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Krishnan Muthaiah VP, Kaliyappan K, Mahajan SD. Poly ADP-Ribose Polymerase-1 inhibition by 3-aminobenzamide recuperates HEI-OC1 auditory hair cells from blast overpressure-induced cell death. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1047308. [PMID: 36949771 PMCID: PMC10025353 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1047308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Introduction: Poly ADP-Ribose Polymerase-1 (PARP1), a DNA repair enzyme is implicated as a key molecule in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative disorders. Traumatic insults inducing oxidative stress results in its over-activation causing inflammation and cell death (Parthanatos). As PARP1 inhibition is known to reduce oxidative stress, we hypothesized that PARP1 inhibition by a known inhibitor 3-aminobenzamide (3AB) might recuperate the damage in an in vitro model of blast injury using HEI-OC1 cells (mouse auditory hair cells). Methods: Here, we evaluated the protective effect of 3AB on HEI-OC1 cells following single and repetitive blast overpressures (BOPs). Results: We found that inhibition of PARP1 b 3AB inhibits the PARP1 enzyme and its action of a post-translational modification i.e. formation of Poly ADP-Ribose Polymers which leads to massive ATP depletion. PARP inhibition (3AB treatment) reduced the oxidative stress (4HNE, a marker of lipid peroxidation, and 8OHdG, a marker of oxidative DNA damage) in cells exposed to single/repetitive BOPS through up-regulation of Nrf2, a transcriptional regulator of antioxidant defense and the GCLC, a rate limiting enzyme in the synthesis of glutathione. Discussion: Overall, we found that PARP inhibition by 3AB helps to maintain the viability of BOP-exposed auditory hair cells by recuperating the ATP pool from both mitochondrial and glycolytic sources.
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- Vijaya Prakash Krishnan Muthaiah
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
- *Correspondence: Vijaya Prakash Krishnan Muthaiah,
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Clinical Translational Research Center, Buffalo, NY, United States
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Chan J, Telang R, Kociszewska D, Thorne PR, Vlajkovic SM. A High-Fat Diet Induces Low-Grade Cochlear Inflammation in CD-1 Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23095179. [PMID: 35563572 PMCID: PMC9101486 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23095179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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There is growing evidence for a relationship between gut dysbiosis and hearing loss. Inflammatory bowel disease, diet-induced obesity (DIO), and type 2 diabetes have all been linked to hearing loss. Here, we investigated the effect of a chronic high-fat diet (HFD) on the development of inner ear inflammation using a rodent model. Three-week-old CD-1 (Swiss) mice were fed an HFD or a control diet for ten weeks. After ten weeks, mouse cochleae were harvested, and markers of cochlear inflammation were assessed at the protein level using immunohistochemistry and at the gene expression level using quantitative real-time RT-PCR. We identified increased immunoexpression of pro-inflammatory biomarkers in animals on an HFD, including intracellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM1), interleukin 6 receptor α (IL6Rα), and toll-like-receptor 2 (TLR2). In addition, increased numbers of ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 (Iba1) positive macrophages were found in the cochlear lateral wall in mice on an HFD. In contrast, gene expression levels of inflammatory markers were not affected by an HFD. The recruitment of macrophages to the cochlea and increased immunoexpression of inflammatory markers in mice fed an HFD provide direct evidence for the association between HFD and cochlear inflammation.
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Keithley EM. Inner ear immunity. Hear Res 2022; 419:108518. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Semyachkina-Glushkovskaya O, Esmat A, Bragin D, Bragina O, Shirokov AA, Navolokin N, Yang Y, Abdurashitov A, Khorovodov A, Terskov A, Klimova M, Mamedova A, Fedosov I, Tuchin V, Kurths J. Phenomenon of music-induced opening of the blood-brain barrier in healthy mice. Proc Biol Sci 2020; 287:20202337. [PMID: 33323086 PMCID: PMC7779516 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Music plays a more important role in our life than just being an entertainment. For example, it can be used as an anti-anxiety therapy of human and animals. However, the unsafe listening of loud music triggers hearing loss in millions of young people and professional musicians (rock, jazz and symphony orchestra) owing to exposure to damaging sound levels using personal audio devices or at noisy entertainment venues including nightclubs, discotheques, bars and concerts. Therefore, it is important to understand how loud music affects us. In this pioneering study on healthy mice, we discover that loud rock music below the safety threshold causes opening of the blood-brain barrier (OBBB), which plays a vital role in protecting the brain from viruses, bacteria and toxins. We clearly demonstrate that listening to loud music during 2 h in an intermittent adaptive regime is accompanied by delayed (1 h after music exposure) and short-lasting to (during 1-4 h) OBBB to low and high molecular weight compounds without cochlear and brain impairments. We present the systemic and molecular mechanisms responsible for music-induced OBBB. Finally, a revision of our traditional knowledge about the BBB nature and the novel strategies in optimizing of sound-mediated methods for brain drug delivery are discussed.
