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Yu L, Lee H, Rho SB, Park MK, Lee CH. Ethacrynic Acid: A Promising Candidate for Drug Repurposing as an Anticancer Agent. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076712. [PMID: 37047688 PMCID: PMC10094867 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Ethacrynic acid (ECA) is a diuretic that inhibits Na-K-2Cl cotransporter (NKCC2) present in the thick ascending loop of Henle and muculo dens and is clinically used for the treatment of edema caused by excessive body fluid. However, its clinical use is limited due to its low bioavailability and side effects, such as liver damage and hearing loss at high doses. Despite this, ECA has recently emerged as a potential anticancer agent through the approach of drug repositioning, with a novel mechanism of action. ECA has been shown to regulate cancer hallmark processes such as proliferation, apoptosis, migration and invasion, angiogenesis, inflammation, energy metabolism, and the increase of inhibitory growth factors through various mechanisms. Additionally, ECA has been used as a scaffold for synthesizing a new material, and various derivatives have been synthesized. This review explores the potential of ECA and its derivatives as anticancer agents, both alone and in combination with adjuvants, by examining their effects on ten hallmarks of cancer and neuronal contribution to cancer. Furthermore, we investigated the trend of synthesis research of a series of ECA derivatives to improve the bioavailability of ECA. This review highlights the importance of ECA research and its potential to provide a cost-effective alternative to new drug discovery and development for cancer treatment.
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- Lu Yu
- College of Pharmacy, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Cancer Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy National Cancer Center, Goyang 10408, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Cancer Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy National Cancer Center, Goyang 10408, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
- Department of Cancer Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy National Cancer Center, Goyang 10408, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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Selective ablation of inner hair cells and subsequent in-situ hair cell regeneration in the neonatal mouse cochlea. Hear Res 2021; 407:108275. [PMID: 34089989 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2021.108275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Loss of hair cells (HCs) accounts for most sensorineural hearing loss, and regeneration of cochlear HCs is considered as the ultimate strategy for restoring hearing. Several lines of evidence have shown that Lgr5+ progenitor cells can spontaneously regenerate new HCs after HC loss at the neonatal stage, and most of which are immature. IHCs are resistant to ototoxic drugs and noise and cannot be ablated efficiently in order to precisely investigate IHC regeneration in existing hearing injury models, and thus we generated a new transgenic mouse model by inserting diphtheria toxin receptor (DTR) under the control of the Vglut3 promoter. In this model, IHCs were selectively ablated in a dose-dependent manner after the injection of diphtheria toxin (DT) at the neonatal stage, while OHCs remained intact with normal hair bundle structures until adulthood. With this IHC-specific injury model, we observed HC regeneration from Lgr5+ progenitors after IHC ablation at the neonatal stage. Some of the newly generated HCs replaced the lost IHCs in-situ and re-build the structure of the organ of Corti through the asymmetrical mitosis of progenitor cells. While, the majority of the regenerated HCs did not survive until adulthood, and the loss of spiral ganglion neurons was observed after the IHC ablation, which led to profound hearing loss after DT injection in Vglut3DTR+ mice at the neonatal stage. The model presented here shows promise for investigating the mechanisms behind IHC loss and subsequent regeneration.
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Chen Y, Bielefeld EC, Mellott JG, Wang W, Mafi AM, Yamoah EN, Bao J. Early Physiological and Cellular Indicators of Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2021; 22:107-126. [PMID: 33415542 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-020-00782-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cisplatin chemotherapy often causes permanent hearing loss, which leads to a multifaceted decrease in quality of life. Identification of early cisplatin-induced cochlear damage would greatly improve clinical diagnosis and provide potential drug targets to prevent cisplatin's ototoxicity. With improved functional and immunocytochemical assays, a recent seminal discovery revealed that synaptic loss between inner hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons is a major form of early cochlear damage induced by noise exposure or aging. This breakthrough discovery prompted the current study to determine early functional, cellular, and molecular changes for cisplatin-induced hearing loss, in part to determine if synapse injury is caused by cisplatin exposure. Cisplatin was delivered in one to three treatment cycles to both male and female mice. After the cisplatin treatment of three cycles, threshold shift was observed across frequencies tested like previous studies. After the treatment of two cycles, beside loss of outer hair cells and an increase in high-frequency hearing thresholds, a significant latency delay of auditory brainstem response wave 1 was observed, including at a frequency region where there were no changes in hearing thresholds. The wave 1 latency delay was detected as early cisplatin-induced ototoxicity after only one cycle of treatment, in which no significant threshold shift was found. In the same mice, mitochondrial loss in the base of the cochlea and declining mitochondrial morphometric health were observed. Thus, we have identified early spiral ganglion-associated functional and cellular changes after cisplatin treatment that precede significant threshold shift.
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- Yingying Chen
- Translational Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, 44272, USA
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, 95616, USA
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Science, The Ohio State University, 110 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Translational Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, 44272, USA
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- Translational Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, 44272, USA
- School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Translational Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, 44272, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, 95616, USA
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- Translational Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, 44272, USA.
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Mukherjea D, Dhukhwa A, Sapra A, Bhandari P, Woolford K, Franke J, Ramkumar V, Rybak L. Strategies to reduce the risk of platinum containing antineoplastic drug-induced ototoxicity. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2020; 16:965-982. [PMID: 32757852 DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2020.1806235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Cisplatin is a highly effective chemotherapeutic agent against a variety of solid tumors in adults and in children. Unfortunately, a large percentage of patients suffer permanent sensorineural hearing loss. Up to 60% of children and at least 50% of adults suffer this complication that seriously compromises their quality of life. Hearing loss is due to damage to the sensory cells in the inner ear. The mechanisms of cochlear damage are still being investigated. However, it appears that inner ear damage is triggered by reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation and inflammation 34. AREAS COVERED We discuss a number of potential therapeutic targets that can be addressed to provide hearing protection. These strategies include enhancing the endogenous antioxidant pathways, heat shock proteins, G protein coupled receptors and counteracting ROS and reactive nitrogen species, and blocking pathways that produce inflammation, including TRPV1 and STAT1 36. EXPERT OPINION Numerous potential protective agents show promise in animal models by systemic or local administration. However, clinical trials have not shown much efficacy to date with the exception of sodium thiosulfate. There is an urgent need to discover safe and effective protective agents that do not interfere with the efficacy of cisplatin against tumors yet preserve hearing 151.
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- Springfield Combined Laboratory Facility, Novear Therapeutics LLC ., Springfield, IL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, SIU School of Medicine , Springfield, IL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, SIU School of Medicine , Springfield, IL, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, SIU School of Medicine , Springfield, IL, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, SIU School of Medicine , Springfield, IL, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, SIU School of Medicine , Springfield, IL, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, SIU School of Medicine , Springfield, IL, USA
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Lee HS, Kim YR, Lee IK, Kim UK, Baek JI, Lee KY. KL1333, a derivative of β-lapachone, protects against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in mouse cochlear cultures. Biomed Pharmacother 2020; 126:110068. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Some Ototoxic Drugs Destroy Cochlear Support Cells Before Damaging Sensory Hair Cells. Neurotox Res 2020; 37:743-752. [PMID: 31997155 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-020-00170-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A wide variety of ototoxic drugs are capable of damaging the sensory hair cells in the mammalian cochlea resulting in permanent hearing loss. However, the toxic properties of these drugs suggest that some could potentially damage cochlear support cells as well. To test the hypothesis, we treated postnatal day three rat cochlear cultures with toxic doses of gentamicin, cisplatin, mefloquine, and cadmium. Gentamicin primarily destroyed the hair cells and disrupted the intercellular connection with the surrounding support cells. Gentamicin-induced hair cell death was initiated through the caspase-9 intrinsic apoptotic pathway followed by activation of downstream executioner caspase-3. In contrast, cisplatin, mefloquine, and cadmium initially damaged the support cells and only later damaged the hair cells. Support cell death was initiated through the caspase-8 extrinsic apoptotic pathway followed later by downstream activation of caspase-3. Cisplatin, mefloquine, and cadmium significantly reduced the expression of actin and laminin, in the extracellular matrix, leading to significant disarray of the sensory epithelium.
