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Zinnamon FA, Harrison FG, Wenas SS, Liu Q, Wang KH, Linden JF. Increased Central Auditory Gain and Decreased Parvalbumin-Positive Cortical Interneuron Density in the Df1/+ Mouse Model of Schizophrenia Correlate With Hearing Impairment. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY GLOBAL OPEN SCIENCE 2023; 3:386-397. [PMID: 37519460 PMCID: PMC10382707 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2022.03.007] [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: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Hearing impairment is a risk factor for schizophrenia. Patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome have a 25% to 30% risk of schizophrenia, and up to 60% also have varying degrees of hearing impairment, primarily from middle-ear inflammation. The Df1/+ mouse model of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome recapitulates many features of the human syndrome, including schizophrenia-relevant brain abnormalities and high interindividual variation in hearing ability. However, the relationship between brain abnormalities and hearing impairment in Df1/+ mice has not been examined. Methods We measured auditory brainstem responses, cortical auditory evoked potentials, and/or cortical parvalbumin-positive (PV+) interneuron density in over 70 adult mice (32 Df1/+, 39 wild-type). We also performed longitudinal auditory brainstem response measurements in an additional 20 animals (13 Df1/+, 7 wild-type) from 3 weeks of age. Results Electrophysiological markers of central auditory excitability were elevated in Df1/+ mice. PV+ interneurons, which are implicated in schizophrenia pathology, were reduced in density in the auditory cortex but not the secondary motor cortex. Both auditory brain abnormalities correlated with hearing impairment, which affected approximately 60% of adult Df1/+ mice and typically emerged before 6 weeks of age. Conclusions In the Df1/+ mouse model of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, abnormalities in central auditory excitability and auditory cortical PV+ immunoreactivity correlate with hearing impairment. This is the first demonstration of cortical PV+ interneuron abnormalities correlating with hearing impairment in a mouse model of either schizophrenia or middle-ear inflammation.
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- Fhatarah A. Zinnamon
- Ear Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Unit on Neural Circuits and Adaptive Behaviors, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Ear Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Ear Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Unit on Neural Circuits and Adaptive Behaviors, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Unit on Neural Circuits and Adaptive Behaviors, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
- Department of Neuroscience, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Ear Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Ma W, Li H, Hu J, Gao Y, Lv H, Zhang X, Zhang Q, Xu M, Cheng Y. Role of a novel mouse mutant of the Galnt2 tm1Lat/tm1Lat gene in otitis media. Front Neurol 2023; 13:1054704. [PMID: 36874359 PMCID: PMC9979215 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1054704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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Genetic susceptibility is one of the most important causes of otitis media (OM). Mutant Galnt2 homozygote (Galnt2 tm1Lat/tm1Lat) mimics human otitis media in comparable pathology and causes hearing loss. Otitis media is characterized by effusion and dysregulated mucosa proliferation and capillary expansion in the middle ear cavity, which is associated with hearing loss. The mucociliary dysfunction could be seen in the middle ear cavity (MEC) in a patient harboring the disease that develops in severity with age by a scanning electron microscope. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1), Muc5ac, and Muc5b upregulate the expression in the middle ear, which correlates with inflammation, craniofacial development, and mucin secretion. The mouse model with a mutation in the Galnt2 (Galnt2 tm1Lat/tm1Lat) was explored in this study as a novel model of human otitis media.
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- Weijun Ma
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shiquan County Hospital, Ankang, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Motallebzadeh H, Puria S. Stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions and middle-ear pressure gains in a finite-element mouse model. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2022; 152:2769. [PMID: 36456266 PMCID: PMC9643045 DOI: 10.1121/10.0014901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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For evoked otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), the stimulus and emission signals traverse the middle ear (ME) in forward and reverse directions, respectively. In this study, a fully coupled three-dimensional finite-element model of the mouse ear canal (EC), ME, and cochlea was used to calculate ME pressure gains, impedances, and reflectances at the EC-entrance and stapes-footplate-cochlear-fluid interfaces. The cochlear model incorporates a series of interdigitated Y-shaped structures sandwiched between the basilar membrane and reticular lamina, each comprised of a Deiters' cell, its phalangeal-process extension, and an outer hair cell (OHC). By introducing random perturbations to the OHC gains, stimulation-frequency otoacoustic emissions (SFOAEs) were generated. Raising the perturbation magnitude from 10% to 80% increased the SFOAE magnitude by up to 24 dB in the 10-30 kHz frequency range. Increasing or decreasing the stiffness of the stapes annular ligament and eardrum by a factor of 8 changed the SFOAEs by up to 30 dB, but the round-trip ME gain as measured could not account for this. A modified round-trip ME gain, with reflections removed at the EC-entrance and stapes-cochlea boundaries, eliminated a ±10 dB discrepancy and allowed ME changes to be quantitatively associated with changes in measured OAEs.
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- Hamid Motallebzadeh
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Stahl AN, Mondul JA, Alek KA, Hackett TA, Ramachandran R. Audiologic characterization using clinical physiological measures: Normative data from macaque monkeys. Hear Res 2022; 424:108568. [PMID: 35896044 PMCID: PMC9529828 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Clinical auditory physiological measures (e.g., auditory brainstem responses, ABRs, and distortion product otoacoustic emissions, DPOAEs) provide diagnostic specificity for differentially diagnosing overt hearing impairments, but they remain limited in their ability to detect specific sites of lesion and subtle levels of cochlear damage. Studies in animal models may hold the key to improve differential diagnosis due to the ability to induce tightly controlled and histologically verifiable subclinical cochlear pathologies. Here, we present a normative set of traditional and clinically novel physiological measures using ABRs and DPOAEs measured in a large cohort of male macaque monkeys. Given the high similarities between macaque and human auditory anatomy, physiology, and susceptibility to hearing damage, this normative data set will serve as a crucial baseline to investigate novel physiological measures to improve diagnostics. DPOAE amplitudes were robust at f2 = 1.22, L1/L2 = 65/55, increased with frequency up to 10 kHz, and exhibited high test re-test reliability. DPOAE thresholds were lowest from 2-10 kHz and highest < 2 kHz. ABRs with a standard clinical electrode montage (vertex-to-mastoid, VM) produced Waves I-IV with a less frequently observed Wave-I, and lower thresholds. ABRs with a vertex-to-tympanic membrane (VT) electrode montage produced a more robust Wave-I, but absent Waves II-IV and higher thresholds. Further study with the VM montage revealed amplitudes that increased with stimulus level and were largest in response to click stimuli, with Wave-II showing the largest ABR amplitude, followed by -IV and -I, with high inter- and intra-subject variability. ABR wave latencies decreased with stimulus level and frequency. When stimulus presentation rate increased or stimuli were presented in close temporal proximity, ABR amplitude decreased, and latency increased. These findings expand upon existing literature of normative clinical physiological data in nonhuman primates and lay the groundwork for future studies investigating the effects of noise-induced pathologies in macaques.
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- Amy N Stahl
- Vanderbilt Neuroscience Graduate Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212; Vanderbilt Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212.
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- Vanderbilt Neuroscience Graduate Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212; Vanderbilt Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212.
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- Vanderbilt Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212.
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- Vanderbilt Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212.
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- Vanderbilt Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212.
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Chen GD, Li L, McCall A, Ding D, Xing Z, Yu YE, Salvi R. Hearing impairment in murine model of Down syndrome. Front Genet 2022; 13:936128. [PMID: 35991545 PMCID: PMC9385999 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.936128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hearing impairment is a cardinal feature of Down syndrome (DS), but its clinical manifestations have been attributed to multiple factors. Murine models could provide mechanistic insights on various causes of hearing loss in DS. To investigate mechanisms of hearing loss in DS in the absence of the cadherin 23 mutation, we backcrossed our DS mice, Dp(16)1Yey, onto normal-hearing CBA/J mice and evaluated their auditory function. Body weights of wild type (WT) and DS mice were similar at 3-months of age, but at 9-months, WT weighed 30% more than DS mice. Distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE), a test of sensory outer hair cell (OHC) function negatively impacted by conductive hearing loss, were reduced in amplitude and sensitivity across all frequencies in DS mice. The middle ear space in DS mice appeared normal with no evidence of infection. MicroCT structural imaging of DS temporal bones revealed a smaller tympanic membrane diameter, oval window, and middle ear space and localized thickening of the bony otic capsule, but no gross abnormalities of the middle ear ossicles. Histological analysis of the cochlear and vestibular sensory epithelium revealed a normal density of cochlear and vestibular hair cells; however, the cochlear basal membrane was approximately 0.6 mm shorter in DS than WT mice so that the total number of hair cells was greater in WT than DS mice. In DS mice, the early and late peaks in the auditory brainstem response (ABR), reflecting neural responses from the cochlear auditory nerve followed by subsequent neural centers in the brainstem, were reduced in amplitude and ABR thresholds were elevated to a similar degree across all frequencies, consistent with a conductive hearing impairment. The latency of the peaks in the ABR waveform were longer in DS than WT mice when compared at the same intensity; however, the latency delays disappeared when the data were compared at the same intensity above thresholds to compensate for the conductive hearing loss. Future studies using wideband tympanometry and absorbance together with detailed histological analysis of the middle ear could illuminate the nature of the conductive hearing impairment in DS mice.
