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Tang S, Yonezawa T, Maeda Y, Ono M, Maeba T, Miyoshi T, Momota R, Tomono Y, Oohashi T. Lack of collagen α6(IV) chain in mice does not cause severe-to-profound hearing loss or cochlear malformation, a distinct phenotype from nonsyndromic hearing loss with COL4A6 missense mutation. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0249909. [PMID: 33848312 PMCID: PMC8043391 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Congenital hearing loss affects 1 in every 1000 births, with genetic mutations contributing to more than 50% of all cases. X-linked nonsyndromic hereditary hearing loss is associated with six loci (DFNX1-6) and five genes. Recently, the missense mutation (c.1771G>A, p.Gly591Ser) in COL4A6, encoding the basement membrane (BM) collagen α6(IV) chain, was shown to be associated with X-linked congenital nonsyndromic hearing loss with cochlear malformation. However, the mechanism by which the COL4A6 mutation impacts hereditary hearing loss has not yet been elucidated. Herein, we investigated Col4a6 knockout (KO) effects on hearing function and cochlear formation in mice. Immunohistochemistry showed that the collagen α6(IV) chain was distributed throughout the mouse cochlea within subepithelial BMs underlying the interdental cells, inner sulcus cells, basilar membrane, outer sulcus cells, root cells, Reissner's membrane, and perivascular BMs in the spiral limbus, spiral ligament, and stria vascularis. However, the click-evoked auditory brainstem response analysis did not show significant changes in the hearing threshold of Col4a6 KO mice compared with wild-type (WT) mice with the same genetic background. In addition, the cochlear structures of Col4a6 KO mice did not exhibit morphological alterations, according to the results of high-resolution micro-computed tomography and histology. Hence, loss of Col4a6 gene expression in mice showed normal click ABR thresholds and normal cochlear formation, which differs from humans with the COL4A6 missense mutation c.1771G>A, p.Gly591Ser. Therefore, the deleterious effects in the auditory system caused by the missense mutation in COL4A6 are likely due to the dominant-negative effects of the α6(IV) chain and/or α5α6α5(IV) heterotrimer with an aberrant structure that would not occur in cases with loss of gene expression.
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- Shaoying Tang
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Human Morphology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Cell Biology, Shigei Medical Research Institute, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs) are among the fastest known biological motors and are essential for high-frequency hearing in mammals. It is commonly hypothesized that OHCs amplify vibrations in the cochlea through cycle-by-cycle changes in length, but recent data suggest OHCs are low-pass filtered and unable to follow high-frequency signals. The fact that OHCs are required for high-frequency hearing but appear to be throttled by slow electromotility is the "OHC speed paradox." The present report resolves this paradox and reveals origins of ultrafast OHC function and power output in the context of the cochlear load. Results demonstrate that the speed of electromotility reflects how fast the cell can extend against the load, and does not reflect the intrinsic speed of the motor element itself or the nearly instantaneous speed at which the coulomb force is transmitted. OHC power output at auditory frequencies is revealed by emergence of an imaginary nonlinear capacitance reflecting the phase of electrical charge displacement required for the motor to overcome the viscous cochlear load.
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- Richard D Rabbitt
- Biomedical Engineering, Otolaryngology, and Neuroscience Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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Sirak K, Fernandes D, Cheronet O, Harney E, Mah M, Mallick S, Rohland N, Adamski N, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Callan K, Candilio F, Lawson AM, Mandl K, Oppenheimer J, Stewardson K, Zalzala F, Anders A, Bartík J, Coppa A, Dashtseveg T, Évinger S, Farkaš Z, Hajdu T, Bayarsaikhan J, McIntyre L, Moiseyev V, Okumura M, Pap I, Pietrusewsky M, Raczky P, Šefčáková A, Soficaru A, Szeniczey T, Szőke BM, Van Gerven D, Vasilyev S, Bell L, Reich D, Pinhasi R. Human auditory ossicles as an alternative optimal source of ancient DNA. Genome Res 2020. [PMID: 32098773 DOI: 10.1101/654749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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DNA recovery from ancient human remains has revolutionized our ability to reconstruct the genetic landscape of the past. Ancient DNA research has benefited from the identification of skeletal elements, such as the cochlear part of the osseous inner ear, that provides optimal contexts for DNA preservation; however, the rich genetic information obtained from the cochlea must be counterbalanced against the loss of morphological information caused by its sampling. Motivated by similarities in developmental processes and histological properties between the cochlea and auditory ossicles, we evaluate the ossicles as an alternative source of ancient DNA. We show that ossicles perform comparably to the cochlea in terms of DNA recovery, finding no substantial reduction in data quantity and minimal differences in data quality across preservation conditions. Ossicles can be sampled from intact skulls or disarticulated petrous bones without damage to surrounding bone, and we argue that they should be used when available to reduce damage to human remains. Our results identify another optimal skeletal element for ancient DNA analysis and add to a growing toolkit of sampling methods that help to better preserve skeletal remains for future research while maximizing the likelihood that ancient DNA analysis will produce useable results.
