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Huang L, Wang Q, Huang C, Zhou Z, Peng A, Zhang Z. Untargeted Metabolomic Analysis in Endolymphatic Sac Luminal Fluid from Patients with Meniere's Disease. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2023; 24:239-251. [PMID: 36715893 PMCID: PMC10121990 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-023-00887-1] [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: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Dysfunction of the endolymphatic sac (ES) is one of the etiologies of Meniere's disease (MD), the mechanism of which remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to explore the molecular pathological characteristics of ES during the development of MD. Metabolomic profiling of ES luminal fluid from patients with MD and patients with acoustic neuroma (AN) was performed. Diluted ES luminal fluid (ELF) samples were obtained from 10 patients who underwent endolymphatic duct blockage for the treatment of intractable MD and from 6 patients who underwent translabyrinthine surgery for AN. ELF analysis was performed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry before the raw data were normalized and subjected to subsequent statistical analysis by MetaboAnalyst. Using thresholds of P ≤ 0.05 and variable important in projection > 1, a total of 111 differential metabolites were screened in the ELF, including 52 metabolites in negative mode and 59 in positive mode. Furthermore, 15 differentially altered metabolites corresponding to 15 compound names were identified using a Student's t-test, including 7 significant increased metabolites and 8 significant decreased metabolites. Moreover, two differentially altered metabolites, hyaluronic acid (HA) and 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE), were validated to be upregulated in the epithelial lining of the ES, as well as in the subepithelial connective-tissue in patients with MD comparing with that in patients with AN. Among these differentially altered metabolites, an upregulated expression of HA detected in the ES lumen of the patients with MD was supposed to be associated with the increased endolymph in ES, while an increased level of 4-HNE found in the ELF of the patients with MD provided direct evidence to support that oxidative damage and inflammatory lesions underlie the mechanism of MD. Furthermore, citrate and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid were detected to be decreased substantially in the ELF of the patients with MD, suggesting the elevated endolymphatic Ca2+ in the ears with chronic endolymphatic hydrops is likely to be associated with the reduction of these two chelators of Ca2+ in ES. The results in the present study indicate metabolomic analysis in the ELF of the patients with MD can potentially improve our understanding on the molecular pathophysiological mechanism in the ES during the development of MD.
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- Li Huang
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011 Hunan China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011 Hunan China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011 Hunan China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011 Hunan China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011 Hunan China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011 Hunan China
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Water channel proteins in the inner ear and their link to hearing impairment and deafness. Mol Aspects Med 2012; 33:612-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2012.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Revised: 06/11/2012] [Accepted: 06/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Arai M, Mizuta K, Saito A, Hashimoto Y, Iwasaki S, Watanabe T, Mineta H. Localization of megalin in rat vestibular dark cells and endolymphatic sac epithelial cells. Acta Otolaryngol 2008; 128:627-33. [PMID: 18568495 DOI: 10.1080/00016480701668531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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CONCLUSION Megalin immunoreactivity was observed in kidney proximal tubule cells, vestibular dark cells, and epithelial cells of the endolymphatic sac. Endocytic mechanisms appear to differ between the endolymphatic sac and proximal tubule cells. We speculate that megalin is secreted by a certain type of cell into the endolymphatic space, and is then absorbed from the endolymphatic space by another type of cell to maintain endolymphatic sac homeostasis. OBJECTIVES We previously detected megalin immunoreactivity in the rat cochlear duct. Megalin may be involved in endocytosis in the vestibular organ and endolymphatic sac. To examine this possibility, we extended our immunocytochemical investigation to the rat inner ear cells with special attention to vestibular dark cells and endolymphatic sac. MATERIALS AND METHODS We observed immunoreactivity of megalin under light and electron microscopy. The primary antibody was rabbit polyclonal antibody that had been raised against rat immunoaffinity-purified megalin. RESULTS The luminal membrane and subapical area of dark cells in the semicircular canal were immunolabeled. The stainable substance in the endolymphatic space was strongly stained. The cytoplasm of epithelial cells was also stained in various patterns.
