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Wu JS, Yi E, Manca M, Javaid H, Lauer AM, Glowatzki E. Sound exposure dynamically induces dopamine synthesis in cholinergic LOC efferents for feedback to auditory nerve fibers. eLife 2020; 9:52419. [PMID: 31975688 PMCID: PMC7043886 DOI: 10.7554/elife.52419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Lateral olivocochlear (LOC) efferent neurons modulate auditory nerve fiber (ANF) activity using a large repertoire of neurotransmitters, including dopamine (DA) and acetylcholine (ACh). Little is known about how individual neurotransmitter systems are differentially utilized in response to the ever-changing acoustic environment. Here we present quantitative evidence in rodents that the dopaminergic LOC input to ANFs is dynamically regulated according to the animal's recent acoustic experience. Sound exposure upregulates tyrosine hydroxylase, an enzyme responsible for dopamine synthesis, in cholinergic LOC intrinsic neurons, suggesting that individual LOC neurons might at times co-release ACh and DA. We further demonstrate that dopamine down-regulates ANF firing rates by reducing both the hair cell release rate and the size of synaptic events. Collectively, our results suggest that LOC intrinsic neurons can undergo on-demand neurotransmitter re-specification to re-calibrate ANF activity, adjust the gain at hair cell/ANF synapses, and possibly to protect these synapses from noise damage.
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- Jingjing Sherry Wu
- Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.,The Center for Sensory Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.,The Center for Hearing and Balance, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
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- College of Pharmacy and Natural Medicine Research Institute, Mokpo National University, Muan-gun, Republic of Korea
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- The Center for Sensory Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.,The Center for Hearing and Balance, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
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- The Center for Sensory Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.,The Center for Hearing and Balance, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
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- The Center for Sensory Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.,The Center for Hearing and Balance, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.,The Center for Sensory Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.,The Center for Hearing and Balance, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
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Carricondo F, Romero-Gómez B. The Cochlear Spiral Ganglion Neurons: The Auditory Portion of the VIII Nerve. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2018; 302:463-471. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.23815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Francisco Carricondo
- Laboratory of Neurobiology of Hearing, Dept. of Immunology, Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine; Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos" (IdISSC); Madrid Spain
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology of Hearing, Dept. of Immunology, Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine; Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos" (IdISSC); Madrid Spain
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San Román J, Carricondo F, Iglesias-Moreno MC, Martín-Villares C, Poch-Broto J, Gil-Loyzaga P. Electrophysiological monitoring of hearing function during cochlear perilymphatic perfusions. Acta Otolaryngol 2012; 132:916-22. [PMID: 22667457 DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2012.678945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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CONCLUSION The cochlear perilymphatic perfusion produces, by itself, significant effects in the cochlear physiology that could be associated with the surgical procedure. These effects need to be well characterized to allow a reliable quantification of the effects of the experimental agent being tested. OBJECTIVES The study focused on the accurate description of the electrophysiological effects on the cochlear potential recordings of perilymphatic perfusions. METHODS Two successive cochlear perilymphatic perfusions were carried out. The first used artificial perilymph. The second used artificial perilymph alone or a kainic acid (KA) solution in artificial perilymph. The compound action potential of the auditory nerve (CAP-AN) was recorded: (1) before the first perfusion, (2) after the first perfusion and (3) after the second perfusion, and compared between groups. RESULTS The first intracochlear perfusion with artificial perilymph produced significant effects in the CAP-AN that could be related to the surgical procedure. These effects were analysed separately from the effects produced by the KA. In particular, the KA administered intracochlearly produced a significant increase in the latency and a decrease in the amplitude of the CAP-AN N1 wave compared with the controls that were perfused twice with artificial perilymph.