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- Guang-Di Chen
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Optical Imaging and Analysis Facility, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- The Children’s Guild Foundation Down Syndrome Research Program, Genetics and Genomics Program and Department of Cancer Genetics and Genomics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, United States
- Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics Program, University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- The Children’s Guild Foundation Down Syndrome Research Program, Genetics and Genomics Program and Department of Cancer Genetics and Genomics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, United States
- Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics Program, University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
- *Correspondence: Richard Salvi,
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Liu Y, Wu C, Chen T, Shen Q, Xiong Y, Chen Z, Li C. Evaluation of acoustic changes in and the healing outcomes of rat eardrums with pars tensa and pars flaccida perforations. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol 2022; 7:816-824. [PMID: 35734049 PMCID: PMC9194967 DOI: 10.1002/lio2.797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Objectives To systematically explore the differences in acoustic changes and healing outcomes of tympanic membranes (TMs) with pars flaccida perforation (PFP) and pars tensa perforation (PTP). Methods We created PFPs and PTPs of various sizes in Sprague–Dawley rats, and evaluated TM umbo velocity and hearing function using laser Doppler vibrometry and auditory brainstem response (ABR) measurement before and immediately after perforation. Two weeks later, hearing was reevaluated and TMs were investigated by immunohistochemical staining. Results Small PFPs and PTPs did not significantly affect umbo velocity and hearing function. Large PFPs increased umbo velocity loss at low frequency (1.5 kHz) and elevated ABR thresholds within 1–2 kHz. Large PTP caused significant velocity loss at low frequencies from 1.5 to 3.5 kHz and threshold elevations at full frequencies (1–2 kHz). Two weeks after the perforation, the hearing function of rats with healed PFPs recovered completely. However, high‐frequency hearing loss (16–32 kHz) persisted in rats with healed PTPs. Morphological staining revealed that no increase in the thickness and obvious increase in collagen I level of regenerated par flaccida; regenerated pars tensa exhibited obvious increase in thickness and increased collagen I, while the collagen II regeneration was limited with discontinuous and disordered structure in regenerated pars tensa. Conclusion The hearing loss caused by large PFP limits at low frequencies while large PTP can lead to hearing loss at wide range frequencies. PFP and PTP have different functional outcomes after spontaneous healing, which is determined by the discrepant structure reconstruction and collagen regeneration.
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- Yaoqian Liu
- Otolaryngology Research Institute Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai China
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- Otolaryngology Research Institute Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai China
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- Department of Hearing and Language Rehabilitation Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University Hangzhou China
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- Department of Hearing and Language Rehabilitation Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shanghai China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University Nanchang China
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- Otolaryngology Research Institute Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai China
- Department of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai China
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- Otolaryngology Research Institute Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai China
- Department of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai China
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Kurioka T, Mizutari K, Satoh Y, Shiotani A. Correlation of blast-induced tympanic membrane perforation with peripheral cochlear synaptopathy. J Neurotrauma 2022; 39:999-1009. [PMID: 35243914 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2021.0487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The auditory organs, including the tympanic membrane, cochlea, and central auditory pathway, are the most fragile components of the human body when exposed to blast overpressure. Tympanic membrane perforation (TMP) is the most frequent symptom in blast-exposed patients. However, the impact of TMP on the inner ear and central auditory system is not fully understood. We aimed to analyze the effect of blast-induced TMP on the auditory pathophysiological changes in mice after blast exposure. Mice aged 7 weeks were exposed to blast overpressure to induce TMP and allowed to survive for 2 months. All TMP cases had spontaneously healed by week 3 following the blast exposure. Compared to controls, blast-exposed mice exhibited a significant elevation in hearing thresholds and an apparent disruption of stereocilia in the outer hair cells, regardless of the occurrence or absence of TMP. The reduction in synapses in the inner hair cells, which is known as the most frequent pathology in blast-exposed cochleae, was significantly more severe in mice without TMP. However, a decrease in the number of excitatory central synapses labeled by VGLUT-1 in the cochlear nucleus was observed regardless of the absence or presence of TMP. Our findings suggest that blast-induced TMP mitigates peripheral cochlear synaptic disruption but leaves the central auditory synapses unaffected, indicating that central synaptic disruption is independent of TMP and peripheral cochlear synaptic disruption. Synaptic deterioration in the peripheral and central auditory systems can contribute to the promotion of blast-induced hearing impairment, including abnormal auditory perception.
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- Takaomi Kurioka
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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Delsmann MM, Seist R, Stürznickel J, Schmidt FN, Mansour A, Kobelski MM, Broocks G, Peichl J, Oheim R, Praetorius M, Schinke T, Amling M, Demay MB, Stankovic KM, Rolvien T. Conductive Hearing Loss in the Hyp Mouse Model of X-Linked Hypophosphatemia Is Accompanied by Hypomineralization of the Auditory Ossicles. J Bone Miner Res 2021; 36:2317-2328. [PMID: 34523743 PMCID: PMC8688200 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) is a hereditary musculoskeletal disorder caused by loss-of-function mutations in the PHEX gene. In XLH, increased circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) levels cause renal phosphate wasting and low concentrations of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, leading to an early clinical manifestation of rickets. Importantly, hearing loss is commonly observed in XLH patients. We present here data from two XLH patients with marked conductive hearing loss. To decipher the underlying pathophysiology of hearing loss in XLH, we utilized the Hyp mouse model of XLH and measured auditory brain stem responses (ABRs) and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) to functionally assess hearing. As evidenced by the increased ABR/DPOAE threshold shifts in the mid-frequency range, these measurements indicated a predominantly conductive hearing loss in Hyp mice compared to wild-type (WT) mice. Therefore, we carried out an in-depth histomorphometric and scanning electron microscopic analysis of the auditory ossicles. Quantitative backscattered electron imaging (qBEI) indicated a severe hypomineralization of the ossicles in Hyp mice, evidenced by lower calcium content (CaMean) and higher void volume (ie, porosity) compared to WT mice. Histologically, voids correlated with unmineralized bone (ie, osteoid), and the osteoid volume per bone volume (OV/BV) was markedly higher in Hyp mice than WT mice. The density of osteocyte lacunae was lower in Hyp mice than in WT mice, whereas osteocyte lacunae were enlarged. Taken together, our findings highlight the importance of ossicular mineralization for hearing conduction and point toward the potential benefit of improving mineralization to prevent hearing loss in XLH. © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).
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- Maximilian M Delsmann
- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Mao B, Wang Y, Balasubramanian T, Urioste R, Wafa T, Fitzgerald TS, Haraczy SJ, Edwards-Hollingsworth K, Sayyid ZN, Wilder D, Sajja VSSS, Wei Y, Arun P, Gist I, Cheng AG, Long JB, Kelley MW. Assessment of auditory and vestibular damage in a mouse model after single and triple blast exposures. Hear Res 2021; 407:108292. [PMID: 34214947 PMCID: PMC8276524 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2021.108292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
The use of explosive devices in war and terrorism has increased exposure to concussive blasts among both military personnel and civilians, which can cause permanent hearing and balance deficits that adversely affect survivors' quality of life. Significant knowledge gaps on the underlying etiology of blast-induced hearing loss and balance disorders remain, especially with regard to the effect of blast exposure on the vestibular system, the impact of multiple blast exposures, and long-term recovery. To address this, we investigated the effects of blast exposure on the inner ear using a mouse model in conjunction with a high-fidelity blast simulator. Anesthetized animals were subjected to single or triple blast exposures, and physiological measurements and tissue were collected over the course of recovery for up to 180 days. Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) indicated significantly elevated thresholds across multiple frequencies. Limited recovery was observed at low frequencies in single-blasted mice. Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions (DPOAEs) were initially absent in all blast-exposed mice, but low-amplitude DPOAEs could be detected at low frequencies in some single-blast mice by 30 days post-blast, and in some triple-blast mice at 180 days post-blast. All blast-exposed mice showed signs of Tympanic Membrane (TM) rupture immediately following exposure and loss of outer hair cells (OHCs) in the basal cochlear turn. In contrast, the number of Inner Hair Cells (IHCs) and spiral ganglion neurons was unchanged following blast-exposure. A significant reduction in IHC pre-synaptic puncta was observed in the upper turns of blast-exposed cochleae. Finally, we found no significant loss of utricular hair cells or changes in vestibular function as assessed by vestibular evoked potentials. Our results suggest that (1) blast exposure can cause severe, long-term hearing loss which may be partially due to slow TM healing or altered mechanical properties of healed TMs, (2) traumatic levels of sound can still reach the inner ear and cause basal OHC loss despite middle ear dysfunction caused by TM rupture, (3) blast exposure may result in synaptopathy in humans, and (4) balance deficits after blast exposure may be primarily due to traumatic brain injury, rather than damage to the peripheral vestibular system.
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- Beatrice Mao
- Section on Developmental Neuroscience, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Blast-Induced Neurotrauma Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Section on Developmental Neuroscience, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Blast-Induced Neurotrauma Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Mouse Auditory Testing Core Facility, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Mouse Auditory Testing Core Facility, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Developmental Neuroscience, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Developmental Neuroscience, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Blast-Induced Neurotrauma Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Blast-Induced Neurotrauma Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Blast-Induced Neurotrauma Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Blast-Induced Neurotrauma Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Blast-Induced Neurotrauma Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Blast-Induced Neurotrauma Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Section on Developmental Neuroscience, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Seist R, Landegger LD, Robertson NG, Vasilijic S, Morton CC, Stankovic KM. Cochlin Deficiency Protects Against Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. Front Mol Neurosci 2021; 14:670013. [PMID: 34108864 PMCID: PMC8180578 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.670013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cochlin is the most abundant protein in the inner ear. To study its function in response to noise trauma, we exposed adolescent wild-type (Coch +/+ ) and cochlin knock-out (Coch -/-) mice to noise (8-16 kHz, 103 dB SPL, 2 h) that causes a permanent threshold shift and hair cell loss. Two weeks after noise exposure, Coch-/- mice had substantially less elevation in noise-induced auditory thresholds and hair cell loss than Coch + / + mice, consistent with cochlin deficiency providing protection from noise trauma. Comparison of pre-noise exposure thresholds of auditory brain stem responses (ABRs) and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) in Coch-/- mice and Coch + / + littermates revealed a small and significant elevation in thresholds of Coch-/- mice, overall consistent with a small conductive hearing loss in Coch-/- mice. We show quantitatively that the pro-inflammatory component of cochlin, LCCL, is upregulated after noise exposure in perilymph of wild-type mice compared to unexposed mice, as is the enzyme catalyzing LCCL release, aggrecanase1, encoded by Adamts4. We further show that upregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines in perilymph and cochlear soft-tissue after noise exposure is lower in cochlin knock-out than wild-type mice. Taken together, our data demonstrate for the first time that cochlin deficiency results in conductive hearing loss that protects against physiologic and molecular effects of noise trauma.