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- Kendra Sirak
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Earth Institute and School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Earth Institute and School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
- CIAS, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Earth Institute and School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- The Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA and Jena, D-07745, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Earth Institute and School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary
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- Slovak National Museum-Archaeological Museum, 810 06 Bratislava 16, Slovak Republic
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14200, Mongolia
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- Department of Anthropology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- Slovak National Museum-Archaeological Museum, 810 06 Bratislava 16, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Anthropology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1083 Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Biological Anthropology, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14200, Mongolia
- National Museum of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 210146, Mongolia
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- Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Cidade Universitária 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Anthropology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Anthropology, Slovak National Museum-Natural History Museum, 810 06 Bratislava 16, Slovak Republic
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- "Fr. J. Rainer" Institute of Anthropology, Romanian Academy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Anthropology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1083 Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Biological Anthropology, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Archaeology, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1097 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Centre for Forensic Research, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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Kim DK, Kim JA, Park J, Niazi A, Almishaal A, Park S. The release of surface-anchored α-tectorin, an apical extracellular matrix protein, mediates tectorial membrane organization. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaay6300. [PMID: 31807709 PMCID: PMC6881170 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay6300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The tectorial membrane (TM) is an apical extracellular matrix (ECM) that hovers over the cochlear sensory epithelium and plays an essential role in auditory transduction. The TM forms facing the luminal endolymph-filled space and exhibits complex ultrastructure. Contrary to the current extracellular assembly model, which posits that secreted collagen fibrils and ECM components self-arrange in the extracellular space, we show that surface tethering of α-tectorin (TECTA) via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor is essential to prevent diffusion of secreted TM components. In the absence of surface-tethered TECTA, collagen fibrils aggregate randomly and fail to recruit TM glycoproteins. Conversely, conversion of TECTA into a transmembrane form results in a layer of collagens on the epithelial surface that fails to form a multilayered structure. We propose a three-dimensional printing model for TM morphogenesis: A new layer of ECM is printed on the cell surface concomitant with the release of a preestablished layer to generate the multilayered TM.
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- Dong-Kyu Kim
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Pirttilä K, Videhult Pierre P, Haglöf J, Engskog M, Hedeland M, Laurell G, Arvidsson T, Pettersson C. An LCMS-based untargeted metabolomics protocol for cochlear perilymph: highlighting metabolic effects of hydrogen gas on the inner ear of noise exposed Guinea pigs. Metabolomics 2019; 15:138. [PMID: 31587113 PMCID: PMC6778533 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-019-1595-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is an increasing problem in society and accounts for a third of all cases of acquired hearing loss. NIHL is caused by formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the cochlea causing oxidative stress. Hydrogen gas (H2) can alleviate the damage caused by oxidative stress and can be easily administered through inhalation. OBJECTIVES To present a protocol for untargeted metabolomics of guinea pig perilymph and investigate the effect of H2 administration on the perilymph metabolome of noise exposed guinea pigs. METHODS The left ear of guinea pigs were exposed to hazardous impulse noise only (Noise, n = 10), noise and H2 (Noise + H2, n = 10), only H2 (H2, n = 4), or untreated (Control, n = 2). Scala tympani perilymph was sampled from the cochlea of both ears. The polar component of the perilymph metabolome was analyzed using a HILIC-UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS-based untargeted metabolomics protocol. Multivariate data analysis (MVDA) was performed separately for the exposed- and unexposed ear. RESULTS MVDA allowed separation of groups Noise and Noise + H2 in both the exposed and unexposed ear and yielded 15 metabolites with differentiating relative abundances. Seven were found in both exposed and unexposed ear data and included two osmoprotectants. Eight metabolites were unique to the unexposed ear and included a number of short-chain acylcarnitines. CONCLUSIONS A HILIC-UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS-based protocol for untargeted metabolomics of perilymph is presented and shown to be fit-for-purpose. We found a clear difference in the perilymph metabolome of noise exposed guinea pigs with and without H2 treatment.
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- Kristian Pirttilä
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Division of Audiology, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Lee J, Kim K, Wijesinghe RE, Jeon D, Lee SH, Jeon M, Jang JH. Decalcification using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid for clear microstructure imaging of cochlea through optical coherence tomography. J Biomed Opt 2016; 21:081204. [PMID: 26979048 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.21.8.081204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The aim of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of decalcification using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) as an optical clearing method to enhance the depth visibility of internal soft tissues of cochlea. Ex vivo mouse and guinea pig cochlea samples were soaked in EDTA solutions for decalcification, and swept source optical coherence tomography (OCT) was used as imaging modality to monitor the decalcified samples consecutively. The monitored noninvasive cross-sectional images showed that the mouse and guinea pig cochlea samples had to be decalcified for subsequent 7 and 14 days, respectively, to obtain the optimal optical clearing results. Using this method, difficulties in imaging of internal cochlea microstructures of mice could be evaded. The obtained results verified that the depth visibility of the decalcified ex vivo samples was enhanced.