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- Jesús San Román
- Otorhinolaryngology Service, Hospital Comarcal de El Bierzo Ponferrada, Spain
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Niu X, Canlon B. The signal transduction pathway for the dopamine D1 receptor in the guinea-pig cochlea. Neuroscience 2006; 137:981-90. [PMID: 16330149 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2005] [Revised: 09/28/2005] [Accepted: 10/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Dopamine released from lateral efferent fibers modulates the activity of the auditory nerve, but the signaling mechanism by which this is mediated is not known. The present study investigated the signal transduction pathway for the dopamine D1 receptor in the guinea-pig cochlea. D1 receptor immunolabeling was localized to the spiral ganglia neurons and at the base of the inner hair cells. Western immunoblotting on whole cochlear preparations revealed positive bands for the D1 receptor and for dopamine and the cyclic AMP-regulated phosphoprotein. The amplitude of the compound action potential was enhanced in the presence of the D1 receptor agonist, SKF 38393, an effect that was abolished by H89, a protein kinase A inhibitor. Conversely, SKF 83566, a D1 receptor antagonist decreased the amplitude of compound action potential, while forskolin, a protein kinase A activator prevented this effect. Furthermore, it was found that the level of glutamate receptor 1 phosphorylation at the protein kinase A site (Ser845) was increased by the D1 agonist, but decreased by D1 antagonist. Our results provide evidence that the D1 receptor is localized in the spiral ganglion neurons as well as the nerve endings under the inner hair cells and they can modulate auditory nerve function. One signal transduction pathway of D1 receptor in the auditory nerve is via protein kinase A-mediated glutamate receptor 1 phosphorylation.
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MESH Headings
- 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine/analogs & derivatives
- 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine/pharmacology
- Action Potentials/drug effects
- Action Potentials/physiology
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Cochlea/physiology
- Cochlear Nerve/physiology
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Dopamine Agonists/pharmacology
- Dopamine and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein 32/metabolism
- Female
- Guinea Pigs
- Immunohistochemistry
- Isoquinolines/pharmacology
- Male
- Oxidopamine
- Perfusion
- Receptors, AMPA/metabolism
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/agonists
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/physiology
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Sulfonamides/pharmacology
- Sympathectomy, Chemical
- Sympatholytics
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- X Niu
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Halmos G, Doleviczényi Z, Répássy G, Kittel A, Vizi ES, Lendvai B, Zelles T. D2 autoreceptor inhibition reveals oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced release of dopamine in guinea-pig cochlea. Neuroscience 2005; 132:801-9. [PMID: 15837140 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dopamine (DA), released from the lateral olivocochlear (LOC) efferent terminals, the efferent arm of the short-loop feedback in the cochlea, is considered as a protective factor in the inner ear since it inhibits auditory nerve dendrite firing in ischemia- or noise-induced excitotoxicity leading to sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). In the present study we investigated the effect of oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD), an in vitro ischemia model, on guinea-pig cochlear [(3)H]DA release in a microvolume superfusion system. We found that OGD alone failed to induce a detectable elevation of [(3)H]DA level, but in the presence of specific D(2) receptor antagonists, sulpiride and L-741,626, it evoked a significant increase in the extracellular concentration of [(3)H]DA. D(2) negative feedback receptors are involved not exclusively in the regulation of synthesis and vesicular release of DA, but also in the activation of its reuptake. Thus, D(2) receptor antagonism interferes with the powerful reuptake of DA from the extracellular space. To explore the underlying mechanism of this DA-releasing effect we applied nomifensine and found that the effect of OGD on cochlear DA release in the presence of D(2) antagonists could be inhibited by this selective DA uptake inhibitor. This finding indicates that the OGD-evoked DA release was mainly mediated through the reverse operation of the DA transporter. The two structurally different D(2) antagonists also augmented the electrical field stimulation-evoked release of DA proving the presence of D(2) autoreceptors on dopaminergic LOC terminals. Our results confirm the presence and role of D(2) DA autoreceptors in the regulation of DA release from LOC efferents, and suggest a protective local mechanism during ischemia which involves the direct transporter-mediated release of DA. Increasing the release of the protective transmitter DA locally in the inner ear may form the basis of future new therapeutic strategies in patients suffering from SNHL.
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- G Halmos
- Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szigony u. 43, H-1083 Budapest, Hungary
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Vicente-Torres MA, Dávila D, Bartolomé MV, Carricondo F, Gil-Loyzaga P. Biochemical evidence for the presence of serotonin transporters in the rat cochlea. Hear Res 2003; 182:43-7. [PMID: 12948600 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(03)00140-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Cochlear serotonergic innervation is constituted by efferent fibers projecting both to the area below the inner and the outer hair cells. Previous detection of serotonin (5-HT) metabolites and 5-HT receptor mRNAs suggests the existence of serotonergic synaptic activity in the cochlea. The present study explores this possibility through the effect of 6-nitroquipazine (6-NQ), a 5-HT selective reuptake inhibitor, on the basal turnover of 5-HT. The concentrations of 5-HT and its metabolite 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid (5-HIAA) were quantified by high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection in blood-free cochleae of rats treated with 6-NQ or saline and kept under silent conditions. Treatment with 6-NQ induced a significant increase of the cochlear concentration of 5-HT and a significant reduction of 5-HIAA concentration with respect to saline treatment. These findings could indicate that 6-NQ induced the blockade of the 5-HT selective reuptake to the cochlear serotonergic fibers. This suggests that plasma membrane 5-HT transporters are present in cochlear serotonergic fibers. Even though the role of serotonergic innervation on cochlear physiology remains unknown, the existence of cochlear serotonergic synaptic activity is strongly supported by present contributions.