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- Richard Seist
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories and Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories and Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories and Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States
- Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories and Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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OBJECTIVES To describe the impact of effusion volume, viscosity, and purulence on the audiologic profiles of children with otitis media with effusion. DESIGN Fifty-one ears from children between the ages of 8 months and 11 years who had a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion and were scheduled for tympanostomy tube placement were recruited from medical clinics. The control group consisted of 17 ears from children between the ages of 10 months and 11 years without a recent history of otitis media and were recruited from a database of research volunteers. Participants received a comprehensive audiologic testing battery consisting of tympanometry, otoacoustic emissions, behavioral audiometric thresholds, and auditory brainstem response testing. For children with otitis media, this testing battery occurred 1 to 2 days before surgery. Middle ear effusions were characterized and collected on the day of surgery during tympanostomy tube placement from ears with otitis media with effusion. The comprehensive audiologic testing battery was completed postoperatively as well for most participants. RESULTS Effusion volume, categorized in each ear as clear, partial, or full, effected the audiologic results. Ears with full effusions had moderate hearing losses, few to no measurable otoacoustic emissions, and delayed Wave V latencies. Ears with partial effusions and clear ears both had slight to mild hearing losses and normal Wave V latencies, though ears with partial effusions had fewer measurable otoacoustic emissions than clear ears. Normal-hearing control ears with no recent history of otitis media with effusion demonstrated normal audiometric thresholds, present otoacoustic emissions, and normal Wave V latencies. Repeat postoperative testing demonstrated improvements in audiologic testing results for all of the otitis media with effusion volume groups, with no significant differences remaining between the three otitis media with effusion groups. However, significant differences between otitis media with effusion ears and normal-hearing control ears persisted postoperatively, with otitis media with effusion ears demonstrating significantly poorer audiometric thresholds and reduced otoacoustic emissions as compared to normal control ears. The effect of effusion viscosity and purulence could not be systematically evaluated because minimal variability in effusion viscosity and purulence was observed in our sample, with nearly all effusions being mucoid and nonpurulent. CONCLUSIONS Effusion volume observed at the time of tympanostomy tube surgery was found to play a significant role in outcomes and responses on a range of audiologic tests that compose the standard clinical pediatric audiologic assessment battery. Full middle ear effusions were associated with a moderate hearing loss, and few to no measurable otoacoustic emissions were detected. Ears with a recent diagnosis of otitis media with effusion but clear at the time of tympanostomy tube placement had less hearing loss and a greater number of present otoacoustic emissions than ears with full or partial effusions but were still found to have poorer hearing sensitivity than the healthy control ears. Differences between ears with otitis media with effusion and healthy control ears persisted on postoperative assessments of otoacoustic emissions and audiometric thresholds, though there were no remaining effects of the presurgical effusion volume group.
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Intracochlear Pressures in Simulated Otitis Media With Effusion: A Temporal Bone Study. Otol Neurotol 2019; 39:e585-e592. [PMID: 29912830 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000001869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Simulated otitis media with effusion reduces intracochlear pressures comparable to umbo velocity. BACKGROUND Otitis media with effusion is a common cause of temporary hearing loss, particularly in children, producing deficits of 30 to 40 dB. Previous studies measured the effects of simulated effusion on ossicular mechanics; however, no studies have measured cochlear stimulation directly. Here, we compare pressures in the scala vestibuli and tympani to umbo velocity, before and after induction of simulated effusion in cadaveric human specimens. METHODS Eight cadaveric, hemi-cephalic human heads were prepared with complete mastoidectomies. Intracochlear pressures were measured with fiber optic pressure probes, and umbo velocity measured via laser Doppler vibrometry (LDV). Stimuli were pure tones (0.1-14 kHz) presented in the ear canal via a custom speculum sealed with a glass cover slip. Effusion was simulated by filling the mastoid cavity and middle ear space with water. RESULTS Acoustic stimulation with middle ear effusion resulted in decreased umbo velocity up to ∼26 dB, whereas differential pressure (PDiff) at the base of the cochlea decreased by only ∼16 dB. CONCLUSION Simulating effusion leads to a frequency-dependent reduction in intracochlear sound pressure levels consistent with audiological presentation and prior reports. Results reveal that intracochlear pressure measurements (PSV and PST) decrease less than expected, and less than the decrease in PDiff. The observed decrease in umbo velocity is greater than in the differential intracochlear pressures, suggesting that umbo velocity overestimates the induced conductive hearing loss. These results suggest that an alternate sound conduction pathway transmits sound to the inner ear during effusion.
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Dong W, Stomackin G, Lin X, Martin GK, Jung TT. Distortion product otoacoustic emissions: Sensitive measures of tympanic -membrane perforation and healing processes in a gerbil model. Hear Res 2019; 378:3-12. [PMID: 30709692 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2019.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 01/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) evoked by two pure tones carry information about the mechanisms that generate and shape them. Thus, DPOAEs hold promise for providing powerful noninvasive diagnostic details of cochlear operations, middle ear (ME) transmission, and impairments. DPOAEs are sensitive to ME function because they are influenced by ME transmission twice, i.e., by the inward-going primary tones in the forward direction and the outward traveling DPOAEs in the reverse direction. However, the effects of ME injuries on DPOAEs have not been systematically characterized. The current study focused on exploring the utility of DPOAEs for examining ME function by methodically characterizing DPOAEs and ME transmission under pathological ME conditions, specifically under conditions of tympanic-membrane (TM) perforation and spontaneous healing. Results indicated that DPOAEs were measurable with TM perforations up to ∼50%, and DPOAE reductions increased with increasing size of the TM perforation. DPOAE reductions were approximately flat across test frequencies when the TM was perforated about 10% (<1/8 of pars tensa) or less. However, with perforations greater than 10%, DPOAEs decreased further with a low-pass filter shape, with ∼30 dB loss at frequencies below 10 kHz and a quick downward sloping pattern at higher frequencies. The reduction pattern of DPOAEs across frequencies was similar to but much greater than, the directly measured ME pressure gain in the forward direction, which suggested that reduction in the DPOAE was a summation of losses of ME ear transmission in both the forward and reverse directions. Following 50% TM perforations, DPOAEs recovered over a 4-week spontaneously healing interval, and these recoveries were confirmed by improvements in auditory brainstem response (ABR) thresholds. However, up to 4-week post-perforation, DPOAEs never fully recovered to the levels obtained with normal intact TM, consistent with the incomplete recovery of ABR thresholds and ME transmission, especially at high-frequency regions, which could be explained by an irregularly dense and thickened healed TM. Since TM perforations in patients are commonly caused by either trauma or infection, the present results contribute towards providing insight into understanding ME transmission under pathological conditions as well as promoting the application of DPOAEs in the evaluation and diagnosis of deficits in the ME-transmission system.
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- Wei Dong
- Research Service, VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA; Department of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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- Research Service, VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA
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- Research Service, VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA
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- Research Service, VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA; Department of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
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- Research Service, VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA; Department of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
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Yalcinozan ET, Kösemihal E, Aksit MA, Tinazli R, Safakogullari H, Kazikdas KC, Safak MA. Does intratympanic xylitol administration have ototoxic effects in a mouse ear model? Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2018; 115:71-76. [PMID: 30368398 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2018] [Revised: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To research the ototoxicity of xylitol after intratympanic injection in mice ear model. METHODS 24 female mice Balb/c mice (48 ears) included in the study. The mice were divided into 4 groups as 6 mice were found (12 ears) in each group. Solutions of 0.9% NaCl solution (Group A), 155 mg/ml (Group B), 310 mg/ml (Group C) and 620 mg/ml (Group D) xylitol, were applied into the middle ear cavity. Microscopic ear examination and auditory brainstem response test were done for each mouse before application of xylitol and on the 1st, 3rd and 10th day of injection. RESULTS There are some statistically significant alterations found in the threshold values at 8000, 12000, 16000, 24000 Hz frequencies when each group were compared in itself on day 0, 1,3 and 10, which were independent from the increasing dosage. CONCLUSION According to our findings intratympanic xylitol injection does not have any ototoxic effect in the inner ear. To evaluate the effects of xylitol more clinical studies are need to carried out.
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- Eda Tuna Yalcinozan
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Near East University, Faculty of Medicine, Nicosia, 99138, Cyprus.
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- Department of Audiology, Near East University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nicosia, 99138, Cyprus.
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- Department of Audiology, Near East University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nicosia, 99138, Cyprus.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Near East University, Faculty of Medicine, Nicosia, 99138, Cyprus.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Near East University, Faculty of Medicine, Nicosia, 99138, Cyprus.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Near East University, Faculty of Medicine, Nicosia, 99138, Cyprus.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Memorial Hospital, Antalya, 07020, Turkey.
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The adhesion molecule cadherin 11 is essential for acquisition of normal hearing ability through middle ear development in the mouse. J Transl Med 2018; 98:1364-1374. [PMID: 29967341 DOI: 10.1038/s41374-018-0083-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Revised: 04/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Cadherin 11 (Cdh11), a member of the cadherin adhesion molecule family, is expressed in various regions of the brain as well as the head and ear. To gain further insights into the roles of Cdh11 in the development of the ear, we performed behavioral tests using Cdh11 knockout (KO) mice. KO mice showed reduced acoustic startle responses and increased thresholds for auditory brainstem responses, indicating moderate hearing loss. The auditory bulla volume and ratio of air-filled to non-air-filled space in the middle ear cavity were reduced in KO mice, potentially causing conductive hearing loss. Furthermore, residual mesenchymal and inflammatory cells were observed in the middle ear cavity of KO mice. Cdh11 was expressed in developing mesenchymal cells just before the start of cavitation, indicating that Cdh11 may be directly involved in middle ear cavitation. Since the auditory bulla is derived from the neural crest, the regulation of neural crest-derived cells by Cdh11 may be responsible for structural development. This mutant mouse may be a promising animal model for elucidating the causes of conductive hearing loss and otitis media.