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- O. Semyachkina-Glushkovskaya
- Department of Physics, Humboldt University, Newtonstrasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Biology, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Strasse 83, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Strasse 83, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
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- Department of Physics, Humboldt University, Newtonstrasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Entuziastov 13, Saratov 410049, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Humboldt University, Newtonstrasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Anatomy, Saratov State Medical University, Bolshaya Kazachaya Strasse 112, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Department of Biology, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Strasse 83, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Strasse 83, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Strasse 83, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Strasse 83, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Strasse 83, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Strasse 83, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Strasse 83, Saratov 410012, Russia
- Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin's Ave., Tomsk 634050, Russia
- Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control of RAS, Rabochaya Strasse 24, Saratov 410028, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Humboldt University, Newtonstrasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Biology, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Strasse 83, Saratov 410012, Russia
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg A31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Dufek B, Meehan DT, Delimont D, Wilhelm K, Samuelson G, Coenen R, Madison J, Doyle E, Smyth B, Phillips G, Gratton MA, Cosgrove D. RNA-seq analysis of gene expression profiles in isolated stria vascularis from wild-type and Alport mice reveals key pathways underling Alport strial pathogenesis. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0237907. [PMID: 32822386 PMCID: PMC7446819 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Previous work demonstrates that the hearing loss in Alport mice is caused by defects in the stria vascularis. As the animals age, progressive thickening of strial capillary basement membranes (SCBMs) occurs associated with elevated levels of extracellular matrix expression and hypoxia-related gene and protein expression. These conditions render the animals susceptible to noise-induced hearing loss. In an effort to develop a more comprehensive understanding of how the underlying mutation in the COL4A3 gene influences homeostasis in the stria vascularis, we performed vascular permeability studies combined with RNA-seq analysis using isolated stria vascularis from 7-week old wild-type and Alport mice on the 129 Sv background. Alport SCBMs were found to be less permeable than wild-type littermates. RNA-seq and bioinformatics analysis revealed 68 genes were induced and 61 genes suppressed in the stria from Alport mice relative to wild-type using a cut-off of 2-fold. These included pathways involving transcription factors associated with the regulation of pro-inflammatory responses as well as cytokines, chemokines, and chemokine receptors that are up- or down-regulated. Canonical pathways included modulation of genes associated with glucose and glucose-1-PO4 degradation, NAD biosynthesis, histidine degradation, calcium signaling, and glutamate receptor signaling (among others). In all, the data point to the Alport stria being in an inflammatory state with disruption in numerous metabolic pathways indicative of metabolic stress, a likely cause for the susceptibility of Alport mice to noise-induced hearing loss under conditions that do not cause permanent hearing loss in age/strain-matched wild-type mice. The work lays the foundation for studies aimed at understanding the nature of strial pathology in Alport mice. The modulation of these genes under conditions of therapeutic intervention may provide important pre-clinical data to justify trials in humans afflicted with the disease.
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- Brianna Dufek
- Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, United States of America
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- Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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Prasad KN, Bondy SC. Increased oxidative stress, inflammation, and glutamate: Potential preventive and therapeutic targets for hearing disorders. Mech Ageing Dev 2019; 185:111191. [PMID: 31765645 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2019.111191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Hearing disorders constitute one of the major health concerns in the USA. Decades of basic and clinical studies have identified numerous ototoxic agents and investigated their modes of action on the inner ear, utilizing tissue culture as well as animal and human models. Current preventive and therapeutic approaches are considered unsatisfactory. Therefore, additional modalities should be developed. Many studies suggest that increased levels of oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, and glutamate play an important role in the initiation and progression of damage to the inner ear leading to hearing impairments. To prevent these cellular deficits, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory agents, and antagonists of glutamate receptor have been used individually or in combination with limited success. It is essential, therefore, to simultaneously enhance the levels of antioxidant enzymes by activating the Nrf2 (a nuclear transcriptional factor) pathway, dietary and endogenous antioxidant compounds, and B12-vitamins in order to reduce the levels of oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, and glutamate at the same time. This review presents evidence to show that increased levels of these cellular metabolites, biochemical or factors are involved in the pathogenesis of cochlea leading to hearing impairments. It presents scientific rationale for the use of a mixture of micronutrients that may decrease the levels of oxidative damage, chronic inflammation, and glutamate at the same time. The benefits for using oral administration of proposed micronutrient mixture in humans are presented. Animal and limited human studies indirectly suggest that orally administered micronutrients can accumulate in the inner ear. Therefore, this route of administration may be useful in prevention, and in combination with standard care, in improved management of hearing problems following exposure to well-recognized and studied ototoxic agents, such as noise, cisplatin, aminoglycoside antibiotics, and advanced age.
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- Kadar N Prasad
- Engage Global, 245 El Faisan Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, United States.
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- Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697-1830, United States
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Frye MD, Zhang C, Hu BH. Lower level noise exposure that produces only TTS modulates the immune homeostasis of cochlear macrophages. J Neuroimmunol 2018; 323:152-166. [PMID: 30196827 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2018.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/30/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Noise exposure producing temporary threshold shifts (TTS) has been demonstrated to cause permanent changes to cochlear physiology and hearing function. Several explanations have been purported to underlie these long-term changes in cochlear function, such as damage to sensory cell stereocilia and synaptic connections between sensory cells and their innervation by spiral ganglion neurons, and demyelination of the auditory nerve. Though these structural defects have been implicated in hearing difficulty, cochlear responses to this stress damage remains poorly understood. Here, we report the activation of the cochlear immune system following exposure to lower level noise (LLN) that causes only TTS. Using multiple morphological, molecular and functional parameters, we assessed the responses of macrophages, the primary immune cell population in the cochlea, to the LLN exposure. This study reveals that a LLN that causes only TTS increases the macrophage population in cochlear regions immediately adjacent to sensory cells and their innervations. Many of these cells acquire an activated morphology and express the immune molecules CCL2 and ICAM1 that are important for macrophage inflammatory activity and adhesion. However, LLN exposure reduces macrophage phagocytic ability. While the activated morphology of cochlear macrophages reverses, the complete recovery is not achieved 2 months after the LLN exposure. Taken together, these observations clearly implicate the cochlear immune system in the cochlear response to LLN that causes no permanent threshold change.