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Guo J, Chai R, Li H, Sun S. Protection of Hair Cells from Ototoxic Drug-Induced Hearing Loss. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1130:17-36. [PMID: 30915699 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6123-4_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Hair cells are specialized sensory epithelia cells that receive mechanical sound waves and convert them into neural signals for hearing, and these cells can be killed or damaged by ototoxic drugs, including many aminoglycoside antibiotics, platinum-based anticancer agents, and loop diuretics, leading to drug-induced hearing loss. Studies of therapeutic approaches to drug-induced hearing loss have been hampered by the limited understanding of the biological mechanisms that protect and regenerate hair cells. This review briefly discusses some of the most common ototoxic drugs and describes recent research concerning the mechanisms of ototoxic drug-induced hearing loss. It also highlights current developments in potential therapies and explores current clinical treatments for patients with hearing impairments.
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- Jin Guo
- Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine of NHFPC, ENT Institute and Otorhinolaryngology Department, Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Cochlear Implant, Affiliated Eye and ENT Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine of NHFPC, ENT Institute and Otorhinolaryngology Department, Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Cochlear Implant, Affiliated Eye and ENT Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,MOE Key Laboratory for Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Province High-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-Medical Research, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine of NHFPC, ENT Institute and Otorhinolaryngology Department, Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Cochlear Implant, Affiliated Eye and ENT Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine of NHFPC, ENT Institute and Otorhinolaryngology Department, Shanghai Engineering Research Centre of Cochlear Implant, Affiliated Eye and ENT Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Ye H, Xing Y, Zhang L, Zhang J, Jiang H, Ding D, Shi H, Yin S. Bilirubin-induced neurotoxic and ototoxic effects in rat cochlear and vestibular organotypic cultures. Neurotoxicology 2018; 71:75-86. [PMID: 30578813 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 12/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Exposure to high levels of bilirubin in hyperbilirubinemia patients and animal models can result in sensorineural deafness. However, the mechanisms underlying bilirubin-induced damage to the inner ear, including the cochlear and vestibular organs, remain unknown. The present analyses of cochlear and vestibular organotypic cultures obtained from postnatal day 3 rats exposed to bilirubin at varying concentrations (0, 10, 50, 100, or 250 μM) for 24 h revealed that auditory nerve fibers (ANFs) and vestibular nerve endings were destroyed even at low doses (10 and 50 μM). Additionally, as the bilirubin dose increased, spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) and vestibular ganglion neurons (VGNs) exhibited gradual shrinkage in conjunction with nuclei condensation or fragmentation in a dose-dependent manner. The loss of cochlear and vestibular hair cells (HCs) was only evident in explants treated with the highest concentration of bilirubin (250 μM), and bilirubin-induced major apoptosis most likely occurred via the extrinsic apoptotic pathway. Thus, the present results indicate that inner ear neurons and fibers were more sensitive to, and exhibited more severe damage following, bilirubin-induced neurotoxicity than sensory HCs, which illustrates the underlying causes of auditory neuropathy and vestibulopathy in hyperbilirubinemia patients.
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- Haibo Ye
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, PR China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, PR China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, PR China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, PR China
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences State, University of New York at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, PR China; Center for Hearing and Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences State, University of New York at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, PR China.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, PR China
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Păunescu E, Soudani M, Clavel CM, Dyson PJ. Varying the metal to ethacrynic acid ratio in ruthenium(ii)/osmium(ii)-p-cymene conjugates. J Inorg Biochem 2017; 175:198-207. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Revised: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Păunescu E, Soudani M, Martin P, Scopelliti R, Lo Bello M, Dyson PJ. Organometallic Glutathione S-Transferase Inhibitors. Organometallics 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Emilia Păunescu
- Institut
des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut
des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department
of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via
della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Institut
des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department
of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via
della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Institut
des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Loss of sestrin 2 potentiates the early onset of age-related sensory cell degeneration in the cochlea. Neuroscience 2017; 361:179-191. [PMID: 28818524 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Sestrin 2 (SESN2) is a stress-inducible protein that protects tissues from oxidative stress and delays the aging process. However, its role in maintaining the functional and structural integrity of the cochlea is largely unknown. Here, we report the expression of SESN2 protein in the sensory epithelium, particularly in hair cells. Using C57BL/6J mice, a mouse model of age-related cochlear degeneration, we observed a significant age-related reduction in SESN2 expression in cochlear tissues that was associated with early onset hearing loss and accelerated age-related sensory cell degeneration that progressed from the base toward the apex of the cochlea. Hair cell death occurred by caspase-8 mediated apoptosis. Compared to C57BL/6J control mice, Sesn2 KO mice displayed enhanced expression of proinflammatory genes and activation of basilar membrane macrophages, suggesting that loss of SESN2 function provokes the immune response. Together, these results suggest that Sesn2 plays an important role in cochlear homeostasis and immune responses to stress.
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Computed determination of the in vitro optimal chemocombinations of sphaeropsidin A with chemotherapeutic agents to combat melanomas. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2017; 79:971-983. [DOI: 10.1007/s00280-017-3293-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Ototoxic effects and mechanisms of loop diuretics. J Otol 2016; 11:145-156. [PMID: 29937824 PMCID: PMC6002634 DOI: 10.1016/j.joto.2016.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Revised: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Over the past two decades considerable progress has been made in understanding the ototoxic effects and mechanisms underlying loop diuretics. As typical representative of loop diuretics ethacrynic acid or furosemide only induces temporary hearing loss, but rarely permanent deafness unless applied in severe acute or chronic renal failure or with other ototoxic drugs. Loop diuretic induce unique pathological changes in the cochlea such as formation of edematous spaces in the epithelium of the stria vascularis, which leads to rapid decrease of the endolymphatic potential and eventual loss of the cochlear microphonic potential, summating potential, and compound action potential. Loop diuretics interfere with strial adenylate cyclase and Na+/K+-ATPase and inhibit the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter in the stria vascularis, however recent reports indicate that one of the earliest effects in vivo is to abolish blood flow in the vessels supplying the lateral wall. Since ethacrynic acid does not damage the stria vascularis in vitro, the changes in Na+/K+-ATPase and Na-K-2Cl seen in vivo may be secondary effects results from strial ischemia and anoxia. Recent observations showing that renin is present in pericytes surrounding stria arterioles suggest that diuretics may induce local vasoconstriction by renin secretion and angiotensin formation. The tight junctions in the blood-cochlea barrier prevent toxic molecules and pathogens from entering cochlea, but when diuretics induce a transient ischemia, the barrier is temporarily disrupted allowing the entry of toxic chemicals or pathogens.
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Ototoxicity of 12 mg/kg cisplatin in the Fischer 344/NHsd rat using multiple dosing strategies. Anticancer Drugs 2016; 27:780-6. [DOI: 10.1097/cad.0000000000000395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yu J, Ding D, Sun H, Salvi R, Roth JA. Trimethyltin-induced cochlear degeneration in rat. J Otol 2016; 11:118-126. [PMID: 29937820 PMCID: PMC6002597 DOI: 10.1016/j.joto.2016.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Revised: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Trimethyltin (TMT) is an occupational and environmental health hazard behaving as a potent neurotoxin known to affect the central nervous system as well as the peripheral auditory system. However, the mechanisms underlying TMT-induced ototoxicity are poorly understood. To elucidate the effects of TMT on the cochlea, a single injection of 4 or 8 mg/kg TMT was administered intraperitoneally to adult rats. The compound action potential (CAP) threshold was used to assess the functional status of the cochlea and histological techniques were used to assess the condition of the hair cells and auditory nerve fibers. TMT at 4 mg/kg produced a temporary CAP threshold elevation of 25–60 dB that recovered by 28 d post-treatment. Although there was no hair cell loss with the 4 mg/kg dose, there was a noticeable loss of auditory nerve fibers particularly beneath the inner hair cells. TMT at 8 mg/kg produced a large permanent CAP threshold shift that was greatest at the high frequencies. The CAP threshold shift was associated with the loss of outer hair cells and inner hair cells in the basal, high-frequency region of the cochlea, considerable loss of auditory nerve fibers and a significant loss of spiral ganglion neurons in the basal turn. Spiral ganglion neurons showed evidence of soma shrinkage and nuclear condensation and fragmentation, morphological features of apoptotic cell death. TMT-induced damage was greatest in the high-frequency, basal region of the cochlea and the nerve fibers beneath the inner hair cells were the most vulnerable structures.