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Wolter S, Möhrle D, Schmidt H, Pfeiffer S, Zelle D, Eckert P, Krämer M, Feil R, Pilz PKD, Knipper M, Rüttiger L. GC-B Deficient Mice With Axon Bifurcation Loss Exhibit Compromised Auditory Processing. Front Neural Circuits 2018; 12:65. [PMID: 30275816 PMCID: PMC6152484 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2018.00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Sensory axon T-like branching (bifurcation) in neurons from dorsal root ganglia and cranial sensory ganglia depends on the molecular signaling cascade involving the secreted factor C-type natriuretic peptide, the natriuretic peptide receptor guanylyl cyclase B (GC-B; also known as Npr2) and cGMP-dependent protein kinase I (cGKI, also known as PKGI). The bifurcation of cranial nerves is suggested to be important for information processing by second-order neurons in the hindbrain or spinal cord. Indeed, mice with a spontaneous GC-B loss of function mutation (Npr2cn/cn ) display an impaired bifurcation of auditory nerve (AN) fibers. However, these mice did not show any obvious sign of impaired basal hearing. Here, we demonstrate that mice with a targeted inactivation of the GC-B gene (Npr2 lacZ/lacZ , GC-B KO mice) show an elevation of audiometric thresholds. In the inner ear, the cochlear hair cells in GC-B KO mice were nevertheless similar to those from wild type mice, justified by the typical expression of functionally relevant marker proteins. However, efferent cholinergic feedback to inner and outer hair cells was reduced in GC-B KO mice, linked to very likely reduced rapid efferent feedback. Sound-evoked AN responses of GC-B KO mice were elevated, a feature that is known to occur when the efferent axo-dendritic feedback on AN is compromised. Furthermore, late sound-evoked brainstem responses were significantly delayed in GC-B KO mice. This delay in sound response was accompanied by a weaker sensitivity of the auditory steady state response to amplitude-modulated sound stimuli. Finally, the acoustic startle response (ASR) - one of the fastest auditory responses - and the prepulse inhibition of the ASR indicated significant changes in temporal precision of auditory processing. These findings suggest that GC-B-controlled axon bifurcation of spiral ganglion neurons is important for proper activation of second-order neurons in the hindbrain and is a prerequisite for proper temporal auditory processing likely by establishing accurate efferent top-down control circuits. These data hypothesize that the bifurcation pattern of cranial nerves is important to shape spatial and temporal information processing for sensory feedback control.
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- Steffen Wolter
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Physiological Acoustics and Communication, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Gu L, Cui X, Wei W, Yang J, Li X. Ferulic acid promotes survival and differentiation of neural stem cells to prevent gentamicin-induced neuronal hearing loss. Exp Cell Res 2017; 360:257-263. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Santa Maria PL, Gottlieb P, Santa Maria C, Kim S, Puria S, Yang YP. Functional Outcomes of Heparin-Binding Epidermal Growth Factor-Like Growth Factor for Regeneration of Chronic Tympanic Membrane Perforations in Mice. Tissue Eng Part A 2017; 23:436-444. [PMID: 28142401 PMCID: PMC5444491 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2016.0395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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We aim to demonstrate that regeneration of chronic tympanic perforations with heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF) delivered by an injectable hydrogel restored hearing to levels similar to that of nonperforated tympanic membranes. Chronic tympanic membrane perforation is currently managed as an outpatient surgery with tympanoplasty. Due to the costs of this procedure in the developed world and a lack of accessibility and resources in developing countries, there is a great need for a new treatment that does not require surgery. In this study, we show in a mouse model through measurement of auditory brainstem response and distortion product otoacoustic emissions that tympanic perforations lead to hearing loss and this can be predominantly recovered with HB-EGF treatment (5 μg/mL). Our animal model suggests a return to function between 2 and 6 months after treatment. Auditory brainstem response thresholds had returned to the control levels at 2 months, but the distortion product otoacoustic emissions returned between 2 and 6 months. We also show how the vibration characteristics of the regenerated tympanic membrane, as measured by laser Doppler vibrometry, can be similar to that of an unperforated tympanic membrane. Using the best available methods for preclinical evaluation in animal models, it is likely that HB-EGF-like growth factor treatment leads to regeneration of chronic tympanic membrane perforations and restoration of the tympanic membrane to normal function, suggesting a potential route for nonsurgical treatment.
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- Peter Luke Santa Maria
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
- Ear Sciences Centre, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
- Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, Australia
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
- Ear Sciences Centre, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
- Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, Australia
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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Chhan D, McKinnon ML, Rosowski JJ. Identification of induced and naturally occurring conductive hearing loss in mice using bone conduction. Hear Res 2017; 346:45-54. [PMID: 28167132 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Revised: 01/04/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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While many mouse models of hearing loss have been described, a significant fraction of the genetic defects in these models affect both the inner ear and middle ears. A common method used to separate inner-ear (sensory-neural) from middle-ear (conductive) pathologies in the hearing clinic is the combination of air-conduction and bone-conduction audiometry. In this report, we investigate the use of air- and bone-conducted evoked auditory brainstem responses to perform a similar separation in mice. We describe a technique by which we stimulate the mouse ear both acoustically and via whole-head vibration. We investigate the sensitivity of this technique to conductive hearing loss by introducing middle-ear lesions in normal hearing mice. We also use the technique to investigate the presence of an age-related conductive hearing loss in a common mouse model of presbycusis, the BALB/c mouse.
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- David Chhan
- Army Research Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA.
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Zhu BZ, Saleh J, Isgrig KT, Cunningham LL, Chien WW. Hearing Loss after Round Window Surgery in Mice Is due to Middle Ear Effusion. Audiol Neurootol 2017; 21:356-364. [PMID: 28068659 DOI: 10.1159/000449239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Delivery of therapeutic agents directly through the round window (RW) offers promise for treating sensorineural hearing loss. However, hearing loss can result from the surgical approach itself, and the reasons for this are poorly understood. We examined the hearing loss following the 3 major steps involved with the RW approach to access the mouse cochlea: bullostomy, RW puncture, and RW injection. METHODS Twenty-one adult CBA/J mice underwent bullostomy alone, 10 underwent RW puncture, and 8 underwent RW injection with PBS with 5% glycerol. Auditory brainstem responses (ABR) and otoscopy were performed preoperatively and up to 6 weeks postoperatively. Hair cells were stained, and survival was assessed using immunofluorescence. RESULTS One week postoperatively, mice in all groups showed significant threshold shifts. Otoscopy revealed approximately half of all mice had middle ear effusion (MEE), with a higher incidence of effusion in the RW puncture and RW injection groups. Those with MEE had significant ABR threshold shifts, whereas those without MEE had minimal hearing loss. MEE persisted through 6 weeks in a majority of cases, but in those mice with MEE resolution, there was at least partial improvement in hearing. Immunohistochemistry showed minimal loss of hair cells in all animals. CONCLUSION MEE is highly correlated with hearing loss in mice undergoing RW surgery. Otoscopy is an important adjunct to consider after ear surgery in mice, as MEE may contribute to postsurgical hearing loss.
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- Bovey Z Zhu
- Neurotology Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Han Z, Wang CP, Cong N, Gu YY, Ma R, Chi FL. Therapeutic value of nerve growth factor in promoting neural stem cell survival and differentiation and protecting against neuronal hearing loss. Mol Cell Biochem 2017; 428:149-159. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-016-2925-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Sakamoto A, Kuroda Y, Kanzaki S, Matsuo K. Dissection of the Auditory Bulla in Postnatal Mice: Isolation of the Middle Ear Bones and Histological Analysis. J Vis Exp 2017. [PMID: 28117786 PMCID: PMC5408703 DOI: 10.3791/55054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In most mammals, auditory ossicles in the middle ear, including the malleus, incus and stapes, are the smallest bones. In mice, a bony structure called the auditory bulla houses the ossicles, whereas the auditory capsule encloses the inner ear, namely the cochlea and semicircular canals. Murine ossicles are essential for hearing and thus of great interest to researchers in the field of otolaryngology, but their metabolism, development, and evolution are highly relevant to other fields. Altered bone metabolism can affect hearing function in adult mice, and various gene-deficient mice show changes in morphogenesis of auditory ossicles in utero. Although murine auditory ossicles are tiny, their manipulation is feasible if one understands their anatomical orientation and 3D structure. Here, we describe how to dissect the auditory bulla and capsule of postnatal mice and then isolate individual ossicles by removing part of the bulla. We also discuss how to embed the bulla and capsule in different orientations to generate paraffin or frozen sections suitable for preparation of longitudinal, horizontal, or frontal sections of the malleus. Finally, we enumerate anatomical differences between mouse and human auditory ossicles. These methods would be useful in analyzing pathological, developmental and evolutionary aspects of auditory ossicles and the middle ear in mice.
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- Ayako Sakamoto
- Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Biology, Keio University School of Medicine
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- Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Biology, Keio University School of Medicine
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine
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- Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Biology, Keio University School of Medicine;
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Huang X, Chen M, Ding Y, Wang Q. Arctigenin protects against neuronal hearing loss by promoting neural stem cell survival and differentiation. Genesis 2016; 55. [PMID: 28026149 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.23016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Neuronal hearing loss has become a prevalent health problem. This study focused on the function of arctigenin (ARC) in promoting survival and neuronal differentiation of mouse cochlear neural stem cells (NSCs), and its protection against gentamicin (GMC) induced neuronal hearing loss. Mouse cochlea was used to isolate NSCs, which were subsequently cultured in vitro. The effects of ARC on NSC survival, neurosphere formation, differentiation of NSCs, neurite outgrowth, and neural excitability in neuronal network in vitro were examined. Mechanotransduction ability demonstrated by intact cochlea, auditory brainstem response (ABR), and distortion product optoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) amplitude in mice were measured to evaluate effects of ARC on GMC-induced neuronal hearing loss. ARC increased survival, neurosphere formation, neuron differentiation of NSCs in mouse cochlear in vitro. ARC also promoted the outgrowth of neurites, as well as neural excitability of the NSC-differentiated neuron culture. Additionally, ARC rescued mechanotransduction capacity, restored the threshold shifts of ABR and DPOAE in our GMC ototoxicity murine model. This study supports the potential therapeutic role of ARC in promoting both NSCs proliferation and differentiation in vitro to functional neurons, thus supporting its protective function in the therapeutic treatment of neuropathic hearing loss in vivo.