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- Mitchell D Frye
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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Ghezzi P, Floridi L, Boraschi D, Cuadrado A, Manda G, Levic S, D'Acquisto F, Hamilton A, Athersuch TJ, Selley L. Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Induced by Environmental and Psychological Stressors: A Biomarker Perspective. Antioxid Redox Signal 2018; 28:852-872. [PMID: 28494612 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2017.7147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE The environment can elicit biological responses such as oxidative stress (OS) and inflammation as a consequence of chemical, physical, or psychological changes. As population studies are essential for establishing these environment-organism interactions, biomarkers of OS or inflammation are critical in formulating mechanistic hypotheses. Recent Advances: By using examples of stress induced by various mechanisms, we focus on the biomarkers that have been used to assess OS and inflammation in these conditions. We discuss the difference between biomarkers that are the result of a chemical reaction (such as lipid peroxides or oxidized proteins that are a result of the reaction of molecules with reactive oxygen species) and those that represent the biological response to stress, such as the transcription factor NRF2 or inflammation and inflammatory cytokines. CRITICAL ISSUES The high-throughput and holistic approaches to biomarker discovery used extensively in large-scale molecular epidemiological exposome are also discussed in the context of human exposure to environmental stressors. FUTURE DIRECTIONS We propose to consider the role of biomarkers as signs and to distinguish between signs that are just indicators of biological processes and proxies that one can interact with and modify the disease process. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 28, 852-872.
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- Pietro Ghezzi
- 1 Brighton & Sussex Medical School , Brighton, United Kingdom
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- 2 Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford , Oxford, United Kingdom .,3 Alan Turing Institute , London, United Kingdom
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- 4 Institute of Protein Biochemistry , National Research Council, Napoli, Italy
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- 5 Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPaz), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols UAM-CSIC , Madrid, Spain .,6 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid , Madrid, Spain
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- 7 "Victor Babes" National Institute of Pathology , Bucharest, Romania
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- 1 Brighton & Sussex Medical School , Brighton, United Kingdom
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- 8 William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London , London, United Kingdom
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- 8 William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London , London, United Kingdom
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- 9 Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, and MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London , London, United Kingdom
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- 9 Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, and MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London , London, United Kingdom
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The Genomic Basis of Noise-induced Hearing Loss: A Literature Review Organized by Cellular Pathways. Otol Neurotol 2017; 37:e309-16. [PMID: 27518140 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000001073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Using Reactome, a curated Internet database, noise-induced hearing loss studies were aggregated into cellular pathways for organization of the emerging genomic and epigenetic data in the literature. DATA SOURCES PubMed and Reactome.org, a relational data base program systematizing biological processes into interactive pathways and subpathways based on ontology, cellular constituents, gene expression, and molecular components. STUDY SELECTION Peer-reviewed population and laboratory studies for the previous 15 years relating genomics and noise and hearing loss were identified in PubMed. Criteria included p values <0.05 with correction for multiple genes, a fold change of >1.5, or duplicated studies. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS One-hundred fifty-eight unique HGNC identifiers from 77 articles met the selection criteria, and were uploaded into the analysis program at http://reactome.org. These genes participated in a total of 621 cellular interactions in 21 of 23 pathways. Cellular response to stress with its attenuation phase, particularly in response to heat stress, detoxification of ROS, and specific areas of the immune system are predominant pathways identified as significantly 'overrepresented' (p values <0.1e-5 and false discovery rates <0.01). CONCLUSION Twenty-one of 23 of the designated pathways in Reactome have significant influence on noise-induced hearing loss, signifying a confluence of molecular pathways in reaction to acoustic trauma; however, cellular response to stress, including heat shock response, and other small areas of immune response were highly overrepresented. Yet-to-be-explored genomics areas include miRNA, lncRNA, copy number variations, RNA sequencing, and human genome-wide association study.
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Kalinec GM, Lomberk G, Urrutia RA, Kalinec F. Resolution of Cochlear Inflammation: Novel Target for Preventing or Ameliorating Drug-, Noise- and Age-related Hearing Loss. Front Cell Neurosci 2017; 11:192. [PMID: 28736517 PMCID: PMC5500902 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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A significant number of studies support the idea that inflammatory responses are intimately associated with drug-, noise- and age-related hearing loss (DRHL, NRHL and ARHL). Consequently, several clinical strategies aimed at reducing auditory dysfunction by preventing inflammation are currently under intense scrutiny. Inflammation, however, is a normal adaptive response aimed at restoring tissue functionality and homeostasis after infection, tissue injury and even stress under sterile conditions, and suppressing it could have unintended negative consequences. Therefore, an appropriate approach to prevent or ameliorate DRHL, NRHL and ARHL should involve improving the resolution of the inflammatory process in the cochlea rather than inhibiting this phenomenon. The resolution of inflammation is not a passive response but rather an active, highly controlled and coordinated process. Inflammation by itself produces specialized pro-resolving mediators with critical functions, including essential fatty acid derivatives (lipoxins, resolvins, protectins and maresins), proteins and peptides such as annexin A1 and galectins, purines (adenosine), gaseous mediators (NO, H2S and CO), as well as neuromodulators like acetylcholine and netrin-1. In this review article, we describe recent advances in the understanding of the resolution phase of inflammation and highlight therapeutic strategies that might be useful in preventing inflammation-induced cochlear damage. In particular, we emphasize beneficial approaches that have been tested in pre-clinical models of inflammatory responses induced by recognized ototoxic drugs such as cisplatin and aminoglycoside antibiotics. Since these studies suggest that improving the resolution process could be useful for the prevention of inflammation-associated diseases in humans, we discuss the potential application of similar strategies to prevent or mitigate DRHL, NRHL and ARHL.