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- M Angeles Vicente-Torres
- Department of Surgery II (ORL), Faculty of Medicine, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Vicente-Torres MA, Gil-Loyzaga P, Carricondo F, Bartolomé MV. Simultaneous HPLC quantification of monoamines and metabolites in the blood-free rat cochlea. J Neurosci Methods 2002; 119:31-6. [PMID: 12234632 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0270(02)00151-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Monoamine quantification in peripheral sensory receptors, such as the cochlea, is of major interest since monoamines could play a role in neurotransmission. A three-step biochemical protocol was developed to analyze monoamine content within the cochlea. Removal of the blood by aortic perfusion was carried out with an anticoagulant solution prior to the dissection of the cochlea from the temporal bone. The cochlear monoamines and some of their metabolites were then quantified, from homogenated cochlear tissue, by a new application of high performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrochemical detection. This method demonstrated enough sensitivity to detect norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT) and some of their metabolites (3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, DOPAC; homovanillic acid, HVA; and 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid, 5-HIAA). Furthermore, it enabled the demonstration of noise-induced changes in the cochlear concentrations of NE, DA, DOPAC and HVA. In addition, the aortic perfusion allowed removal of the blood-borne 5-HT from the cochlea without inducing systemic alterations or monoamine degradation, as shown by the absence of effects on NE, DA, DOPAC, HVA or 5-HIAA concentrations. The present methodology may constitute a useful strategy to analyze monoamine turnover in the cochlea and other peripheral sensory receptors.
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- Maria Angeles Vicente-Torres
- Center for Cell Culture (CAI) and Department of Surgery II (ORL), Medicine Faculty, University Complutense of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Vicente-Torres MA, Muñoz E, Dávila D, Gil-Loyzaga P. Changes in the cochlear dopaminergic system of the aged rat. Brain Res 2001; 917:112-7. [PMID: 11602235 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02931-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The levels of dopamine (DA) and its metabolites 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA) have been quantified in cochleae of male and female rats aged 3, 6, 9, 12, 19 and 24 months. Animals were exposed for 1 h, under general anesthesia, to: (1) silence (basal conditions) or (2) white noise at 90 dB SPL. Afterwards, the concentrations of DA, DOPAC and HVA were determined by HPLC with electrochemical detection in homogenates of individual cochleae. In basal conditions, the cochlear concentrations of DA, DOPAC and HVA in aged females were higher than in adult ones. The concentrations of DA and DOPAC were also higher in aged males with respect to adult ones. A decrease in DA and an increase in DOPAC and HVA concentrations, with respect to silence, were detected when adult animals were exposed to noise. Meanwhile, aged animals showed either a noise-induced increase or no modification of DA and DOPAC with respect to basal levels. Present results suggest age-related failures in DA release and metabolizing mechanisms within the cochlea, together with a compensatory DA synthesis increase. However, the possibility of an initial damage in the primary auditory neurons which could also stimulate the synthesis of DA must not be excluded. Present age-related changes could indicate that the cochlear dopaminergic innervation is affected during the aging process. Since this innervation plays an important role in both the modulation and the protection of the primary auditory neurons, its metabolic alteration could profoundly modify the auditory process.