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- Xinghua Huang
- Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139 Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139 Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139 Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139 Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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He Q, Jia Z, Zhang Y, Ren X. Morin hydrate promotes inner ear neural stem cell survival and differentiation and protects cochlea against neuronal hearing loss. J Cell Mol Med 2016; 21:600-608. [PMID: 27709784 PMCID: PMC5323642 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.13005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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We aimed to investigate the effect of morin hydrate on neural stem cells (NSCs) isolated from mouse inner ear and its potential in protecting neuronal hearing loss. 3‐(4,5‐dimethyl‐2‐thiazolyl)‐2,5‐diphenyl‐2‐H‐tetrazolium bromide (MTT) and bromodeoxyuridine incorporation assays were employed to assess the effect of morin hydrate on the viability and proliferation of in vitro NSC culture. The NSCs were then differentiated into neurons, in which neurosphere formation and differentiation were evaluated, followed by neurite outgrowth and neural excitability measurements in the subsequent in vitro neuronal network. Mechanotransduction of cochlea ex vivo culture and auditory brainstem responses threshold and distortion product optoacoustic emissions amplitude in mouse ototoxicity model were also measured following gentamicin treatment to investigate the protective role of morin hydrate against neuronal hearing loss. Morin hydrate improved viability and proliferation, neurosphere formation and neuronal differentiation of inner ear NSCs, and promoted in vitro neuronal network functions. In both ex vivo and in vivo ototoxicity models, morin hydrate prevented gentamicin‐induced neuronal hearing loss. Morin hydrate exhibited potent properties in promoting growth and differentiation of inner ear NSCs into functional neurons and protecting from gentamicin ototoxicity. Our study supports its clinical potential in treating neuronal hearing loss.
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- Qiang He
- E.N.T Department, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- E.N.T Department, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- E.N.T Department, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- E.N.T Department, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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Chen R, Schwander M, Barbe MF, Chan MM. Ossicular Bone Damage and Hearing Loss in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Correlated Functional and High Resolution Morphometric Study in Collagen-Induced Arthritic Mice. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0164078. [PMID: 27690307 PMCID: PMC5045188 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Globally, a body of comparative case-control studies suggests that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are more prone to developing hearing loss (HL). However, experimental evidence that supports this hypothesis is still lacking because the human auditory organ is not readily accessible. The aim of this study was to determine the association between bone damage to the ossicles of the middle ear and HL, using a widely accepted murine model of collagen-induced arthritis (RA mice). Diarthrodial joints in the middle ear were examined with microcomputer tomography (microCT), and hearing function was assessed by auditory brainstem response (ABR). RA mice exhibited significantly decreased hearing sensitivity compared to age-matched controls. Additionally, a significant narrowing of the incudostapedial joint space and an increase in the porosity of the stapes were observed. The absolute latencies of all ABR waves were prolonged, but mean interpeak latencies were not statistically different. The observed bone defects in the middle ear that were accompanied by changes in ABR responses were consistent with conductive HL. This combination suggests that conductive impairment is at least part of the etiology of RA-induced HL in a murine model. Whether the inner ear sustains bone erosion or other pathology, and whether the cochlear nerve sustains pathology await subsequent studies. Considering the fact that certain anti-inflammatories are ototoxic in high doses, monitoring RA patients’ auditory function is advisable as part of the effort to ensure their well-being.
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- Rensa Chen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine-Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy, Lewis Katz School of Medicine-Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine-Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, United States of America
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Carpinelli MR, Kruse EA, Arhatari BD, Debrincat MA, Ogier JM, Bories JC, Kile BT, Burt RA. Mice Haploinsufficient for Ets1 and Fli1 Display Middle Ear Abnormalities and Model Aspects of Jacobsen Syndrome. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2016; 185:1867-76. [PMID: 26093983 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 02/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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E26 transformation-specific 1 (ETS1) and friend leukemia integration 1 (FLI1) are members of the ETS family of transcription factors, of which there are 28 in humans. Both genes are hemizygous in Jacobsen syndrome, an 11q contiguous gene deletion disorder involving thrombocytopenia, facial dysmorphism, growth and mental retardation, malformation of the heart and other organs, and hearing impairment associated with recurrent ear infections. To determine whether any of these defects are because of hemizygosity for ETS1 and FLI1, we characterized the phenotype of mice heterozygous for mutant alleles of Ets1 and Fli1. Fli1(+/-) mice displayed mild thrombocytopenia, as did Ets1(+/-)Fli1(+/-) animals. Fli1(+/-) and Ets1(+/-)Fli1(+/-) mice also displayed craniofacial abnormalities, including a small middle ear cavity, short nasal bone, and malformed interface between the nasal bone process and cartilaginous nasal septum. They exhibited hearing impairment, otitis media, fusions of ossicles to the middle ear wall, and deformed stapes. Hearing impairment was more penetrant and stapes malformations were more severe in Ets1(+/-)Fli1(+/-) mice than in Fli1(+/-) mice, indicating partial functional redundancy of these transcription factors during auditory development. Our findings indicate that the short nose, otitis media, and hearing impairment in Jacobsen syndrome are likely because of hemizygosity for ETS1 and FLI1.
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- Marina R Carpinelli
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Physics, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Gan RZ, Nakmali D, Ji XD, Leckness K, Yokell Z. Mechanical damage of tympanic membrane in relation to impulse pressure waveform - A study in chinchillas. Hear Res 2016; 340:25-34. [PMID: 26807796 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2015] [Revised: 12/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mechanical damage to middle ear components in blast exposure directly causes hearing loss, and the rupture of the tympanic membrane (TM) is the most frequent injury of the ear. However, it is unclear how the severity of injury graded by different patterns of TM rupture is related to the overpressure waveforms induced by blast waves. In the present study, the relationship between the TM rupture threshold and the impulse or overpressure waveform has been investigated in chinchillas. Two groups of animals were exposed to blast overpressure simulated in our lab under two conditions: open field and shielded with a stainless steel cup covering the animal head. Auditory brainstem response (ABR) and wideband tympanometry were measured before and after exposure to check the hearing threshold and middle ear function. Results show that waveforms recorded in the shielded case were different from those in the open field and the TM rupture threshold in the shielded case was lower than that in the open field (3.4 ± 0.7 vs. 9.1 ± 1.7 psi or 181 ± 1.6 vs. 190 ± 1.9 dB SPL). The impulse pressure energy spectra analysis of waveforms demonstrates that the shielded waveforms include greater energy at high frequencies than that of the open field waves. Finally, a 3D finite element (FE) model of the chinchilla ear was used to compute the distributions of stress in the TM and the TM displacement with impulse pressure waves. The FE model-derived change of stress in response to pressure loading in the shielded case was substantially faster than that in the open case. This finding provides the biomechanical mechanisms for blast induced TM damage in relation to overpressure waveforms. The TM rupture threshold difference between the open and shielded cases suggests that an acoustic role of helmets may exist, intensifying ear injury during blast exposure.
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- Rong Z Gan
- School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
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- School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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- School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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- School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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- School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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Liberman MC, Liberman LD, Maison SF. Chronic Conductive Hearing Loss Leads to Cochlear Degeneration. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0142341. [PMID: 26580411 PMCID: PMC4651495 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Synapses between cochlear nerve terminals and hair cells are the most vulnerable elements in the inner ear in both noise-induced and age-related hearing loss, and this neuropathy is exacerbated in the absence of efferent feedback from the olivocochlear bundle. If age-related loss is dominated by a lifetime of exposure to environmental sounds, reduction of acoustic drive to the inner ear might improve cochlear preservation throughout life. To test this, we removed the tympanic membrane unilaterally in one group of young adult mice, removed the olivocochlear bundle in another group and compared their cochlear function and innervation to age-matched controls one year later. Results showed that tympanic membrane removal, and the associated threshold elevation, was counterproductive: cochlear efferent innervation was dramatically reduced, especially the lateral olivocochlear terminals to the inner hair cell area, and there was a corresponding reduction in the number of cochlear nerve synapses. This loss led to a decrease in the amplitude of the suprathreshold cochlear neural responses. Similar results were seen in two cases with conductive hearing loss due to chronic otitis media. Outer hair cell death was increased only in ears lacking medial olivocochlear innervation following olivocochlear bundle cuts. Results suggest the novel ideas that 1) the olivocochlear efferent pathway has a dramatic use-dependent plasticity even in the adult ear and 2) a component of the lingering auditory processing disorder seen in humans after persistent middle-ear infections is cochlear in origin.
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- M. Charles Liberman
- Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Peguero B, Tempel BL. A Chromosome 17 Locus Engenders Frequency-Specific Non-Progressive Hearing Loss that Contributes to Age-Related Hearing Loss in Mice. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2015; 16:459-71. [PMID: 25940139 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-015-0519-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The 129S6/SvEvTac (129S6) inbred mouse is known for its resistance to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). However, less is understood of its unique age-related hearing loss (AHL) phenotype and its potential relationship with the resistance to NIHL. Here, we studied the physiological characteristics of hearing loss in 129S6 and asked if noise resistance (NR) and AHL are genetically linked to the same chromosomal region. We used auditory brainstem response (ABR) and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) to examine hearing sensitivity between 1 and 13 months of age of recombinant-inbred (congenic) mice with an NR phenotype. We identified a region of proximal chromosome (Chr) 17 (D17Mit143-D17Mit100) that contributes to a sensory, non-progressive hearing loss (NPHL) affecting exclusively the high-frequencies (>24 kHz) and maps to the nr1 locus on Chr 17. ABR experiments showed that 129S6 and CBA/CaJ F1 (CBACa) hybrid mice exhibit normal hearing, indicating that the hearing loss in 129S6 mice is inherited recessively. An allelic complementation test between the 129S6 and 101/H (101H) strains did not rescue hearing loss, suggesting genetic allelism between the nphl and phl1 loci of these strains, respectively. The hybrids had a milder hearing loss than either parental strain, which indicate a possible interaction with other genes in the mouse background or a digenic interaction between different genes that reside in the same genomic region. Our study defines a locus for nphl on Chr 17 affecting frequencies greater than 24 kHz.
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- Braulio Peguero
- The Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington, Box 357923, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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Ogier JM, Carpinelli MR, Arhatari BD, Symons RCA, Kile BT, Burt RA. CHD7 deficiency in "Looper", a new mouse model of CHARGE syndrome, results in ossicle malformation, otosclerosis and hearing impairment. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97559. [PMID: 24840056 PMCID: PMC4026240 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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CHARGE syndrome is a rare human disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 7 (CHD7). Characteristics of CHARGE are varied and include developmental ear and hearing anomalies. Here we report a novel mouse model of CHD7 dysfunction, termed Looper. The Looper strain harbours a nonsense mutation (c.5690C>A, p.S1897X) within the Chd7 gene. Looper mice exhibit many of the clinical features of the human syndrome, consistent with previously reported CHARGE models, including growth retardation, facial asymmetry, vestibular defects, eye anomalies, hyperactivity, ossicle malformation, hearing loss and vestibular dysfunction. Looper mice display an otosclerosis-like fusion of the stapes footplate to the cochlear oval window and blepharoconjunctivitis but not coloboma. Looper mice are hyperactive and have vestibular dysfunction but do not display motor impairment.