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- Gilda M Kalinec
- Laboratory of Auditory Cell Biology, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of CaliforniaLos Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics Laboratory, Translational Epigenomic Program, Center for Individualized Medicine (CIM) Mayo ClinicRochester, MN, United States
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- Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics Laboratory, Translational Epigenomic Program, Center for Individualized Medicine (CIM) Mayo ClinicRochester, MN, United States
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- Laboratory of Auditory Cell Biology, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of CaliforniaLos Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Characterisation of cochlear inflammation in mice following acute and chronic noise exposure. Histochem Cell Biol 2016; 146:219-30. [PMID: 27109494 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-016-1436-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Oxidative stress has been established as the key mechanism of the cochlear damage underlying noise-induced hearing loss, however, emerging evidence suggests that cochlear inflammation may also be a major contributor. This study aimed to improve our understanding of the cochlear inflammatory response associated with acute and chronic noise exposure. C57BL/6 mice were exposed to acute traumatic noise (100 dBSPL, 8-16 kHz for 24 h) and their cochleae collected at various intervals thereafter, up to 7 days. Using quantitative RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry, changes in expression levels of proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β), chemokines (CCL2) and cell adhesion molecules (ICAM-1) were studied. All gene transcripts displayed similar dynamics of expression, with an early upregulation at 6 h post-exposure, followed by a second peak at 7 days. ICAM-1 immunoexpression increased significantly in the inferior region of the spiral ligament, peaking 24 h post-exposure. The early expression of proinflammatory mediators likely mediates the recruitment and extravasation of inflammatory cells into the noise-exposed cochlea. The occurrence of the latter expression peak is not clear, but it may be associated with reparative processes initiated in response to cochlear damage. Chronic exposure to moderate noise (90 dBSPL, 8-16 kHz, 2 h/day, up to 4 weeks) also elicited an inflammatory response, reaching a maximum after 2 weeks, suggesting that cochlear damage and hearing loss associated with chronic environmental noise exposure may be linked to inflammatory processes in the cochlea. This study thus provides further insight into the dynamics of the cochlear inflammatory response induced by exposure to acute and chronic noise.
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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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Zhang Y, Yang Y, Xie Z, Zuo W, Jiang H, Zhao X, Sun Y, Kong W. Decreased Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 1 Expression Attenuates Glucose Oxidase-Induced Damage in Rat Cochlear Marginal Strial Cells. Mol Neurobiol 2015; 53:5971-5984. [PMID: 26526840 PMCID: PMC5085996 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9469-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Oxidative damage to the inner ear is responsible for several types of sensorineural deafness. Cochlear stria marginal cells (MCs) are thought to be vulnerable to such oxidative stress. Activated poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) has been implicated in several diseases, but the effect of PARP1 on MCs subjected to oxidative stress remains elusive. In this study, we established an in vitro cellular oxidative stress model using glucose oxidase (GO) and attempted to explore the role that PARP1 plays in the oxidative damage of MCs. In this study, PARP1 and poly-ADP-ribose (PAR) were highly expressed in GO-treated MCs, and this was accompanied by loss of MC viability, excessive generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), collapse of mitochondria membrane potential (ΔΨm), and redistribution of the mitochondrial downstream pathway-related molecules Bax and cytochrome c, eventually causing MC death. These effects were almost completely counteracted by suppressing PARP1 expression with small interfering RNA (siRNA). We also found that caspase-3 activation was a downstream event of PARP activation and that apoptosis of MCs was suppressed, although not completely, by pretreatment with the pan-caspase inhibitor z-VAD-fmk. The suppression was less than that when PARP1 expression was inhibited. We conclude that GO treatment induces activation of PARP1, which causes MC damage via mitochondrial mediation. PARP1 plays a pivotal role in GO-induced MC death, at least in part, via the caspase-3 cascade. Our study might provide a new cellular and molecular approach for the treatment of oxidative stress-related sensorineural deafness.
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- Yuanyuan Zhang
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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The poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitor PJ34 reduces pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Transplantation 2015; 98:618-24. [PMID: 25221900 PMCID: PMC4160283 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000000305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Supplemental digital content is available in the text. Background Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury after lung transplantation causes alveolar damage, lung edema, and acute rejection. Poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase (PARP) is a single-stranded DNA repair enzyme that induces apoptosis and necrosis after DNA damage caused by reactive oxygen species. We evaluated tissue protective effects of the PARP inhibitor (PARP-i) PJ34 against pulmonary I/R injury. Methods Rats (total n=45) underwent a thoracotomy with left hilar isolation and saline administration (sham group) or thoracotomy with hilar clamping and saline administration (I/R group) or PJ34 administration (PARP-i group). Parameters were measured for 7 days after reperfusion. Results Pathologic analysis revealed that reperfusion injury was drastically suppressed in the PARP-i group 2 days after reperfusion. Terminal deoxynucleotide transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick-end labeling–positive cells were significantly decreased in the PARP-i group compared to the I/R group (P<0.05). Accordingly, the wet-to-dry lung ratio in the I/R group was significantly higher compared with the PARP-i group (P=0.025). Four hours after reperfusion, serum tissue necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 were significantly suppressed in the PARP-i group compared with the I/R group (P<0.05). Serum derivatives of reactive oxygen metabolites increased quickly and remained high in the I/R and PARP-i groups from 4 hr until 7 days after reperfusion. Interestingly, the serum biologic antioxidant potential in the PARP-i group was significantly higher than that in the I/R group from day 2 until day 7. Conclusion The PARP-i decreased inflammation and tissue damage caused by pulmonary I/R injury. These beneficial effects of the PARP-i may be correlated with its antioxidative efficacy.
