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Pu K, Li L, Qiu Y, Song H. Lipids and sudden sensorineural hearing loss: A bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis. Auris Nasus Larynx 2024; 51:365-370. [PMID: 37993362 DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2023.11.006] [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] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE While numerous observational studies have indicated an association between lipids and Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL), it remains uncertain whether dyslipidemia serves as a causal risk factor for SSNHL. Our objective is to elucidate the potential causal relationship between lipid levels and SSNHL through Mendelian randomization analysis. METHODS The primary and secondary lipid data used in this study were sourced from the UK Biobank (UKBB) and the Global Lipid Genetics Consortium results (GLGC), respectively. These datasets were obtained from large, publicly available genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The outcome data for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) were acquired from the Finnegan Biobank, consisting of 1491 cases and 196,592 controls. Subsequently, both single-variable Mendelian randomization (SVMR) and multivariate Mendelian randomization (MVMR) methods were employed to evaluate the causal relationship between lipids and the occurrence of SSNHL. RESULTS Among the primary lipid data, SVMR analysis showed a significant correlation between high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (OR: 0.822, 95 %CI: 0.694-0.974, p = 0.023) and SSNHL, and triglycerides (TG) (OR: 0.997, 95 %CI: 0.836-1.188, p = 0.975), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (OR: 1.067, 95 %CI: 0.861-1.322, p = 0.552) did not correlate with SSNHL. In the secondary lipid data, SVMR analysis showed that HDL-C (OR: 0.987, 95 %CI: 0.805-1.210, p = 0.903), TG (OR: 0.991, 95 %CI: 0.787-1.246, p = 0.937) and LDL-C (OR: 1.092, 95 % CI: 0.926-1.287, p = 0.294) did not correlate with SSNHL. MVMR analysis of the primary lipid data showed that HDL-cholesterol (OR: 0.755, 95 % CI: 0.596-0.956, p = 0.019) was significantly associated with SSNHL, while TG (OR: 0.808, 95 %CI: 0.611-1.068, p = 0.134) and LDL-C (OR: 1.146, 95 %CI: 0.869-1.511, p = 0.333) did not correlate with SSNHL, consistent with the results of SVMR. Inverse MR results showed that SSNHL did not correlate with TG (OR: 0.999, 95 %CI: 0.997-1.001, p = 0.835), HDL-C (OR: 1.001, 95 %CI: 0.998-1.003), LDL-C (OR: 0.999, 95 %CI: 0.997-1.002, p = 0.863). CONCLUSIONS Mendelian randomization (MR) results suggest that decreased serum HDL-C levels are an independent risk factor for SSNHL. Monitoring and focusing on lipid levels may be of value in the prevention and treatment of SSNHL.
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- Kunlin Pu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Pengzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Pengzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- College of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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Papadopoulou AM, Papouliakos S, Karkos P, Chaidas K. The Impact of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on the Incidence, Severity, and Prognosis of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSHL): A Systematic Review. Cureus 2024; 16:e58377. [PMID: 38756309 PMCID: PMC11097239 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.58377] [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] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) is believed to be mainly idiopathic since the cause is not usually identified. Several recent studies have examined the role of cardiovascular risk factors in this disease. The aim of this systematic literature review is to investigate the possible association between acquired and inherited cardiovascular risk factors and the incidence, severity, and prognosis of SSHL. A systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A search of the PubMed database for the period between February 2010 and January 2023 was performed in order to retrieve eligible articles. The analytic cohort included 24 studies. Overall, this systematic review includes a total of 61,060 patients that were encompassed in these studies. According to most studies, the prevalence of dyslipidaemia, diabetes, and ultrasound indices of atherosclerosis was significantly higher in SSHL patients compared to controls. On the other hand, obesity, hypertension, and smoking did not seem to influence the risk of SSHL. Most studies suggest the presence of a correlation between a high cardiovascular risk profile and the risk of developing SSHL. The theory of microvascular impairment in the development of SSHL is indirectly supported by the findings of this review.
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- Anna-Maria Papadopoulou
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC
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- Department of Otolaryngology, General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas", Athens, GRC
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki (AHEPA), Thessaloniki, GRC
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- Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, GRC
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Lee YY, Ha J, Kim YS, Ramani S, Sung S, Gil ES, Choo OS, Jang JH, Choung YH. Abnormal Cholesterol Metabolism and Lysosomal Dysfunction Induce Age-Related Hearing Loss by Inhibiting mTORC1-TFEB-Dependent Autophagy. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:17513. [PMID: 38139347 PMCID: PMC10743727 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242417513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Cholesterol is a risk factor for age-related hearing loss (ARHL). However, the effect of cholesterol on the organ of Corti during the onset of ARHL is unclear. We established a mouse model for the ARHL group (24 months, n = 12) and a young group (6 months, n = 12). Auditory thresholds were measured in both groups using auditory brainstem response (ABR) at frequencies of 8, 16, and 32 kHz. Subsequently, mice were sacrificed and subjected to histological analyses, including transmission electron microscopy (TEM), H&E, Sudan Black B (SBB), and Filipin staining, as well as biochemical assays such as IHC, enzymatic analysis, and immunoblotting. Additionally, mRNA extracted from both young and aged cochlea underwent RNA sequencing. To identify the mechanism, in vitro studies utilizing HEI-OC1 cells were also performed. RNA sequencing showed a positive correlation with increased expression of genes related to metabolic diseases, cholesterol homeostasis, and target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling in the ARHL group as compared to the younger group. In addition, ARHL tissues exhibited increased cholesterol and lipofuscin aggregates in the organ of Corti, lateral walls, and spiral ganglion neurons. Autophagic flux was inhibited by the accumulation of damaged lysosomes and autolysosomes. Subsequently, we observed a decrease in the level of transcription factor EB (TFEB) protein, which regulates lysosomal biosynthesis and autophagy, together with increased mTORC1 activity in ARHL tissues. These changes in TFEB and mTORC1 expression were observed in a cholesterol-dependent manner. Treatment of ARHL mice with atorvastatin, a cholesterol synthesis inhibitor, delayed hearing loss by reducing the cholesterol level and maintaining lysosomal function and autophagy by inhibiting mTORC1 and activating TFEB. The above findings were confirmed using stress-induced premature senescent House Ear Institute organ of Corti 1 (HEI-OC1) cells. The findings implicate cholesterol in the pathogenesis of ARHL. We propose that atorvastatin could prevent ARHL by maintaining lysosomal function and autophagy by inhibiting mTORC1 and activating TFEB during the aging process.
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- Yun Yeong Lee
- Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea; (Y.Y.L.); (J.H.); (Y.S.K.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (J.H.J.)
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea; (Y.Y.L.); (J.H.); (Y.S.K.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (J.H.J.)
- Department of Medical Sciences, Ajou University Graduate School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea; (Y.Y.L.); (J.H.); (Y.S.K.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (J.H.J.)
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea; (Y.Y.L.); (J.H.); (Y.S.K.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (J.H.J.)
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea; (Y.Y.L.); (J.H.); (Y.S.K.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (J.H.J.)
- Department of Medical Sciences, Ajou University Graduate School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea; (Y.Y.L.); (J.H.); (Y.S.K.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (J.H.J.)
- Department of Medical Sciences, Ajou University Graduate School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul 07441, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea; (Y.Y.L.); (J.H.); (Y.S.K.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (J.H.J.)
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea; (Y.Y.L.); (J.H.); (Y.S.K.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (J.H.J.)
- Department of Medical Sciences, Ajou University Graduate School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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de Médina P, Ayadi S, Soulès R, Payre B, Rup-Jacques S, Silvente-Poirot S, Samadi M, Poirot M. Chemical synthesis and biochemical properties of cholestane-5α,6β-diol-3-sulfonate: A non-hydrolysable analogue of cholestane-5α,6β-diol-3β-sulfate. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2023; 234:106396. [PMID: 37683773 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2023.106396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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Cholestane-3β,5α,6β-triol (CT) is a primary metabolite of 5,6-epoxycholesterols (5,6-EC) that is catalyzed by the cholesterol-5,6-epoxide hydrolase (ChEH). CT is a well-known biomarker for Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C), a progressive inherited neurodegenerative disease. On the other hand, CT is known to be metabolized by the 11β-hydroxysteroid-dehydrogenase of type 2 (11β-HSD2) into a tumor promoter named oncosterone that stimulates the growth of breast cancer tumors. Sulfation is a major metabolic transformation leading to the production of sulfated oxysterols. The production of cholestane-5α,6β-diol-3β-O-sulfate (CDS) has been reported in breast cancer cells. However, no data related to CDS biological properties have been reported so far. These studies have been hampered because sulfate esters of sterols and steroids are rapidly hydrolyzed by steroid sulfatase to give free steroids and sterols. In order to get insight into the biological properties of CDS, we report herein the synthesis and the characterization of cholestane-5α,6β-diol-3β-sulfonate (CDSN), a non-hydrolysable analogue of CDS. We show that CDSN is a potent inhibitor of 11β-HSD2 that blocks oncosterone production on cell lysate. The inhibition of oncosterone biosynthesis of a whole cell assay was observed but results from the blockage by CDSN of the uptake of CT in MCF-7 cells. While CDSN inhibits MCF-7 cell proliferation, we found that it potentiates the cytotoxic activity of post-lanosterol cholesterol biosynthesis inhibitors such as tamoxifen and PBPE. This effect was associated with an increase of free sterols accumulation and the appearance of giant multilamellar bodies, a structural feature reminiscent of Type C Niemann-Pick disease cells and consistent with a possible inhibition by CDSN of NPC1. Altogether, our data showed that CDSN is biologically active and that it is a valuable tool to study the biological properties of CDS and more specifically its impact on immunity and viral infection.
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- Philippe de Médina
- Cancer Research Center of Toulouse (CRCT), Inserm, CNRS, University of Toulouse, Team INOV: Cholesterol Metabolism and Therapeutic Innovations, Toulouse, France; Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, France; French network for Nutrition physical Acitivity And Cancer Research (NACRe network), France.
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- Cancer Research Center of Toulouse (CRCT), Inserm, CNRS, University of Toulouse, Team INOV: Cholesterol Metabolism and Therapeutic Innovations, Toulouse, France; Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, France
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- Cancer Research Center of Toulouse (CRCT), Inserm, CNRS, University of Toulouse, Team INOV: Cholesterol Metabolism and Therapeutic Innovations, Toulouse, France; Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, France; French network for Nutrition physical Acitivity And Cancer Research (NACRe network), France
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- Centre de Microscopie Electronique Appliquée à la Biologie, Faculté de Médecine Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics Multi-Scale Approach to Complex Environments, Department of Chemistry, University Lorraine, 57070 Metz, France
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- Cancer Research Center of Toulouse (CRCT), Inserm, CNRS, University of Toulouse, Team INOV: Cholesterol Metabolism and Therapeutic Innovations, Toulouse, France; Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, France; French network for Nutrition physical Acitivity And Cancer Research (NACRe network), France.