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- Jintao Yu
- Department of Otolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
- Corresponding author. Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA. Fax: +1 716 829 2980.
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Zeng S, Sun X, Chen Z, Yu D, Chen B, Yin S. Low, but Not High, Doses of Cisplatin Damage Cochlear Hair Cells in C57 Mouse Organotypic Cultures. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 2016; 78:177-86. [PMID: 27270730 DOI: 10.1159/000446189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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AIMS The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of cisplatin-induced C57 mouse cochlear hair cell damage in vitro. METHODS Forty-seven cochleae harvested from 2- to 4-day-old C57 mice were used. Forty specimens were treated with different concentrations of cisplatin (10, 25, 50, 100, 400, and 1,000 μmol/l) for 48 h. The remaining seven specimens were used as a control group. RESULTS The rate of hair cell loss increased from 14.5 to 78.4% over cisplatin concentrations of 10 to 100 μmol/l, whereas hair cell loss decreased to 48.8 and 8.77% at concentrations of 400 and 1,000 μmol/l, respectively. Apoptosis was detected by DAPI staining in the areas of hair cell damage. Hair cell loss rates differed significantly among the cisplatin-treated groups. Linear regression analysis of cisplatin dose versus hair cell number showed a significant negative correlation for cisplatin doses up to 100 μmol/l and a positive correlation with further increases up to 1,000 μmol/l. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that cisplatin-induced hair cell damage was concentration dependent only up to a certain dose and that injury resistance may occur in cochlear cells treated with higher doses of cisplatin.
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- Shan Zeng
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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Ototoxicity of Divalent Metals. Neurotox Res 2016; 30:268-82. [DOI: 10.1007/s12640-016-9627-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Revised: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Pathophysiology of the cochlear intrastrial fluid-blood barrier (review). Hear Res 2016; 338:52-63. [PMID: 26802581 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The blood-labyrinth barrier (BLB) in the stria vascularis is a highly specialized capillary network that controls exchanges between blood and the intrastitial space in the cochlea. The barrier shields the inner ear from blood-born toxic substances and selectively passes ions, fluids, and nutrients to the cochlea, playing an essential role in the maintenance of cochlear homeostasis. Anatomically, the BLB is comprised of endothelial cells (ECs) in the strial microvasculature, elaborated tight and adherens junctions, pericytes (PCs), basement membrane (BM), and perivascular resident macrophage-like melanocytes (PVM/Ms), which together form a complex "cochlear-vascular unit" in the stria vascularis. Physical interactions between the ECs, PCs, and PVM/Ms, as well as signaling between the cells, is critical for controlling vascular permeability and providing a proper environment for hearing function. Breakdown of normal interactions between components of the BLB is seen in a wide range of pathological conditions, including genetic defects and conditions engendered by inflammation, loud sound trauma, and ageing. In this review, we will discuss prevailing views of the structure and function of the strial cochlear-vascular unit (also referred to as the "intrastrial fluid-blood barrier"). We will also discuss the disrupted homeostasis seen in a variety of hearing disorders. Therapeutic targeting of the strial barrier may offer opportunities for improvement of hearing health and amelioration of auditory disorders. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled <Annual Reviews 2016>.
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Ma L, Yi HJ, Yuan FQ, Guo WW, Yang SM. An efficient strategy for establishing a model of sensorineural deafness in rats. Neural Regen Res 2015; 10:1683-9. [PMID: 26692870 PMCID: PMC4660766 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.153704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Ototoxic drugs can be used to produce a loss of cochlear hair cells to create animal models of deafness. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no report on the establishment of a rat deafness model through the combined application of aminoglycosides and loop diuretics. The aim of this study was to use single or combined administration of furosemide and kanamycin sulfate to establish rat models of deafness. The rats received intravenous injections of different doses of furosemide and/or intramuscular injections of kanamycin sulfate. The auditory brainstem response was measured to determine the hearing threshold after drug application. Immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy were performed to evaluate inner ear morphology. In the group receiving combined administration of furosemide and kanamycin, the auditory brainstem response threshold showed significant elevation 3 days after administration, higher than that produced by furosemide or kanamycin alone. The hair cells showed varying degrees of injury, from the apical turn to the basal turn of the cochlea and from the outer hair cells to the inner hair cells. The spiral ganglion cells maintained a normal morphology during the first week after the hair cells completely disappeared, and then gradually degenerated. After 2 months, the majority of spiral ganglion cells disappeared, but a few remained. These findings demonstrate that the combined administration of furosemide and kanamycin has a synergistic ototoxic effect, and that these drugs can produce hair cell loss and hearing loss in rats. These findings suggest that even in patients with severe deafness, electronic cochlear implants may partially restore hearing.
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- Long Ma
- The Second Artillery General Hospital of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Establishment of a model of cochlear lesions in rats to study potential gene therapy for sensorineural hearing loss. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2015; 79:2147-54. [PMID: 26574172 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Sensorineural hearing loss seriously influences a patient's daily life, and no effective treatments exist to date. Gene therapy is a potential treatment for regenerating hair cells to restore hearing. METHODS In this study, we established a cochlear lesions model to study hair cell regeneration by co-administration of kanamycin and furosemide. After the injections, we assessed the survival of outer hair cells (OHC), inner hair cells (IHC), supporting cells (SC), spiral ganglion neurons (SGN) and peripheral axons. Moreover, we used two viral vectors to detect the transgene distribution. RESULTS Our results showed at 12h post-treatment, numerous OHC were missing in the basal turn. At 24h post-treatment, all OHCs in basal half of the cochlea were lost, and by 48h, OHC loss had spread to the apical coil. Four days after the injections, all OHCs were absent. At 1mo post-treatment, the organ of Corti had collapsed. In contrast, most of the SC remained 4d after the injections. The loss of SGN and peripheral axons was consistent with this time course post-treatment. The results of transgene distribution suggested the correlative gene can be transferred into the organ of Corti using adenoviruses (AdV) vectors and lentiviruses (LV) vectors in our cochlear lesion model. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD(S) We assessed the details of HC death at more time point and chosen the time point for gene transfer in this model. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that this cochlear lesion model would be suitable for the study of hair cell regeneration.
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Jang JH, Lee HS, Oh SH, Park MH. Efficacy of the cat deafening method: Co-administration of ethacrynic acid and kanamycin. Acta Otolaryngol 2015; 136:289-92. [PMID: 26605909 DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2015.1110751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study was designed to determine if hearing status monitoring during intravenous infusion of EA reduces individual variability and to evaluate the correlation between EA dose and Bwt. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-five cats with the mean age of 24 ± 3.7 weeks (range = 20.6-28.3) and a mean weight of 3.21 ± 0.84 kg (range = 1.9-5.1) were administered a subcutaneous injection of KM (300 mg/kg) followed by an intravenous infusion of EA (1 mg/min). Click-evoked auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) were recorded to monitor hearing during the infusion. When ABR thresholds exceeded a 90 dB sound pressure level, the infusion of EA was terminated. Histopathology forapex, middle, and base sections of the cochlea were examined after 6 months. RESULTS The dose of EA was optimized for deafening through simultaneous ABR measurements. Bwt was positively correlated with EA dose (mg) (p < 0.001, R(2) = 0.548), which was different from a study previously reported. Cochlear histopathology assessments revealed an absence of organ of Corti in the majority of cochleae. CONCLUSION Co-administration of kanamycin (KM) and ethacrynic acid (EA) was an easy and effective method for deafening procedures in adult animals. Body weight (Bwt) was positively correlated with EA dose (mg) and an optimal EA dose can be calculated.