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- M A Vicente-Torres
- Center of Cell Culture (CAI-UCM) Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, 28080 Madrid, Spain
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Halmos G, Gáborján A, Lendvai B, Répássy G, Szabó LZ, Vizi ES. Veratridine-evoked release of dopamine from guinea pig isolated cochlea. Hear Res 2000; 144:89-96. [PMID: 10831868 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(00)00053-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Dopamine released from the lateral olivocochlear efferent system is thought to inhibit the toxic effect of the extreme glutamate outflow from the inner hair cells during ischemia or acoustic trauma. Using in vitro microvolume superfusion, we have studied the release of [(3)H]dopamine from the lateral olivocochlear efferent bundle of guinea pig in response to accumulation of [Na(+)](i), under condition characteristics of ischemia. Veratridine, that acts only on excitable membranes as a specific activator of voltage-sensitive sodium channels, significantly increased the electrically evoked release of [(3)H]dopamine, which was completely inhibited by tetrodotoxin. Dizocilpine (MK-801), a non-competitive NMDA-receptor antagonist, and GYKI-52466, a selective non-NMDA-receptor antagonist, had no effect on veratridine-induced [(3)H]dopamine release. Our data provide further evidence that the cochlear release of dopamine is of neural origin and possibly independent on a local effect of glutamate. The veratridine-induced transmitter release in the cochlea will be a very useful method in studying the effect of drugs on ischemic injury.
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- G Halmos
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
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Gil-Loyzaga P, Bartolomé V, Vicente-Torres A, Carricondo F. Serotonergic innervation of the organ of Corti. Acta Otolaryngol 2000; 120:128-32. [PMID: 11603756 DOI: 10.1080/000164800750000757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The olivocochlear efferent system of the mammalian cochlea, which is divided into two lateral and medial bundles, contains numerous neuroactive substances (acetylcholine, GABA, dopamine, enkephalins, dynorphins and CGRP). These have been located at the brainstem in neurons belonging to the lateral superior olive (lateral efferent system) or in neurons of the periolivary region around the medial superior olive and the trapezoid body (medial efferent system). All of these substances were found in well-characterized projections corresponding to lateral and medial nerve fibres and terminals which connect to the type I afferent dendrites and the outer hair cells, respectively. All could be involved in the modulation of the auditory process, as is suggested by the cochlear turnover increases observed in some of them (i.e. enkephalins or dopamine) induced by sound stimulation. Recently, the presence and distribution of serotonin-containing fibres has been included in the long list of cochlear neuroactive substances. However, its highly particular peripheral pattern of distribution together with the lack of response to sound stimulation could suggest that serotonergic fibres constitute a previously unknown cochlear innervation.
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- P Gil-Loyzaga
- Center for Cell Culture (CAI-UCM), University Complutense of Madrid, Spain. loyzaga:eucmax.sim.ucm.es
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Pujol R, Puel JL. Excitotoxicity, synaptic repair, and functional recovery in the mammalian cochlea: a review of recent findings. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1999; 884:249-54. [PMID: 10842598 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08646.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Besides its fast excitatory properties, glutamate is known to have neurotoxic properties when released in large amounts or when incompletely recycled. This so-called excitotoxicity is involved in a number of acute and/or degenerative forms of neuropathology such as epilepsy, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, stroke, and retinal ischemia. In the cochlea, excitotoxicity may occur in two pathological conditions: anoxia and noise trauma. It is characterized by a two-step mechanism: (1) An acute swelling, which primarily depends on the AMPA/kainate type of receptors, together with a disruption of the postsynaptic structures (type I afferent dendrites) resulting in a loss of function. Within the next 5 days, synaptic repair may be observed with a full or a partial (acoustic trauma) recovery of cochlear potentials. (2) The second phase of excitotoxicity, which may develop after strong and/or repetitive injury, consists of a cascade of metabolic events triggered by the entry of Ca2+, which leads to neuronal death in the spiral ganglion. Ongoing experiments in animals, tracking the molecular basis of both these processes, presages the development of new pharmacological strategies to help neurites to regrow and reconnect properly to the IHCs, and to prevent or delay neuronal death in the spiral ganglion. Human applications should follow, and a local (transtympanic) strategy against cochlear excitotoxicity may, in the near future, prove to be helpful in ischemic- or noise-induced sudden deafness, as well as in the related tinnitus.
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- R Pujol
- INSERM, Montpellier, France.
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Parrot J, Petiot JC, Morizot S, Petiot MT, Smolik HJ. Separate and combined effects of a benzodiazepine (alprazolam) and noise on auditory brainstem responses in man. AUDIOLOGY : OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AUDIOLOGY 1999; 38:312-20. [PMID: 10582532 DOI: 10.3109/00206099909073042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) were recorded in 60 male or female, anxious or anxiety-free university students, before and after separated or simultaneous intake of alprazolam and exposure to noise. A significant increase of the latencies of the ABRs was found when subjects took alprazolam. This effect is consistent with the presence of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), one of the neurotransmitters at terminals of cochlear efferent fibres A significant increase of the latencies was observed after noise alone. In subjects taking alprazolam when they are exposed to noise, the effect of noise on the ABR latencies is reduced, but not abolished. The effects of alprazolam on the ABR are consistent with the presence of GABA in the medulla and pons. Significant effects of noise upon III-V and I-V intervals suggest that auditory 'fatigue' may involve a retrocochlear component. Differences due to sex appear to be abolished by anxiety.