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- Jaeyul Lee
- Kyungpook National University, School of Electronics Engineering, College of IT Engineering, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Kyungpook National University, School of Electronics Engineering, College of IT Engineering, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Kyungpook National University, School of Electronics Engineering, College of IT Engineering, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Kyungpook National University, School of Electronics Engineering, College of IT Engineering, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Daegu Veterans Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, 60 Wolgok-ro, Dalseo-gu, Daegu 42835, Republic of Korea
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- Kyungpook National University, School of Electronics Engineering, College of IT Engineering, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Ajou University, School of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 164 World cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 41944, Republic of Korea
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Anniko M, Arnold W. Vimentin as a possible cytoskeletal marker for regeneration in the human cochlea. Adv Otorhinolaryngol 2015; 46:34-49. [PMID: 1927718 DOI: 10.1159/000419961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- M Anniko
- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Proteomics is a commonly used approach that can provide insights into complex biological systems. The cochlear sensory epithelium contains receptors that transduce the mechanical energy of sound into an electro-chemical energy processed by the peripheral and central nervous systems. Several proteomic techniques have been developed to study the cochlear inner ear, such as two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE), antibody microarray, and mass spectrometry (MS). MS is the most comprehensive and versatile tool in proteomics and in conjunction with separation methods can provide an in-depth proteome of biological samples. Separation methods combined with MS has the ability to enrich protein samples, detect low molecular weight and hydrophobic proteins, and identify low abundant proteins by reducing the proteome dynamic range. Different digestion strategies can be applied to whole lysate or to fractionated protein lysate to enhance peptide and protein sequence coverage. Utilization of different separation techniques, including strong cation exchange (SCX), reversed-phase (RP), and gel-eluted liquid fraction entrapment electrophoresis (GELFrEE) can be applied to reduce sample complexity prior to MS analysis for protein identification.
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- Lancia N F Darville
- Department of Otolaryngology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida;
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Proteomic analysis of sensory organs such as the cochlea is challenging due to its small size and difficulties with membrane protein isolation. Mass spectrometry in conjunction with separation methods can provide a more comprehensive proteome, because of the ability to enrich protein samples, detect hydrophobic proteins, and identify low abundant proteins by reducing the proteome dynamic range. GELFrEE as well as different separation and digestion techniques were combined with FASP and nanoLC-MS/MS to obtain an in-depth proteome analysis of cochlear sensory epithelium from 30-day-old mice. Digestion with LysC/trypsin followed by SCX fractionation and multiple nanoLC-MS/MS analyses identified 3773 proteins with a 1% FDR. Of these, 694 protein IDs were in the plasmalemma. Protein IDs obtained by combining outcomes from GELFrEE/LysC/trypsin with GELFrEE/trypsin/trypsin generated 2779 proteins, of which 606 additional proteins were identified using the GELFrEE/LysC/trypsin approach. Combining results from the different techniques resulted in a total of 4620 IDs, including a number of previously unreported proteins. GO analyses showed high expression of binding and catalytic proteins as well as proteins associated with metabolism. The results show that the application of multiple techniques is needed to provide an exhaustive proteome of the cochlear sensory epithelium that includes many membrane proteins. The mass spectrometry proteomics data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium with the data set identifier PXD000231.
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- Lancia N.F. Darville
- University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. Department of Otolaryngology – HNS, Otology Laboratory, MDC83, Tampa FL 33647
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- University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. Department of Otolaryngology – HNS, Otology Laboratory, MDC83, Tampa FL 33647
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Han WJ, Shi XR, Nuttall A. Noise-induced nitrotyrosine increase and outer hair cell death in guinea pig cochlea. Chin Med J (Engl) 2013; 126:2923-2927. [PMID: 23924469 PMCID: PMC3947561] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Modern research has provided new insights into the biological mechanisms of noise-induced hearing loss, and a number of studies showed the appearance of increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) during and after noise exposure. This study was designed to investigate the noise exposure induced nitrotyrosine change and the mechanism of outer hair cells death in guinea pig cochlea. METHOD Thirty guinea pigs were used in this study. The experimental animals were either exposed for 4 hours per day to broadband noise at 122 dB SPL (A-weighted) for 2 consecutive days or perfused cochleae with 5 mg/ml of the SIN1 solutions, an exogenous NO and superoxide donor, for 30 minutes. Then the cochleae of the animals were dissected. Propidium iodide (PI), a DNA intercalating fluorescent probe, was used to trace morphological changes in OHC nuclei. The distribution of nitrotyrosine (NT) in the organ of Corti and the cochlear lateral wall tissue from the guinea pigs were examined using fluorescence immunohistochemistry method. Whole mounts of organ of Corti were prepared. Morphological and fluorescent changes were examined under a confocal microscope. RESULTS Either after noise exposure or after SIN1 perfusion, outer hair cells (OHCs) death with characteristics of both apoptotic and necrotic degradation appeared. Nitrotyrosine immunolabeling could be observed in the OHCs from the control animals. After noise exposure, NT immunostaining became much greater than the control animals in OHCs. The apoptotic OHC has significant increase of nitrotyrosine in and around the nucleus following noise exposure. In the normal later wall of cochleae, relatively weak nitrotyrosine immunolabeling could be observed. After noise exposure, nitrotyrosine immunoactivity became stronger in stria vascularis. CONCLUSION Noise exposure induced increase of nitrotyrosine production is associated with OHCs death suggesting reactive nitrogen species participation in the cochlear pathophysiology of noise-induced hearing loss.
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- Wei-ju Han
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
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Gao G, Sun J, Gong S, Jiang P. [Using ESR technology observe the change of free radicals in cochlea after acute acoustic trauma]. Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2011; 25:320-323. [PMID: 21710722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To observe the changes of free radicals in the cochlea of guinea pigs after noise exposure directly using electron spin resonance (ESR) technology. METHOD Forty-two guinea pigs as experimental group were given (125 +/- 1) dB SPL noise exposure for 2 hours, and then investigated auditory function immediately, at 2, 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hour. After ABR examinations, 21 animals decollated and extracted cochlea immediately and then placed the cochleas to liquid nitrogen for deep freezing and measuring free radicals using ESR technology. Another 21 animals observed hair cells morphology by AgNO3 staining. Meantime, 6 animals without noise exposure were served as negative control group. RESULT A few free radicals were detected in the cochlea at control group and the relative value of free radicals were (21.68 +/- 1.27) dB SPL. After noise exposure, the relative value of free radicals increased obviously and achieved to the max of (147.01 +/- 4.95) dB SPL at 2 h and gradually decreased near the normal level. CONCLUSION Free radicals in the cochlea increase evidently and have a concentration-time rule after acute acoustic trauma. The ESR method can be used to examine the content of free radicals in cochlea for its direct, objective and sensitive characters.