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics Multi-Scale Approach to Complex Environments, Department of Chemistry, University Lorraine, 57070 Metz, France.
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- Cancer Research Center of Toulouse (CRCT), Inserm, CNRS, University of Toulouse, Team INOV: Cholesterol Metabolism and Therapeutic Innovations, Toulouse, France; Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, France; French network for Nutrition physical Acitivity And Cancer Research (NACRe network), France.
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Zhang Y, Lin G, Xue N, Wang Y, Du T, Liu H, Xiong W, Shang W, Wu H, Song L. Differential outcomes of high-fat diet on age-related rescaling of cochlear frequency place coding. FASEB J 2023; 37:e23167. [PMID: 37651093 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202300457rr] [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] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Auditory frequency coding is place-specific, which depends on the mechanical coupling of the basilar membrane-outer hair cell (OHC)-tectorial membrane network. Prestin-based OHC electromotility improves cochlear frequency selectivity and sensitivity. Cochlear amplification determines the frequency coding wherein discrete sound frequencies find a 'best' place along the cochlear length. Loss of OHC is the leading cause of age-related hearing loss (ARHL) and is the most common cause of sensorineural hearing loss and compromised speech perception. Lipid interaction with Prestin impacts OHC function. It has been established that high-fat diet (HFD) is associated with ARHL. To determine whether genetic background and metabolism preserve cochlear frequency place coding, we examined the effect of HFD in C57BL/6J (B6) and CBA/CaJ (CBA) on ARHL.We found a significant rescuing effect on ARHL in aged B6 HFD cohort. Prestin levels and cell sizes were better maintained in the experimental B6-HFD group. We also found that distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) group delay measurement was preserved, which suggested stable frequency place coding. In contrast, the response to HFD in the CBA cohort was modest with no appreciable benefit to hearing threshold. Notably, group delay was shortened with age along with the control. In addition, the frequency dependent OHC nonlinear capacitance gradient was most pronounced at young age but decreased with age. Cochlear RNA-seq analysis revealed differential TRPV1 expression and lipid homeostasis. Activation of TRPV1 and downregulation of arachidonic acid led to downregulation of inflammatory response in B6 HFD, which protects the cochlea from ARHL. The genetic background and metabolic state-derived changes in OHC morphology and function collectively contribute to a redefined cochlear frequency place coding and improved age-related pitch perception.
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- Yu Zhang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China
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- Navy Clinical Medical School, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- In Vitro Fertility (IVF) Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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Sodero AO, Castagna VC, Elorza SD, Gonzalez-Rodulfo SM, Paulazo MA, Ballestero JA, Martin MG, Gomez-Casati ME. Phytosterols reverse antiretroviral-induced hearing loss, with potential implications for cochlear aging. PLoS Biol 2023; 21:e3002257. [PMID: 37619212 PMCID: PMC10449472 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Cholesterol contributes to neuronal membrane integrity, supports membrane protein clustering and function, and facilitates proper signal transduction. Extensive evidence has shown that cholesterol imbalances in the central nervous system occur in aging and in the development of neurodegenerative diseases. In this work, we characterize cholesterol homeostasis in the inner ear of young and aged mice as a new unexplored possibility for the prevention and treatment of hearing loss. Our results show that cholesterol levels in the inner ear are reduced during aging, an effect that is associated with an increased expression of the cholesterol 24-hydroxylase (CYP46A1), the main enzyme responsible for cholesterol turnover in the brain. In addition, we show that pharmacological activation of CYP46A1 with the antiretroviral drug efavirenz reduces the cholesterol content in outer hair cells (OHCs), leading to a decrease in prestin immunolabeling and resulting in an increase in the distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) thresholds. Moreover, dietary supplementation with phytosterols, plant sterols with structure and function similar to cholesterol, was able to rescue the effect of efavirenz administration on the auditory function. Altogether, our findings point towards the importance of cholesterol homeostasis in the inner ear as an innovative therapeutic strategy in preventing and/or delaying hearing loss.
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- Alejandro O. Sodero
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (BIOMED, UCA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Dr. Héctor N. Torres, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (INGEBI-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (INIMEC-CONICET-UNC), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (BIOMED, UCA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (BIOMED, UCA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (INIMEC-CONICET-UNC), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Dehghani-Ghahnaviyeh S, Zhao Z, Tajkhorshid E. Lipid-mediated prestin organization in outer hair cell membranes and its implications in sound amplification. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6877. [PMID: 36371434 PMCID: PMC9653410 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34596-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Prestin is a high-density motor protein in the outer hair cells (OHCs), whose conformational response to acoustic signals alters the shape of the cell, thereby playing a major role in sound amplification by the cochlea. Despite recent structures, prestin's intimate interactions with the membrane, which are central to its function remained unresolved. Here, employing a large set (collectively, more than 0.5 ms) of coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate the impact of prestin's lipid-protein interactions on its organization at densities relevant to the OHCs and its effectiveness in reshaping OHCs. Prestin causes anisotropic membrane deformation, which mediates a preferential membrane organization of prestin where deformation patterns by neighboring copies are aligned constructively. The resulting reduced membrane rigidity is hypothesized to maximize the impact of prestin on OHC reshaping. These results demonstrate a clear case of protein-protein cooperative communication in membrane, purely mediated by interactions with lipids.
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- Sepehr Dehghani-Ghahnaviyeh
- grid.35403.310000 0004 1936 9991Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
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- grid.35403.310000 0004 1936 9991Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
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- grid.35403.310000 0004 1936 9991Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
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Gao G, Guo S, Zhang Q, Zhang H, Zhang C, Peng G. Kiaa1024L/Minar2 is essential for hearing by regulating cholesterol distribution in hair bundles. eLife 2022; 11:e80865. [PMID: 36317962 PMCID: PMC9714970 DOI: 10.7554/elife.80865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Unbiased genetic screens implicated a number of uncharacterized genes in hearing loss, suggesting some biological processes required for auditory function remain unexplored. Loss of Kiaa1024L/Minar2, a previously understudied gene, caused deafness in mice, but how it functioned in the hearing was unclear. Here, we show that disruption of kiaa1024L/minar2 causes hearing loss in the zebrafish. Defects in mechanotransduction, longer and thinner hair bundles, and enlarged apical lysosomes in hair cells are observed in the kiaa1024L/minar2 mutant. In cultured cells, Kiaa1024L/Minar2 is mainly localized to lysosomes, and its overexpression recruits cholesterol and increases cholesterol labeling. Strikingly, cholesterol is highly enriched in the hair bundle membrane, and loss of kiaa1024L/minar2 reduces cholesterol localization to the hair bundles. Lowering cholesterol levels aggravates, while increasing cholesterol levels rescues the hair cell defects in the kiaa1024L/minar2 mutant. Therefore, cholesterol plays an essential role in hair bundles, and Kiaa1024L/Minar2 regulates cholesterol distribution and homeostasis to ensure normal hearing.
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- Ge Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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Futamata H, Fukuda M, Umeda R, Yamashita K, Tomita A, Takahashi S, Shikakura T, Hayashi S, Kusakizako T, Nishizawa T, Homma K, Nureki O. Cryo-EM structures of thermostabilized prestin provide mechanistic insights underlying outer hair cell electromotility. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6208. [PMID: 36266333 PMCID: PMC9584906 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34017-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Outer hair cell elecromotility, driven by prestin, is essential for mammalian cochlear amplification. Here, we report the cryo-EM structures of thermostabilized prestin (PresTS), complexed with chloride, sulfate, or salicylate at 3.52-3.63 Å resolutions. The central positively-charged cavity allows flexible binding of various anion species, which likely accounts for the known distinct modulations of nonlinear capacitance (NLC) by different anions. Comparisons of these PresTS structures with recent prestin structures suggest rigid-body movement between the core and gate domains, and provide mechanistic insights into prestin inhibition by salicylate. Mutations at the dimeric interface severely diminished NLC, suggesting that stabilization of the gate domain facilitates core domain movement, thereby contributing to the expression of NLC. These findings advance our understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying mammalian cochlear amplification.
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- Haon Futamata
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo; Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8503, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
- The Hugh Knowles Center for Clinical and Basic Science in Hearing and Its Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60608, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
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Santos-Sacchi J, Tan W. On the frequency response of prestin charge movement in membrane patches. Biophys J 2022; 121:2371-2379. [PMID: 35598044 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Outer hair cell (OHC) nonlinear membrane capacitance (NLC) derives from voltage-dependent sensor charge movements within the membrane protein prestin (SLC26a5) that drive OHC electromotility. The ability of the protein to influence hearing depends on its reaction to membrane receptor potentials across auditory frequency. Estimates of prestin's frequency response have been evaluated by several groups out to tens of kHz in voltage-clamped macro-patches of OHC membrane. The response is a power function of frequency which is down 40 dB at 77 kHz. Despite these observations, concerns remain that the macro-patch approach is flawed due to mechanical constraints of pipette solution column load or patch size itself. In the absence of these influences, prestin's frequency response is posited by some to be ultrasonic in nature. Here we evaluate the influence of these putative confounding factors on prestin's frequency response. We show that neither pipette column height, nor negative or positive pipette pressure substantially influence total sensor charge frequency response. Additionally, patch surface area has negligible influence. We conclude that the speed of voltage-driven conformational changes in prestin within the plasma membrane are accurately assessed with the macro-patch technique, permitting investigations of membrane characteristics that can substantially alter prestin's performance bandwidth. We illustrate significant alterations in bandwidth by perturbation of membrane fluidity and chloride anion concentration. Finally, we speculate that OHC membrane characteristics may differ along the tonotopic axis of the cochlea to tune NLC frequency cut-offs.