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- J Parrot
- Department of Psychophysiology, University of Burgundy, France
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Vicente-Torres MA, Gil-Loyzaga P. Noise stimulation decreases the concentration of norepinephrine in the rat cochlea. Neurosci Lett 1999; 266:217-9. [PMID: 10465712 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00305-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The present study was designed to analyze, by using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), the effect of acoustic stimulation on the cochlear concentration of norepinephrine (NE). Independently of the rat strain (Long-Evans or Wistar strains), NE concentration decreased about 18% when animals were exposed to white noise (90 dB SPL for 1 h). The same decrease was observed in animals perfused by aortic pathway to remove the blood, indicating that this decrease corresponds exclusively to a neurophysiological process. In fact, these findings could indicate that noise stimulation is involved in the NE release from sympathetic fibers innervating the cochlea. This likely release of NE supports that sympathetic fibers play a functional role in cochleae exposed to noisy situations.
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- M A Vicente-Torres
- Centro de Cultivos Celulares (CAI) and Departamento de Cirugia II (ORL), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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Gáborján A, Lendvai B, Vizi ES. Neurochemical evidence of dopamine release by lateral olivocochlear efferents and its presynaptic modulation in guinea-pig cochlea. Neuroscience 1999; 90:131-8. [PMID: 10188940 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00461-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In this study, using an in vitro superfusion technique for the first time, we provide direct neurochemical evidence of the transmitter role of dopamine at the level of lateral olivocochlear efferent fibres of the guinea-pig cochlea. Our results revealed that nerve terminals are able to take up and release dopamine upon axonal stimulation. Since dopamine is thought to protect the afferent nerve fibres from damage due to acoustic trauma or ischaemia, enhancement of the release of dopamine, a potential therapeutic site of these injuries, was investigated. Positive modulation of dopamine release has been shown by a D1 dopamine receptor agonist, an antagonist and piribedil. Furthermore, negative feedback on the stimulation-evoked release of dopamine via D2 dopamine receptors has been excluded. Electrical stimulation of the cochlear tissue produced a significant and reproducible release of [3H]dopamine, which could be blocked by tetrodotoxin (1 microM) and cadmium (100 microM), proving that axonal activity releases dopamine and its dependence on Ca2+ influx verifies its neuronal origin. Nomifensine, a high-affinity dopamine uptake blocker, prevented the tissue from taking up [3H]dopamine from the bathing solution, also indicating the neural origin of dopamine released in response to stimulation. SKF-38393 (a selective D1 agonist) increased both the resting and electrically evoked release of dopamine. Piribedil (a D3/D2/D1 agonist), a drug under investigation, known to prevent acoustic trauma or ischaemia-induced hearing loss, had a similar and concentration-dependent increasing effect on both resting and evoked release of dopamine. The effect of both drugs on stimulation-evoked release could be prevented by SKF-83566 (a selective D1 antagonist). However, SKF-83566 alone enhanced the resting and axonal conduction-associated release of dopamine. D2 agonists and antagonists failed to modulate the release of dopamine, indicating the lack of negative feedback modulation of dopamine release. Our results suggest that the release of dopamine was subjected to modulation by a D1 receptor agonist and an antagonist. In addition, it is concluded that D2 receptors are not involved in the modulation of dopamine release. This observation may have clinical relevance in the prevention or therapy of particular types of hearing loss, because enhanced dopaminergic input into the primary auditory neuron may inhibit the (over)excitation of this neuron by glutamatergic input from inner hair cells.