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Shi X, Zhang F, Urdang Z, Dai M, Neng L, Zhang J, Chen S, Ramamoorthy S, Nuttall AL. Thin and open vessel windows for intra-vital fluorescence imaging of murine cochlear blood flow. Hear Res 2014; 313:38-46. [PMID: 24780131 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2014.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2013] [Revised: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Normal microvessel structure and function in the cochlea is essential for maintaining the ionic and metabolic homeostasis required for hearing function. Abnormal cochlear microcirculation has long been considered an etiologic factor in hearing disorders. A better understanding of cochlear blood flow (CoBF) will enable more effective amelioration of hearing disorders that result from aberrant blood flow. However, establishing the direct relationship between CoBF and other cellular events in the lateral wall and response to physio-pathological stress remains a challenge due to the lack of feasible interrogation methods and difficulty in accessing the inner ear. Here we report on new methods for studying the CoBF in a mouse model using a thin or open vessel-window in combination with fluorescence intra-vital microscopy (IVM). An open vessel-window enables investigation of vascular cell biology and blood flow permeability, including pericyte (PC) contractility, bone marrow cell migration, and endothelial barrier leakage, in wild type and fluorescent protein-labeled transgenic mouse models with high spatial and temporal resolution. Alternatively, the thin vessel-window method minimizes disruption of the homeostatic balance in the lateral wall and enables study CoBF under relatively intact physiological conditions. A thin vessel-window method can also be used for time-based studies of physiological and pathological processes. Although the small size of the mouse cochlea makes surgery difficult, the methods are sufficiently developed for studying the structural and functional changes in CoBF under normal and pathological conditions.
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- Xiaorui Shi
- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
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- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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Tan WJT, Thorne PR, Vlajkovic SM. Noise-induced cochlear inflammation. World J Otorhinolaryngol 2013; 3:89-99. [DOI: 10.5319/wjo.v3.i3.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2013] [Revised: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Hearing loss is the most common sensory disability with considerable social and economic implications. According to recent World Health Organization estimates, 360 million people worldwide suffer from moderate to profound hearing loss. Exposure to excessive noise is one of the major causes of sensorineural hearing loss, secondary only to age-related hearing loss (presbyacusis). Since cochlear tissues have limited abilities of repair and regeneration, this damage can be irreversible, leading to cochlear dysfunction and permanent hearing loss. Recent studies have shown that cochlear inflammation can be induced by noise exposure and contribute to the overall pathogenesis of cochlear injury and hearing loss. The cochlea is separated from the systemic circulation by the blood-labyrinth barrier, which is physiologically similar to the blood-brain barrier of the central nervous system. Because of this feature, the cochlea was originally considered an immunologically privileged organ. However, this postulate has been challenged by the evidence of an inflammatory response in the cochlea in the presence of bacterial or viral pathogens or antigens that can cause labyrinthitis. Although the main purpose of the inflammatory reaction is to protect against invading pathogens, the inflammatory response can also cause significant bystander injury to the delicate structures of the cochlea. The cochlear inflammatory response is characterised by the generation of proinflammatory mediators (cytokines, chemokines and adhesion molecules), and the recruitment of inflammatory cells (leukocytes). Here, we present an overview of the current research on cochlear inflammation, with particular emphasis on noise-induced cochlear inflammation. We also discuss treatment strategies aimed at the suppression of inflammation, which may potentially lead to mitigation of hearing loss.
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Kim SJ, Lee JH, Kim BS, So HS, Park R, Myung NY, Um JY, Hong SH. (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate protects against NO-induced ototoxicity through the regulation of caspase- 1, caspase-3, and NF-κB activation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43967. [PMID: 23028481 PMCID: PMC3461011 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Excessive nitric oxide (NO) production is toxic to the cochlea and induces hearing loss. However, the mechanism through which NO induces ototoxicity has not been completely understood. The aim of this study was to gain further insight into the mechanism mediating NO-induced toxicity in auditory HEI-OC1 cells and in ex vivo analysis. We also elucidated whether and how epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), the main component of green tea polyphenols, regulates NO-induced auditory cell damage. To investigate NO-mediated ototoxicity, S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) was used as an NO donor. SNAP was cytotoxic, generating reactive oxygen species, releasing cytochrome c, and activating caspase-3 in auditory cells. NO-induced ototoxicity also mediated the nuclear factor (NF)-κB/caspase-1 pathway. Furthermore, SNAP destroyed the orderly arrangement of the 3 outer rows of hair cells in the basal, middle, and apical turns of the organ of Corti from the cochlea of Sprague-Dawley rats at postnatal day 2. However, EGCG counteracted this ototoxicity by suppressing the activation of caspase-3/NF-κB and preventing the destruction of hair cell arrays in the organ of Corti. These findings may lead to the development of a model for pharmacological mechanism of EGCG and potential therapies against ototoxicity.
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- Su-Jin Kim
- Department of Cosmeceutical Science, Daegu Hanny University, Kyungsan, Gyeoungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Metabolic Function Regulation, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea
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- Wonkwang Bone Regeneration Research Institute, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Metabolic Function Regulation, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Metabolic Function Regulation, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Metabolic Function Regulation, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea
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- College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Metabolic Function Regulation, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea
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Bai P, Virág L. Role of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases in the regulation of inflammatory processes. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:3771-7. [PMID: 23022557 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.09.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Revised: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 09/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PARP enzymes influence the immune system at several key points and thus modulate inflammatory diseases. PARP enzymes affect immune cell maturation and differentiation and regulate the expression of inflammatory mediators such as cytokines, chemokines, inducible nitric oxide synthase and adhesion molecules. Moreover, PARP enzymes are key regulators of cell death during inflammation-related oxidative and nitrosative stress. Here we provide an overview of the different inflammatory diseases regulated by PARP enzymes.
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- Péter Bai
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen H-4032, Hungary.