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- Joseph Santos-Sacchi
- Surgery (Otolaryngology), Neuroscience, and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
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- Surgery (Otolaryngology), Neuroscience, and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Zhao HB, Liu LM, Yu N, Zhu Y, Mei L, Chen J, Liang C. Efferent neurons control hearing sensitivity and protect hearing from noise through the regulation of gap junctions between cochlear supporting cells. J Neurophysiol 2022; 127:313-327. [PMID: 34907797 PMCID: PMC8759971 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00468.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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It is critical for hearing that the descending cochlear efferent system provides a negative feedback to hair cells to regulate hearing sensitivity and protect hearing from noise. The medial olivocochlear (MOC) efferent nerves project to outer hair cells (OHCs) to regulate OHC electromotility, which is an active cochlear amplifier and can increase hearing sensitivity. Here, we report that the MOC efferent nerves also could innervate supporting cells (SCs) in the vicinity of OHCs to regulate hearing sensitivity. MOC nerve fibers are cholinergic, and acetylcholine (ACh) is a primary neurotransmitter. Immunofluorescent staining showed that MOC nerve endings, presynaptic vesicular acetylcholine transporters (VAChTs), and postsynaptic ACh receptors were visible at SCs and in the SC area. Application of ACh in SCs could evoke a typical inward current and reduce gap junctions (GJs) between them, which consequently enhanced the direct effect of ACh on OHCs to shift but not eliminate OHC electromotility. This indirect, GJ-mediated inhibition had a long-lasting influence. In vivo experiments further demonstrated that deficiency of this GJ-mediated efferent pathway decreased the regulation of active cochlear amplification and compromised the protection against noise. In particular, distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) showed a delayed reduction after noise exposure. Our findings reveal a new pathway for the MOC efferent system via innervating SCs to control active cochlear amplification and hearing sensitivity. These data also suggest that this SC GJ-mediated efferent pathway may play a critical role in long-term efferent inhibition and is required for protection of hearing from noise trauma.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The cochlear efferent system provides a negative feedback to control hair cell activity and hearing sensitivity and plays a critical role in noise protection. We reveal a new efferent control pathway in which medial olivocochlear efferent fibers have innervations with cochlear supporting cells to control their gap junctions, therefore regulating outer hair cell electromotility and hearing sensitivity. This supporting cell gap junction-mediated efferent control pathway is required for the protection of hearing from noise.
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Raphael RM. Outer Hair Cell Electromechanics as a Problem in Soft Matter Physics: Prestin, the Membrane and the Cytoskeleton. Hear Res 2021; 423:108426. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2021.108426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lam M, Bao Y, Hua GB, Sommer DD. Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Otol Neurotol 2021; 42:1308-1313. [PMID: 34325457 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000003302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to examine the association between sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) and risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS), and the association between MetS and prognosis of SSNHL. DATABASES REVIEWED We systematically searched MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register electronic databases from their dates of conception to February 4, 2020. METHODS We included observational studies analyzing 1) the prevalence of MetS among SSNHL patients, or 2) the prognosis of SSNHL patients in MetS patients. A standardized form was completed in duplicate extracting data on study characteristics, participant demographics, and SSNHL outcome or recovery measures. Random-effects meta-analyses were performed pooling odds ratios using the generic inverse method. Risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale. RESULTS Three studies examining the prevalence of MetS among patients with SSNHL (11,890 total participants; 3,034 SSNHL participants) yielded a significantly increased risk of MetS among SSNHL, with a pooled odds ratio of 1.88 (95% CI, 1.01-3.50). Three studies examining the association of SSNHL prognosis in patients with MetS (608 SSNHL participants, 234 concomitant SSNHL, and MetS participants) demonstrated that SSNHL patients with MetS were significantly more likely to have poorer recovery compared to SSNHL patients without MetS (pooled odds ratio 2.77; 95% CI, 2.33-3.28). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest an association between prevalence of MetS and SSNHL, as well as poorer prognosis of SSNHL in patients with concomitant MetS.
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- Megan Lam
- Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
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- Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Molecular mechanism of prestin electromotive signal amplification. Cell 2021; 184:4669-4679.e13. [PMID: 34390643 PMCID: PMC8674105 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hearing involves two fundamental processes: mechano-electrical transduction and signal amplification. Despite decades of studies, the molecular bases for both remain elusive. Here, we show how prestin, the electromotive molecule of outer hair cells (OHCs) that senses both voltage and membrane tension, mediates signal amplification by coupling conformational changes to alterations in membrane surface area. Cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of human prestin bound with chloride or salicylate at a common "anion site" adopt contracted or expanded states, respectively. Prestin is ensconced within a perimeter of well-ordered lipids, through which it induces dramatic deformation in the membrane and couples protein conformational changes to the bulk membrane. Together with computational studies, we illustrate how the anion site is allosterically coupled to changes in the transmembrane domain cross-sectional area and the surrounding membrane. These studies provide insight into OHC electromotility by providing a structure-based mechanism of the membrane motor prestin.
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Farrell B, Skidmore BL, Rajasekharan V, Brownell WE. A novel theoretical framework reveals more than one voltage-sensing pathway in the lateral membrane of outer hair cells. J Gen Physiol 2021; 152:151746. [PMID: 32384538 PMCID: PMC7335013 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201912447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Outer hair cell (OHC) electromotility amplifies acoustic vibrations throughout the frequency range of hearing. Electromotility requires that the lateral membrane protein prestin undergo a conformational change upon changes in the membrane potential to produce an associated displacement charge. The magnitude of the charge displaced and the mid-reaction potential (when one half of the charge is displaced) reflects whether the cells will produce sufficient gain at the resting membrane potential to boost sound in vivo. Voltage clamp measurements performed under near-identical conditions ex vivo show the charge density and mid-reaction potential are not always the same, confounding interpretation of the results. We compare the displacement charge measurements in OHCs from rodents with a theory shown to exhibit good agreement with in silico simulations of voltage-sensing reactions in membranes. This model equates the charge density to the potential difference between two pseudo-equilibrium states of the sensors when they are in a stable conformation and not contributing to the displacement current. The model predicts this potential difference to be one half of its value midway into the reaction, when one equilibrium conformation transforms to the other pseudo-state. In agreement with the model, we find the measured mid-reaction potential to increase as the charge density decreases to exhibit a negative slope of ∼1/2. This relationship suggests that the prestin sensors exhibit more than one stable hyperpolarized state and that voltage sensing occurs by more than one pathway. We determine the electric parameters for prestin sensors and use the analytical expressions of the theory to estimate the energy barriers for the two voltage-dependent pathways. This analysis explains the experimental results, supports the theoretical approach, and suggests that voltage sensing occurs by more than one pathway to enable amplification throughout the frequency range of hearing.
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- Brenda Farrell
- Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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State dependent effects on the frequency response of prestin's real and imaginary components of nonlinear capacitance. Sci Rep 2021; 11:16149. [PMID: 34373481 PMCID: PMC8352928 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95121-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The outer hair cell (OHC) membrane harbors a voltage-dependent protein, prestin (SLC26a5), in high density, whose charge movement is evidenced as a nonlinear capacitance (NLC). NLC is bell-shaped, with its peak occurring at a voltage, Vh, where sensor charge is equally distributed across the plasma membrane. Thus, Vh provides information on the conformational state of prestin. Vh is sensitive to membrane tension, shifting to positive voltage as tension increases and is the basis for considering prestin piezoelectric (PZE). NLC can be deconstructed into real and imaginary components that report on charge movements in phase or 90 degrees out of phase with AC voltage. Here we show in membrane macro-patches of the OHC that there is a partial trade-off in the magnitude of real and imaginary components as interrogation frequency increases, as predicted by a recent PZE model (Rabbitt in Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 17:21880–21888, 2020). However, we find similar behavior in a simple 2-state voltage-dependent kinetic model of prestin that lacks piezoelectric coupling. At a particular frequency, Fis, the complex component magnitudes intersect. Using this metric, Fis, which depends on the frequency response of each complex component, we find that initial Vh influences Fis; thus, by categorizing patches into groups of different Vh, (above and below − 30 mV) we find that Fis is lower for the negative Vh group. We also find that the effect of membrane tension on complex NLC is dependent, but differentially so, on initial Vh. Whereas the negative group exhibits shifts to higher frequencies for increasing tension, the opposite occurs for the positive group. Despite complex component trade-offs, the low-pass roll-off in absolute magnitude of NLC, which varies little with our perturbations and is indicative of diminishing total charge movement, poses a challenge for a role of voltage-driven prestin in cochlear amplification at very high frequencies.
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LDLR expression in the cochlea suggests a role in endolymph homeostasis and cochlear amplification. Hear Res 2021; 409:108311. [PMID: 34311268 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2021.108311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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There is now growing evidence that hypercholesterolemia and high serum levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) predispose to sensorineural hearing loss. Circulating LDL-cholesterol is delivered to peripheral tissues via LDL receptor (LDLR) -mediated endocytosis. Recently, it has been shown that LDLR gene polymorphisms are associated with higher susceptibility to sudden deafness. These findings suggested that we should investigate the expression of LDLR from the postnatal maturation of the mouse cochlea until adulthood. In the cochlea of newborn mice, we observed that LDLR is mostly expressed in the lateral wall of the cochlea, especially in a band of cells directly facing the cochlear duct. Moreover, LDLR is expressed in the inner and outer hair cells, as well as in the adjacent greater epithelial ridge. In early postnatal stages, LDLR is expressed in the marginal cells of the immature stria vascularis, in the root cells of the spiral ligament, and in the adjacent outer sulcus cells. At the same time, LDLR begins to be expressed in the pillar cells of the immature organ of Corti. From the onset of hearing, LDLR is expressed in the marginal cells of the stria vascularis, in the outer sulcus cells, and in the capillaries of the adjacent spiral ligament. In the organ of Corti, LDLR is expressed in outer pillar cells and Deiters' cells, i.e. in the non-sensory supporting cells that directly surround the outer hair cells. These cells are believed to provide a mechanical coupling with the outer hair cells to modulate electromotility and cochlear amplification. In the stria vascularis of three-month-old mice, LDLR is further expressed in both marginal and intermediate cells. Overall, our results suggest that LDLR is mostly present in cochlear cells that are involved in endolymph homeostasis and cochlear amplification. Further functional studies will be needed to unravel how LDLR regulates extracellular and intracellular levels of cholesterol and lipoproteins in the cochlea, and how it could influence cochlear homeostasis.
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Ding D, Jiang H, Manohar S, Liu X, Li L, Chen GD, Salvi R. Spatiotemporal Developmental Upregulation of Prestin Correlates With the Severity and Location of Cyclodextrin-Induced Outer Hair Cell Loss and Hearing Loss. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:643709. [PMID: 34109172 PMCID: PMC8181405 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.643709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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2-Hyroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HPβCD) is being used to treat Niemann-Pick C1, a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by abnormal cholesterol metabolism. HPβCD slows disease progression, but unfortunately causes severe, rapid onset hearing loss by destroying the outer hair cells (OHC). HPβCD-induced damage is believed to be related to the expression of prestin in OHCs. Because prestin is postnatally upregulated from the cochlear base toward the apex, we hypothesized that HPβCD ototoxicity would spread from the high-frequency base toward the low-frequency apex of the cochlea. Consistent with this hypothesis, cochlear hearing impairments and OHC loss rapidly spread from the high-frequency base toward the low-frequency apex of the cochlea when HPβCD administration shifted from postnatal day 3 (P3) to P28. HPβCD-induced histopathologies were initially confined to the OHCs, but between 4- and 6-weeks post-treatment, there was an unexpected, rapid and massive expansion of the lesion to include most inner hair cells (IHC), pillar cells (PC), peripheral auditory nerve fibers, and spiral ganglion neurons at location where OHCs were missing. The magnitude and spatial extent of HPβCD-induced OHC death was tightly correlated with the postnatal day when HPβCD was administered which coincided with the spatiotemporal upregulation of prestin in OHCs. A second, massive wave of degeneration involving IHCs, PC, auditory nerve fibers and spiral ganglion neurons abruptly emerged 4–6 weeks post-HPβCD treatment. This secondary wave of degeneration combined with the initial OHC loss results in a profound, irreversible hearing loss.