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- Gang Gao
- Center of Otolaryngology of People's Liberation Army, Navel General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China
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Gross J, Machulik A, Moller R, Fuchs J, Amarjargal N, Ungethüm U, Kuban RJ, Szczepek AJ, Haupt H, Mazurek B. MRNA expression of members of the IGF system in the organ of Corti, the modiolus and the stria vascularis of newborn rats. Growth Factors 2008; 26:180-91. [PMID: 19378418 DOI: 10.1080/08977190802194317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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We analyzed the mRNA expression of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) family genes and of selected downstream pathway genes using the Affymetrix microarray system and confirmatory RT-PCR in the freshly prepared organ of Corti (OC), modiolus (MOD) and stria vascularis (SV) from neonatal rats (3-5 days old) and after 24h in culture. Among the seven members of the IGF family analyzed in this paper, IGF1, IGF2 and IGF-binding protein (IGFBP2) had the highest basal expression in all regions. Preparatory stress and culture increased the expression of IGF2, IGFBP2, IGFBP3, IGFBP5, glucose transporterl (GLUT1), signal transducer, and activator of transcription3 (STAT3), phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit (Pik3r1), Jun oncogene (c-jun) and decreased that of mitogen-activated protein kinases MAPK3 and MAPK14 in all regions. Region-specific changes were observed in OC (GLUT1), MOD (IGFBP3 and c-jun) and SV (IGF2 and IGFBP2).
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- Johann Gross
- Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Torkos A, Wissel K, Warnecke A, Lenarz T, Stöver T. Technical report: laser microdissection and pressure catapulting is superior to conventional manual dissection for isolating pure spiral ganglion fractions from the cochlea. Hear Res 2008; 235:8-14. [PMID: 17980526 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2007.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2007] [Revised: 09/19/2007] [Accepted: 09/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Isolating cells from the cochlea to perform molecular biology assessment presents a challenge, because it is not possible to dissect pure cell pools by conventional methods. Thus, we set out to demonstrate that laser microdissection and pressure catapulting (LMPC) is superior to conventional manual cochlea dissection for this purpose. Spiral ganglions (SG) were isolated from neonatal rat cochleae by manual dissection and LMPC. Also, modioli were manually dissected. Total RNA was isolated from all three cell pools. In order to demonstrate contamination of the dissected cell pool, we determined the expression of type II iodothyronine deiodinase (D2), claudin 11 (Cld-11), neurofilament light chain (NF-L) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) transcripts by RT-PCR. The results showed that LMPC is not only a suitable method for selectively dissecting cochlear tissues, but in addition the molecular markers confirmed pure spiral ganglion cell pools without indication for any contamination by other cells. This indicates that LMPC is capable of providing a pure SG cell pool in contrast to conventional manual dissection. Therefore, LMPC presents a new technique for cochlear tissue separation improving the validity of molecular biological studies of the inner ear.
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- Attila Torkos
- Department of Otolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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HYPOTHESIS Hearing loss and cochlear degeneration in the guinea pig model of endolymphatic hydrops (ELH) results, in part, from toxic levels of excitatory amino acids (EAAs) such as glutamate, which in turn leads to changes in the expression of genes linked to intracellular glutamate homeostasis and apoptosis, leading to neuronal cell death. BACKGROUND EAAs have been shown to play a role in normal auditory signal transmission in mammalian cochlea, but have also been implicated in neurotoxicity when levels are elevated. Changes in the expression of specific genes involved in the glutamatergic and apoptotic pathway would serve as evidence for excitotoxicity linked to elevated levels of glutamate. METHODS Guinea pigs underwent surgical obliteration of the endolymphatic duct, and then a timed harvest of the treated (right) and control (left) cochlea and subsequent quantification of gene expression via real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS Quantitative polymerase chain reaction data show significant upregulation of glutamate aspartate transporter and neuronal nitric oxide synthase mRNA levels 3 weeks postsurgery and Caspase 3 mRNA levels 1 week postsurgery. No significant changes were detected in glutamine synthetase expression levels. CONCLUSION Upregulation of genes involved in glutamate homeostasis and the apoptotic pathway in animals treated with endolymphatic duct obstruction (usually associated with secondary ELH) support the hypothesis that EAAs may play a role in the pathophysiology of ELH-related cochlear injury. Inhibitors to these pathways can be useful for the study of new avenues to delay or prevent ELH-related hearing loss.