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- The HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science, Department of Physics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- The HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Grande G, Negandhi J, Harrison RV, Wang LY. Remodelling at the calyx of Held-MNTB synapse in mice developing with unilateral conductive hearing loss. J Physiol 2014; 592:1581-600. [PMID: 24469075 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.268839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Structure and function of central synapses are profoundly influenced by experience during developmental sensitive periods. Sensory synapses, which are the indispensable interface for the developing brain to interact with its environment, are particularly plastic. In the auditory system, moderate forms of unilateral hearing loss during development are prevalent but the pre- and postsynaptic modifications that occur when hearing symmetry is perturbed are not well understood. We investigated this issue by performing experiments at the large calyx of Held synapse. Principal neurons of the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB) are innervated by calyx of Held terminals that originate from the axons of globular bushy cells located in the contralateral ventral cochlear nucleus. We compared populations of synapses in the same animal that were either sound deprived (SD) or sound experienced (SE) after unilateral conductive hearing loss (CHL). Middle ear ossicles were removed 1 week prior to hearing onset (approx. postnatal day (P) 12) and morphological and electrophysiological approaches were applied to auditory brainstem slices taken from these mice at P17-19. Calyces in the SD and SE MNTB acquired their mature digitated morphology but these were structurally more complex than those in normal hearing mice. This was accompanied by bilateral decreases in initial EPSC amplitude and synaptic conductance despite the CHL being unilateral. During high-frequency stimulation, some SD synapses displayed short-term depression whereas others displayed short-term facilitation followed by slow depression similar to the heterogeneities observed in normal hearing mice. However SE synapses predominantly displayed short-term facilitation followed by slow depression which could be explained in part by the decrease in release probability. Furthermore, the excitability of principal cells in the SD MNTB had increased significantly. Despite these unilateral changes in short-term plasticity and excitability, heterogeneities in the spiking fidelity among the population of both SD and SE synapses showed similar continuums to those in normal hearing mice. Our study suggests that preservations in the heterogeneity in spiking fidelity via synaptic remodelling ensures symmetric functional stability which is probably important for retaining the capability to maximally code sound localization cues despite moderate asymmetries in hearing experience.
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- Giovanbattista Grande
- Corresponding Author L.-Y. Wang, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8.
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Rak K, Frenz S, Radeloff A, Groh J, Jablonka S, Martini R, Hagen R, Mlynski R. Mutation of the TBCE gene causes disturbance of microtubules in the auditory nerve and cochlear outer hair cell degeneration accompanied by progressive hearing loss in the pmn/pmn mouse. Exp Neurol 2013; 250:333-40. [PMID: 24120439 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Revised: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The progressive motor neuronopathy (pmn/pmn) mouse, an animal model for a fast developing human motor neuron disorder, is additionally characterized by simultaneous progressive sensorineural hearing loss. The gene defect in the pmn/pmn mouse is localized to a missense mutation in the tubulin-specific chaperone E (TBCE) gene on mouse chromosome 13, which is one of the five tubulin-specific chaperons involved in tubulin folding and dimerization. The missense mutation leads to a disturbance of tubulin structures in the auditory nerve and a progressive outer hair cell loss due to apoptosis, which is accompanied by highly elevated ABR-thresholds and loss of DPOAEs. In addition the TBCE protein is selectively expressed in the outer hair cells and the transcellular processes of the inner pillar cells in the cochlea of control and pmn/pmn mouse. We conclude from our study that the mutation of the TBCE gene affects the auditory nerve and the cochlear hair cells simultaneously, leading to progressive hearing loss. This animal model will give the chance to test possible therapeutic strategies in special forms of hearing loss, in which the auditory nerve and the cochlear hair cells are simultaneously affected.
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- Kristen Rak
- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery, University of Wuerzburg, Germany; Comprehensive Hearing Center, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
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Cho SI, Gao SS, Xia A, Wang R, Salles FT, Raphael PD, Abaya H, Wachtel J, Baek J, Jacobs D, Rasband MN, Oghalai JS. Mechanisms of hearing loss after blast injury to the ear. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67618. [PMID: 23840874 PMCID: PMC3698122 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Given the frequent use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) around the world, the study of traumatic blast injuries is of increasing interest. The ear is the most common organ affected by blast injury because it is the body's most sensitive pressure transducer. We fabricated a blast chamber to re-create blast profiles similar to that of IEDs and used it to develop a reproducible mouse model to study blast-induced hearing loss. The tympanic membrane was perforated in all mice after blast exposure and found to heal spontaneously. Micro-computed tomography demonstrated no evidence for middle ear or otic capsule injuries; however, the healed tympanic membrane was thickened. Auditory brainstem response and distortion product otoacoustic emission threshold shifts were found to be correlated with blast intensity. As well, these threshold shifts were larger than those found in control mice that underwent surgical perforation of their tympanic membranes, indicating cochlear trauma. Histological studies one week and three months after the blast demonstrated no disruption or damage to the intra-cochlear membranes. However, there was loss of outer hair cells (OHCs) within the basal turn of the cochlea and decreased spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) and afferent nerve synapses. Using our mouse model that recapitulates human IED exposure, our results identify that the mechanisms underlying blast-induced hearing loss does not include gross membranous rupture as is commonly believed. Instead, there is both OHC and SGN loss that produce auditory dysfunction.
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- Sung-Il Cho
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Mao Z, Zhao L, Pu L, Wang M, Zhang Q, He DZZ. How well can centenarians hear? PLoS One 2013; 8:e65565. [PMID: 23755251 PMCID: PMC3673943 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 04/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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With advancements in modern medicine and significant improvements in life conditions in the past four decades, the elderly population is rapidly expanding. There is a growing number of those aged 100 years and older. While many changes in the human body occur with physiological aging, as many as 35% to 50% of the population aged 65 to 75 years have presbycusis. Presbycusis is a progressive sensorineural hearing loss that occurs as people get older. There are many studies of the prevalence of age-related hearing loss in the United States, Europe, and Asia. However, no audiological assessment of the population aged 100 years and older has been done. Therefore, it is not clear how well centenarians can hear. We measured middle ear impedance, pure-tone behavioral thresholds, and distortion-product otoacoustic emission from 74 centenarians living in the city of Shaoxing, China, to evaluate their middle and inner ear functions. We show that most centenarian listeners had an “As” type tympanogram, suggesting reduced static compliance of the tympanic membrane. Hearing threshold tests using pure-tone audiometry show that all centenarian subjects had varying degrees of hearing loss. More than 90% suffered from moderate to severe (41 to 80 dB) hearing loss below 2,000 Hz, and profound (>81 dB) hearing loss at 4,000 and 8,000 Hz. Otoacoustic emission, which is generated by the active process of cochlear outer hair cells, was undetectable in the majority of listeners. Our study shows the extent and severity of hearing loss in the centenarian population and represents the first audiological assessment of their middle and inner ear functions.
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- Zhongping Mao
- Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Shaoxing Second Hospital, Shaoxing, P. R. China
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- Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Shaoxing Second Hospital, Shaoxing, P. R. China
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- Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Shaoxing Second Hospital, Shaoxing, P. R. China
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- Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Shaoxing Second Hospital, Shaoxing, P. R. China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Ningbo University School of Medicine, Ningbo, P. R. China
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Experimental study of vibrations of gerbil tympanic membrane with closed middle ear cavity. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2013; 14:467-81. [PMID: 23624883 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-013-0389-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Accepted: 03/31/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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The purpose of the present work is to investigate the spatial vibration pattern of the gerbil tympanic membrane (TM) as a function of frequency. In vivo vibration measurements were done at several locations on the pars flaccida and pars tensa, and along the manubrium, on surgically exposed gerbil TMs with closed middle ear cavities. A laser Doppler vibrometer was used to measure motions in response to audio frequency sine sweeps in the ear canal. Data are presented for two different pars flaccida conditions: naturally flat and retracted into the middle ear cavity. Resonance of the flat pars flaccida causes a minimum and a shallow maximum in the displacement magnitude of the manubrium and pars tensa at low frequencies. Compared with a flat pars flaccida, a retracted pars flaccida has much lower displacement magnitudes at low frequencies and does not affect the responses of the other points. All manubrial and pars tensa points show a broad resonance in the range of 1.6 to 2 kHz. Above this resonance, the displacement magnitudes of manubrial points, including the umbo, roll off with substantial irregularities. The manubrial points show an increasing displacement magnitude from the lateral process toward the umbo. Above 5 kHz, phase differences between points along the manubrium start to become more evident, which may indicate flexing of the tip of the manubrium or a change in the vibration mode of the malleus. At low frequencies, points on the posterior side of the pars tensa tend to show larger displacements than those on the anterior side. The simple low-frequency vibration pattern of the pars tensa becomes more complex at higher frequencies, with the breakup occurring at between 1.8 and 2.8 kHz. These observations will be important for the development and validation of middle ear finite-element models for the gerbil.
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Thornton JL, Chevallier KM, Koka K, Gabbard SA, Tollin DJ. Conductive hearing loss induced by experimental middle-ear effusion in a chinchilla model reveals impaired tympanic membrane-coupled ossicular chain movement. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2013; 14:451-64. [PMID: 23615802 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-013-0388-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Otitis media with effusion (OME) occurs when fluid collects in the middle-ear space behind the tympanic membrane (TM). As a result of this effusion, sounds can become attenuated by as much as 30-40 dB, causing a conductive hearing loss (CHL). However, the exact mechanical cause of the hearing loss remains unclear. Possible causes can include altered compliance of the TM, inefficient movement of the ossicular chain, decreased compliance of the oval window-stapes footplate complex, or altered input to the oval and round window due to conduction of sound energy through middle-ear fluid. Here, we studied the contribution of TM motion and umbo velocity to a CHL caused by middle-ear effusion. Using the chinchilla as an animal model, umbo velocity (V U) and cochlear microphonic (CM) responses were measured simultaneously using sinusoidal tone pip stimuli (125 Hz-12 kHz) before and after filling the middle ear with different volumes (0.5-2.0 mL) of silicone oil (viscosity, 3.5 Poise). Concurrent increases in CM thresholds and decreases in umbo velocity were noted after the middle ear was filled with 1.0 mL or more of fluid. Across animals, completely filling the middle ear with fluid caused 20-40-dB increases in CM thresholds and 15-35-dB attenuations in umbo velocity. Clinic-standard 226-Hz tympanometry was insensitive to fluid-associated changes in CM thresholds until virtually the entire middle-ear cavity had been filled (approximately >1.5 mL). The changes in umbo velocity, CM thresholds, and tympanometry due to experimentally induced OME suggest CHL arises primarily as a result of impaired TM mobility and TM-coupled umbo motion plus additional mechanisms within the middle ear.