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- Dalian Ding
- 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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- 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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- 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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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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EPA and DHA differentially modulate membrane elasticity in the presence of cholesterol. Biophys J 2021; 120:2317-2329. [PMID: 33887229 PMCID: PMC8390804 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) modify the activity of a wide range of membrane proteins and are increasingly hypothesized to modulate protein activity by indirectly altering membrane physical properties. Among the various physical properties affected by PUFAs, the membrane area expansion modulus (Ka), which measures membrane strain in response to applied force, is expected to be a significant controller of channel activity. Yet, the impact of PUFAs on membrane Ka has not been measured previously. Through a series of micropipette aspiration studies, we measured the apparent Ka (Kapp) of phospholipid model membranes containing nonesterified fatty acids. First, we measured membrane Kapp as a function of the location of the unsaturated bonds and degree of unsaturation in the incorporated fatty acids and found that Kapp generally decreases in the presence of fatty acids with three or more unsaturated bonds. Next, we assessed how select ω-3 PUFAs, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), affect the Kapp of membranes containing cholesterol. In vesicles prepared with high amounts of cholesterol, which should increase the propensity of the membrane to phase segregate, we found that inclusion of DHA decreases the Kapp in comparison to EPA. We also measured how these ω-3 PUFAs affect membrane fluidity and bending rigidity to determine how membrane Kapp changes in relation to these other physical properties. Our study shows that PUFAs generally decrease the Kapp of membranes and that EPA and DHA have differential effects on Kapp when membranes contain higher levels of cholesterol. Our results suggest membrane phase behavior and the distribution of membrane-elasticizing amphiphiles impact the ability of a membrane to stretch.
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Zalewski CK, Sydlowski SA, King KA, Bianconi S, Dang Do A, Porter FD, Brewer CC. Auditory phenotype of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2021; 185:1131-1141. [PMID: 33529473 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is an autosomal recessive multiple congenital malformation and intellectual disability syndrome resulting from variants in DHCR7. Auditory characteristics of persons with SLOS have been described in limited case reports but have not been systematically evaluated. The objective of this study is to describe the auditory phenotype in SLOS. Age- and ability-appropriate hearing evaluations were conducted on 32 patients with SLOS. A subset of 21 had auditory brainstem response testing, from which an auditory neural phenotype is described. Peripheral or retrocochlear auditory dysfunction was observed in at least one ear of 65.6% (21) of the patients in our SLOS cohort. The audiometric phenotype was heterogeneous and included conductive, mixed, and sensorineural hearing loss. The most common presentation was a slight to mild conductive hearing loss, although profound sensorineural hearing loss was also observed. Abnormal auditory brainstem responses indicative of retrocochlear dysfunction were identified in 21.9% of the patients. Many were difficult to test behaviorally and required objective assessment methods to estimate hearing sensitivity. Individuals with SLOS are likely to have hearing loss that may impact communication, including speech and language development. Routine audiologic surveillance should be conducted to ensure prompt management of hearing loss.
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- NIDCD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.,Cleveland Clinic Head & Neck Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- NIDCD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- NIDCD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Martelletti E, Ingham NJ, Houston O, Pass JC, Chen J, Marcotti W, Steel KP. Synaptojanin2 Mutation Causes Progressive High-frequency Hearing Loss in Mice. Front Cell Neurosci 2020; 14:561857. [PMID: 33100973 PMCID: PMC7546894 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2020.561857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Progressive hearing loss is very common in the human population but we know little about the underlying molecular mechanisms. Synaptojanin2 (Synj2) has been reported to be involved, as a mouse mutation led to a progressive increase in auditory thresholds with age. Synaptojanin2 is a phosphatidylinositol (PI) phosphatase that removes the five-position phosphates from phosphoinositides, such as PIP2 and PIP3, and is a key enzyme in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. To investigate the mechanisms underlying progressive hearing loss, we have studied a different mutation of mouse Synj2 to look for any evidence of involvement of vesicle trafficking particularly affecting the synapses of sensory hair cells. Auditory brainstem responses (ABR) developed normally at first but started to decline between 3 and 4 weeks of age in Synj2tm1b mutants. At 6 weeks old, some evidence of outer hair cell (OHC) stereocilia fusion and degeneration was observed, but this was only seen in the extreme basal turn so cannot explain the raised ABR thresholds that correspond to more apical regions of the cochlear duct. We found no evidence of any defect in inner hair cell (IHC) exocytosis or endocytosis using single hair cell recordings, nor any sign of hair cell synaptic abnormalities. Endocochlear potentials (EP) were normal. The mechanism underlying progressive hearing loss in these mutants remains elusive, but our findings of raised distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) thresholds and signs of OHC degeneration both suggest an OHC origin for the hearing loss. Synaptojanin2 is not required for normal development of hearing but it is important for its maintenance.
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- Elisa Martelletti
- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.,Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Jalali MM, Nasimidoust Azgomi M. Metabolic syndrome components and sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a case-control study. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2020; 277:1023-1029. [PMID: 31980887 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-020-05808-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Cardiovascular risk factors, including metabolic syndrome (MetS) components, were reported as possible risk factors of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between MetS (and its components) and SSNHL. METHODS Eighty-one SSNHL patients and 243 sex-, aged-matched controls participated from January 2018 to July 2019. The participants included 176 (54.3%) men and 148 (45.7%) women. The correlation between Mets components, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, and the onset of SSNHL was analyzed using used multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis. RESULTS A total 12 patients (14.8%) with SSNHL and 27 subjects (11.1%) in control group had MetS (p > 0.05). The rate of low levels of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), hypertriglyceridemia, and hypertension was significantly higher in the SSNHL group than those in the control group (p < 0.05). A trend of odds SSNHL was observed with increasing the number of MetS components (p < 0.001). The multivariable analysis revealed that the rate of hypertriglyceridemia and low HDL-C concentration was significantly higher in the SSNHL groups compared to the controls. CONCLUSIONS Hypertriglyceridemia and low levels of HDL-C may be important factors in the pathogenesis of SSNHL, and should be assessed during the investigation of patients with this condition.
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- Mir Mohammad Jalali
- Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Guilan, Iran.
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- Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Guilan, Iran
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Zhou Y, Takahashi S, Homma K, Duan C, Zheng J, Cheatham MA, Zheng J. The susceptibility of cochlear outer hair cells to cyclodextrin is not related to their electromotile activity. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2018; 6:98. [PMID: 30249300 PMCID: PMC6151916 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-018-0599-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Niemann-Pick Type C1 (NPC1) disease is a fatal neurovisceral disorder caused by dysfunction of NPC1 protein, which plays a role in intracellular cholesterol trafficking. The cholesterol-chelating agent, 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD), is currently undergoing clinical trials for treatment of this disease. Though promising in alleviating neurological symptoms, HPβCD causes irreversible hearing loss in NPC1 patients and outer hair cell (OHC) death in animal models. We recently found that HPβCD-induced OHC death can be significantly alleviated in a mouse model lacking prestin, an OHC-specific motor protein required for the high sensitivity and sharp frequency selectivity of mammalian hearing. Since cholesterol status is known to influence prestin’s electromotility, we examined how prestin contributes to HPβCD-induced OHC death in the disease context using the NPC1 knockout (KO) mouse model (NPC1-KO). We found normal expression and localization of prestin in NPC1-KO OHCs. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings revealed a significant depolarization of the voltage-operating point of prestin in NPC1-KO mice, suggesting reduced levels of cholesterol in the lateral membrane of OHCs that lack NPC1. OHC loss and elevated thresholds were found for high frequency regions in NPC1-KO mice, whose OHCs retained their sensitivity to HPβCD. To investigate whether prestin’s electromotile function contributes to HPβCD-induced OHC death, the prestin inhibitor salicylate was co-administered with HPβCD to WT and NPC1-KO mice. Neither oral nor intraperitoneal administration of salicylate mitigated HPβCD-induced OHC loss. To further determine the contribution of prestin’s electromotile function, a mouse model expressing a virtually nonelectromotile prestin protein (499-prestin) was subjected to HPβCD treatment. 499-prestin knockin mice showed no resistance to HPβCD-induced OHC loss. As 499-prestin maintains its ability to bind cholesterol, our data imply that HPβCD-induced OHC death is ascribed to the structural role of prestin in maintaining the OHC’s lateral membrane, rather than its motor function.
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Kuwabara MF, Wasano K, Takahashi S, Bodner J, Komori T, Uemura S, Zheng J, Shima T, Homma K. The extracellular loop of pendrin and prestin modulates their voltage-sensing property. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:9970-9980. [PMID: 29777056 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.001831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Pendrin and prestin belong to the solute carrier 26 (SLC26) family of anion transporters. Prestin is unique among the SLC26 family members in that it displays voltage-driven motor activity (electromotility) and concurrent gating currents that manifest as nonlinear cell membrane electrical capacitance (nonlinear capacitance (NLC)). Although the anion transport mechanism of the SLC26 proteins has begun to be elucidated, the molecular mechanism of electromotility, which is thought to have evolved from an ancestral ion transport mechanism, still remains largely elusive. Here, we demonstrate that pendrin also exhibits large NLC and that charged residues present in one of the extracellular loops of pendrin and prestin play significant roles in setting the voltage-operating points of NLC. Our results suggest that the molecular mechanism responsible for sensing voltage is not unique to prestin among the members of the SLC26 family and that this voltage-sensing mechanism works independently of the anion transport mechanism.