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MESH Headings
- 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine/analogs & derivatives
- 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine/pharmacology
- Animals
- Axons/physiology
- Bromocriptine/pharmacology
- Cadmium Chloride/pharmacology
- Calcium Signaling
- Cochlea/drug effects
- Cochlea/innervation
- Cochlea/metabolism
- Cochlear Nucleus/drug effects
- Cochlear Nucleus/metabolism
- Dopamine/metabolism
- Dopamine Agonists/pharmacology
- Dopamine Antagonists/pharmacology
- Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists
- Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Drug Interactions
- Efferent Pathways/drug effects
- Efferent Pathways/metabolism
- Feedback
- Guinea Pigs
- Male
- Models, Neurological
- Neuroprotective Agents/pharmacology
- Nomifensine/pharmacology
- Olivary Nucleus/drug effects
- Olivary Nucleus/metabolism
- Piribedil/pharmacology
- Quinpirole/pharmacology
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/agonists
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/physiology
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/agonists
- Receptors, Dopamine D3
- Receptors, Presynaptic/drug effects
- Sulpiride/pharmacology
- Tetrodotoxin/pharmacology
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Affiliation(s)
- A Gáborján
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Haynal Imre University of Health Sciences, Budapest
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Gil-Loyzaga P, Vicente-Torres MA, Arce A, Cardinali DP, Esquifino A. Effect of superior cervical ganglionectomy on catecholamine concentration in rat cochlea. Brain Res 1998; 779:53-7. [PMID: 9473584 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)01077-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Both noradrenergic and dopaminergic nerve terminals have been described in the cochlea. The present report focused on the effect of superior cervical ganglionectomy (SCGx) on monoamine concentration in adult rat cochlea. In homogenates of whole cochleas, we measured the concentrations of norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA) and its main metabolites, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA), by HPLC coupled to electrochemical detection. Measurements were carried out 4 h, 24 h or 6 days after unilateral SCGx. Most of the NE (approximately 82%) was lost after sympathectomy on the ipsilateral side, indicating that the principal localization of cochlear NE is in peripheral sympathetic fibers. Since about 18% of NE remained detectable 6 days after SCGx, a second origin of cochlear noradrenergic fibers may exist. Cochlear concentrations of DA or its metabolites did not change after SCGx. Therefore, DA and NE are located in two different populations of fibers within the cochlea, and are presumably related to distinct functional roles.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Gil-Loyzaga
- Centro de Cultivos Celulares (CAI), Departamento de Cirugía II (ORL), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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Oestreicher E, Arnold W, Ehrenberger K, Felix D. Dopamine regulates the glutamatergic inner hair cell activity in guinea pigs. Hear Res 1997; 107:46-52. [PMID: 9165346 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(97)00023-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Recent immunocytochemical and biochemical studies support a possible neurotransmitter function of dopamine (DA) in the efferent olivocochlear innervation of the guinea pig cochlea. However, the physiological role of DA in cochlear neurotransmission remains unknown. In the present study microiontophoretic techniques were used for testing the action of DA as well as D1- and D2-agonists and -antagonists on spontaneous and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA)-, alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA)-, kainic acid- or glutamate-induced firing of afferent fibres in the dendritic region of inner hair cells. Subsynaptic spike activities of anaesthetised guinea pigs were recorded after exposing the third or fourth turn of the cochlea for electrode penetration. Application of DA alone had very little effect on the spontaneous afferent firing rate. In contrast, firing induced by NMDA or AMPA could be depressed by additional administration of DA in a dose-dependent manner. A similar reduction of the induced spike activity was seen after co-administration of D1- or D2-agonists. The action of DA on glutamate agonist-induced firing could be blocked by D1- as well as D2-antagonists. These results show that DA can depress the activated firing rate of the afferent fibres and that this action is mediated by both D1- and D2-receptor subtypes.
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Affiliation(s)
- E Oestreicher
- Division of Neurobiology, University of Berne, Switzerland
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Karadaghy AA, Lasak JM, Chomchai JS, Khan KM, Drescher MJ, Drescher DG. Quantitative analysis of dopamine receptor messages in the mouse cochlea. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1997; 44:151-6. [PMID: 9030711 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(96)00261-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Dopamine receptor isoforms were examined in the cochlea of the CBA(J) mouse by RT-PCR analysis and nucleotide sequencing, utilizing primers specific for known dopamine receptor isoforms. Cochlear cDNA sequences corresponding to dopamine D2(long) and D3 receptors were amplified, whereas those representing D1A, D1B, D2(short), and D4 were not detected. Utilizing quantitative competitive PCR analysis, relative levels of dopamine receptor transcripts were found to be 0.002, 0.014, 0.016, and 1.000 for D2(long) cochlea, D3 cochlea, D3 brain, and D2(long) brain, respectively. In the context of previously published findings, the current work provides key quantitative evidence necessary to establish that dopamine is a neurotransmitter in the auditory inner ear.