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- Jennifer L Thornton
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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Kao SY, Kempfle JS, Jensen JB, Perez-Fernandez D, Lysaght AC, Edge AS, Stankovic KM. Loss of osteoprotegerin expression in the inner ear causes degeneration of the cochlear nerve and sensorineural hearing loss. Neurobiol Dis 2013; 56:25-33. [PMID: 23607938 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2013.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2012] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a key regulator of bone remodeling. Mutations and variations in the OPG gene cause many human diseases that are characterized by not only skeletal abnormalities but also poorly understood hearing loss: Paget's disease, osteoporosis, and celiac disease. To gain insight into the mechanisms of hearing loss in OPG deficiency, we studied OPG knockout (Opg(-/-)) mice. We show that they develop sensorineural hearing loss, in addition to conductive hearing loss due to abnormal middle-ear bones. OPG deficiency caused demyelination and degeneration of the cochlear nerve in vivo. It also activated ERK, sensitized spiral ganglion cells (SGC) to apoptosis, and inhibited proliferation and survival of cochlear stem cells in vitro, which could be rescued by treatment with exogenous OPG, an ERK inhibitor, or bisphosphonate. Our results demonstrate a novel role for OPG in the regulation of SGC survival, and suggest a mechanism for sensorineural hearing loss in OPG deficiency.
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- Shyan-Yuan Kao
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Mechanisms of tympanic membrane and incus mobility loss in acute otitis media model of guinea pig. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2013; 14:295-307. [PMID: 23483330 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-013-0379-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Acute otitis media (AOM) is a rapid infection of middle ear due to bacterial or viral invasion. The infection commonly leads to negative pressure and purulent effusion in the middle ear. To identify how these changes affect tympanic membrane (TM) mobility or sound transmission through the middle ear, we hypothesize that pressure, effusion, and structural changes of the middle ear are the main mechanisms of conductive hearing loss in AOM. To test the hypothesis, a guinea pig AOM model was created by injection of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Three days post inoculation, vibration of the TM at umbo in response to input sound in the ear canal was measured at three experimental stages: intact, pressure-released, and effusion-drained AOM ears. The vibration of the incus tip was also measured after the effusion was removed. Results demonstrate that displacement of the TM increased mainly at low frequencies when pressure was released. As the effusion was removed, the TM mobility increased further but did not reach the level of the normal ear at low frequencies. This was caused by middle ear structural changes or adhesions on ossicles in AOM. The structural changes also affected movement of the incus at low and high frequencies. The results provide new evidence for understanding the mechanism of conductive hearing loss in AOM.
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The use of genetically modified mice can accelerate progress in auditory research. However, the fundamental profile of mouse hearing has not been thoroughly documented. In the current study, we explored mouse middle ear transmission by measuring sound-evoked vibrations at several key points along the ossicular chain using a laser-Doppler vibrometer. Observations were made through an opening in pars flaccida. Simultaneously, the pressure at the tympanic membrane close to the umbo was monitored using a micro-pressure-sensor. Measurements were performed in C57BL mice, which are widely used in hearing research. Our results show that the ossicular local transfer function, defined as the ratio of velocity to the pressure at the tympanic membrane, was like a high-pass filter, almost flat at frequencies above ∼15 kHz, decreasing rapidly at lower frequencies. There was little phase accumulation along the ossicles. Our results suggested that the mouse ossicles moved almost as a rigid body. Based on these 1-dimensional measurements, the malleus-incus-complex primarily rotated around the anatomical axis passing through the gonial termination of the anterior malleus and the short process of the incus, but secondary motions were also present. This article is part of a special issue entitled "MEMRO 2012".
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- Wei Dong
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University, P&S 11-452, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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In this paper we describe novel and specific roles for the apoptotic regulators Bcl2 and Bim in hearing and stapes development. Bcl2 is anti-apoptotic while Bim is pro-apoptotic. Characterization of the auditory systems of mice deficient for these molecules revealed that Bcl2−/− mice suffered severe hearing loss. This was conductive in nature and did not affect sensory cells of the inner ear, with cochlear hair cells and neurons present and functional. Bcl2−/− mice were found to have a malformed, often monocrural, porous stapes (the small stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear), but a normally shaped malleus and incus. The deformed stapes was discontinuous with the incus and sometimes fused to the temporal bones. The defect was completely rescued in Bcl2−/−Bim−/− mice and partially rescued in Bcl2−/−Bim+/− mice, which displayed high-frequency hearing loss and thickening of the stapes anterior crus. The Bcl2−/− defect arose in utero before or during the cartilage stage of stapes development. These results implicate Bcl2 and Bim in regulating survival of second pharyngeal arch or neural crest cells that give rise to the stapes during embryonic development.
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Pathological features in the LmnaDhe/+ mutant mouse provide a novel model of human otitis media and laminopathies. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2012; 181:761-74. [PMID: 22819531 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Revised: 05/07/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Genetic predisposition is recognized as an important pathogenetic factor in otitis media (OM) and associated diseases. Mutant Lmna mice heterozygous for the disheveled hair and ears allele (Lmna(Dhe/+)) exhibit early-onset, profound hearing deficits and other pathological features mimicking human laminopathy associated with the LMNA mutation. We assessed the effects of the Lmna(Dhe/+) mutation on development of OM and pathological abnormalities characteristic of laminopathy. Malformation and abnormal positioning of the eustachian tube, accompanied by OM, were observed in all of the Lmna(Dhe/+) mice (100% penetrance) as early as postnatal day P12. Scanning electronic microscopy revealed ultrastructural damage to the cilia in middle ears that exhibited OM. Hearing assessment revealed significant hearing loss, paralleling that in human OM. Expression of NF-κB, TNF-α, and TGF-β, which correlated with inflammation and/or bony development, was up-regulated in the ears or in the peritoneal macrophages of Lmna(Dhe/+) mice. Rugous, disintegrative, and enlarged nuclear morphology of peritoneal macrophages and hyperphosphatemia were found in Lmna(Dhe/+) mutant mice. Taken together, these features resemble the pathology of human laminopathies, possibly revealing some profound pathology, beyond OM, associated with the mutation. The Lmna(Dhe/+) mutant mouse provides a novel model of human OM and laminopathy.
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Tian C, Yu H, Yang B, Han F, Zheng Y, Bartels CF, Schelling D, Arnold JE, Scacheri PC, Zheng QY. Otitis media in a new mouse model for CHARGE syndrome with a deletion in the Chd7 gene. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34944. [PMID: 22539951 PMCID: PMC3335168 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 03/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Otitis media is a middle ear disease common in children under three years old. Otitis media can occur in normal individuals with no other symptoms or syndromes, but it is often seen in individuals clinically diagnosed with genetic diseases such as CHARGE syndrome, a complex genetic disease caused by mutation in the Chd7 gene and characterized by multiple birth defects. Although otitis media is common in human CHARGE syndrome patients, it has not been reported in mouse models of CHARGE syndrome. In this study, we report a mouse model with a spontaneous deletion mutation in the Chd7 gene and with chronic otitis media of early onset age accompanied by hearing loss. These mice also exhibit morphological alteration in the Eustachian tubes, dysregulation of epithelial proliferation, and decreased density of middle ear cilia. Gene expression profiling revealed up-regulation of Muc5ac, Muc5b and Tgf-β1 transcripts, the products of which are involved in mucin production and TGF pathway regulation. This is the first mouse model of CHARGE syndrome reported to show otitis media with effusion and it will be valuable for studying the etiology of otitis media and other symptoms in CHARGE syndrome.
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- Cong Tian
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Hurd EA, Adams ME, Layman WS, Swiderski DL, Beyer LA, Halsey KE, Benson JM, Gong TW, Dolan DF, Raphael Y, Martin DM. Mature middle and inner ears express Chd7 and exhibit distinctive pathologies in a mouse model of CHARGE syndrome. Hear Res 2011; 282:184-95. [PMID: 21875659 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2011] [Revised: 08/15/2011] [Accepted: 08/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Heterozygous mutations in the gene encoding chromodomain-DNA-binding-protein 7 (CHD7) cause CHARGE syndrome, a multiple anomaly condition which includes vestibular dysfunction and hearing loss. Mice with heterozygous Chd7 mutations exhibit semicircular canal dysgenesis and abnormal inner ear neurogenesis, and are an excellent model of CHARGE syndrome. Here we characterized Chd7 expression in mature middle and inner ears, analyzed morphological features of mutant ears and tested whether Chd7 mutant mice have altered responses to noise exposure and correlated those responses to inner and middle ear structure. We found that Chd7 is highly expressed in mature inner and outer hair cells, spiral ganglion neurons, vestibular sensory epithelia and middle ear ossicles. There were no obvious defects in individual hair cell morphology by prestin immunostaining or scanning electron microscopy, and cochlear innervation appeared normal in Chd7(Gt)(/+) mice. Hearing thresholds by auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing were elevated at 4 and 16 kHz in Chd7(Gt)(/+) mice, and there were reduced distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE). Exposure of Chd7(Gt)(/+) mice to broadband noise resulted in variable degrees of hair cell loss which inversely correlated with severity of stapedial defects. The degrees of hair cell loss and threshold shifts after noise exposure were more severe in wild type mice than in mutants. Together, these data indicate that Chd7(Gt)(/+) mice have combined conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, correlating with changes in both middle and inner ears.