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- Samantha Anne
- Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Xu T, Nie L, Zhang Y, Mo J, Feng W, Wei D, Petrov E, Calisto LE, Kachar B, Beisel KW, Vazquez AE, Yamoah EN. Roles of Alternative Splicing in the Functional Properties of Inner Ear-specific KCNQ4 Channels. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:23899-909. [PMID: 17561493 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702108200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The function of the KCNQ4 channel in the auditory setting is crucial to hearing, underpinned by the finding that mutations of the channel result in an autosomal dominant form of nonsyndromic progressive high frequency hearing loss. The precise function of KCNQ4 in the inner ear has not been established. However, recently we demonstrated that there is differential expression among four splice variants of KCNQ4 (KCNQ4_v1-v4) along the tonotopic axis of the cochlea. Alternative splicing specifies the outcome of functional channels by modifying the amino acid sequences within the C terminus at a site designated as the membrane proximal region. We show that variations within the C terminus of splice variants produce profound differences in the voltage-dependent phenotype and functional expression of the channel. KCNQ4_v4 lacks exons 9-11, resulting in deletion of 54 amino acid residues adjacent to the S6 domain compared with KCNQ4_v1. Consequently, the voltage-dependent activation of KCNQ4_v4 is shifted leftward by approximately 20 mV, and the number of functional channels is increased severalfold compared with KCNQ4_v1. The properties of KCNQ4_v2 and KCNQ4_v3 fall between KCNQ4_v1 and KCNQ4_v4. Because of variations in the calmodulin binding domains of the splice variants, the channels are differentially modulated by calmodulin. Co-expression of these splice variants yielded current magnitudes suggesting that the channels are composed of heterotetramers. Indeed, a dominant negative mutant of KCNQ4_v1 cripples the currents of the entire KCNQ4 channel family. Furthermore, the dominant negative KCNQ4 mutant stifles the activity of KCNQ2-5, raising the possibility of a global disruption of KCNQ channel activity and the ensuing auditory phenotype.
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- Tonghui Xu
- Center for Neuroscience and Communication Science Program, University of California, Davis, California 95618, USA
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Chen W, Cacciabue-Rivolta DI, Moore HD, Rivolta MN. The human fetal cochlea can be a source for auditory progenitors/stem cells isolation. Hear Res 2007; 233:23-9. [PMID: 17646067 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2007.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2007] [Revised: 05/22/2007] [Accepted: 06/06/2007] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The development of new stem cell-based technologies is creating new hopes in regenerative medicine. Hearing-impaired individuals should benefit greatly from the development of a cell-based regenerative strategy to treat deafness. An important achievement would be to develop a human-based system that could bring the advances made in animal models closer to clinical application. In this work, we have explored the suitability of the developing fetal cochlea to be used as a source for the extraction of auditory progenitor/stem cells. We have established cultures that express critical markers such as NESTIN, SOX2, GATA3 and PAX2. These cultures can be expanded in vitro for several months and differentiating markers such as ATOH1/HATH1 and POU4F3/BRN3C can be induced by manipulating the culture conditions using specific growth factors such as bFGF, EGF and retinoic acid.
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- Wei Chen
- Centre for Stem Cell Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Hayashi H, Sone M, Schachern PA, Wakamatsu K, Paparella MM, Nakashima T. Comparison of the quantity of cochlear melanin in young and old C57BL/6 mice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 133:151-4. [PMID: 17309984 DOI: 10.1001/archotol.133.2.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To elucidate the functional relationship between cochlear melanin and aging. DESIGN Melanin has been described in the cochlear labyrinth and has been suggested to protect the cochlea from various types of trauma. The quantity of melanin has been shown to change with aging in several organs; however, to our knowledge, aging changes in the cochlea have not been documented. Therefore, we chemically quantified cochlear eumelanin and pheomelanin contents and compared these in young and old C57BL/6 mice using high-performance liquid chromatography. Because melanin deposits in the cochlea present most extensively in the stria vascularis, we morphologically examined the stria using transmission electron microscopy. SUBJECTS Cochleae from an inbred strain of C57BL/6 male and female mice; 6 at the age of 10 weeks and 5 at the age of 100 weeks were studied. RESULTS The quantities of cochlear eumelanin and pheomelanin were 421 and 480 ng per cochlea in young mice, and 2060 and 765 ng per cochlea in old mice, respectively. Under transmission electron microscopy, the number of pigmented granules seemed to be greater in older mice compared with younger mice, especially in marginal cells. CONCLUSION To our knowledge, our findings are the first quantitative evidence to show an age-related overexpression of cochlear melanin and an alteration in the proportion of eumelanin and pheomelanin with aging, suggesting a possible otoprotective function of eumelanin against age-related cochlear deterioration.
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- Hideo Hayashi
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Qian D, Jones C, Rzadzinska A, Mark S, Zhang X, Steel KP, Dai X, Chen P. Wnt5a functions in planar cell polarity regulation in mice. Dev Biol 2007; 306:121-33. [PMID: 17433286 PMCID: PMC1978180 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 327] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2007] [Revised: 03/07/2007] [Accepted: 03/07/2007] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Planar cell polarity (PCP) refers to the polarization of cells within the plane of a cell sheet. A distinctive epithelial PCP in vertebrates is the uniform orientation of stereociliary bundles of the sensory hair cells in the mammalian cochlea. In addition to establishing epithelial PCP, planar polarization is also required for convergent extension (CE); a polarized cellular movement that occurs during neural tube closure and cochlear extension. Studies in Drosophila and vertebrates have revealed a conserved PCP pathway, including Frizzled (Fz) receptors. Here we use the cochlea as a model system to explore the involvement of known ligands of Fz, Wnt morphogens, in PCP regulation. We show that Wnt5a forms a reciprocal expression pattern with a Wnt antagonist, the secreted frizzled-related protein 3 (Sfrp3 or Frzb), along the axis of planar polarization in the cochlear epithelium. We further demonstrate that Wnt5a antagonizes Frzb in regulating cochlear extension and stereociliary bundle orientation in vitro, and that Wnt5a(-/-) animals have a shortened and widened cochlea. Finally, we show that Wnt5a is required for proper subcellular distribution of a PCP protein, Ltap/Vangl2, and that Wnt5a interacts genetically with Ltap/Vangl2 for uniform orientation of stereocilia, cochlear extension, and neural tube closure. Together, these findings demonstrate that Wnt5a functions in PCP regulation in mice.