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Affiliation(s)
- A A Karadaghy
- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Gil-Loyzaga P, Vicente-Torres MA, García-Bonacho M, Esquifino A. Presence of catecholamines and serotonin in the rat vestibule. Brain Res 1997; 746:265-8. [PMID: 9037505 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(96)01258-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The concentrations of norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA) and its metabolites DOPAC and HVA, and serotonin (5-HT) and its metabolite 5-HIAA, were quantified in the rat vestibule. For this purpose, homogenates of vestibules, of albino and pigmented rats, were analyzed using HPLC with electrochemical detection. Vestibules of pigmented rats showed higher DOPAC and HVA concentrations than those of albino rats, and male pigmented rats also showed significantly more DA than male albino rats. These results could indicate that the rate of DA metabolism in vestibules was higher in pigmented than in albino rats. The vestibular concentrations of NE and 5-HT did not differ significantly between the two strains. In contrast, 5-HIAA concentration was higher in vestibules of pigmented rats than in those of albino rats, suggesting an increased 5-HT metabolism for the former strain. Differences in monoamine concentrations between the two sexes o the same strain were scarce. Only, a higher HVA concentration in vestibules of females could indicate a higher DA metabolism.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Gil-Loyzaga
- Centro de Cultivos Celulares (CA1), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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The last two decades have witnessed major progress in the understanding of cochlear mechanical functioning, and in the emergence of cochlear neurochemistry and neuropharmacology. Recent models describe active processes within the cochlea that amplify and sharpen the mechanical response to sound. Although it is widely accepted that outer hair cells (OHCs) contribute to these processes, the nature of the medial efferent influence on cochlear mechanics needs further clarification. Acetylcholine (ACh) is the major transmitter released onto OHCs during the stimulation of these efferents. The inhibitory influence of this system is mediated by post- and presynaptic nicontinic and muscarinic receptors and the role of other neuroactive substances [gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) or nitric oxide (NO)] remains to be determined. The inner hair cells (IHCs) that transduce the mechanical displacements into neural activity, release glutamate on receptor-activated channels of AMPA, kainate, and NMDA types. This synapse is in turn controlled and/or regulated by the lateral efferents containing a cocktail of neuroactive substances (ACh, GABA, dopamine, enkephalins, dynorphin, CGRP). This glutamatergic nature of the IHCs is responsible for the acute destruction of the nerve endings and subsequently for neuronal death, damage usually described in various cochlear diseases (noise-induced hearing losses, neural presbycusis and certain forms of sudden deafness or peripheral tinnitus). These pathologies also include a regrowth of new dendritic processes by surviving neurons up to IHCs. Understanding the subtle molecular mechanisms which underly the control of neuronal excitability, synaptic plasticity and neuronal death in cochlear function and disease is a very important issue for the development of future therapies.
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- J L Puel
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de l'Audition-Plasticité synaptique, INSERM U, France
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d'Aldin C, Puel JL, Leducq R, Crambes O, Eybalin M, Pujol R. Effects of a dopaminergic agonist in the guinea pig cochlea. Hear Res 1995; 90:202-11. [PMID: 8974998 DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(95)00167-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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This study investigates the role of dopamine, a putative lateral efferent neurotransmitter/modulator, in cochlear physiology and physiopathology. Cochlear potentials were recorded in guinea pigs after intracochlear perfusion of increasing doses (0.1-1 mM) of piribedil, an agonist of the D2/D3 receptors. A dose-dependent reduction in the amplitude of auditory nerve compound action potential (CAP) was observed, predominantly at high-intensity tone-burst stimulations, and without significant effect on CAP threshold. There was no variation of cochlear microphonic and summating potential. When 1 mM piribedil was perfused into the cochlea during continuous 130 dB SPL pure tone exposure (6 kHz, 15 min), CAP threshold shifts were significantly less than in control animals with artificial perilymph-perfused cochleas. No dendritic damage was observed, although there was evident hair cell damage. Similarly, radial dendrites were clearly protected against ischemia-induced damage when 1 mM piribedil was applied prior to a 10-min ischemia. These results suggest that dopamine modulates the activity of radial afferent fibers via D2/D3 receptors. The protective effect of piribedil during acoustic trauma or ischemia suggests that this modulation corresponds to a prevention of excitotoxicity due to dysfunction of inner hair cell neurotransmission.