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- Jeong Hun Jang
- a Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Kyungpook National University College of Medicine , Daegu , Korea
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- b Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Boramae Medical Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University , Seoul , Korea
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- c Department of Otorhinolarynogology , Seoul National University College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea
- d Research Center for Sensory Organs, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea
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- b Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Boramae Medical Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University , Seoul , Korea
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Li P, Ding D, Salvi R, Roth JA. Cobalt-Induced Ototoxicity in Rat Postnatal Cochlear Organotypic Cultures. Neurotox Res 2015; 28:209-21. [PMID: 26153487 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-015-9538-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Revised: 06/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cobalt (Co) is a required divalent metal used in the production of metal alloys, batteries, and pigments and is a component of vitamin B12. Excessive uptake of Co is neurotoxic causing temporary or permanent hearing loss; however, its ototoxic effects on the sensory hair cells, neurons, and support cells in the cochlea are poorly understood. Accordingly, we treated postnatal day 3 rat cochlear organotypic cultures with various doses and durations of CoCl2 and quantified the damage to the hair cells, peripheral auditory nerve fibers, and spiral ganglion neurons (SGN). Five-day treatment with 250 μM CoCl2 caused extensive damage to hair cells and neurons which increased with dose and treatment duration. CoCl2 caused greater damage to outer hair cells than inner hair cells; damage was greatest in the base of the cochlea and decreased towards the base. CoCl2 increased expression of superoxide radical in hair cells and SGNs and SGN loss was characterized by nuclear condensation and fragmentation, morphological features of apoptosis. CoCl2 treatment increased the expression of caspase-3 indicative of caspase-mediated programmed cell death. These results identify hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons as the main targets of Co ototoxicity in vitro and implicate the superoxide radical as a trigger of caspase-mediated ototoxicity.
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- Peng Li
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guang Zhou, 510630, China
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Mechanisms that lead to the death of hair cells are reviewed. Exposure to noise, the use of ototoxic drugs that damage the cochlea and old age are accompanied by hair cell death. Outer hair cells are often more susceptible than inner hair cells, partly because of an intrinsically greater susceptibility; high frequency cells are also more vulnerable. A common factor in hair cell loss following age-related changes and exposure to ototoxic drugs or high noise levels is the generation of reactive oxygen species, which can trigger intrinsic apoptosis (the mitochondrial pathway). However, hair cell death is sometimes produced via an extracellular signal pathway triggering extrinsic apoptosis. Necrosis and necroptosis also play a role and, in various situations in which cochlear damage occurs, a balance exists between these possible routes of cell death, with no one mechanism being exclusively activated. Finally, the numerous studies on these mechanisms of hair cell death have led to the identification of many potential therapeutic agents, some of which have been used to attempt to treat people exposed to damaging events, although clinical trials are not yet conclusive. Continued work in this area is likely to lead to clinical treatments that could be used to prevent or ameliorate hearing loss.
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- David N Furness
- School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK,
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Pattern of hair cell loss and delayed peripheral neuron degeneration in inner ear by a high-dose intratympanic gentamicin. J Otol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joto.2014.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cadmium-Induced Ototoxicity in Rat Cochlear Organotypic Cultures. Neurotox Res 2014; 26:179-89. [DOI: 10.1007/s12640-014-9461-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Vestibular damage in chronic ototoxicity: a mini-review. Neurotoxicology 2013; 43:21-27. [PMID: 24333467 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2013.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Revised: 11/28/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Ototoxicity is a major cause of the loss of hearing and balance in humans. Ototoxic compounds include pharmaceuticals such as aminoglycoside antibiotics, anti-malarial drugs, loop diuretics and chemotherapeutic platinum agents, and industrial chemicals including several solvents and nitriles. Human and rodent data indicate that the main target of toxicity is hair cells (HCs), which are the mechanosensory cells responsible for sensory transduction in both the auditory and the vestibular system. Nevertheless, the compounds may also affect the auditory and vestibular ganglion neurons. Exposure to ototoxic compounds has been found to cause HC apoptosis, HC necrosis, and damage to the afferent terminals, of differing severity depending on the ototoxicity model. One major pathway frequently involved in HC apoptosis is the c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway activated by reactive oxygen species, but other apoptotic pathways can also play a role in ototoxicity. Moreover, little is known about the effects of chronic low-dose exposure. In rodent vestibular epithelia, extrusion of live HCs from the sensory epithelium may be the predominant form of cell demise during chronic ototoxicity. In addition, greater involvement of the afferent terminals may occur, particularly the calyx units contacting type I vestibular HCs. As glutamate is the neurotransmitter in this synapse, excitotoxic phenomena may participate in afferent and ganglion neuron damage. Better knowledge of the events that take place in chronic ototoxicity is of great interest, as it will increase understanding of the sensory loss associated with chronic exposure and aging.
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Wang L, Ding D, Salvi R, Roth JA. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide prevents neuroaxonal degeneration induced by manganese in cochlear organotypic cultures. Neurotoxicology 2013; 40:65-74. [PMID: 24308914 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2013] [Revised: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Manganese (Mn) is an essential trace mineral for normal growth and development. Persistent exposures to high atmospheric levels of Mn have deleterious effects on CNS and peripheral nerves including those associated with the auditory system. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a coenzyme which functions in the electron transfer system within the mitochondria. One of the most notable protective functions of NAD is to delay axonal degenerations caused by various neurodegenerative injuries. We hypothesized that NAD might also protect auditory nerve fibers (ANF) and SGN from Mn injury. To test this hypothesis, cochlear organotypic cultures were treated with different doses of Mn (0.5-3.0 mM) alone or combined with 20 mM NAD. Results demonstrate that the percentage of hair cells, ANF and SGN decreased with increasing Mn concentration. The addition of 20 mM NAD did not significantly reduce hair cells loss in the presence of Mn, whereas the density of ANF and SGN increased significantly in the presence of NAD. NAD suppressed Mn-induced TUNEL staining and caspase activation suggesting it prevents apoptotic cell death. These results suggest that excess Mn has ototoxic and neurotoxic effects on the auditory system and that NAD may prevent Mn-induced axonal degeneration and avoid or delay hearing loss caused by excess Mn exposure.
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- Lu Wang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China; Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, United States
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, United States; Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, United States.
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Ding D, Qi W, Yu D, Jiang H, Han C, Kim MJ, Katsuno K, Hsieh YH, Miyakawa T, Salvi R, Tanokura M, Someya S. Addition of exogenous NAD+ prevents mefloquine-induced neuroaxonal and hair cell degeneration through reduction of caspase-3-mediated apoptosis in cochlear organotypic cultures. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79817. [PMID: 24223197 PMCID: PMC3819247 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mefloquine is widely used for the treatment of malaria. However, this drug is known to induce neurological side effects including depression, anxiety, balance disorder, and sensorineural hearing loss. Yet, there is currently no treatment for these side effects. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In this study, we show that the coenzyme NAD(+), known to play a critical role in maintaining the appropriate cellular redox environment, protects cochlear axons and sensory hair cells from mefloquine-induced degeneration in cultured rat cochleae. Mefloquine alone destroyed hair cells and nerve fiber axons in rat cochlear organotypics cultures in a dose-dependent manner, while treatment with NAD(+) protected axons and hair cells from mefloquine-induced degeneration. Furthermore, cochlear organs treated with mefloquine showed increased oxidative stress marker levels, including superoxide and protein carbonyl, and increased apoptosis marker levels, including TUNEL-positive nuclei and caspases-3. Treatment with NAD(+) reduced the levels of these oxidative stress and apoptosis markers. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Taken together, our findings suggest that that mefloquine disrupts the cellular redox environment and induces oxidative stress in cochlear hair cells and nerve fibers leading to caspases-3-mediated apoptosis of these structures. Exogenous NAD(+) suppresses mefloquine-induced oxidative stress and prevents the degeneration of cochlear axons and sensory hair cells caused by mefloquine treatment.