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KIM SUJIN, KWAK HYUNJEONG, KIM DAESEUNG, CHOI HYUNMYUNG, SIM JUNGEUN, KIM SUNGHOON, UM JAEYOUNG, HONG SEUNGHEON. Protective mechanism of Korean Red Ginseng in cisplatin-induced ototoxicity through attenuation of nuclear factor-κB and caspase-1 activation. Mol Med Rep 2012; 12:315-22. [DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Normal blood supply to the cochlea is critically important for establishing the endocochlear potential and sustaining production of endolymph. Abnormal cochlear microcirculation has long been considered an etiologic factor in noise-induced hearing loss, age-related hearing loss (presbycusis), sudden hearing loss or vestibular function, and Meniere's disease. Knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of cochlear microcirculation is of fundamental clinical importance. A better understanding of cochlear blood flow (CoBF) will enable more effective management of hearing disorders resulting from aberrant blood flow. This review focuses on recent discoveries and findings related to the physiopathology of the cochlear microvasculature.
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- Xiaorui Shi
- Oregon Hearing Research Center (NRC04), Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Cai Q, Patel M, Coling D, Hu BH. Transcriptional changes in adhesion-related genes are site-specific during noise-induced cochlear pathogenesis. Neurobiol Dis 2011; 45:723-32. [PMID: 22044737 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2011.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2011] [Revised: 10/06/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cell-cell junctions and junctions between cells and extracellular matrix are essential for maintenance of the structural and functional integrity of the cochlea, and are also a major target of acoustic trauma. While morphological assessments have revealed adhesion dysfunction in noise-traumatized cochleae, the molecular mechanisms responsible for adhesion disruption are not clear. Here, we screened the transcriptional expression of 49 adhesion-related genes in normal rat cochleae and measured the expression changes in the early phases of cochlear pathogenesis after acoustic trauma. We found that genes from four adhesion families, including the immunoglobulin superfamily and the integrin, cadherin, and selectin families, are expressed in the normal cochlea. Exposure to an intense noise at 120dB sound pressure level (SPL) for 2h caused site-specific changes in expression levels in the apical and the basal sections of the sensory epithelium. Expression changes that occurred in the cochlear sensory epithelium were biphasic, with early upregulation at 2h post-noise exposure and subsequent downregulation at 1day post-exposure. Importantly, the altered expression level of seven genes (Sgce, Sell, Itga5, Itgal, Selp, Cntn1 and Col5a1) is related to the level of threshold shift of the auditory brainstem response (ABR), an index reflecting functional change in the cochlea. Notably, the genes showing expression changes exhibited diverse constitutive expression levels and belong to multiple adhesion gene families. The finding of expression changes in multiple families of adhesion genes in a temporal fashion (2h vs. 1day) and a spatial fashion (the apical and the basal sensory epithelia as well as the lateral wall tissue) suggests that acoustic overstimulation provokes a complex response in adhesion genes, which likely involves multiple adhesion-related signaling pathways.
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- Qunfeng Cai
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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Reduced formation of oxidative stress biomarkers and migration of mononuclear phagocytes in the cochleae of chinchilla after antioxidant treatment in acute acoustic trauma. Int J Otolaryngol 2011; 2011:612690. [PMID: 21961007 PMCID: PMC3179894 DOI: 10.1155/2011/612690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Accepted: 07/19/2011] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Objective. Inhibition of inflammation and free radical formation in the cochlea may be involved in antioxidant treatment in acute acoustic trauma. Procedure. Chinchilla were exposed to 105 dB sound pressure level octave band noise for 6 hours. One group of chinchilla was treated with antioxidants after noise exposure. Auditory brainstem responses, outer hair cell counts, and immunohistochemical analyses of biomarkers in the cochlea were conducted. Results. The antioxidant treatment significantly reduced hearing threshold shifts, outer hair cell loss, numbers of CD45+ cells, as well as 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal and nitrotyrosine formation in the cochlea. Conclusion. Antioxidant treatment may provide protection to sensory cells by inhibiting formation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen products and migration of mononuclear phagocytes in the cochlea. The present study provides further evidence of effectiveness of antioxidant treatment in reducing permanent hearing loss.
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Ohlemiller KK, Rybak Rice ME, Rosen AD, Montgomery SC, Gagnon PM. Protection by low-dose kanamycin against noise-induced hearing loss in mice: dependence on dosing regimen and genetic background. Hear Res 2011; 280:141-7. [PMID: 21645602 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2011] [Revised: 05/09/2011] [Accepted: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We recently demonstrated that sub-chronic low-dose kanamycin (KM, 300 mg/kg sc, 2×/day, 10 days) dramatically reduces permanent noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and hair cell loss in 1 month old CBA/J mice (Fernandez et al., 2010, J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. 11, 235-244). Protection by KM remained for at least 48 h after the last dose, and appeared to involve a cumulative effect of multiple doses as part of a preconditioning process. The first month of life lies within the early 'sensitive period' for both cochlear noise and ototoxic injury in mice, and CBA/J mice appear exquisitely vulnerable to noise during this period (Ohlemiller et al., 2011; Hearing Res. 272, 13-20). From our initial data, we could not rule out 1) that less rigorous treatment protocols than the intensive one we applied may be equally-or more-protective; 2) that protection by KM is tightly linked to processes unique to the sensitive period for noise or ototoxins; or 3) that protection by KM is exclusive to CBA/J mice. The present experiments address these questions by varying the number and timing of fixed doses (300 mg/kg sc) of KM, as well as the age at treatment in CBA/J mice. We also tested for protection in young C57BL/6J (B6) mice. We find that nearly complete protection against at least 2 h of intense (110 dB SPL) broadband noise can be observed in CBA/J mice at least for ages up to 1 year. Reducing dosing frequency to as little as once every other day (a four-fold decrease in dosing frequency) appeared as protective as twice per day. However, reducing the number of doses to just 1 or 2, followed by noise 24 or 48 h later greatly reduced protection. Notably, hearing thresholds and hair cells in young B6 mice appeared completely unprotected by the same regimen that dramatically protects CBA/J mice. We conclude that protective effects of KM against NIHL in CBA/J mice can be engaged by a wide range of dosing regimens, and are not exclusive to the sensitive period for noise or ototoxins. While we cannot presently judge the generality of protection across genetic backgrounds, it appears not to be universal, since B6 showed no benefit. Classical genetic approaches based on CBA/J × B6 crosses may reveal loci critical to protective cascades engaged by kanamycin and perhaps other preconditioners. Their human analogs may partly determine who is at elevated risk of acquired hearing loss.