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- Dong Qian
- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Qu C, Liang F, Smythe NM, Schulte BA. Identification of ClC-2 and CIC-K2 chloride channels in cultured rat type IV spiral ligament fibrocytes. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2007; 8:205-19. [PMID: 17334850 PMCID: PMC2538358 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-007-0072-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2006] [Accepted: 12/26/2006] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Voltage-gated chloride channels (ClCs) are important mediators of cellular ion homeostasis and volume regulation. In an earlier study, we used immunohistochemical, Western blot, and reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) approaches to identify ClC-K variants in types II, IV, and V fibrocytes of the rodent spiral ligament. We have now confirmed the expression of ClC-K2 in these cells by in situ hybridization. All three of these fibrocyte subtypes are thought to be involved in cochlear K(+) recycling; thus, it is important to understand the precise mechanisms regulating their membrane conductance and the role played by ClCs in this process. In this study, we report the characterization of a secondary cell line derived from explants from the region of the rat spiral ligament underlying and inferior to the spiral prominence. The cultured cells were immunopositive for vimentin, Na,K/ATPase, Na,K,Cl-cotransporter, carbonic anhydrase isozyme II, and creatine kinase isozyme BB, but not for cytokeratins or Ca/ATPase, an immunostaining profile indicative of the type IV subtype. Evaluation of the cultures by RT-PCR and Western blot analysis confirmed the presence of both ClC-2 and -K2. Whole-cell patch clamp recordings identified two biophysically distinct Cl(-) currents in the cultured cells. One, an inwardly rectifying Cl(-) current activated by hyperpolarization or decreasing extracellular pH corresponded with the properties of ClC-2. The other, a weak outwardly rectifying Cl(-) current regulated by extracellular pH, Cl(-), and Ca(2+) resembled the channel characteristics of ClC-K2 when expressed in Xenopus oocytes. These findings suggest that at least two functionally different chloride channels are involved in regulating membrane anion conductance in cultured type IV spiral ligament fibrocytes.
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- Chunyan Qu
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 165 Ashley Avenue, Suite 309, P.O. Box 250908, Charleston, SC 29425 USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 165 Ashley Avenue, Suite 309, P.O. Box 250908, Charleston, SC 29425 USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425 USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 165 Ashley Avenue, Suite 309, P.O. Box 250908, Charleston, SC 29425 USA
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425 USA
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Xu DY, Tang YD, Liu SX, Liu J. Distribution and significance of endothelin 1 in guinea pig cochlear lateral wall. J Laryngol Otol 2007; 121:721-4. [PMID: 17320001 DOI: 10.1017/s0022215107005993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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AbstractEndothelin 1 is a vasoconstrictive peptide with many biological functions. To investigate the distribution of endothelin 1 in guinea pig cochlear lateral wall and the significance of endothelin 1 in maintaining cochlear homeostasis, the immunohistochemistry avidin biotin complex method was applied by using rabbit anti-endothelin 1 polyclonal antibody as primary antibody. Endothelin-1-like activities were detected in the marginal cells, spiral prominence epithelial cells, outer sulcus cells, stria vascularis capillaries, basal cells and spiral ligament fibrocytes.These results suggest that endothelin 1 may play an important role in maintaining cochlear homeostasis.
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- D-Y Xu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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The exquisite sensitivity of the cochlea, which mediates the transduction of sound waves into nerve impulses, depends on the endolymph ionic composition and the endocochlear potential. A key protein in the maintenance of the electrochemical composition of the endolymph is the Na,K-ATPase. In this study, we have looked for the presence in the rat inner ear of members of the FXYD protein family, recently identified as tissue-specific modulators of Na,K-ATPase. Only FXYD6 is detected at the protein level. FXYD6 is expressed in various epithelial cells bordering the endolymph space and in the auditory neurons. FXYD6 co-localizes with Na,K-ATPase in the stria vascularis and can be co-immunoprecipitated with Na,K-ATPase. After expression in Xenopus oocytes, FXYD6 associates with Na,K-ATPase alpha1-beta1 and alpha1-beta2 isozymes, which are preferentially expressed in different regions of the inner ear and also with gastric and non-gastric H,K-ATPases. The apparent K(+) and Na(+) affinities of alpha1-beta1 and alpha1-beta2 isozymes are different. Association of FXYD6 with Na,K-ATPase alpha1-beta1 isozymes slightly decreases their apparent K(+) affinity and significantly decreases their apparent Na(+) affinity. On the other hand, association with alpha1-beta2 isozymes increases their apparent K(+) and Na(+) affinity. The effects of FXYD6 on the apparent Na(+) affinity of Na,K-ATPase and the voltage dependence of its K(+) effect are distinct from other FXYD proteins. In conclusion, this study defines the last FXYD protein of unknown function as a modulator of Na,K-ATPase. Among FXYD protein, FXYD6 is unique in its expression in the inner ear, suggesting a role in endolymph composition.