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MESH Headings
- Acoustic Stimulation
- Action Potentials/drug effects
- Animals
- Antiparkinson Agents/pharmacology
- Auditory Threshold/drug effects
- Auditory Threshold/physiology
- Cochlea/drug effects
- Cochlea/metabolism
- Cochlea/ultrastructure
- Cochlear Microphonic Potentials/drug effects
- Dopamine/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Electrophysiology
- Guinea Pigs
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner/cytology
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner/drug effects
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner/ultrastructure
- Ischemia/physiopathology
- Microscopy, Electron
- Neurons, Afferent/drug effects
- Neurons, Afferent/physiology
- Olivary Nucleus/drug effects
- Olivary Nucleus/physiology
- Olivary Nucleus/ultrastructure
- Organ of Corti/drug effects
- Organ of Corti/ultrastructure
- Piribedil/pharmacology
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/agonists
- Synaptic Transmission/drug effects
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Affiliation(s)
- C d'Aldin
- INSERM (U254), Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de l'Audition et Plasticité Synaptique, CHU Hôpital St. Charles, Montpellier, France
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Gil-Loyzaga PE. Neurotransmitters of the olivocochlear lateral efferent system: with an emphasis on dopamine. Acta Otolaryngol 1995; 115:222-6. [PMID: 7610809 DOI: 10.3109/00016489509139296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The olivocochlear lateral efferent system (OLES) of the adult mammalian cochlea uses variety of neuroactive substances, such as acetyl choline, GABA, dopamine (DA), enkephalins, dynorphins and CGRP. These neuroactive substances have been located within the efferent, small and dense matrix, fibers and terminals of the inner spiral and tunnel bundles. However, some of these neuroactive substances have also been found outside the OLES. Acetyl choline and CGRP, for instance, appear within the olivocochlear medial efferent fibers, and DA and CGRP may also be present in the perivascular innervation. A special case is GABA innervation at the apical coil, where nerve fibers containing GABA also make synapses with OHCs bodies. All these substances of the OLES could be involved in a highly selective filter modulating the activity of primary afferent fibers. For instance, sound stimulation results in an increase of cochlear DA turnover, indicating the release of DA from OLES fibers. DA probably acts on D-2 receptors since the administration of piribedil, a D-2 agonist, results in blocking of noise effects, while D-1 receptor stimulation does not modify cochlear DA turnover induced by noise. Therefore, DA could play an important role in the modulation and noise-protection of cochlear primary afferents. During cochlear development, all the aforementioned neuroactive substances appear a long time before the onset of hearing (evidenced by the recording of cochlear compound action potential and microphonic potentials). Thus, they may act during development on the late reorganization and plasticity on the afferent and efferent fibers. Moreover, the positive neurotrophic effect observed in cultured cochlear neurons, with GABA or glutamate, add new support to that hypothesis.
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- P E Gil-Loyzaga
- Laboratory of Sensory Neurobiology, University Cell Culture Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Madrid, Spain
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Gil-Loyzaga P, Vicente-Torres MA, Fernández-Mateos P, Arce A, Esquifino A. Piribedil affects dopamine turnover in cochleas stimulated by white noise. Hear Res 1994; 79:178-82. [PMID: 7806480 DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(94)90138-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The presence of dopamine (DA) within the cochlea has been previously reported, indicating that its turnover increases under noise stimulation. In the present report, piribedil, a dopaminergic D2 agonist, was used in order to provide evidence of the activity of D2 receptors in the turnover of DA under noise stimulation. Long-Evans rats were intraperitoneally injected with distilled water or with a solution of piribedil one hour previously to either noise or silence exposure. Noise stimulation was performed in an anechoic chamber at 70, 90 or 110 dB SPL for one hour. The animals were then sacrificed and the cochlear contents of DA and its metabolites dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA) were quantified by HPLC with electrochemical detection. The administration of piribedil to animals kept in silence did not modify the cochlear DA, DOPAC and HVA content. Noise stimulation resulted in a decrease of the cochlear DA content and an increase of the cochlear DOPAC and HVA contents in vehicle treated animals. The administration of piribedil resulted in a blockade of this noise induced cochlear DA turnover. These results suggest that piribedil stimulates cochlear D2 receptors controlling the cochlear DA release. Piribedil action on D2 receptors could explain the improvement observed in some cochleo-vestibular diseases signs after piribedil treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Gil-Loyzaga
- Departamento de Ciencias Morfológicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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