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- Makoto F Kuwabara
- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611.,The Hugh Knowles Center for Clinical and Basic Science in Hearing and Its Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60608
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan,
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- the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, .,The Hugh Knowles Center for Clinical and Basic Science in Hearing and Its Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60608
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Crumling MA, King KA, Duncan RK. Cyclodextrins and Iatrogenic Hearing Loss: New Drugs with Significant Risk. Front Cell Neurosci 2017; 11:355. [PMID: 29163061 PMCID: PMC5676048 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Cyclodextrins are a family of cyclic oligosaccharides with widespread usage in medicine, industry and basic sciences owing to their ability to solubilize and stabilize guest compounds. In medicine, cyclodextrins primarily act as a complexing vehicle and consequently serve as powerful drug delivery agents. Recently, uncomplexed cyclodextrins have emerged as potent therapeutic compounds in their own right, based on their ability to sequester and mobilize cellular lipids. In particular, 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD) has garnered attention because of its cholesterol chelating properties, which appear to treat a rare neurodegenerative disorder and to promote atherosclerosis regression related to stroke and heart disease. Despite the potential health benefits, use of HPβCD has been linked to significant hearing loss in several species, including humans. Evidence in mice supports a rapid onset of hearing loss that is dose-dependent. Ototoxicity can occur following central or peripheral drug delivery, with either route resulting in the preferential loss of cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs) within hours of dosing. Inner hair cells and spiral ganglion cells are spared at doses that cause ~85% OHC loss; additionally, no other major organ systems appear adversely affected. Evidence from a first-to-human phase 1 clinical trial mirrors animal studies to a large extent, indicating rapid onset and involvement of OHCs. All patients in the trial experienced some permanent hearing loss, although a temporary loss of function can be observed acutely following drug delivery. The long-term impact of HPβCD use as a maintenance drug, and the mechanism(s) of ototoxicity, are unknown. β-cyclodextrins preferentially target membrane cholesterol, but other lipid species and proteins may be directly or indirectly involved. Moreover, as cholesterol is ubiquitous in cell membranes, it remains unclear why OHCs are preferentially susceptible to HPβCD. It is possible that HPβCD acts upon several targets—for example, ion channels, tight junctions (TJ), membrane integrity, and bioenergetics—that collectively increase the sensitivity of OHCs over other cell types.
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- Mark A Crumling
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Audiology Unit, Otolaryngology Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Diflunisal inhibits prestin by chloride-dependent mechanism. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0183046. [PMID: 28817613 PMCID: PMC5560734 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The motor protein prestin is a member of the SLC26 family of anion antiporters and is essential to the electromotility of cochlear outer hair cells and for hearing. The only direct inhibitor of electromotility and the associated charge transfer is salicylate, possibly through direct interaction with an anion-binding site on prestin. In a screen to identify other inhibitors of prestin activity, we explored the effect of the non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug diflunisal, which is a derivative of salicylate. We recorded prestin activity by whole-cell patch clamping HEK cells transiently expressing prestin and mouse outer hair cells. We monitored the impact of diflunisal on the prestin-dependent non-linear capacitance and electromotility. We found that diflunisal triggers two prestin-associated effects: a chloride independent increase in the surface area and the specific capacitance of the membrane, and a chloride dependent inhibition of the charge transfer and the electromotility in outer hair cells. We conclude that diflunisal affects the cell membrane organization and inhibits prestin-associated charge transfer and electromotility at physiological chloride concentrations. The inhibitory effects on hair cell function are noteworthy given the proposed use of diflunisal to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
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Holguin SY, Anderson CF, Thadhani NN, Prausnitz MR. Role of cytoskeletal mechanics and cell membrane fluidity in the intracellular delivery of molecules mediated by laser‐activated carbon nanoparticles. Biotechnol Bioeng 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.26355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Stefany Y. Holguin
- School of Materials Science and EngineeringGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaGeorgia 30332
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaGeorgia 30332
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaGeorgia 30332
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaGeorgia 30332
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Brownell WE. What Is Electromotility? -The History of Its Discovery and Its Relevance to Acoustics. ACOUSTICS TODAY 2017; 13:20-27. [PMID: 29051713 PMCID: PMC5645053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Experiments on an inner ear sensory cell revealed that it converts electrical energy directly into mechanical energy at acoustic frequencies.
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- William E Brownell
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Membrane prestin expression correlates with the magnitude of prestin-associated charge movement. Hear Res 2016; 339:50-9. [PMID: 27262187 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2016] [Revised: 05/14/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Full expression of electromotility, generation of non-linear capacitance (NLC), and high-acuity mammalian hearing require prestin function in the lateral wall of cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs). Estimates of the number of prestin molecules in the OHC membrane vary, and a consensus has not emerged about the correlation between prestin expression and prestin-associated charge movement in the OHC. Using an inducible prestin-expressing cell line, we demonstrate that the charge density, but not the voltage at peak capacitance, directly correlates with the amount of prestin in the plasma membrane. This correlation is evident in studies involving a controlled increase of prestin expression with time after induction and inducer dose-response. Conversely, membrane prestin levels and charge density gradually decline together following the reduction of prestin levels from a steady state by removal of the inducer. Thus, charge density directly correlates with the level of membrane prestin expression, whereas changing membrane levels of prestin have no effect on the voltage at peak capacitance in this inducible prestin-expressing cell line.
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Cholesterol influences potassium currents in inner hair cells isolated from guinea pig cochlea. Auris Nasus Larynx 2016; 44:46-51. [PMID: 27210104 DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2016.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Revised: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE There is a correlation between serum hyperlipidemia and hearing loss. Cholesterol is an integral component of the cell membrane and regulates the activity of ion channels in the lipid bilayer. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of cholesterol on the potassium currents in IHCs by using the cholesterol-depleting drug, MβCD, and water-soluble cholesterol. METHODS IHCs were acutely isolated from a mature guinea-pig cochlea and potassium currents were recorded. MβCD and water-soluble cholesterol were applied to IHCs under pressure puff pipettes. RESULTS IHCs showed outwardly rectifying currents (IK,f and IK,s) in response to depolarizing voltage pulses, with only a slight inward current (IK,n) when hyperpolarized. In 10mM MβCD solutions, the amplitude of outward K currents reversely decreased; however, fast activation kinetics was preserved. In contrast, in solution of 1mM water-soluble cholesterol, the amplitude of outward K currents reversely increased. At the membrane potential of +110mV, relative conductances were 0.87±0.07 and 1.18±0.11 in MβCD solutions and cholesterol solutions, respectively. CONCLUSION The amplitude of K currents in isolated IHCs was reversely changed by cholesterol-depleting drug and water-soluble cholesterol. These results demonstrated the possibility of the involvement of IHC function in hyperlipidemia-induced inner ear disorders.
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Takahashi S, Homma K, Zhou Y, Nishimura S, Duan C, Chen J, Ahmad A, Cheatham MA, Zheng J. Susceptibility of outer hair cells to cholesterol chelator 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrine is prestin-dependent. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21973. [PMID: 26903308 PMCID: PMC4763217 DOI: 10.1038/srep21973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Niemann-Pick type C1 disease (NPC1) is a fatal genetic disorder caused by impaired intracellular cholesterol trafficking. Recent studies reported ototoxicity of 2-hydroxypropyl- β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD), a cholesterol chelator and the only promising treatment for NPC1. Because outer hair cells (OHCs) are the only cochlear cells affected by HPβCD, we investigated whether prestin, an OHC-specific motor protein, might be involved. Single, high-dose administration of HPβCD resulted in OHC death in prestin wildtype (WT) mice whereas OHCs were largely spared in prestin knockout (KO) mice in the basal region, implicating prestin's involvement in ototoxicity of HPβCD. We found that prestin can interact with cholesterol in vitro, suggesting that HPβCD-induced ototoxicity may involve disruption of this interaction. Time-lapse analysis revealed that OHCs isolated from WT animals rapidly deteriorated upon HPβCD treatment while those from prestin-KOs tolerated the same regimen. These results suggest that a prestin-dependent mechanism contributes to HPβCD ototoxicity.
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MESH Headings
- 2-Hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin
- Animals
- Brain/drug effects
- Brain/metabolism
- Brain/pathology
- Cell Death/drug effects
- Chelating Agents/administration & dosage
- Chelating Agents/adverse effects
- Cholesterol/metabolism
- Disease Susceptibility
- Gene Expression
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer/drug effects
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer/metabolism
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer/pathology
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/chemically induced
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/genetics
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/pathology
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Molecular Motor Proteins/deficiency
- Molecular Motor Proteins/genetics
- Neuroprotective Agents/administration & dosage
- Neuroprotective Agents/adverse effects
- Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C/drug therapy
- Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C/genetics
- Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C/metabolism
- Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C/pathology
- Time-Lapse Imaging
- beta-Cyclodextrins/administration & dosage
- beta-Cyclodextrins/adverse effects
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- Satoe Takahashi
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago IL 60611, USA
- Knowles Hearing Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Division of Bioinformatics and Chemical Genomics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
- Chemical Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Knowles Hearing Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago IL 60611, USA
- Knowles Hearing Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Yamashita T, Hakizimana P, Wu S, Hassan A, Jacob S, Temirov J, Fang J, Mellado-Lagarde M, Gursky R, Horner L, Leibiger B, Leijon S, Centonze VE, Berggren PO, Frase S, Auer M, Brownell WE, Fridberger A, Zuo J. Outer Hair Cell Lateral Wall Structure Constrains the Mobility of Plasma Membrane Proteins. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005500. [PMID: 26352669 PMCID: PMC4564264 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Nature’s fastest motors are the cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs). These sensory cells use a membrane protein, Slc26a5 (prestin), to generate mechanical force at high frequencies, which is essential for explaining the exquisite hearing sensitivity of mammalian ears. Previous studies suggest that Slc26a5 continuously diffuses within the membrane, but how can a freely moving motor protein effectively convey forces critical for hearing? To provide direct evidence in OHCs for freely moving Slc26a5 molecules, we created a knockin mouse where Slc26a5 is fused with YFP. These mice and four other strains expressing fluorescently labeled membrane proteins were used to examine their lateral diffusion in the OHC lateral wall. All five proteins showed minimal diffusion, but did move after pharmacological disruption of membrane-associated structures with a cholesterol-depleting agent and salicylate. Thus, our results demonstrate that OHC lateral wall structure constrains the mobility of plasma membrane proteins and that the integrity of such membrane-associated structures are critical for Slc26a5’s active and structural roles. The structural constraint of membrane proteins may exemplify convergent evolution of cellular motors across species. Our findings also suggest a possible mechanism for disorders of cholesterol metabolism with hearing loss such as Niemann-Pick Type C diseases. Nature’s fastest motor is the cochlear outer hair cell (OHC) in the mammalian inner ear. These cells can contract and elongate thousands of times per second. Slc26a5 (prestin) is the essential protein in the fast motor and resides in the plasma membrane of OHC lateral wall. Slc26a5 undergoes voltage-dependent conformational changes associated with the rapid changes in cell length to increase mammalian hearing sensitivity. However, it remains unclear how Slc26a5 transfers the force created to the entire cell. In this study, we show the importance of association between Slc26a5 and specialized membrane structures of the OHC lateral wall. Mobility of Slc26a5 was normally constrained in membrane-associated structures and disruption of these structures by a cholesterol depleting reagent and salicylate liberated Slc26a5 and four other heterologously expressed membrane proteins. These observations provide evidence that OHC lateral wall structure constrains the mobility of plasma membrane proteins and such membrane-associated structures are critical for Slc26a5’s functional roles. Our findings also shed light on other cellular motors across species and suggest a mechanism for cholesterol metabolic disorders in humans.
