent findings indicate that two members of the cadherin superfamily are components of the mechanotransduction machinery in sensory hair cells of the vertebrate inner ear. These studies show that cadherin 23 (CDH23) and protocadherin 15 (PCDH15) form several of the extracellular filaments that connect the stereocilia and kinocilium of a hair cell into a bundle. One of these filaments is the tip link that has been proposed to gate the mechanotransduction channel in hair cells. The extracellular domains of CDH23 and PCDH15 differ in their structure from classical cadherins and their cytoplasmic domains bind to distinct effectors, suggesting that evolutionary pressures have shaped the two cadherins for their function in mechanotransduction.
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- Ulrich Müller
- Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Childhood and Neglected Disease, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Cadherin 23-like polypeptide in hair bundle mechanoreceptors of sea anemones. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2008; 194:811-20. [PMID: 18654787 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0352-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2008] [Revised: 06/19/2008] [Accepted: 07/03/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We investigated hair bundle mechanoreceptors in sea anemones for a homolog of cadherin 23. A candidate sequence was identified from the database for Nematostella vectensis that has a shared lineage with vertebrate cadherin 23s. This cadherin 23-like protein comprises 6,074 residues. It is an integral protein that features three transmembrane alpha-helices and a large extracellular loop with 44 contiguous, cadherin (CAD) domains. In the second half of the polypeptide, the CAD domains occur in a quadruple repeat pattern. Members of the same repeat group (i.e., CAD 18, 22, 26, and so on) share nearly identical amino acid sequences. An affinity-purified antibody was generated to a peptide from the C-terminus of the cadherin 23-like polypeptide. The peptide is expected to lie on the exoplasmic side of the plasma membrane. In LM, the immunolabel produced punctate fluorescence in hair bundles. In TEM, immunogold particles were observed medially and distally on stereocilia of hair bundles. Dilute solutions of the antibody disrupted vibration sensitivity in anemones. We conclude that the cadherin 23-like polypeptide likely contributes to the mechanotransduction apparatus of hair bundle mechanoreceptors of anemones.
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Lefèvre G, Michel V, Weil D, Lepelletier L, Bizard E, Wolfrum U, Hardelin JP, Petit C. A core cochlear phenotype in USH1 mouse mutants implicates fibrous links of the hair bundle in its cohesion, orientation and differential growth. Development 2008; 135:1427-37. [PMID: 18339676 DOI: 10.1242/dev.012922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The planar polarity and staircase-like pattern of the hair bundle are essential to the mechanoelectrical transduction function of inner ear sensory cells. Mutations in genes encoding myosin VIIa, harmonin, cadherin 23, protocadherin 15 or sans cause Usher syndrome type I (USH1, characterized by congenital deafness, vestibular dysfunction and retinitis pigmentosa leading to blindness) in humans and hair bundle disorganization in mice. Whether the USH1 proteins are involved in common hair bundle morphogenetic processes is unknown. Here, we show that mouse models for the five USH1 genetic forms share hair bundle morphological defects. Hair bundle fragmentation and misorientation (25-52 degrees mean kinociliary deviation, depending on the mutant) were detected as early as embryonic day 17. Abnormal differential elongation of stereocilia rows occurred in the first postnatal days. In the emerging hair bundles, myosin VIIa, the actin-binding submembrane protein harmonin-b, and the interstereocilia-kinocilium lateral link components cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15, all concentrated at stereocilia tips, in accordance with their known in vitro interactions. Soon after birth, harmonin-b switched from the tip of the stereocilia to the upper end of the tip link, which also comprises cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15. This positional change did not occur in mice deficient for cadherin 23 or protocadherin 15. We suggest that tension forces applied to the early lateral links and to the tip link, both of which can be anchored to actin filaments via harmonin-b, play a key role in hair bundle cohesion and proper orientation for the former, and in stereociliary elongation for the latter.
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- Gaelle Lefèvre
- Unité de Génétique des Déficits Sensoriels, UMRS587 INSERM-Université Paris VI, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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Quiet as a mouse: dissecting the molecular and genetic basis of hearing. Nat Rev Genet 2008; 9:277-90. [PMID: 18283275 DOI: 10.1038/nrg2309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Mouse genetics has made crucial contributions to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of hearing. With the help of a plethora of mouse mutants, many of the key genes that are involved in the development and functioning of the auditory system have been elucidated. Mouse mutants continue to shed light on the genetic and physiological bases of human hearing impairment, including both early- and late-onset deafness. A combination of genetic and physiological studies of mouse mutant lines, allied to investigations into the protein networks of the stereocilia bundle in the inner ear, are identifying key complexes that are crucial for auditory function and for providing profound insights into the underlying causes of hearing loss.