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- Benjamin Delprat
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 27, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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The role of G protein-mediated signal transduction in the production of endolymph, an extracellular fluid of unusual ionic composition, is beginning to be understood. The identity of Galpha subunits in the stria vascularis and the spiral ligament of the lateral wall of the cochlear duct is well established. However, little is known about the presence of betagamma subunits. This study used immunohistochemistry to investigate the distribution of G protein betagamma subunits in the lateral wall of the cochlea. Temporal bones of 6- to 8-week-old rats were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde and 0.1% glutaraldehyde and processed for embedding in paraffin wax. The dewaxed, midmodiolar sections of the cochlea were incubated with subunit-specific polyclonal antibodies. The results show that the pattern of immunoreactivity varies for the G protein beta1-4 and gamma1-3, 5 and 7 subunits in the stria vascularis and spiral ligament. In the stria vascularis, immunoreactivity was detected for beta2, beta3, beta4, gamma1, gamma2 and gamma7 subunits. All five types of fibrocytes in the spiral ligament exhibited positive staining for gamma2 and gamma7. However, immunoreactivity for beta1-4 subunits was variable. Immunoreactivity for gamma3 and gamma5 subunits was not detected in the lateral cochlear wall. The expression pattern of G protein betagamma subunits in lateral wall provides a basis for interpreting the functions of G protein-coupled receptors in cochlear fluid homeostasis.
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- Khalid M Khan
- Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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Excoffon KJDA, Avenarius MR, Hansen MR, Kimberling WJ, Najmabadi H, Smith RJH, Zabner J. The Coxsackievirus and Adenovirus Receptor: a new adhesion protein in cochlear development. Hear Res 2006; 215:1-9. [PMID: 16678988 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2006.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2006] [Revised: 02/10/2006] [Accepted: 02/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The Coxsackievirus and Adenovirus Receptor (CAR) is an essential regulator of cell growth and adhesion during development. The gene for CAR, CXADR, is located within the genomic locus for Usher syndrome type 1E (USH1E). Based on this and a physical interaction with harmonin, the protein responsible for USH1C, we hypothesized that CAR may be involved in cochlear development and that mutations in CXADR may be responsible for USH1E. The expression of CAR in the cochlea was determined by PCR and immunofluorescence microscopy. We found that CAR expression is highly regulated during development. In neonatal mice, CAR is localized to the junctions of most cochlear cell types but is restricted to the supporting and strial cells in adult cochlea. A screen of two populations consisting of non-syndromic deaf and Usher 1 patients for mutations in CXADR revealed one haploid mutation (P356S). Cell surface expression, viral receptor activity, and localization of the mutant form of CAR were indistinguishable from wild-type CAR. Although we were unable to confirm a role for CAR in autosomal recessive, non-syndromic deafness, or Usher syndrome type 1, based on its regulation, localization, and molecular interactions, CAR remains an attractive candidate for genetic deafness.
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- Katherine J D A Excoffon
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Iowa, 440 EMRB, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Bergeron AL, Schrader A, Yang D, Osman AA, Simmons DD. The final stage of cholinergic differentiation occurs below inner hair cells during development of the rodent cochlea. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2006; 6:401-15. [PMID: 16228856 PMCID: PMC2504619 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-005-0018-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2005] [Accepted: 08/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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To gain further insights into the cholinergic differentiation of presynaptic efferent terminals in the inner ear, we investigated the expression of the high-affinity choline transporter (ChT1) in comparison to other presynaptic and cholinergic markers. In the adult mammalian cochlea, cholinergic axons from medial olivocochlear (OC) neurons form axosomatic synapses with outer hair cells (OHCs), whereas axons from lateral OC neurons form axodendritic synapses on afferent fibers below inner hair cells (IHCs). Mouse brain and cochlea homogenates reveal at least two ChT1 isoforms: a nonglycosylated approximately 73 kDa protein and a glycosylated approximately 45 kDa protein. In mouse brain, ChT1 is preferentially expressed by neurons in periolivary regions of the superior olive consistent with the location of medial OC neurons. In the adult mouse cochlea, ChT1-positive terminals are located almost exclusively below OHCs consistent with a medial OC innervation. Between postnatal day 2 (P2) and P4, ChT1-positive terminals are below IHCs and occur after the expression of growth-associated protein 43, synapsin, and the vesicular acetylcholine transporter. By P15, ChT1-positive terminals are mostly on OHCs. Accounting for differences in gestational age, the developmental expression of ChT1 in the rat cochlea is similar to the mouse. However, in older rats ChT1-positive terminals are below IHCs and OHCs. In both rat and mouse, our observations indicate that the onset of ChT1 expression occurs after efferent terminals are below IHCs and express other presynaptic and cholinergic markers. In the mouse, but not in the rat, ChT1 may preferentially identify medial OC neurons.