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- Tetsuji Yamashita
- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neuroscience, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Karolinska Institutet, Center for Hearing and Communication Research, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention, and Technology, M1, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Karolinska Institutet, Center for Hearing and Communication Research, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention, and Technology, M1, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, and Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neuroscience, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Karolinska Institutet, Center for Hearing and Communication Research, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention, and Technology, M1, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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Song Y, Xia A, Lee HY, Wang R, Ricci AJ, Oghalai JS. Activity-dependent regulation of prestin expression in mouse outer hair cells. J Neurophysiol 2015; 113:3531-42. [PMID: 25810486 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00869.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Prestin is a membrane protein necessary for outer hair cell (OHC) electromotility and normal hearing. Its regulatory mechanisms are unknown. Several mouse models of hearing loss demonstrate increased prestin, inspiring us to investigate how hearing loss might feedback onto OHCs. To test whether centrally mediated feedback regulates prestin, we developed a novel model of inner hair cell loss. Injection of diphtheria toxin (DT) into adult CBA mice produced significant loss of inner hair cells without affecting OHCs. Thus, DT-injected mice were deaf because they had no afferent auditory input despite OHCs continuing to receive normal auditory mechanical stimulation and having normal function. Patch-clamp experiments demonstrated no change in OHC prestin, indicating that loss of information transfer centrally did not alter prestin expression. To test whether local mechanical feedback regulates prestin, we used Tecta(C1509G) mice, where the tectorial membrane is malformed and only some OHCs are stimulated. OHCs connected to the tectorial membrane had normal prestin levels, whereas OHCs not connected to the tectorial membrane had elevated prestin levels, supporting an activity-dependent model. To test whether the endocochlear potential was necessary for prestin regulation, we studied Tecta(C1509G) mice at different developmental ages. OHCs not connected to the tectorial membrane had lower than normal prestin levels before the onset of the endocochlear potential and higher than normal prestin levels after the onset of the endocochlear potential. Taken together, these data indicate that OHC prestin levels are regulated through local feedback that requires mechanoelectrical transduction currents. This adaptation may serve to compensate for variations in the local mechanical environment.
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- Yohan Song
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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Zhu Y, Chen J, Liang C, Zong L, Chen J, Jones RO, Zhao HB. Connexin26 (GJB2) deficiency reduces active cochlear amplification leading to late-onset hearing loss. Neuroscience 2014; 284:719-729. [PMID: 25451287 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.10.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2014] [Revised: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Connexin26 (Cx26, GJB2) mutations account for >50% of nonsyndromic hearing loss. The deafness is not always congenital. A large group of these patients (∼30%) demonstrate a late-onset hearing loss, starting in childhood. They have normal hearing early in life and are therefore good candidates for applying protective and therapeutic interventions. However, the underlying deafness mechanism is unclear. In this study, we used a time-controlled, inducible gene knockout technique to knockout Cx26 expression in the cochlea after birth. We found that deletion of Cx26 after postnatal day 5 (P5) in mice could lead to late-onset hearing loss. Similar to clinical observations, the mice demonstrated progressive, mild to moderate hearing loss. The hearing loss initiated at high frequencies and then extended to the middle- and low-frequency range. The cochlea showed normal development and had no apparent hair cell loss. However, distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) was reduced. The reduction was also progressive and large at high-frequencies. Consistent with DPOAE reduction, we found that outer hair cell electromotility-associated nonlinear capacitance was shifted to the right and the slope of voltage dependence was reduced. The endocochlear potential was reduced in Cx26 conditional knockout (cKO) mice but the reduction was not associated with progressive hearing loss. These data suggest that Cx26 deficiency may impair active cochlear amplification leading to late-onset hearing loss. Our study also helps develop newer protective and therapeutic interventions to this common nonsyndromic hearing loss.
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- Y Zhu
- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, United States
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, United States
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, United States
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, United States
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, United States
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, United States
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, United States.
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King KA, Gordon-Salant S, Pawlowski KS, Taylor AM, Griffith AJ, Houser A, Kurima K, Wassif CA, Wright CG, Porter FD, Repa JJ, Brewer CC. Hearing loss is an early consequence of Npc1 gene deletion in the mouse model of Niemann-Pick disease, type C. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2014; 15:529-41. [PMID: 24839095 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-014-0459-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2012] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 (NPC1) is a rare lysosomal lipidosis that is most often the result of biallelic mutations in NPC1, and is characterized by a fatal neurological degeneration. The pathophysiology is complex, and the natural history of the disease is poorly understood. Recent findings from patients with NPC1 and hearing loss suggest that multiple steps along the auditory pathway are affected. The current study was undertaken to determine the auditory phenotype in the Npc1 (nih) mutant mouse model, to extend analyses to histologic evaluation of the inner ear, and to compare our findings to those reported from human patients. Auditory testing revealed a progressive high-frequency hearing loss in Npc1 (-/-) mice that is present as early as postnatal day 20 (P20), well before the onset of overt neurological symptoms, with evidence of abnormalities involving the cochlea, auditory nerve, and brainstem auditory centers. Distortion product otoacoustic emission amplitude and auditory brainstem response latency data provided evidence for a disruption in maturational development of the auditory system in Npc1 (-/-) mice. Anatomical study demonstrated accumulation of lysosomes in neurons, hair cells, and supporting cells of the inner ear in P30 Npc1 (-/-) mice, as well as increased numbers of inclusion bodies, myelin figures, and swollen nerve endings in older (P50-P70) mutant animals. These findings add unique perspective to the pathophysiology of NPC disease and suggest that hearing loss is an early and sensitive marker of disease progression.
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- Kelly A King
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA,
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Maulucci G, Troiani D, Eramo SLM, Paciello F, Podda MV, Paludetti G, Papi M, Maiorana A, Palmieri V, De Spirito M, Fetoni AR. Time evolution of noise induced oxidation in outer hair cells: role of NAD(P)H and plasma membrane fluidity. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2014; 1840:2192-202. [PMID: 24735797 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2014.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Noise exposure impairs outer hair cells (OHCs). The common basis for OHC dysfunction and loss by acoustic over-stimulation is represented by reactive oxygen species (ROS) overload that may affect the membrane structural organization through generation of lipid peroxidation. METHODS Here we investigated in OHC different functional zones the mechanisms linking metabolic functional state (NAD(P)H intracellular distribution) to the generation of lipid peroxides and to the physical state of membranes by two photon fluorescence microscopy. RESULTS In OHCs of control animals, a more oxidized NAD(P)H redox state is associated to a less fluid plasma membrane structure. Acoustic trauma induces a topologically differentiated NAD(P)H oxidation in OHC rows, which is damped between 1 and 6h. Peroxidation occurs after ~4h from noise insult, while ROS are produced in the first 0.2h and damage cells for a period of time after noise exposure has ended (~7.5h) when a decrease of fluidity of OHC plasma membrane occurs. OHCs belonging to inner rows, characterized by a lower metabolic activity with respect to other rows, show less severe metabolic impairment. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicate that plasma membrane fluidity is related to NAD(P)H redox state and lipid peroxidation in hair cells. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Our results could pave the way for therapeutic intervention targeting the onset of redox umbalance.
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- Istituto di Fisiologia, Università Cattolica (UCSC), Roma, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche per le patologie della testa e del collo, Università Cattolica (UCSC), Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche per le patologie della testa e del collo, Università Cattolica (UCSC), Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche per le patologie della testa e del collo, Università Cattolica (UCSC), Roma, Italy
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Thomas PV, Cheng AL, Colby CC, Liu L, Patel CK, Josephs L, Duncan RK. Localization and proteomic characterization of cholesterol-rich membrane microdomains in the inner ear. J Proteomics 2014; 103:178-93. [PMID: 24713161 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Revised: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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UNLABELLED Biological membranes organize and compartmentalize cell signaling into discrete microdomains, a process that often involves stable, cholesterol-rich platforms that facilitate protein-protein interactions. Polarized cells with distinct apical and basolateral cell processes rely on such compartmentalization to maintain proper function. In the cochlea, a variety of highly polarized sensory and non-sensory cells are responsible for the early stages of sound processing in the ear, yet little is known about the mechanisms that traffic and organize signaling complexes within these cells. We sought to determine the prevalence, localization, and protein composition of cholesterol-rich lipid microdomains in the cochlea. Lipid raft components, including the scaffolding protein caveolin and the ganglioside GM1, were found in sensory, neural, and glial cells. Mass spectrometry of detergent-resistant membrane (DRM) fractions revealed over 600 putative raft proteins associated with subcellular localization, trafficking, and metabolism. Among the DRM constituents were several proteins involved in human forms of deafness including those involved in ion homeostasis, such as the potassium channel KCNQ1, the co-transporter SLC12A2, and gap junction proteins GJA1 and GJB6. The presence of caveolin in the cochlea and the abundance of proteins in cholesterol-rich DRM suggest that lipid microdomains play a significant role in cochlear physiology. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE Although mechanisms underlying cholesterol synthesis, homeostasis, and compartmentalization in the ear are poorly understood, there are several lines of evidence indicating that cholesterol is a key modulator of cochlear function. Depletion of cholesterol in mature sensory cells alters calcium signaling, changes excitability during development, and affects the biomechanical processes in outer hair cells that are responsible for hearing acuity. More recently, we have established that the cholesterol-modulator beta-cyclodextrin is capable of inducing significant and permanent hearing loss when delivered subcutaneously at high doses. We hypothesize that proteins involved in cochlear homeostasis and otopathology are partitioned into cholesterol-rich domains. The results of a large-scale proteomic analysis point to metabolic processes, scaffolding/trafficking, and ion homeostasis as particularly associated with cholesterol microdomains. These data offer insight into the proteins and protein families that may underlie cholesterol-mediated effects in sensory cell excitability and cyclodextrin ototoxicity.
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- Paul V Thomas
- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, 5323 Medical Science Building I, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5616, USA
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, 5323 Medical Science Building I, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5616, USA
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, 5323 Medical Science Building I, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5616, USA
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, 5323 Medical Science Building I, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5616, USA
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, 5323 Medical Science Building I, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5616, USA
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, 5323 Medical Science Building I, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5616, USA
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, 5323 Medical Science Building I, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5616, USA.