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Lang F, Vallon V, Knipper M, Wangemann P. Functional significance of channels and transporters expressed in the inner ear and kidney. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2007; 293:C1187-208. [PMID: 17670895 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00024.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A number of ion channels and transporters are expressed in both the inner ear and kidney. In the inner ear, K+cycling and endolymphatic K+, Na+, Ca2+, and pH homeostasis are critical for normal organ function. Ion channels and transporters involved in K+cycling include K+channels, Na+-2Cl−-K+cotransporter, Na+/K+-ATPase, Cl−channels, connexins, and K+/Cl−cotransporters. Furthermore, endolymphatic Na+and Ca2+homeostasis depends on Ca2+-ATPase, Ca2+channels, Na+channels, and a purinergic receptor channel. Endolymphatic pH homeostasis involves H+-ATPase and Cl−/HCO3−exchangers including pendrin. Defective connexins (GJB2 and GJB6), pendrin (SLC26A4), K+channels (KCNJ10, KCNQ1, KCNE1, and KCNMA1), Na+-2Cl−-K+cotransporter (SLC12A2), K+/Cl−cotransporters (KCC3 and KCC4), Cl−channels (BSND and CLCNKA + CLCNKB), and H+-ATPase (ATP6V1B1 and ATPV0A4) cause hearing loss. All these channels and transporters are also expressed in the kidney and support renal tubular transport or signaling. The hearing loss may thus be paralleled by various renal phenotypes including a subtle decrease of proximal Na+-coupled transport (KCNE1/KCNQ1), impaired K+secretion (KCNMA1), limited HCO3−elimination (SLC26A4), NaCl wasting (BSND and CLCNKB), renal tubular acidosis (ATP6V1B1, ATPV0A4, and KCC4), or impaired urinary concentration (CLCNKA). Thus, defects of channels and transporters expressed in the kidney and inner ear result in simultaneous dysfunctions of these seemingly unrelated organs.
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- Florian Lang
- Department of Physiology, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Gmelinstrasse 5, Tübingen, Germany.
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Ishida T, Hatae T, Nishi N, Araki N. Soluble megalin is accumulated in the lumen of the rat endolymphatic sac. Cell Struct Funct 2006; 31:77-85. [PMID: 17063000 DOI: 10.1247/csf.06013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The endolymphatic sac (ES) is believed to play an important role in maintaining homeostasis in the inner ear by the absorption and endocytosis of endolymph. Megalin is a 600-kDa multiligand endocytic receptor expressed in certain types of absorptive epithelia including kidney proximal tubules. We analyzed the immunoreactivity for megalin in rat ES by immunofluorescence, immunogold electron microscopy, and immunoblotting. With immunostaining, the luminal substances of the ES were strongly stained for megalin. Megalin was also localized in luminal macrophage-like cells and both types of epithelial cell (mitochondria-rich cells and ribosome-rich cells). In these cells, the megalin was localized in the lumen of endosomes, but was not membrane associated. This localization pattern indicates that the megalin in these cells is not a membrane receptor, but merely one of the constituents that are endocytosed from the lumen of the ES. Immunoblotting indicated that the megalin in the ES is a 210-kDa molecule lacking a cytoplasmic domain. This suggests that the megalin in the ES may be a soluble form, different from the 600-kDa membrane-bound receptor expressed in kidneys. Taken together, it is likely that the megalin in the ES lumen is a soluble component and may be endocytosed by the ES epithelial cells. Furthermore, we found that the tectorial membrane, an acellular structure in the cochlea, gave a strong megalin immunoreaction. Since the cochlea is connected to the ES, the megalin may be transported alone or with the components of the tectorial membrane from the cochlea to the ES lumen through longitudinal flow.