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- Dalian Ding
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Oriental Otolaryngology Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Oriental Otolaryngology Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Departments of Aging and Geriatric Research, Division of Biology of Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Departments of Aging and Geriatric Research, Division of Biology of Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo, Japan
- * E-mail: (MT); (SS)
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- Departments of Aging and Geriatric Research, Division of Biology of Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- * E-mail: (MT); (SS)
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Ouabain-induced apoptosis in cochlear hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons in vitro. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:628064. [PMID: 24228256 PMCID: PMC3818842 DOI: 10.1155/2013/628064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 08/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ouabain is a common tool to explore the pathophysiological changes in adult mammalian cochlea in vivo. In prior studies, locally administering ouabain via round window membrane demonstrated that the ototoxic effects of ouabain in vivo varied among mammalian species. Little is known about the ototoxic effects in vitro. Thus, we prepared cochlear organotypic cultures from postnatal day-3 rats and treated these cultures with ouabain at 50, 500, and 1000 μM for different time to elucidate the ototoxic effects of ouabain in vitro and to provide insights that could explain the comparative ototoxic effects of ouabain in vivo. Degeneration of cochlear hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons was evaluated by hair-cell staining and neurofilament labeling, respectively. Annexin V staining was used to detect apoptotic cells. A quantitative RT-PCR apoptosis-focused gene array determined changes in apoptosis-related genes. The results showed that ouabain-induced damage in vitro was dose and time dependent. 500 μM ouabain and 1000 μM ouabain were destructively traumatic to both spiral ganglion neurons and cochlear hair cells in an apoptotic signal-dependent pathway. The major apoptotic pathways in ouabain-induced spiral ganglion neuron apoptosis culminated in the stimulation of the p53 pathway and triggering of apoptosis by a network of proapoptotic signaling pathways.
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Wang P, Zhang P, Huang J, Li M, Chen X. Trichostatin A protects against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity by regulating expression of genes related to apoptosis and synaptic function. Neurotoxicology 2013; 37:51-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2013.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Revised: 03/10/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wei Y, Fu Y, Liu S, Xia G, Pan S. Effect of lentiviruses carrying enhanced green fluorescent protein injected into the scala media through a cochleostomy in rats. Am J Otolaryngol 2013; 34:301-7. [PMID: 23465349 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2012.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 12/24/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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PURPOSE The purposes of the current study were to assess the feasibility of post-auricular microinjection of lentiviruses carrying enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) into the scala media through cochleostomies in rats, determine the expression of viral gene in the cochlea, and record the post-operative changes in the number and auditory function of cochlear hair cells (HCs). METHODS Healthy rats were randomly divided into two groups. The left ears of the animals in group I were injected with lentivirus carrying EGFP (n=10) via scala media lateral wall cochleostomies, and the left ears of the animals in group II were similarly injected with artificial endolymph (n=10). Prior to and 30 days post-injection, auditory function was assessed with click-auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing, EGFP expression was determined with cochlear frozen sections under fluorescence microscopy, and survival of HCs was estimated based on whole mount preparations. RESULTS Thirty days after surgery, click-ABR testing revealed that there were significant differences in the auditory function, EGFP expression, and survival of HCs in the left ears before and after surgery in the same rats from each group. In group I, EGFP was noted in the strial marginal cells of the scala media, the organ of Corti, spiral nerves, and spiral ganglion cells. CONCLUSION Lentiviruses were successfully introduced into the scala media through cochleostomies in rats, and the EGFP reporter gene was efficiently expressed in the organ of Corti, spiral nerves, and spiral ganglion cells.
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Dalian D, Haiyan J, Yong F, Yongqi L, Salvi R, Someya S, Tanokura M. Ototoxic Model of Oxaliplatin and Protection from Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide. J Otol 2013; 8:63-71. [PMID: 25419212 DOI: 10.1016/s1672-2930(13)50009-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Oxaliplatin, an anticancer drug commonly used to treat colorectal cancer and other tumors, has a number of serious side effects, most notably neuropathy and ototoxicity. To gain insights into its ototoxic profile, oxaliplatin was applied to rat cochlear organ cultures. Consistent with it neurotoxic propensity, oxaliplatin selectively damaged nerve fibers at a very low dose 1 μM. In contrast, the dose required to damage hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons was 50 fold higher (50 μM). Oxailiplatin-induced cochlear lesions initially increased with dose, but unexpectedly decreased at very high doses. This non-linear dose response could be related to depressed oxaliplatin uptake via active transport mechanisms. Previous studies have demonstrated that axonal degeneration involves biologically active processes which can be greatly attenuated by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+). To determine if NAD+ would protect spiral ganglion axons and the hair cells from oxaliplatin damage, cochlear cultures were treated with oxaliplatin alone at doses of 10 μM or 50 μM respectively as controls or combined with 20 mM NAD+. Treatment with 10 μM oxaliplatin for 48 hours resulted in minor damage to auditory nerve fibers, but spared cochlear hair cells. However, when cochlear cultures were treated with 10 μM oxaliplatin plus 20 mM NAD+, most auditory nerve fibers were intact. 50 μM oxaliplatin destroyed most of spiral ganglion neurons and cochlear hair cells with apoptotic characteristics of cell fragmentations. However, 50 μM oxaliplatin plus 20 mM NAD+ treatment greatly reduced neuronal degenerations and hair cell missing. The results suggested that NAD+ provides significant protection against oxaliplatin-induced neurotoxicity and ototoxicity, which may be due to its actions of antioxidant, antiapoptosis, and energy supply.
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- Ding Dalian
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA ; Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Oriental Otolaryngology Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China ; Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China ; Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
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- The First Officiated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University
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- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Xia L, Chen Z, Su K, Yin S, Wang J. Comparison of cochlear cell death caused by cisplatin, alone and in combination with furosemide. Toxicol Pathol 2013; 42:376-85. [PMID: 23548607 DOI: 10.1177/0192623313483213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Establishment of appropriate animal models is an important step in exploring the mechanisms of drug-induced ototoxicity. In the present study, using guinea pigs we compared cochlear lesions induced by cisplatin administered in two regimens: consecutive application alone and in combination with furosemide. The effects of furosemide alone were also evaluated; it was found to cause temporary hearing loss and reversible damage to the stria vascularis. Consecutive application of cisplatin alone appeared to be disadvantageous because it resulted in progressive body weight loss and higher mortality compared to the combined regimen, which used a smaller cisplatin dose. The combined regimen resulted in comparable hearing loss and hair cell loss but a markedly lower mortality. However, their coadministration failed to cause similar damage to spiral ganglion neurons (SGN), as seen in animals that received cisplatin alone. This difference suggests that the combined regimen did not mimic the damage to cochlear neuronal innervation caused by the clinical application of cisplatin. The difference also suggests that the SGN lesion is not caused by cisplatin entering the cochlea via the stria vascularis.
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- Li Xia
- 1Department of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Otolaryngology Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Jia H, Wang J, François F, Uziel A, Puel JL, Venail F. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of loss of residual hearing after cochlear implantation. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2013; 122:33-9. [PMID: 23472314 DOI: 10.1177/000348941312200107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We describe the various molecular and cellular pathways that lead to early and delayed loss of residual hearing after cochlear implantation. METHODS We performed a systematic review using the Medline database with the key words cochlear implant, residual hearing, inflammation, apoptosis, and necrosis. RESULTS The mechanisms underlying the loss of residual hearing after cochlear implantation are multiple. Early hearing loss may be provoked by the surgical access to the inner ear spaces and by trauma caused by insertion of the electrode array. After the initial trauma, an acute inflammatory response promotes elevated levels of cytokines and reactive oxygen species, which in turn promote sensory cell loss by apoptosis, necrosis, and necrosis-like programmed cell death. Treatments that counteract such an inflammatory reaction, production of reactive oxygen species, and apoptosis are effective at preventing hair cell degeneration. However, delayed hearing loss appears to be a consequence of chronic inflammation with development of fibrotic tissue. The mechanisms that lead to fibrosis are poorly understood, and standard antiinflammatory drugs are insufficient for preventing its development. CONCLUSIONS Cochlear implantation is followed by an inflammatory response involving several pathways that lead to either short-term or long-term sensory hair cell degeneration. Future studies should focus on revealing the precise molecular mechanisms induced by cochlear implantation to allow the discovery of new targets for the effective prevention and treatment of loss of residual hearing.