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Xia A, Song Y, Wang R, Gao SS, Clifton W, Raphael P, Chao SI, Pereira FA, Groves AK, Oghalai JS. Prestin regulation and function in residual outer hair cells after noise-induced hearing loss. PLoS One 2013; 8:e82602. [PMID: 24376553 PMCID: PMC3869702 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The outer hair cell (OHC) motor protein prestin is necessary for electromotility, which drives cochlear amplification and produces exquisitely sharp frequency tuning. TectaC1509G transgenic mice have hearing loss, and surprisingly have increased OHC prestin levels. We hypothesized, therefore, that prestin up-regulation may represent a generalized response to compensate for a state of hearing loss. In the present study, we sought to determine the effects of noise-induced hearing loss on prestin expression. After noise exposure, we performed cytocochleograms and observed OHC loss only in the basal region of the cochlea. Next, we patch clamped OHCs from the apical turn (9–12 kHz region), where no OHCs were lost, in noise-exposed and age-matched control mice. The non-linear capacitance was significantly higher in noise-exposed mice, consistent with higher functional prestin levels. We then measured prestin protein and mRNA levels in whole-cochlea specimens. Both Western blot and qPCR studies demonstrated increased prestin expression after noise exposure. Finally, we examined the effect of the prestin increase in vivo following noise damage. Immediately after noise exposure, ABR and DPOAE thresholds were elevated by 30–40 dB. While most of the temporary threshold shifts recovered within 3 days, there were additional improvements over the next month. However, DPOAE magnitudes, basilar membrane vibration, and CAP tuning curve measurements from the 9–12 kHz cochlear region demonstrated no differences between noise-exposed mice and control mice. Taken together, these data indicate that prestin is up-regulated by 32–58% in residual OHCs after noise exposure and that the prestin is functional. These findings are consistent with the notion that prestin increases in an attempt to partially compensate for reduced force production because of missing OHCs. However, in regions where there is no OHC loss, the cochlea is able to compensate for the excess prestin in order to maintain stable auditory thresholds and frequency discrimination.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cochlear Microphonic Potentials
- Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer/metabolism
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer/pathology
- Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced/metabolism
- Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced/pathology
- Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced/physiopathology
- Mice
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Motor Proteins/genetics
- Molecular Motor Proteins/metabolism
- Noise
- Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
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- Anping Xia
- 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
- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 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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- 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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- Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Program in Developmental Biology, 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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Chiang DY, Cuthbertson DW, Ruiz FR, Li N, Pereira FA. A coregulatory network of NR2F1 and microRNA-140. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83358. [PMID: 24349493 PMCID: PMC3857795 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Both nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group F member 1 (NR2F1) and microRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to play critical roles in the developing and functional inner ear. Based on previous studies suggesting interplay between NR2F1 and miRNAs, we investigated the coregulation between NR2F1 and miRNAs to better understand the regulatory mechanisms of inner ear development and functional maturation. RESULTS Using a bioinformatic approach, we identified 11 potential miRNAs that might coregulate target genes with NR2F1 and analyzed their targets and potential roles in physiology and disease. We selected 6 miRNAs to analyze using quantitative real-time (qRT) -PCR and found that miR-140 is significantly down-regulated by 4.5-fold (P=0.004) in the inner ear of NR2F1 knockout (Nr2f1(-/-)) mice compared to wild-type littermates but is unchanged in the brain. Based on this, we performed chromatin-immunoprecipitation followed by qRT-PCR and confirmed that NR2F1 directly binds and regulates both miR-140 and Klf9 in vivo. Furthermore, we performed luciferase reporter assay and showed that miR-140 mimic directly regulates KLF9-3'UTR, thereby establishing and validating an example coregulatory network involving NR2F1, miR-140, and Klf9. CONCLUSIONS We have described and experimentally validated a novel tissue-dependent coregulatory network for NR2F1, miR-140, and Klf9 in the inner ear and we propose the existence of many such coregulatory networks important for both inner ear development and function.
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- David Y. Chiang
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Interdepartmental Program in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Huffington Center on Aging and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Huffington Center on Aging and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Active cochlear amplification is dependent on supporting cell gap junctions. Nat Commun 2013; 4:1786. [PMID: 23653198 PMCID: PMC3675877 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Mammalian hearing relies upon active cochlear mechanics, which arises from outer hair
cell (OHC) electromotility and hair bundle movement, to amplify acoustic stimulations increasing
hearing sensitivity and frequency selectivity. Here we describe the novel finding that gap junctions
between cochlear supporting cells also have a critical role in active cochlear amplification
in vivo. We find that targeted-deletion of connexin26 (Cx26) in Deiters cells (DCs)
and outer pillar cells (OPCs), which constrain OHCs standing on the basilar membrane, causes a
leftward shift in OHC electromotility towards hyperpolarization, and reduces active cochlear
amplification with hearing loss. Coincident with large reduction in distortion product otoacoustic
emission (DPOAE) and severe hearing loss at high frequencies, the shift is larger in shorter OHCs.
Our study demonstrates that active cochlear amplification in vivo is dependent on
supporting cell gap junctions. These new findings also show that Cx26 deficiency can reduce active
cochlear amplification to induce hearing loss.
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Mengel E, Klünemann HH, Lourenço CM, Hendriksz CJ, Sedel F, Walterfang M, Kolb SA. Niemann-Pick disease type C symptomatology: an expert-based clinical description. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2013; 8:166. [PMID: 24135395 PMCID: PMC3853996 DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-8-166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a rare, progressive, irreversible disease leading to disabling neurological manifestations and premature death. The estimated disease incidence is 1:120,000 live births, but this likely represents an underestimate, as the disease may be under-diagnosed due to its highly heterogeneous presentation. NP-C is characterised by visceral, neurological and psychiatric manifestations that are not specific to the disease and that can be found in other conditions. The aim of this review is to provide non-specialists with an expert-based, detailed description of NP-C signs and symptoms, including how they present in patients and how they can be assessed. Early disease detection should rely on seeking a combination of signs and symptoms, rather than isolated findings. Examples of combinations which are strongly suggestive of NP-C include: splenomegaly and vertical supranuclear gaze palsy (VSGP); splenomegaly and clumsiness; splenomegaly and schizophrenia-like psychosis; psychotic symptoms and cognitive decline; and ataxia with dystonia, dysarthria/dysphagia and cognitive decline. VSGP is a hallmark of NP-C and becomes highly specific of the disease when it occurs in combination with other manifestations (e.g. splenomegaly, ataxia). In young infants (<2 years), abnormal saccades may first manifest as slowing and shortening of upward saccades, long before gaze palsy onset. While visceral manifestations tend to predominate during the perinatal and infantile period (2 months-6 years of age), neurological and psychiatric involvement is more prominent during the juvenile/adult period (>6 years of age). Psychosis in NP-C is atypical and variably responsive to treatment. Progressive cognitive decline, which always occurs in patients with NP-C, manifests as memory and executive impairment in juvenile/adult patients. Disease prognosis mainly correlates with the age at onset of the neurological signs, with early-onset forms progressing faster. Therefore, a detailed and descriptive picture of NP-C signs and symptoms may help improve disease detection and early diagnosis, so that therapy with miglustat (Zavesca(®)), the only available treatment approved to date, can be started as soon as neurological symptoms appear, in order to slow disease progression.
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- Eugen Mengel
- Department of Lysosomal Storage Disorder, Villa Metabolica, Center for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Medical Genetics Service, Clinics Hospital of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), University of Manchester, Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Stott Lane, Manchester M6 8HD UK
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- Department of Neurology and Reference Center for Lysosomal Diseases, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Center, University of Melbourne, 3050 Melbourne, Australia
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- Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland
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Bian S, Navaratnam D, Santos-Sacchi J. Real time measures of prestin charge and fluorescence during plasma membrane trafficking reveal sub-tetrameric activity. PLoS One 2013; 8:e66078. [PMID: 23762468 PMCID: PMC3677934 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Prestin (SLC26a5) is the outer hair cell integral membrane motor protein that drives cochlear amplification, and has been described as an obligate tetramer. We studied in real time the delivery of YFP-prestin to the plasma membrane of cells from a tetracycline-inducible cell line. Following the release of temperature block to reinstate trans Golgi network delivery of the integral membrane protein, we measured nonlinear capacitance (NLC) and membrane fluorescence during voltage clamp. Prestin was delivered exponentially to the plasma membrane with a time constant of less than 10 minutes, with both electrical and fluorescence methods showing high temporal correlation. However, based on disparity between estimates of prestin density derived from either fluorescence or NLC, we conclude that sub-tetrameric forms of prestin contribute to our electrical and fluorescence measures. Thus, in agreement with previous observations we find that functional prestin is not an obligate tetramer.
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- Shumin Bian
- Department of Surgery (Otolaryngology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery (Otolaryngology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery (Otolaryngology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Effects of plasma membrane cholesterol level and cytoskeleton F-actin on cell protrusion mechanics. PLoS One 2013; 8:e57147. [PMID: 23451167 PMCID: PMC3579816 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Protrusions are deformations that form at the surface of living cells during biological activities such as cell migration. Using combined optical tweezers and fluorescent microscopy, we quantified the mechanical properties of protrusions in adherent human embryonic kidney cells in response to application of an external force at the cell surface. The mechanical properties of protrusions were analyzed by obtaining the associated force-length plots during protrusion formation, and force relaxation at constant length. Protrusion mechanics were interpretable by a standard linear solid (Kelvin) model, consisting of two stiffness parameters, k0 and k1 (with k0>k1), and a viscous coefficient. While both stiffness parameters contribute to the time-dependant mechanical behavior of the protrusions, k0 and k1 in particular dominated the early and late stages of the protrusion formation and elongation process, respectively. Lowering the membrane cholesterol content by 25% increased the k0 stiffness by 74%, and shortened the protrusion length by almost half. Enhancement of membrane cholesterol content by nearly two-fold increased the protrusion length by 30%, and decreased the k0 stiffness by nearly two-and-half-fold as compared with control cells. Cytoskeleton integrity was found to make a major contribution to protrusion mechanics as evidenced by the effects of F-actin disruption on the resulting mechanical parameters. Viscoelastic behavior of protrusions was further characterized by hysteresis and force relaxation after formation. The results of this study elucidate the coordination of plasma membrane composition and cytoskeleton during protrusion formation.