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- Tetsuya Ishida
- Department of Histology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
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Peters TA, Tonnaer ELGM, Kuijpers W, Curfs JHAJ. Changes in ultrastructural characteristics of endolymphatic sac ribosome-rich cells of the rat during development. Hear Res 2003; 176:94-104. [PMID: 12583884 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(02)00748-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It has recently been demonstrated that endolymphatic sac (ES) ribosome-rich (dark) cells respond to induced endolymph changes and are thus likely to be involved in endolymph homeostasis. Therefore, we studied the ultrastructural characteristics of rat ES ribosome-rich cells during development in order to determine the cellular distribution of organelles involved in protein metabolism, secretion and absorption, indicative for their contribution to endolymph homeostasis. During embryonal stages ribosome-rich cells contain a limited number and variety of organelles and are predominantly involved in the production of components for cell growth and differentiation. In the young adult stage (P60) three different states of ribosome-rich cells may be distinguished. State A resembles a cell with only limited metabolic activities whereas state B is characterized by numerous different intracellular organelles and is considered to be involved in production and secretion as well as absorption and degradation of complex proteins. A third cellular state, state C, is filled with phagolysosomes and contains very few other organelles. This is considered to be a final (pre)apoptotic state. Autoradiography data suggest that ES ribosome-rich cells are capable of synthesis and secretion of tyrosine-containing proteins and may thus be involved in regulation of the osmolarity of endolymph based on the capacity to bind cations as well as water molecules. In addition, ES ribosome-rich cells appear to synthesize and secrete fucosylated glycoproteins into the endolymph. In conclusion, the present data suggest that ES ribosome-rich cells are actively involved in endolymph homeostasis through secretion and absorption of complex proteins and it is hypothesized that they are able to adapt their function or activities in response to changes in endolymph composition.
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- Theo A Peters
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center St Radboud, Philips van Leydenlaan 15, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Couloigner V, Teixeira M, Sterkers O, Ferrary E. In vivo study of the electrochemical composition of luminal fluid in the guinea pig endolymphatic sac. Acta Otolaryngol 1999; 119:200-2. [PMID: 10320076 DOI: 10.1080/00016489950181666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the ionic composition (sodium, potassium) of the luminal fluid in the endolymphatic sac and to correlate it with the transepithelial potential. Experiments were performed in guinea pigs using either an intradural posterior fossa approach or a translabyrinthine approach. The endolymphatic sac transepithelial potential (ESP) was measured and the luminal fluid was sampled. The sodium, potassium and protein concentrations were determined. The results were: i) the luminal fluid in the endolymphatic sac differs in composition from perilymph, on the one hand, and from both cochlear and vestibular endolymph, on the other hand, indicating that the endolymphatic sac maintains chemical (sodium, potassium) and electrical (ESP) gradients; ii) the calculated osmolarity (Na + K) x 2 was about 230 mosm/l; iii) no correlation was observed between sodium and potassium concentrations; iv) large interindividual variations exist from one animal to another, suggesting physiological variations in the functional status of the endolymphatic sac. In conclusion, the variation in composition of the endolymphatic sac luminal fluid reflected variations in ion transport by the epithelium and thus a possible adaptation of the ion transport to different physiopathological conditions.
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- V Couloigner
- INSERM U426, Faculté Xavier Bichat, Université Paris 7, France
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Teixeira M, Couloigner V, Loiseau A, Hulin P, Sterkers O, Planelles G, Ferrary E. Evidence for apical K conductance and Na-K-2Cl cotransport in the endolymphatic sac of guinea pig. Hear Res 1999; 128:45-50. [PMID: 10082282 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(98)00197-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The transepithelial potential in the endolymphatic sac (ESP) was recorded up to 60 min after apical injection of ouabain, bumetanide, quinine, barium, tetraethylammonium, and 4-aminopyridine. After control injection, ESP decreased by 74% and completely recovered at 30 min. After ouabain, barium, or quinine injection, the ESP time course was similar to that in the control group. After bumetanide, tetraethylammonium, or 4-aminopyridine injection, complete recovery was only observed at 60 min. These results suggest that apical K+ conductance and Na-K-2Cl cotransporter could be involved in the genesis of ESP.
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- M Teixeira
- INSERM U.426, Faculté Xavier Bichat, Université Paris 7, France
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