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- Huan Jia
- INSERM, Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier, University Montpellier I, Montpellier, France
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Ethacrynic acid (EC), an effective loop diuretic especially in patients allergic to sulfa-containing drugs, possesses a number of potentially useful actions in addition to the inhibition of the Na⁺-K⁺-2Cl⁻ kidney symport. Inhibition of the enzyme glutathione S-transferase plays an important role in reducing chemotherapy drug resistance. Chemical modifications of EC increase inhibition of glutathione S-transferase and reduce toxicity due to diuretic action (hypotension and hypovolemia). This work may lead to effective therapies in reducing chemotherapy resistance in cancer chemotherapeutics. In addition, EC or conjurers may be a radiation enhancer, an anti-inflammatory agent, or a treatment for glaucoma.
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Ethacrynic acid (Edecrin) is a loop diuretic that produces a prompt and profound diuresis. The primary action of ethacrynic acid is the inhibition of the activity of the Na⁺-K⁺-2Cl⁻ symporter in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle. The onset of action is usually within 30 minutes after an oral dose and within 5 minutes after an intravenous injection. After oral administration, peak diuretic effect occurs in about 2 hours and the effect lasts about 6-8 hours. After intravenous administration, peak diuretic effect occurs within 30 minutes and the diuretic effect is virtually completed in 2-4 hours. The bioavailability of ethacrynic acid approximates 100%, with maximal blood level between 40 and 92 minutes. The elimination half-life has been reported to be less than 1 hour, but highly variable (average 30 minutes with a range of 12-160 minutes). Intravenous ethacrynic acid has a prompt venous dilatory effect and immediately relieves symptoms of pulmonary congestion, before a diuresis can occur. Ethacrynic acid is effective in all types of edema whether there is clinical acidosis, alkalosis, or electrolyte imbalance. Most side effects of ethacrynic acid can be attributed to its effectiveness (volume depletion); however, it may cause metabolic alkalosis that is preventable by KCl replacement. Ethacrynic acid has ototoxic effect that occasionally results in temporally or permanent deafness. Despite limitations, ethacrynic acid has been employed in the treatment of congestive heart failure and other edematous states, especially in patients allergic to sulfa-containing drugs because all the other loop diuretics have a sulfa moiety.
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Xia L, Chen Z, Yin S. Ototoxicity of cisplatin administered to guinea pigs via the round window membrane. J Toxicol Sci 2012; 37:823-30. [PMID: 22863861 DOI: 10.2131/jts.37.823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Animal models of ototoxicity represent an elementary tool in otolaryngologic research. Such models are usually created via the consecutive injection of ototoxic drugs or the co-administration of ethacrynic acid and low-dose ototoxic drugs. Injection via the round window membrane (RWM) is one approach that allows for local drug delivery into the inner ear. In this study, 47 guinea pigs received an injection of varying doses of cisplatin via the RWM, and data concerning the animals' auditory brainstem responses, hair cells, and spiral ganglion neurons were analyzed. Our results indicate the high efficiency and generally small reaction of the subjects, suggesting that the application of cisplatin via the RWM is an effective animal model for ototoxicity research.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cisplatin/toxicity
- Disease Models, Animal
- Ear Diseases/pathology
- Ear Diseases/surgery
- Ear, Inner/drug effects
- Ear, Inner/pathology
- Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem/drug effects
- Guinea Pigs
- Hair Cells, Auditory/drug effects
- Hair Cells, Auditory/pathology
- Round Window, Ear/drug effects
- Round Window, Ear/metabolism
- Round Window, Ear/pathology
- Spiral Ganglion/drug effects
- Spiral Ganglion/pathology
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Dalian D, Haiyan J, Yong F, Salvi R, Someya S, Tanokura M. OTOTOXIC EFFECTS OF CARBOPLATIN IN ORGANOTYPIC CULTURES IN CHINCHILLAS AND RATS. J Otol 2012; 7:92-101. [PMID: 25593588 DOI: 10.1016/s1672-2930(12)50023-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Carboplatin, a second-generation platinum chemotherapeutic drug, is considerably less ototoxic than cisplatin. While common laboratory species such as mice, guinea pigs and rats are highly resistant to carboplatin ototoxicity, the chinchilla stands out as highly susceptible. Moreover, carboplatin causes an unusual gradient of cell death in chinchillas. Moderate doses selectively damage type I spiral ganglion neurons (SGN) and inner hair cells (IHC) and the lesion tends to be relatively uniform along the length of the cochlea. Higher doses eventually damage outer hair cells (OHC), but the lesion follows the traditional gradient in which damage is more severe in the base than the apex. While carboplatin ototoxicity has been well documented in adult animals in vivo, little is known about its in vitro toxicity. To elucidate the ototoxic effects of carboplatin in vitro, we prepared cochlear and vestibular organotypic cultures from postnatal day 3 rats and adult chinchillas. Chinchilla cochlear and vestibular cultures were treated with carboplatin concentrations ranging from 50 µM to 10 mM for 48 h. Consistent with in vivo data, carboplatin selectively damaged IHC at low concentrations (50-100 µM). Surprisingly, IHC loss decreased at higher doses and IHC were intact at doses exceeding 500 µM. The mechanisms underlying this nonlinear response are unclear but could be related to a decrease in carboplatin uptake via active transport mechanisms (e.g., copper). Unlike the cochlea, the carboplatin dose-response function increased with dose with the highest dose destroying all chinchilla vestibular hair cells. Cochlear hair cells and auditory nerve fibers in rat cochlear organotypic cultures were unaffected by carboplatin concentrations <10 µM; however, the damage in OHC were more severe than IHC once the dose reached 100 µM. A dose at 500 µM destroyed all the cochlear hair cells, but hair cell loss decreased at high concentrations and nearly all the cochlear hair cells were present at the highest dose, 5 mM. Unlike the nonlinear dose-response seen with cochlear hair cells, rat auditory nerve fiber and spiral ganglion losses increased with doses above 50 µM with the highest dose destroying virtually all SGN. The remarkable species differences seen in vitro suggest that chinchilla IHC and type I SGN posse some unique biological mechanism that makes them especially vulnerable to carboplatin toxicity.
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- Ding Dalian
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo ; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Departments of Aging and Geriatric Research, Division of Biology of Aging, University of Florida
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo
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Ding D, Allman BL, Salvi R. Review: ototoxic characteristics of platinum antitumor drugs. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2012; 295:1851-67. [PMID: 23044998 DOI: 10.1002/ar.22577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Cisplatin, carboplatin, nedaplatin, and oxaliplatin are widely used in contemporary oncology; however, their ototoxic and neurotoxic side effects are quite different as discussed in this review. Cisplatin is considered the most ototoxic, but despite its reputation, the magnitude of hair cell loss that occurs with a single, large drug bolus is limited and confined to the base of the cochlea. For all of these platinum compounds, a major factor limiting damage is drug uptake from stria vascularis into the cochlear fluids. Disrupting the blood-labyrinth barrier with diuretics or noise exposure enhances drug uptake and significantly increases the amount of damage. Combined treatment with ethacrynic acid (a loop diuretic) and cisplatin results in rapid apoptotic hair cell death characterized by upregulation of initiator caspase-8 and membrane death receptor, TRADD, followed by downstream executioners, caspase-3 and caspase-6. Unlike cisplatin, nedaplatin and oxaliplatin are highly neurotoxic when applied to cochlear cultures preferentially damaging auditory nerve fibers at low concentrations and hair cells at high concentrations. Carboplatin, considered far less ototoxic than cisplatin, is paradoxically highly toxic to chinchilla inner hair cells and type I spiral ganglion neurons; however, at high doses it also damages outer hair cells. Hair cell death from cisplatin and carboplatin is characterized in its early stages by upregulation of p53; blocking p53 expression with pifithrin-α prevents hair cell death. Major differences in the toxicity of these four platinum compounds may arise from several different metal transporters that selectively regulate the influx, efflux, and sequestration of these drugs.