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Nagaki T, Kakehata S, Kitani R, Abe T, Shinkawa H. Effects of cholesterol alterations are mediated via G-protein-related pathways in outer hair cells. Pflugers Arch 2013; 465:1041-9. [PMID: 23417602 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1230-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Revised: 01/27/2013] [Accepted: 01/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Cholesterol is an essential component of cell membranes, and determines their rigidity and fluidity. Alterations in membrane cholesterol by MβCD or water-soluble cholesterol affect the stiffness, capacitance, motility, and cell length of outer hair cells (OHCs). This suggests that reconstruction of the cytoskeleton may be induced by cholesterol alterations. In this study, we investigated intracellular signaling pathways involving G proteins to determine whether they modulate the changes in voltage-dependent capacitance caused by cholesterol alterations. Membrane capacitance of isolated guinea pig OHCs were assessed using a two-sine voltage stimulus protocol superimposed onto a voltage ramp (200 ms duration) from -150 to +140 mV. One group of OHCs was treated with 100 μM guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) tetralithium salt (GTPγS), the GTP analog, administrated into individual cells via patch pipettes. Another group of OHCs was internally perfused with 600 μM guanosine 5'-(β-thio) diphosphate trilithium salt (GDPβS), the GDP analog. A third group was perfused with internal solution only as a control. Application of 1 mM MβCD shifted non-linear capacitance curves to the depolarized direction of the control group with reduction of the peak capacitance (C mpeak). After the 10-min application of MβCD, shifts of voltage at C mpeak (V cmpeak) and reduction of C mpeak were 73.32 ± 11.09 mV and 9.09 ± 2.10 pF, respectively (n = 4). On the other hand, in the GTPγS-treated group, the shift of V cmpeak and reduction of C mpeak were attenuated remarkably. The shift of V cmpeak and reduction of C mpeak in the 10-min application of MβCD were 9.73 ± 10.92 mV and 3.08 ± 1.91 pF, respectively (n = 7). MβCD decreased the cell length by 16.53 ± 4.27 % in the control group and by 6.45 ± 6.22 % in the GTPγS group. In addition, we investigated the effects of GDPβS on cholesterol-treated OHCs. One millimolar cholesterol was externally applied after the 4-min application of 1 mM MβCD because the shift of V-C m function caused by cholesterol alone was small. Application of cholesterol shifted V-C m curves of the control group to the hyperpolarized direction with increase of the C mpeak. After the 10-min application of cholesterol, changes of V cmpeak and C mpeak were -9.19 ± 6.68 mV and 2.14 ± 0.44 pF, respectively (n = 4). On the other hand, in the GDPβS-treated OHCs, the shift of V cmpeak and increase of C mpeak were attenuated markedly. The shift of V cmpeak and increase of C mpeak after 10 min were 5.13 ± 10.46 mV and -0.55 ± 1.39 pF, respectively (n = 6). This study demonstrated that internally perfused GTPγS inhibited the MβCD effects and GDPβS inhibited the cholesterol effects, raising the possibility that G proteins may be involved in outer hair cell homeostasis as well as the possibility that cholesterol response may be G protein mediated. More study is required to clarify the detailed role of G proteins in the relation between cholesterol and the OHC cytoskeleton.
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- Takahiko Nagaki
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan
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Microdomains shift and rotate in the lateral wall of cochlear outer hair cells. Biophys J 2013; 104:8-18. [PMID: 23332054 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.11.3828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2012] [Revised: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Outer hair cell (OHC) electromotility, a response consisting of reversible changes in cell length and diameter induced by electrical stimulation, confers remarkable sensitivity and frequency resolution to the mammalian inner ear. Looking for a better understanding of this mechanism, we labeled isolated guinea pig OHCs with microspheres and, using high-speed video recording, investigated their movements at the apical, mid, and basal regions of osmotically and electrically stimulated cells. After hypoosmotic challenge, OHCs shortened and their diameter increased, with microspheres moving always toward the central plane; iso-osmolarity returned OHCs to their original shape and microspheres to their original positions. Under electrical stimulation, microspheres exhibited robust movements, with their displacement vectors changing in direction from random to parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cells with peak reorientation speeds of up to 6 rad/s and returning to random after 5 min without stimulation. Alterations in plasma-membrane cholesterol levels as well as cytoskeleton integrity affected microsphere responses. We concluded that microspheres attach to different molecular microdomains, and these microdomains are able to shift and rotate in the plane of the OHC lateral wall with a dynamics tightly regulated by membrane lipid composition and the cortical cytoskeleton.
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Crumling MA, Liu L, Thomas PV, Benson J, Kanicki A, Kabara L, Hälsey K, Dolan D, Duncan RK. Hearing loss and hair cell death in mice given the cholesterol-chelating agent hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin. PLoS One 2012; 7:e53280. [PMID: 23285273 PMCID: PMC3532434 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cyclodextrins are sugar compounds that are increasingly finding medicinal uses due to their ability to complex with hydrophobic molecules. One cyclodextrin in particular, 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD), is used as a carrier to solubilize lipophilic drugs and is itself being considered as a therapeutic agent for treatment of Niemann-Pick Type C disease, due to its ability to mobilize cholesterol. Results from toxicological studies suggest that HPβCD is generally safe, but a recent study has found that it causes hearing loss in cats. Whether the hearing loss occurred via death of cochlear hair cells, rendering it permanent, was unexplored. In the present study, we examined peripheral auditory function and cochlear histology in mice after subcutaneous injection of HPβCD to test for hearing loss and correlate any observed auditory deficits with histological findings. On average, auditory brainstem response thresholds were elevated at 4, 16, and 32 kHz in mice one week after treatment with 8,000 mg/kg. In severely affected mice all outer hair cells were missing in the basal half of the cochlea. In many cases, surviving hair cells in the cochlear apex exhibited abnormal punctate distribution of the motor protein prestin, suggesting long term changes to membrane composition and integrity. Mice given a lower dose of 4,000 mg/kg exhibited hearing loss only after repeated doses, but these threshold shifts were temporary. Therefore, cyclodextrin-induced hearing loss was complex, involving cell death and other more subtle influences on cochlear physiology.
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- Mark A. Crumling
- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Kamar RI, Organ-Darling LE, Raphael RM. Membrane cholesterol strongly influences confined diffusion of prestin. Biophys J 2012; 103:1627-36. [PMID: 23083705 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.07.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2011] [Revised: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Prestin is the membrane motor protein that drives outer hair cell (OHC) electromotility, a process that is essential for mammalian hearing. Prestin function is sensitive to membrane cholesterol levels, and numerous studies have suggested that prestin localizes in cholesterol-rich membrane microdomains. Previously, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching experiments were performed in HEK cells expressing prestin-GFP after cholesterol manipulations, and revealed evidence of transient confinement. To further characterize this apparent confined diffusion of prestin, we conjugated prestin to a photostable fluorophore (tetramethylrhodamine) and performed single-molecule fluorescence microscopy. Using single-particle tracking, we determined the microscopic diffusion coefficient from the full time course of the mean-squared deviation. Our results indicate that prestin undergoes diffusion in confinement regions, and that depletion of membrane cholesterol increases confinement size and decreases confinement strength. By interpreting the data in terms of a mathematical model of hop-diffusion, we quantified these cholesterol-induced changes in membrane organization. A complementary analysis of the distribution of squared displacements confirmed that cholesterol depletion reduces prestin confinement. These findings support the hypothesis that prestin function is intimately linked to membrane organization, and further promote a regulatory role for cholesterol in OHC and auditory function.
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- R I Kamar
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
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Yamashita T, Fang J, Gao J, Yu Y, Lagarde MM, Zuo J. Normal hearing sensitivity at low-to-middle frequencies with 34% prestin-charge density. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45453. [PMID: 23029017 PMCID: PMC3448665 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The mammalian outer hair cells (OHCs) provide a positive mechanical feedback to enhance the cochlea's hearing sensitivity and frequency selectivity. Although the OHC-specific, somatic motor protein prestin is required for cochlear amplification, it remains unclear whether prestin can provide sufficient cycle-by-cycle feedback. In cochlear mechanical modeling, varying amounts of OHC motor activity should provide varying degrees of feedback efficiency to adjust the gain of cochlear amplifier at resonant frequencies. Here we created and characterized two new prestin-hypomorphic mouse models with reduced levels of wild-type prestin. OHCs from these mice exhibited length, total elementary charge movement (Qmax), charge density, and electromotility intermediate between those of wild-type and prestin-null mice. Remarkably, measurements of auditory brainstem responses and distortion product otoacoustic emissions from these mice displayed wild-type like hearing sensitivities at 4–22 kHz. These results indicate that as low as 26.7% Qmax, 34.0% charge density and 44.0% electromotility in OHCs were sufficient for wild-type-like hearing sensitivity in mice at 4–22 kHz, and that these in vitro parameters of OHCs did not correlate linearly with the feedback efficiency for in vivo gain of the cochlear amplifier. Our results thus provide valuable data for modeling cochlear mechanics and will stimulate further mechanistic analysis of the cochlear amplifier.
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- Tetsuji Yamashita
- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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Scholl JHG, van Puijenbroek EP. Hearing impairment associated with oral terbinafine use: a case series and case/non-case analysis in the Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb database and VigiBase™. Drug Saf 2012; 35:685-91. [PMID: 22762134 DOI: 10.2165/11630630-000000000-00000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb received reports of six cases of hearing impairment in association with oral terbinafine use. This study describes these cases and provides support for this association from the Lareb database for spontaneous adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting and from Vigibase™, the ADR database of the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring, the Uppsala Monitoring Centre. OBJECTIVES The objective of the current study was to identify whether the observed association between oral terbinafine use and hearing impairment, based on cases received by Lareb, constitutes a safety signal. METHODS Cases of hearing impairment in oral terbinafine users are described. In a case/non-case analysis, the strength of the association in Vigibase™ and the Lareb database was determined (date of analysis August 2011) by calculating the reporting odds ratios (RORs), adjusted for possible confounding by age, sex and ototoxic concomitant medication. For the purpose of this study, RORs were calculated for deafness, hypoacusis and the combination of both, defined as hearing impairment. RESULTS In the Lareb database, six reports concerning individuals aged 31-82 years, who developed hearing impairment after starting oral terbinafine, were present. The use of oral terbinafine was disproportionally associated with hypoacusis in both the Lareb database (adjusted ROR 3.9; 95% CI 1.7, 9.0) and in Vigibase™ (adjusted ROR 1.7; 95% CI 1.0, 2.8). Deafness was not disproportionally present in either of the databases. DISCUSSION Based on the described cases and the statistical analyses from both databases, a causal relationship between the use of oral terbinafine and hearing impairment is possible. The mechanism by which terbinafine could cause hearing impairment has not been elucidated yet. The pharmacological action of terbinafine is based on the inhibition of squalene epoxidase, an enzyme present in both fungal and human cells. This inhibition might result in a decrease in cholesterol levels in human cells, among which are the outer hair cells of the cochlea. It may be possible that the reduction in cochlear cholesterol levels leads to impaired cochlear function and possibly hearing impairment. CONCLUSION In this study we describe hearing impairment as a possible ADR of oral terbinafine, based on six case reports and statistical support from Vigibase™ and the Lareb database. To our knowledge this association has not been described before.
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- Joep H G Scholl
- Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
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