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Yonezawa S, Hanai A, Mutoh N, Moriyama A, Kageyama T. Redox-dependent structural ambivalence of the cytoplasmic domain in the inner ear-specific cadherin 23 isoform. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 366:92-7. [PMID: 18053802 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2007] [Accepted: 11/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cadherin 23 (Cdh23), an essential factor in inner ear mechano-electric transduction, exists in two alternatively spliced forms, Cdh23(+68) and Cdh23(-68), depending on the presence and absence of exon 68. Cdh23(+68) is inner ear-specific. The exon 68-corresponding region confers an alpha-helical configuration upon the cytoplasmic domain (Cy) and includes a cysteine residue, Cys(3240). We demonstrate here that Cy(+68) as well as the transmembrane (TM) plus Cy(+68) region is present in two different forms in transfected cells, reduced and non-reduced, the latter existing in more compact configuration than the former. The observed characteristic of Cy(+68) was completely abolished by Cys(3240)Ala substitution. Treatment of TMCy(+68)-transfected cells with diethyl maleate, a glutathione depleting reagent, resulted in conversion of the non-reduced to the reduced form of TMCy(+68), suggesting glutathione to be a Cys(3240)-binding partner. Multiple alignment of mammalian Cdh23Cy sequences indicated the occurrence of conformation-inducible Cys in Cdh23Cy of mammals, but not lower vertebrates. The implications of Cys-dependent structural ambivalence of Cdh23 in inner ear mechanosensation are discussed.
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- Satoshi Yonezawa
- Department of Developmental Biology, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai 480-0392, Japan
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Wagatsuma M, Kitoh R, Suzuki H, Fukuoka H, Takumi Y, Usami S. Distribution and frequencies of CDH23 mutations in Japanese patients with non-syndromic hearing loss. Clin Genet 2007; 72:339-44. [PMID: 17850630 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00833.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mutations in the CDH23 gene are known to be responsible for both Usher syndrome type ID (USH1D) and non-syndromic hearing loss (DFNB12), and the molecular confirmation of the CDH23 gene has become important in the diagnosis of these conditions. The present study was performed to find whether the CDH23 mutations are also responsible for non-syndromic hearing loss in patients in the Japanese population. A total of 51 sequence variants were found in 64 Japanese probands with non-syndromic sensorineural hearing impairment from autosomal recessive families. Among them, at least four missense mutations in six patients from five families were confirmed to be responsible for deafness by segregation study. All mutations detected were missense mutations, corroborating the previous reports regarding DFNB12. The present data confirmed that CDH23 mutations are frequently found and significantly responsible in Japanese. Interestingly, the CDH23 mutation spectrum in Japanese is very different from that found in Caucasians. This Japanese spectrum may be representative of those in Eastern Asian populations and its elucidation is expected to facilitate the molecular diagnosis of DFNB12 and USH1D.
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- M Wagatsuma
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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Kazmierczak P, Sakaguchi H, Tokita J, Wilson-Kubalek EM, Milligan RA, Müller U, Kachar B. Cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15 interact to form tip-link filaments in sensory hair cells. Nature 2007; 449:87-91. [PMID: 17805295 DOI: 10.1038/nature06091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 511] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2007] [Accepted: 07/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hair cells of the inner ear are mechanosensors that transduce mechanical forces arising from sound waves and head movement into electrochemical signals to provide our sense of hearing and balance. Each hair cell contains at the apical surface a bundle of stereocilia. Mechanoelectrical transduction takes place close to the tips of stereocilia in proximity to extracellular tip-link filaments that connect the stereocilia and are thought to gate the mechanoelectrical transduction channel. Recent reports on the composition, properties and function of tip links are conflicting. Here we demonstrate that two cadherins that are linked to inherited forms of deafness in humans interact to form tip links. Immunohistochemical studies using rodent hair cells show that cadherin 23 (CDH23) and protocadherin 15 (PCDH15) localize to the upper and lower part of tip links, respectively. The amino termini of the two cadherins co-localize on tip-link filaments. Biochemical experiments show that CDH23 homodimers interact in trans with PCDH15 homodimers to form a filament with structural similarity to tip links. Ions that affect tip-link integrity and a mutation in PCDH15 that causes a recessive form of deafness disrupt interactions between CDH23 and PCDH15. Our studies define the molecular composition of tip links and provide a conceptual base for exploring the mechanisms of sensory impairment associated with mutations in CDH23 and PCDH15.
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- Piotr Kazmierczak
- The Scripps Research, Institute Department of Cell Biology, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Mechanical stimuli generated by head movements and changes in sound pressure are detected by hair cells with amazing speed and sensitivity. The mechanosensitive organelle, the hair bundle, is a highly elaborated structure of actin-based stereocilia arranged in precise rows of increasing height. Extracellular linkages contribute to its cohesion and convey forces to mechanically gated channels. Channel opening is nearly instantaneous and is followed by a process of sensory adaptation that keeps the channels poised in their most sensitive range. This process is served by motors, scaffolds, and homeostatic mechanisms. The molecular constituents of this process are rapidly being elucidated, especially by the discovery of deafness genes and antibody targets.