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- Dalian Ding
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, 137 Cary Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Ye HB, Shi HB, Wang J, Ding DL, Yu DZ, Chen ZN, Li CY, Zhang WT, Yin SK. Bilirubin induces auditory neuropathy in neonatal guinea pigs via auditory nerve fiber damage. J Neurosci Res 2012; 90:2201-13. [PMID: 22847875 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2012] [Revised: 05/28/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Bilirubin can cause temporary or permanent sensorineural deafness in newborn babies with hyperbilirubinemia. However, the underlying targets and physiological effects of bilirubin-induced damage in the peripheral auditory system are unclear. Using cochlear functional assays and electron microscopy imaging of the inner ear in neonatal guinea pigs, we show here that bilirubin exposure resulted in threshold elevation in both compound action potential (CAP) and auditory brainstem response (ABR), which was apparent at 1 hr and peaked 8 hr after drug administration. The threshold elevation was associated with delayed wave latencies and elongated interwave intervals in ABR and CAP. At 72 hr postinjection, these measures returned to control levels, except for the CAP amplitude. Cochlear microphonics remained unchanged during the experiment. Morphological abnormalities were consistent with the electrophysiological dysfunction, revealing fewer auditory nerve fibers (ANFs) in the basal turn, myelin sheath lesions of spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) and ANFs, and loss of type 1 afferent endings beneath inner hair cells (IHCs) without loss of hair cells at 8 hr posttreatment. Similar to the electrophysiological findings, morphological changes were mostly reversed 10 days after treatment, except for the ANF reduction in the basal turn. These results suggest that hyperbilirubinemia in neonatal guinea pigs impaired auditory peripheral neuromechanisms that targeted mainly the IHC synapses and the myelin sheath of SGNs and their fibers. Our observations indicate a potential connection between hyperbilirubinemia and auditory neuropathy.
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- Hai-Bo Ye
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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Liu H, Ding DL, Jiang HY, Wu XW, Salvi R, Sun H. Ototoxic destruction by co-administration of kanamycin and ethacrynic acid in rats. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2012; 12:853-61. [PMID: 21960349 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b1100040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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It is well known that ethacrynic acid (EA) can potentiate the ototoxicity of aminoglycoside antibiotics (AmAn) such as kanamycin (KM), if they were applied at the same time. Currently, to create the model of EA-KM-induced cochlear lesion in rats, adult rats received a single injection of EA (75 mg/kg, intravenous injection), or followed immediately by KM (500 mg/kg, intramuscular injection). The hearing function was assessed by auditory brainstem response (ABR) measurement in response to click and/or tone bursts at 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, and 32 kHz. The static microcirculation status in the stria vascularis after a single EA injection was evaluated with eosin staining. The pathological changes in cochlear and vestibular hair cells were also quantified after co-administration of EA and KM. After a single EA injection, blood flow in vessels supplying the stria vascularis rapidly diminished. However, the blood supply to the cochlear lateral wall partially recovered 5 h after EA treatment. Threshold changes in ABR were basically parallel to the microcirculation changes in stria vascularis after single EA treatment. Importantly, disposable co-administration of EA and KM resulted in a permanent hearing loss and severe damage to the cochlear hair cells, but spared the vestibular hair cells. Since the cochlear lateral wall is the important part of the blood-cochlea barrier, EA-induced anoxic damage to the epithelium of stria vascularis may enhance the entry of KM to the cochlea. Thus, experimental animal model of selective cochlear damage with normal vestibular systems can be reliably created through co-administration of EA and KM.
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- Hong Liu
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, NY 14214, USA
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Jing-chun H, Da-lian D, Dong-zhen Y, Hai-yan J, Shan-kai Y, Salvi R. Modulation of copper transporters in protection against cisplatin-induced cochlear hair cell damage. J Otol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1672-2930(11)50022-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Zanellato I, Bonarrigo I, Sardi M, Alessio M, Gabano E, Ravera M, Osella D. Evaluation of platinum-ethacrynic acid conjugates in the treatment of mesothelioma. ChemMedChem 2011; 6:2287-93. [PMID: 22025407 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201100426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2011] [Revised: 10/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) cells are characterized by chemoresistance associated with glutathione (GSH) metabolism. Ethacrynic acid (EA) is able to inhibit the detoxifying enzyme glutathione-S-transferase (GST), which catalyzes the conjugation between GSH and Pt-based drugs. With the aim of obtaining active bifunctional drugs, a Pt(II) complex containing two EA moieties as leaving groups, namely cis-diamminobis(ethacrynato)platinum(II), was synthesized, characterized, and tested on four MPM cell lines. The resulting antiproliferative activity was compared with that elicited by the analogue Pt(IV) complex, cis,cis,trans-diamminodichloridobis(ethacrynato)platinum(IV) (ethacraplatin) and by the co-administration of free EA and cisplatin. The Pt(II) and Pt(IV) bifunctional complexes showed poorer performance than the reference drug cisplatin alone or in combination with EA. After treatment, cellular GST activity remained consistently unchanged, while the GSH level increased.
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- Ilaria Zanellato
- Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Università del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro, Viale Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
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Schuck JB, Sun H, Penberthy WT, Cooper NGF, Li X, Smith ME. Transcriptomic analysis of the zebrafish inner ear points to growth hormone mediated regeneration following acoustic trauma. BMC Neurosci 2011; 12:88. [PMID: 21888654 PMCID: PMC3175199 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-12-88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2011] [Accepted: 09/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background Unlike mammals, teleost fishes are capable of regenerating sensory inner ear hair cells that have been lost following acoustic or ototoxic trauma. Previous work indicated that immediately following sound exposure, zebrafish saccules exhibit significant hair cell loss that recovers to pre-treatment levels within 14 days. Following acoustic trauma in the zebrafish inner ear, we used microarray analysis to identify genes involved in inner ear repair following acoustic exposure. Additionally, we investigated the effect of growth hormone (GH) on cell proliferation in control zebrafish utricles and saccules, since GH was significantly up-regulated following acoustic trauma. Results Microarray analysis, validated with the aid of quantitative real-time PCR, revealed several genes that were highly regulated during the process of regeneration in the zebrafish inner ear. Genes that had fold changes of ≥ 1.4 and P -values ≤ 0.05 were considered significantly regulated and were used for subsequent analysis. Categories of biological function that were significantly regulated included cancer, cellular growth and proliferation, and inflammation. Of particular significance, a greater than 64-fold increase in growth hormone (gh1) transcripts occurred, peaking at 2 days post-sound exposure (dpse) and decreasing to approximately 5.5-fold by 4 dpse. Pathway Analysis software was used to reveal networks of regulated genes and showed how GH affected these networks. Subsequent experiments showed that intraperitoneal injection of salmon growth hormone significantly increased cell proliferation in the zebrafish inner ear. Many other gene transcripts were also differentially regulated, including heavy and light chain myosin transcripts, both of which were down-regulated following sound exposure, and major histocompatability class I and II genes, several of which were significantly regulated on 2 dpse. Conclusions Transcripts for GH, MHC Class I and II genes, and heavy- and light-chain myosins, as well as many others genes, were differentially regulated in the zebrafish inner ear following overexposure to sound. GH injection increased cell proliferation in the inner ear of non-sound-exposed zebrafish, suggesting that GH could play an important role in sensory hair cell regeneration in the teleost ear.