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- Kevin K Ohlemiller
- Fay and Carl Simons Center for Biology of Hearing and Deafness, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Ohlemiller KK, Rosen AD, Rellinger EA, Montgomery SC, Gagnon PM. Different cellular and genetic basis of noise-related endocochlear potential reduction in CBA/J and BALB/cJ mice. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2011; 12:45-58. [PMID: 20922451 PMCID: PMC3015030 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-010-0238-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2010] [Accepted: 09/20/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The acute and permanent effects of noise exposure on the endocochlear potential (EP) and cochlear lateral wall were evaluated in BALB/cJ (BALB) inbred mice, and compared with CBA/J (CBA) and C57BL/6 (B6) mice. Two-hour exposure to broadband noise (4-45 kHz) at 110 dB SPL leads to a approximately 50 mV reduction in the EP in BALB and CBA, but not B6. EP reduction in BALB and CBA is reliably associated with characteristic acute cellular pathology in stria vascularis and spiral ligament. By 8 weeks after exposure, the EP in CBA mice has returned to normal. In BALBs, however, the EP remains depressed by an average approximately 10 mV, so that permanent EP reduction contributes to permanent threshold shifts in these mice. We recently showed that the CBA noise phenotype in part reflects the influence of a large effect quantitative trait locus on Chr. 18, termed Nirep (Ohlemiller et al., Hear Res 260:47-53, 2010b). While CBA "EP susceptibility" alleles are dominant to those in B6, examination of (B6 × BALB) F1 hybrid mice and (F1 × BALB) N2 backcross mice revealed that noise-related EP reduction and associated cell pathology in BALBs are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, and are dependent on multiple genes. Moreover, while N2 mice formed from B6 and CBA retain strong correspondence between acute EP reduction, ligament pathology, and strial pathology, N2s formed from B6 and BALB include subsets that dissociate pathology of ligament and stria. We conclude that the genes and cascades that govern the very similar EP susceptibility phenotypes in BALB and CBA mice need not be the same. BALBs appear to carry alleles that promote more pronounced long term effects of noise on the lateral wall. Separate loci in BALBs may preferentially impact stria versus ligament.
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- Kevin K Ohlemiller
- Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Hu BH, Cai Q. Acoustic overstimulation modifies Mcl-1 expression in cochlear sensory epithelial cells. J Neurosci Res 2010; 88:1812-21. [PMID: 20091770 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Acoustic overstimulation causes apoptotic cell death in the cochlea. This death process is mediated, in part, by the mitochondrial signaling pathway involving Bcl-2 family proteins. Myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 (Mcl-l) is an antiapoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family. Its involvement in noise-induced hair cell death has not been characterized. Here we report the endogenous expression and the noise-induced expression of Mcl-1 in Sprague Dawley rat cochleae. In the sensory epithelia of normal cochleae, there is strong constitutive expression of Mcl-1 mRNA, with an expression level higher than that of many other Bcl-2 family genes. The Mcl-1 protein is preferentially expressed in outer hair cells. After exposure to a high level of continuous noise at 115-dB sound pressure level for 1 hr, Mcl-1 expression displays a time-dependent alteration, with up-regulation of Mcl-1 mRNA at 4 hr postexposure and protein up-regulation at 1 day postexposure. Western blot analysis reveals the up-regulated Mcl-1 as the full-length form of Mcl-1. Immunolabeling of the Mcl-1 protein reveals the early increase in Mcl-1 immunoreactivity in the nuclear region of the hair cells displaying apoptotic phenotypes and a subsequent increase in survival hair cells. These results suggest that Mcl-1 is involved in the regulation of hair cell pathogenesis resulting from acoustic stress, possibly by influencing the nuclear events of apoptosis.
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- Bo Hua Hu
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA.
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Yamamoto H, Omelchenko I, Shi X, Nuttall AL. The influence of NF-kappaB signal-transduction pathways on the murine inner ear by acoustic overstimulation. J Neurosci Res 2009; 87:1832-40. [PMID: 19185019 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) comprises a family of inducible transcription factors that serve as important regulators of the host immune and inflammatory responses. The NF-kappaB signals are activated via the canonical and/or noncanonical pathways in response to diverse stimuli. The excessive action of NF-kappaB signal-transduction pathways frequently causes self-injurious phenomena such as allergic diseases, vascular disorders, and ischemia-reperfusion neuronal damage. In the inner ear, the role of NF-kappaB has not been clarified because the activated NF-kappaB signals potentially induce both cytoprotective and cytotoxic target genes after ototoxic stimulation. In the present study, we investigated the response of NF-kappaB in both the canonical and noncanonical pathways to acoustic overstimulation (117 dB/SPL/2 hr) and followed the change of inflammatory factors (inducible nitric oxide synthase [iNOS], intracellular adhesion molecule-1 [ICAM-1], and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 [VCAM-1]) in the cochlear lateral wall (CLW) and the rest of cochlea (RoC). By means of immunohistochemistry combined with confocal microscopy and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction techniques, we found the response of NF-kappaB family members (NF-kappa B1, 2, RelA, and RelB) at the transcription level. After the NF-kappaB signaling, the inflammatory factors were significantly increased in the CLW and the RoC. Additionally, at the protein level, the prominent expression of adhesion molecules (ICAM-1 and VCAM-1) was observed in the tissue around the capillaries in the stria vascularis. These results show that acoustic overstimulation causes the NF-kappaB signaling to overexpress the inflammatory factors in the inner ear, and the up-regulation of the adhesion molecules (ICAM-1 and VCAM-1) and iNOS potentially influence the hemodynamics and the cellular integrity in the stria vascularis.