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- Elizabeth A Hurd
- Department of Pediatrics, 3520A MSRB I, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5652, USA.
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Kanzaki S, Takada Y, Niida S, Takeda Y, Udagawa N, Ogawa K, Nango N, Momose A, Matsuo K. Impaired vibration of auditory ossicles in osteopetrotic mice. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2011; 178:1270-8. [PMID: 21356377 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2010.11.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2010] [Revised: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 11/18/2010] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In the middle ear, a chain of three tiny bones (ie, malleus, incus, and stapes) vibrates to transmit sound from the tympanic membrane to the inner ear. Little is known about whether and how bone-resorbing osteoclasts play a role in the vibration of auditory ossicles. We analyzed hearing function and morphological features of auditory ossicles in osteopetrotic mice, which lack osteoclasts because of the deficiency of either cytokine RANKL or transcription factor c-Fos. The auditory brainstem response showed that mice of both genotypes experienced hearing loss, and laser Doppler vibrometry revealed that the malleus behind the tympanic membrane failed to vibrate. Histological analysis and X-ray tomographic microscopy using synchrotron radiation showed that auditory ossicles in osteopetrotic mice were thicker and more cartilaginous than those in control mice. Most interestingly, the malleal processus brevis touched the medial wall of the tympanic cavity in osteopetrotic mice, which was also the case for c-Src kinase-deficient mice (with normal numbers of nonresorbing osteoclasts). Osteopetrotic mice showed a smaller volume of the tympanic cavity but had larger auditory ossicles compared with controls. These data suggest that osteoclastic bone resorption is required for thinning of auditory ossicles and enlargement of the tympanic cavity so that auditory ossicles vibrate freely.
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- Sho Kanzaki
- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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Whitton JP, Polley DB. Evaluating the perceptual and pathophysiological consequences of auditory deprivation in early postnatal life: a comparison of basic and clinical studies. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2011; 12:535-47. [PMID: 21607783 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-011-0271-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 05/02/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Decades of clinical and basic research in visual system development have shown that degraded or imbalanced visual inputs can induce a long-lasting visual impairment called amblyopia. In the auditory domain, it is well established that inducing a conductive hearing loss (CHL) in young laboratory animals is associated with a panoply of central auditory system irregularities, ranging from cellular morphology to behavior. Human auditory deprivation, in the form of otitis media (OM), is tremendously common in young children, yet the evidence linking a history of OM to long-lasting auditory processing impairments has been equivocal for decades. Here, we review the apparent discrepancies in the clinical and basic auditory literature and provide a meta-analysis to show that the evidence for human amblyaudia, the auditory analog of amblyopia, is considerably more compelling than is generally believed. We argue that a major cause for this discrepancy is the fact that most clinical studies attempt to link central auditory deficits to a history of middle ear pathology, when the primary risk factor for brain-based developmental impairments such as amblyopia and amblyaudia is whether the afferent sensory signal is degraded during critical periods of brain development. Accordingly, clinical studies that target the subset of children with a history of OM that is also accompanied by elevated hearing thresholds consistently identify perceptual and physiological deficits that can endure for years after peripheral hearing is audiometrically normal, in keeping with the animal studies on CHL. These studies suggest that infants with OM severe enough to cause degraded afferent signal transmission (e.g., CHL) are particularly at risk to develop lasting central auditory impairments. We propose some practical guidelines to identify at-risk infants and test for the positive expression of amblyaudia in older children.
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- Jonathon P Whitton
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, 02114, USA.
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Dalhoff E, Turcanu D, Gummer AW. Forward and reverse transfer functions of the middle ear based on pressure and velocity DPOAEs with implications for differential hearing diagnosis. Hear Res 2011; 280:86-99. [PMID: 21624450 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2011] [Revised: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Recently it was shown that distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) can be measured as vibration of the human tympanic membrane in vivo, and proposed to use these vibration DPOAEs to support a differential diagnosis of middle-ear and cochlear pathologies. Here, we investigate how the reverse transfer function (r-TF), defined as the ratio of DPOAE-velocity of the umbo to DPOAE-pressure in the ear canal, can be used to diagnose the state of the middle ear. Anaesthetized guinea pigs served as the experimental animal. Sound was delivered free-field and the vibration of the umbo measured with a laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV). Sound pressure was measured 2-3 mm from the tympanic membrane with a probe-tube microphone. The forward transfer function (f-TF) of umbo velocity relative to ear-canal pressure was obtained by stimulating with multi-tone pressure. The r-TF was assembled from DPOAE components generated in response to acoustic stimulation with two stimulus tones of frequencies f(1) and f(2); f(2)/f(1) was constant at 1.2. The r-TF was plotted as function of DPOAE frequencies; they ranged from 1.7 kHz to 23 kHz. The r-TF showed a characteristic shape with an anti-resonance around 8 kHz as its most salient feature. The data were interpreted with the aid of a middle-ear transmission-line model taken from the literature for the cat and adapted to the guinea pig. Parameters were estimated with a three-step fitting algorithm. Importantly, the r-TF is governed by only half of the 15 independent, free parameters of the model. The parameters estimated from the r-TF were used to estimate the other half of the parameters from the f-TF. The use of r-TF data - in addition to f-TF data - allowed robust estimates of the middle-ear parameters to be obtained. The results highlight the potential of using vibration DPOAEs for ascertaining the functionality of the middle ear and, therefore, for supporting a differential diagnosis of middle-ear and cochlear pathologies.
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- Ernst Dalhoff
- Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Department Otolaryngology, Section of Physiological Acoustics and Communication, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, Tübingen, Germany.
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Guan X, Gan RZ. Effect of middle ear fluid on sound transmission and auditory brainstem response in guinea pigs. Hear Res 2011; 277:96-106. [PMID: 21414396 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2010] [Revised: 02/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Combined measurements of middle ear transfer function and auditory brainstem response (ABR) in live guinea pigs with middle ear effusion (MEE) are reported in this paper. The MEE model was created by injecting saline into the middle ear cavity. Vibrations of the tympanic membrane (TM), the tip of the incus, and the round window membrane (RWM) were measured with a laser vibrometer at frequencies of 0.2-40 kHz when the middle ear fluid increased from 0 to 0.2 ml (i.e., full fill of the cavity). The click and pure tone ABRs were recorded as the middle ear fluid increased. Fluid introduction reduced mobility of the TM, incus and RWM mainly at high frequencies (f > 1 kHz). The magnitude of this reduction was related to the volume of fluid. The displacement transmission ratio of the TM to incus varied with frequency and fluid level. The volume displacement ratio of the oval window to round window was approximately 1.0 over most frequencies. Elevation of ABR thresholds and prolongation of ABR latencies were observed as fluid level increased. Reduction of TM displacement correlated well with elevation of ABR threshold at 0.5-8 kHz. Alterations in the ratio of ossicular displacements before and after fluid induction are consistent with fluid-induced changes in complex ossicular motions.
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- Xiying Guan
- School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering Center, University of Oklahoma, 865 Asp Avenue, Room 200, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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Olzowy B, Deppe C, Arpornchayanon W, Canis M, Strieth S, Kummer P. Quantitative estimation of minor conductive hearing loss with distortion product otoacoustic emissions in the guinea pig. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2010; 128:1845-1852. [PMID: 20968357 DOI: 10.1121/1.3474898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Subclinical conductive hearing losses (CHLs) can affect otoacoustic emissions and therefore limit their potential in the assessment of the cochlear function. Theoretical considerations to estimate a minor CHL from DPOAE measurements [Kummer et al. (2006). HNO 54, 457-467] are evaluated experimentally. They are based on the fact, that the level difference of the stimulus tones L(1) and L(2) for optimal excitation of the inner ear is given by L(1)=aL(2)+b. A CHL is presumed to attenuate both L(1) and L(2) to the same extent such that excitation of the inner ear is no longer optimal. From the change of L(1) that is necessary to restore optimal excitation of the inner ear and thus to produce maximal DPOAE levels, the CHL can be estimated. In 10 guinea pig ears an experimental CHL was produced, quantified by determination of compound action potential (CAP) thresholds at 8 kHz (CHL(CAP)) and estimated from DPOAE measurements at 8 kHz (CHL(DPOAE)). CHLs up to 12 dB could be assessed. CHL(DPOAE) correlated well with CHL(CAP) (R=0.741, p=0.0142). Mean difference between CHL(DPOAE) and CHL(CAP) was 4.2±2.6 dB. Estimation of minor CHL from DPOAE measurements might help to increase the diagnostic value of DPOAEs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bernhard Olzowy
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich Medical Center, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.
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Maison SF, Le M, Larsen E, Lee SK, Rosowski JJ, Thomas SA, Liberman MC. Mice lacking adrenergic signaling have normal cochlear responses and normal resistance to acoustic injury but enhanced susceptibility to middle-ear infection. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2010; 11:449-61. [PMID: 20503062 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-010-0220-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2010] [Accepted: 05/04/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The vasculature and neurons of the inner ear receive adrenergic innervation from the cervical sympathetic chain, and adrenergic receptors may be expressed by cells of the organ of Corti and stria vascularis, despite a lack of direct sympathetic innervation. To assess the functional role of adrenergic signaling in the auditory periphery, we studied mice with targeted deletion of the gene for dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH), which catalyzes the conversion of dopamine to noradrenaline; thus, these mutant mice have no measurable adrenaline or noradrenaline. Dbh (-/-) mice were more susceptible to spontaneous middle-ear infection than their control littermates, consistent with a role for sympathetics in systemic and/or local immune response. At 6-8 weeks of age, cochlear thresholds and suprathreshold responses assessed by auditory brainstem responses and distortion product otoacoustic emissions, as well as light-microscopic morphology, were indistinguishable from controls, if ears with conductive hearing loss were eliminated. Dbh (-/-) mice were no more susceptible to acoustic injury than controls, despite prior reports that sympathectomy reduces noise damage. Dbh (-/-) mice showed enhancement of shock-evoked olivocochlear suppression of cochlear responses, which may arise from the loss of adrenergic inputs to olivocochlear neurons in the brainstem. However, adrenergic modulation of olivocochlear efferents does not mediate the protective effect of contralateral cochlear destruction on ipsilateral response to acoustic overexposure.
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- Stéphane F Maison
- Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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