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- Julie B Schuck
- Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA
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Li Y, Ding D, Jiang H, Fu Y, Salvi R. Co-administration of cisplatin and furosemide causes rapid and massive loss of cochlear hair cells in mice. Neurotox Res 2011; 20:307-19. [PMID: 21455790 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-011-9244-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2011] [Revised: 03/10/2011] [Accepted: 03/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The expanding arsenal of transgenic mice has created a powerful tool for investigating the biological mechanisms involved in ototoxicity. However, cisplatin ototoxicity is difficult to investigate in mice because of their small size and vulnerability to death by nephrotoxicity. To overcome this problem, we developed a strategy for promoting cisplatin-induced ototoxicity by coadministration of furosemide a loop diuretic. A dose-response study identified 200 mg/kg of furosemide as the optimal dose for disrupting the stria vascularis and opening the blood-ear barrier. Our analysis of stria pathology indicated that the optimal period for administering cisplatin was 1 h after furosemide treatment. Combined treatment with 0.5 mg/kg of cisplatin and 200 mg/kg furosemide resulted in only moderate loss of outer hair cells in the basal 20% of the cochlea, only mild threshold shifts and minimal loss of distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE). In contrast, 1 mg/kg of cisplatin plus 200 mg/kg of furosemide resulted in a permanent 40-50 dB elevation of auditory brainstem response thresholds, almost complete elimination of DPOAE, and nearly total loss of outer hair cells. The widespread outer hair cell lesions that develop in mice treated with cisplatin plus furosemide could serve as extremely useful murine model for investigating techniques for regenerating outer hair cells, studying the mechanisms of cisplatin and furosemide ototoxicity and assessing the perceptual and electrophysiological consequences of outer hair cell loss on central auditory plasticity.
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- Yongqi Li
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Yu D, Ding D, Jiang H, Stolzberg D, Salvi R. Mefloquine damage vestibular hair cells in organotypic cultures. Neurotox Res 2010; 20:51-8. [PMID: 20859773 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-010-9221-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2010] [Revised: 09/07/2010] [Accepted: 09/09/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Mefloquine is an effective and widely used anti-malarial drug; however, some clinical reports suggest that it can cause dizziness, balance, and vestibular disturbances. To determine if mefloquine might be toxic to the vestibular system, we applied mefloquine to organotypic cultures of the macula of the utricle from postnatal day 3 rats. The macula of the utricle was micro-dissected out as a flat surface preparation and cultured with 10, 50, 100, or 200 μM mefloquine for 24 h. Specimens were stained with TRITC-conjugated phalloidin to label the actin in hair cell stereocilia and TO-PRO-3 to visualize cell nuclei. Some utricles were also labeled with fluorogenic caspase-3, -8, or -9 indicators to evaluate the mechanism of programmed cell death. Mefloquine treatment caused a dose-dependent loss of utricular hair cells. Treatment with 10 μM caused a slight reduction, 50 μM caused a significant reduction, and 200 μM destroyed nearly all the hair cells. Hair cell nuclei in mefloquine-treated utricles were condensed and fragmented, morphological features of apoptosis. Mefloquine-treated utricles were positive for the extrinsic initiator caspase-8 and intrinsic initiator caspase-9 and downstream executioner caspase-3. These results indicate that mefloquine can induce significant hair cell degeneration in the postnatal rat utricle and that mefloquine-induced hair cell death is initiated by both caspase-8 and caspase-9.
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- Dongzhen Yu
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Salicylate-induced degeneration of cochlea spiral ganglion neurons-apoptosis signaling. Neuroscience 2010; 168:288-99. [PMID: 20298761 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2009] [Revised: 03/06/2010] [Accepted: 03/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Aspirin, whose active ingredient is sodium salicylate, is the most widely used drug worldwide, but it is not recommended for children because it may cause Reye's syndrome. High doses of salicylate also induce temporary hearing loss and tinnitus; while these disorders are believed to disappear when treatment is discontinued some data suggest that prolonged treatment may be neurotoxic. To investigate its ototoxicity, immature, postnatal day 3 rat cochlear organotypic cultures were treated with salicylate. Salicylate did not damage the sensory hair cells, but instead damaged the spiral ganglion neurons (SGN) and their peripheral fibers in a dose-dependent manner. The cross-sectional area of SGN decreased from 205 microm(2) in controls to 143, 116, and 91 microm(2) in cultures treated with 1, 3, or 5 mM salicylate, respectively. Morphological changes and caspase upregulation were indicative of caspase-mediated apoptosis. A quantitative RT-PCR apoptosis array identified a subset of genes up- or down regulated by salicylate. Eight genes showed a biologically relevant change (P<0.05, > or =2 fold change) after 3 h treatment with salicylate; seven genes (Tp53, Birc3, Tnfrsf5, Casp7, Nfkb1, Fas, Lta, Tnfsf10) were upregulated and one gene (Pycard) was downregulated. After 6 h treatment, only one gene (Nol3) was upregulated and two genes were downregulated (Cideb and Lhx4) while after 12 h treatment, two genes (Il10, Gadd45a) were upregulated and 4 (Prok2, Card10, Ltbr, Dapk1) were downregulated. High doses of salicylate in a physiologically relevant range can induce caspase-mediated cell death in immature SGN; changes in the expression of apoptotic genes particularly among members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family appear to play an important role in the degeneration.
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Cell-specific targeting in the mouse inner ear using nanoparticles conjugated with a neurotrophin-derived peptide ligand: potential tool for drug delivery. Int J Pharm 2010; 390:214-24. [PMID: 20153412 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2009] [Revised: 02/03/2010] [Accepted: 02/04/2010] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Cell specific targeting is an emerging field in nanomedicine. Homing of the multifunctional nanoparticles (MFNPs) is achieved by the conjugation of targeting moieties on the nanoparticle surface. The inner ear is an attractive target for new drug delivery strategies as it is hard to access and hearing loss is a significant worldwide problem. In this work we investigated the utility of a Nerve Growth Factor-derived peptide (hNgf_EE) functionalized nanoparticles (NPs) to target cells of the inner ear. These functionalized NPs were introduced to organotypic explant cultures of the mouse inner ear and to PC-12 rat pheochromocytoma cells. The NPs did not show any signs of toxicity. Specific targeting and higher binding affinity to spiral ganglion neurons, Schwann cells and nerve fibers of the explant cultures were achieved through ligand mediated multivalent binding to tyrosine kinase receptors and to p75 neurotrophin receptors. Unspecific uptake of NPs was investigated using NPs conjugated with scrambled hNgf_EE peptide. Our results indicate a selective cochlear cell targeting by MFNPs, which may be a potential tool for cell specific drug and gene delivery to the inner ear.
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He J, Yin S, Wang J, Ding D, Jiang H. Effectiveness of different approaches for establishing cisplatin-induced cochlear lesions in mice. Acta Otolaryngol 2009; 129:1359-67. [PMID: 19922082 DOI: 10.3109/00016480902856604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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CONCLUSIONS Mouse cochleae are highly resistant to systemically administered cisplatin. However, cochlear lesions can be produced effectively in mice when cisplatin is applied locally through the round window niche or tympanum. OBJECTIVE To explore the optimal approach for creating cisplatin-induced cochlear lesions in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cisplatin was administered to adult C57BL/6J mice via four approaches: (1) transtympanic injection, (2) round window niche injection, (3) intraperitoneal injection (i.p.) at 4 mg/kg/day for 4 consecutive days, and (4) one 15 mg/kg dose i.p. The hearing was monitored using frequency-specific auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) and distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs). Cochlear pathology was observed in cochleograms with Harris' hematoxylin staining. RESULTS Cisplatin applied systemically did not cause any significant ABR threshold elevation across the frequencies tested (2-32 kHz), whereas local application of cisplatin through the round window niche or tympanum resulted in significant ABR threshold elevations from high to medium frequencies. The functional changes were consistent with the cochlear pathology across groups.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Otolaryngology Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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