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- Hiroshi Yamamoto
- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, USA
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Jog NR, Dinnall JA, Gallucci S, Madaio MP, Caricchio R. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 regulates the progression of autoimmune nephritis in males by inducing necrotic cell death and modulating inflammation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:7297-306. [PMID: 19454727 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Necrotic lesions and necrotic cell death characterize severe autoimmune nephritides, and contribute to local inflammation and to progression of the disease. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1), a DNA repair enzyme, is involved in the induction of necrosis and is a key player in the acute and chronic inflammation. Therefore, we hypothesized that PARP-1 controls the severity of nephritis by mediating the induction of necrosis in the kidney. We used lupus and anti-glomerular basement membrane models of nephritis to determine the effects of PARP-1 on the inflammatory response in the kidney. We show in this study that PARP-1 is indeed activated during the course of glomerulonephritis. We also show that the absence of PARP-1 or its pharmacological inhibition results in milder nephritis, with lower blood urea nitrogen levels, reduced necrotic lesions, and higher survival rates. The relevance of PARP-1 showed a strong male sex specificity, and treatment of male mice with 17beta-estradiol prolonged their survival during the course of nephritis. PARP-1 also regulated TNF-alpha expression and up-regulation of adhesion molecules, further supporting a role of PARP-1 in the inflammatory process within the kidney. Our results demonstrate that PARP-1 activation and consequent necrotic cell death play an important role in the pathogenesis of male nephritis, and suggest that PARP-1 can be a novel therapeutic target in glomerulonephritis.
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- Neelakshi R Jog
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Shi X. Cochlear pericyte responses to acoustic trauma and the involvement of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2009; 174:1692-704. [PMID: 19349367 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.080739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This study explored the effect of acoustic trauma on cochlear pericytes. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that pericytes on capillaries of the stria vascularis were closely associated with the endothelium in both control guinea pigs and mice. Pericyte foot processes were tightly positioned adjacent to endothelial cells. Exposure to wide-band noise at a level of 120 dB for 3 hours per day for 2 consecutive days produced a significant hearing threshold shift and structurally damaged blood vessels in the stria vascularis. Additionally, the serum protein, IgG, was observed to leak from capillaries of the stria vascularis, and pericytes lost their tight association with endothelial cells. Levels of the pericyte structural protein, desmin, substantially increased after noise exposure in both guinea pigs and mice with a corresponding increase in pericyte coverage of vessels. Increased expression levels of desmin were associated with the induction of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1alpha and the up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Inhibition of HIF-1alpha activity caused a decrease in VEGF expression levels in stria vascularis vessels. Blockade of VEGF activity with SU1498, a VEGF receptor inhibitor, significantly attenuated the expression of desmin in pericytes. These data demonstrate that cochlear pericytes are markedly affected by acoustic trauma and display an abnormal morphology. HIF-1alpha activation and VEGF up-regulation are important factors for the alteration of the pericyte structural protein desmin.
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- Xiaorui Shi
- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, USA. Institute of Microcirculation, Chinese Academy of MedicalSciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College(PUMC), 5 Dong Dan San Tiao, Beijing, 100005, China.
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Ohlemiller KK. Recent findings and emerging questions in cochlear noise injury. Hear Res 2008; 245:5-17. [PMID: 18790034 PMCID: PMC2610263 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2008.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Revised: 08/12/2008] [Accepted: 08/19/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Kevin K Ohlemiller
- Fay and Carl Simons Center for the Biology of Hearing and Deafness, Central Institute for the Deaf at Washington University, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Tan BTG, Lee MMG, Ruan R. Bone-marrow-derived cells that home to acoustic deafened cochlea preserved their hematopoietic identity. J Comp Neurol 2008; 509:167-79. [PMID: 18461607 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The high degree of bone marrow cell (BMC) plasticity has prompted us to test its restoration possibility in inner ear repair. Our aim was to determine the potential of these cells to transdifferentiate into specialized cochlea cell types after acoustic injury and BMC mobilization. Lethally irradiated mice were transplanted with BMCs from green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgenic mice and subjected to acoustic deafening 3 months later. In a separate experiment, stem cell factor and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor were administered to test the effect of BMC mobilization on bone marrow-derived cell (BMDC) transdifferentiation. All mice showed almost complete chimerism 3 months after bone marrow transplantation. Upon acoustic trauma, robust BMDC migration was observed in the deafened cochlea. GFP+ cell migration was most prominent during the first week after acoustic deafening, and these cells accumulated significantly at the spiral ligament, perilymphatic compartment walls, and limbus regions. Most of the BMDCs expressed CD45 and CD68 and were identified as macrophages. Upregulation of stromal-derived factor 1 (SDF-1) was also observed in the spiral ligament during the first week after acoustic deafening. Cytokine treatment resulted in increased BMC mobilization in the systemic circulation. However, the presence of any stem cell progenitors or the differentiation of BMDCs into any cell types expressing cochlea sensory, supporting, fibrocytic, or neuronal markers were not detected in the deafened cochlea. In conclusion, we have demonstrated the homing capability of BMDCs to the deafened cochlea, and these cells displayed mature hematopoietic properties without spontaneous transdifferentiation to any cochlea cell types after acoustic trauma or bone marrow mobilization.
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- Brian Tiong Gee Tan
- Delivery of Drugs, Proteins and Genes Group, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore, Singapore
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