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- Melissa A Vollrath
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Longo-Guess CM, Gagnon LH, Fritzsch B, Johnson KR. Targeted knockout and lacZ reporter expression of the mouse Tmhs deafness gene and characterization of the hscy-2J mutation. Mamm Genome 2007; 18:646-56. [PMID: 17876667 PMCID: PMC2613174 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-007-9049-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2007] [Accepted: 06/14/2007] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The Tmhs gene codes for a tetraspan transmembrane protein that is expressed in hair cell stereocilia. We previously showed that a spontaneous missense mutation of Tmhs underlies deafness and vestibular dysfunction in the hurry-scurry (hscy) mouse. Subsequently, mutations in the human TMHS gene were shown to be responsible for DFNB67, an autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness locus. Here we describe a genetically engineered null mutation of the mouse Tmhs gene (Tmhs ( tm1Kjn )) and show that its phenotype is identical to that of the hscy missense mutation, confirming the deleterious nature of the hscy cysteine-to-phenylalanine substitution. In the targeted null allele, the Tmhs promoter drives expression of a lacZ reporter gene. Visualization of beta-galactosidase activity in Tmhs ( tm1Kjn ) heterozygous mice indicates that Tmhs is highly expressed in the cochlear and vestibular hair cells of the inner ear. Expression is first detectable at E15.5, peaks around P0, decreases slightly at P6, and is absent by P15, a duration that supports the involvement of Tmhs in stereocilia development. Tmhs reporter gene expression also was detected in several cranial and cervical sensory ganglia, but not in the vestibular or spiral ganglia. We also describe a new nontargeted mutation of the Tmhs gene, hscy-2J, that causes abnormal splicing from a cryptic splice site within exon 2 and is predicted to produce a functionally null protein lacking 51 amino acids of the wild-type sequence.
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Nag K, Watson GM. Repair of hair cells following mild trauma may involve extracellular chaperones. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2007; 193:1045-53. [PMID: 17668221 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0255-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2007] [Revised: 07/10/2007] [Accepted: 07/15/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Sea anemones were subjected to mild trauma consisting of a 2 min immersion in calcium-depleted seawater. The trauma caused a loss of vibration sensitivity that spontaneously recovered within 50 min of returning the anemones to calcium containing seawater. Apparently, recovery is conferred by proteins contained in fraction gamma, a chromatographic fraction of homogenized mucus collected at the base of anemones allowed to recover from similar trauma. On silver stained SDS-PAGE gels, fraction gamma consists of a single band having an estimated mass of 55 kDa. Fraction gamma is alone sufficient to repair hair bundle mechanoreceptors in anemones. Its biological activity is enhanced in the presence of exogenously supplied ATP, but not GTP nor ADP-ribose. Biotinylated fraction gamma binds to hair bundles. The hypothesis that fraction gamma consists of Hsp60 proteins was tested. Commercial antibodies to Hsp60 label a band at 55 kDa in western blots. Hsp60 antibodies label hair bundles in traumatized anemones but not in untreated controls. Dilute Hsp60 antiserum (but not nonimmune serum) delays the spontaneous recovery of vibration sensitivity in anemones subjected to mild trauma. Thus, fraction gamma likely consists of Hsp60, or a Hsp60-like protein, that functions on the extracellular face of the plasma membrane to restore function to traumatized hair bundles.
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- Kamalika Nag
- Department of Biology, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504-2451, USA
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Michalski N, Michel V, Bahloul A, Lefèvre G, Barral J, Yagi H, Chardenoux S, Weil D, Martin P, Hardelin JP, Sato M, Petit C. Molecular characterization of the ankle-link complex in cochlear hair cells and its role in the hair bundle functioning. J Neurosci 2007; 27:6478-88. [PMID: 17567809 PMCID: PMC6672440 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0342-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Several lines of evidence indicate that very large G-protein-coupled receptor 1 (Vlgr1) makes up the ankle links that connect the stereocilia of hair cells at their base. Here, we show that the transmembrane protein usherin, the putative transmembrane protein vezatin, and the PDZ (postsynaptic density-95/Discs large/zona occludens-1) domain-containing submembrane protein whirlin are colocalized with Vlgr1 at the stereocilia base in developing cochlear hair cells and are absent in Vlgr1-/- mice that lack the ankle links. Direct in vitro interactions between these four proteins further support their involvement in a molecular complex associated with the ankle links and scaffolded by whirlin. In addition, the delocalization of these proteins in myosin VIIa defective mutant mice as well as the myosin VIIa tail direct interactions with vezatin, whirlin, and, we show, Vlgr1 and usherin, suggest that myosin VIIa conveys proteins of the ankle-link complex to the stereocilia. Adenylyl cyclase 6, which was found at the base of stereocilia, was both overexpressed and mislocated in Vlgr1-/- mice. In postnatal day 7 Vlgr1-/- mice, mechanoelectrical transduction currents evoked by displacements of the hair bundle toward the tallest stereocilia (i.e., in the excitatory direction) were reduced in outer but not inner hair cells. In both cell types, stimulation of the hair bundle in the opposite direction paradoxically resulted in significant transduction currents. The absence of ankle-link-mediated cohesive forces within hair bundles lacking Vlgr1 may account for the electrophysiological results. However, because some long cadherin-23 isoforms could no longer be detected in Vlgr1-/- mice shortly after birth, the loss of some apical links could be involved too. The premature disappearance of these cadherin isoforms in the Vlgr1-/- mutant argues in favor of a signaling function of the ankle links in hair bundle differentiation.
