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Lee JH, Perez-Flores MC, Park S, Kim HJ, Chen Y, Kang M, Kersigo J, Choi J, Thai PN, Woltz RL, Perez-Flores DC, Perkins G, Sihn CR, Trinh P, Zhang XD, Sirish P, Dong Y, Feng WW, Pessah IN, Dixon RE, Sokolowski B, Fritzsch B, Chiamvimonvat N, Yamoah EN. The Piezo channel is a mechano-sensitive complex component in the mammalian inner ear hair cell. Nat Commun 2024; 15:526. [PMID: 38228630 PMCID: PMC10791687 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44230-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024] Open
Abstract
The inner ear is the hub where hair cells (HCs) transduce sound, gravity, and head acceleration stimuli to the brain. Hearing and balance rely on mechanosensation, the fastest sensory signals transmitted to the brain. The mechanoelectrical transducer (MET) channel is the entryway for the sound-balance-brain interface, but the channel-complex composition is not entirely known. Here, we report that the mouse utilizes Piezo1 (Pz1) and Piezo2 (Pz2) isoforms as MET-complex components. The Pz channels, expressed in HC stereocilia, and cell lines are co-localized and co-assembled with MET complex partners. Mice expressing non-functional Pz1 and Pz2 at the ROSA26 locus have impaired auditory and vestibular traits that can only be explained if the Pzs are integral to the MET complex. We suggest that Pz subunits constitute part of the MET complex and that interactions with other MET complex components yield functional MET units to generate HC MET currents.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jeong Han Lee
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
- Prestige Biopharma, 11-12F, 44, Myongjigukje7-ro, Gangseo-gu, Busan, 67264, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
- Prestige Biopharma, 11-12F, 44, Myongjigukje7-ro, Gangseo-gu, Busan, 67264, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1089 VM3B, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1089 VM3B, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1089 VM3B, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology, Tupper Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- VA Northern California Healthcare System, Sacramento, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA.
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Lee JH, Perez-Flores MC, Park S, Kim HJ, Chen Y, Kang M, Kersigo J, Choi J, Thai PN, Woltz R, Perez-Flores DC, Perkins G, Sihn CR, Trinh P, Zhang XD, Sirish P, Dong Y, Feng WW, Pessah IN, Dixon RE, Sokolowski B, Fritzsch B, Chiamvimonvat N, Yamoah EN. The Piezo channel is central to the mechano-sensitive channel complex in the mammalian inner ear. Res Sq 2023:rs.3.rs-2287052. [PMID: 37502846 PMCID: PMC10371147 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2287052/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
Abstract
The inner ear is the hub where hair cells transduce sound, gravity, and head acceleration stimuli carried by neural codes to the brain. Of all the senses, hearing and balance, which rely on mechanosensation, are the fastest sensory signals transmitted to the central nervous system. The mechanoelectrical transducer (MET) channel in hair cells is the entryway for the sound-balance-brain interface, but the channel's composition has eluded biologists due to its complexity. Here, we report that the mouse utilizes Piezo1 (Pz1) and Piezo2 (Pz2) isoforms as central components of the MET complex. The Pz channel subunits are expressed in hair-cell stereocilia, are co-localized and co-assembled, and are essential components of the MET complex in vitro and in situ, including integration with the transmembrane channel (Tmc1/2) protein. Mice expressing non-functional Pz1 and Pz2, but not functional Pz1 at the ROSA26 locus under the control of hair-cell promoters, have impaired auditory and vestibular traits that can only be explained if Pz channel multimers are integral to the MET complex. We affirm that Pz protein subunits constitute MET channels and that functional interactions with components of the MET complex yield current properties resembling hair-cell MET currents. Our results demonstrate Pz is a MET channel component central to interacting with MET complex proteins. Results account for the MET channel pore and complex.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jeong Han Lee
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
| | - Maria C. Perez-Flores
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
| | - Seojin Park
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
- Prestige Biopharma, 11-12F, 44, Myongjigukje7-ro, Gangseo-gu, Busan, South Korea 67264
| | - Hyo Jeong Kim
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
| | - Yingying Chen
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
| | - Mincheol Kang
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
- Prestige Biopharma, 11-12F, 44, Myongjigukje7-ro, Gangseo-gu, Busan, South Korea 67264
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
| | - Phung N. Thai
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
| | - Ryan Woltz
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
| | | | - Guy Perkins
- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
| | - Pauline Trinh
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
| | - Xiao-Dong Zhang
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
| | - Padmini Sirish
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
| | - Yao Dong
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1089 VM3B, Davis, CA 95616
| | - Wayne Wei Feng
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1089 VM3B, Davis, CA 95616
| | - Isaac N. Pessah
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1089 VM3B, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology, Tupper Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA. 95616
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
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