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MESH Headings
- Adenylyl Cyclases/metabolism
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Chelating Agents/pharmacology
- Cilia/physiology
- Cochlea/cytology
- Egtazic Acid/analogs & derivatives
- Egtazic Acid/pharmacology
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/physiology
- Hair Cells, Auditory/metabolism
- Hair Cells, Auditory/ultrastructure
- Mechanotransduction, Cellular/genetics
- Mechanotransduction, Cellular/physiology
- Membrane Potentials/drug effects
- Membrane Potentials/physiology
- Membrane Potentials/radiation effects
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning/methods
- Organ Culture Techniques
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/deficiency
- Subtilisin/pharmacology
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- Nicolas Michalski
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé 587, Collège de France, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé 587, Collège de France, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé 587, Collège de France, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé 587, Collège de France, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 168, Institut Curie, 75248 Paris cedex 05, France
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- Division of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Department of Morphological and Physiological Sciences, Research and Education Program for Life Science, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193, Japan, and
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé 587, Collège de France, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé 587, Collège de France, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 168, Institut Curie, 75248 Paris cedex 05, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé 587, Collège de France, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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- Division of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Department of Morphological and Physiological Sciences, Research and Education Program for Life Science, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193, Japan, and
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé 587, Collège de France, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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Grant L, Fuchs PA. Auditory transduction in the mouse. Pflugers Arch 2007; 454:793-804. [PMID: 17534654 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0253-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2006] [Revised: 03/08/2007] [Accepted: 03/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The sensory hair cells of the mammalian cochlea transduce acoustic stimuli into auditory nerve activity. The biomechanical and molecular details of hair cell mechanotransduction are being acquired at an ever-finer level of resolution. In this review, we discuss how selected mouse mutants and transgenic models have contributed to, and will continue to shape, our understanding of the molecular basis of hair cell mechanotransduction. Functional and structural discoveries made originally in hair cells of nonmammalian vertebrates have been further pursued in the mouse inner ear, where transgenic manipulation can be applied to test molecular mechanisms. Additional insights have been obtained from mice bearing mutations in genes underlying deafness in humans. Taken together, these studies emphasize the elegance of mechanotransduction, enlarge the team of molecular players, and begin to reveal the remarkable adaptations that provide the sensitivity and temporal resolution required for mammalian hearing.
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- Lisa Grant
- Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Center for Sensory Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Ricci AJ, Kachar B. Hair cell mechanotransduction: the dynamic interplay between structure and function. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2007; 59:339-74. [PMID: 25168142 DOI: 10.1016/s1063-5823(06)59012-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Hair cells are capable of detecting mechanical vibrations of molecular dimensions at frequencies in the 10s to 100s of kHz. This remarkable feat is accomplished by the interplay of mechanically gated ion channels located near the top of a complex and dynamic sensory hair bundle. The hair bundle is composed of a series of actin-filled stereocilia that has both active and passive mechanical components as well as a highly active turnover process, whereby the components of the hair bundle are rapidly and continually recycled. Hair bundle mechanical properties have significant impact on the gating of the mechanically activated channels, and delineating between attributes intrinsic to the ion channel and those imposed by the channel's microenvironment is often difficult. This chapter describes what is known and accepted regarding hair-cell mechanotransduction and what remains to be explored, particularly, in relation to the interplay between hair bundle properties and mechanotransducer channel response. The interplay between hair bundle dynamics and mechanotransduction are discussed.
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- Anthony J Ricci
- Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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- Section of Structural Biology, National Institutes of Deafness and Communicative Disorders, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Bechstedt S, Howard J. Models of Hair Cell Mechanotransduction. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2007; 59:399-424. [DOI: 10.1016/s1063-5823(06)59015-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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