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- Adam L. Bergeron
- Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8115, 660 South Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
- Program in Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8115, 660 South Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8115, 660 South Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8115, 660 South Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
- Program in Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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Calcium buffers are important for shaping and localizing cytoplasmic Ca2+ transients in neurons. We measured the concentrations of the four main calcium-buffering proteins (calbindin-D28k, calretinin, parvalbumin-alpha, and parvalbumin-beta) in rat cochlear hair cells in which Ca2+ signaling is a central element of fast transduction and synaptic transmission. The proteins were quantified by calibrating immunogold tissue counts against gels containing known amounts of each protein, and the method was verified by application to Purkinje cells in which independent estimates exist for some of the protein concentrations. The results showed that, in animals with fully developed hearing, inner hair cells had 110 of the proteinaceous calcium buffer of outer hair cells in which the cell body contained parvalbumin-beta (oncomodulin) and calbindin-D28k at levels equivalent to 5 mm calcium-binding sites. Both proteins were partially excluded from the hair bundles, which may permit fast unbuffered Ca2+ regulation of the mechanotransducer channels. The sum of the calcium buffer concentrations decreased in inner hair cells and increased in outer hair cells as the cells developed their adult properties during cochlear maturation. The results suggest that Ca2+ has distinct roles in the two types of hair cell, reflecting their different functions in auditory transduction. Ca2+ is used in inner hair cells primarily for fast phase-locked synaptic transmission, whereas Ca2+ may be involved in regulating the motor capability underlying cochlear amplification of the outer hair cell. The high concentration of calcium buffer in outer hair cells, similar only to skeletal muscle, may protect against deleterious consequences of Ca2+ loading after acoustic overstimulation.
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- Carole M Hackney
- MacKay Institute of Communication and Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, United Kingdom
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Buckiova D, Popelar J, Syka J. Collagen changes in the cochlea of aged Fischer 344 rats. Exp Gerontol 2006; 41:296-302. [PMID: 16427232 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2005.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2005] [Revised: 11/03/2005] [Accepted: 11/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hearing function in the Fischer 344 (F344) albino inbred strain of rats deteriorates with aging faster than in other strains, in spite of the small hair cell loss in old F344 animals [Popelar, J., Groh, D., Pelanova, J., Canlon, B., Syka, J., 2005. Age-related changes in cochlear and brainstem auditory function. Neurobiol. Aging, in press.]. This study was aimed at elucidating the structural changes in the inner ear of this rat strain during aging. Cochlear histopathology was examined in 20-24-month-old F344 rats and compared with that of young F344 rats (4 months) and of old rats of the Long-Evans (LE) strain. Hematoxylin/eosin staining in aged F344 rats showed degenerative changes in the organ of Corti, consisting of a damaged layer of marginal cells, reduced vascularization of the stria vascularis and a distorted tectorial membrane detached from the organ of Corti. Age-related changes in collagen distribution were observed with Masson's trichrome staining in the spiral ligament of old F344 rats. The results of immunohistochemical staining for type II collagen revealed a marked decrease in collagen fibers in the area connecting the spiral ligament and stria vascularis and a decrease in area IV fibrocytes in old F344 but not in LE rats. These findings may contribute to an explanation of the substantial hearing loss found in old F344 rats.
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- Daniela Buckiova
- Department of Auditory Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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Huang LC, Ryan AF, Cockayne DA, Housley GD. Developmentally regulated expression of the P2X3 receptor in the mouse cochlea. Histochem Cell Biol 2005; 125:681-92. [PMID: 16341871 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-005-0119-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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ATP-gated non-selective cation channels assembled from P2X(3) receptor subunits contribute to transduction and neurotransmitter signaling in peripheral sensory systems and also feature prominently in the development of the central nervous system. In this study, P2X(3) receptor expression was characterized in the mouse cochlea from embryonic day 18 (E18) using confocal immunofluorescence. From E18 to P6, spiral ganglion neuron cell bodies and peripheral neurites projecting to the inner and outer hair cells were labeled. The inner spiral plexus associated with the inner hair cell synapses had a stronger fluorescence signal than outer spiral bundle fibers which provide the afferent innervation to the outer hair cells. Labeling in the cell bodies and peripheral neurites diminished around P6, and was no longer detected after the onset of hearing (P11, P17, adult). In opposition to the axiom that P2X(3) expression is neuron-specific, inner and outer sensory hair cells were labeled in the base and mid turn region at E18, but at P3 only the outer hair cells in the most apical region of the cochlea continued to express the protein. These data suggest a role for P2X(3) receptor-mediated purinergic signaling in cochlear synaptic reorganization, and establishment of neurotransmission, which occurs just prior to the onset of hearing function.
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- Lin-Chien Huang
- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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Tang HY, Xia A, Oghalai JS, Pereira FA, Alford RL. High frequency of the IVS2-2A>G DNA sequence variation in SLC26A5, encoding the cochlear motor protein prestin, precludes its involvement in hereditary hearing loss. BMC Med Genet 2005; 6:30. [PMID: 16086836 PMCID: PMC1190179 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-6-30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2005] [Accepted: 08/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cochlear outer hair cells change their length in response to variations in membrane potential. This capability, called electromotility, is believed to enable the sensitivity and frequency selectivity of the mammalian cochlea. Prestin is a transmembrane protein required for electromotility. Homozygous prestin knockout mice are profoundly hearing impaired. In humans, a single nucleotide change in SLC26A5, encoding prestin, has been reported in association with hearing loss. This DNA sequence variation, IVS2-2A>G, occurs in the exon 3 splice acceptor site and is expected to abolish splicing of exon 3. METHODS To further explore the relationship between hearing loss and the IVS2-2A>G transition, and assess allele frequency, genomic DNA from hearing impaired and control subjects was analyzed by DNA sequencing. SLC26A5 genomic DNA sequences from human, chimp, rat, mouse, zebrafish and fruit fly were aligned and compared for evolutionary conservation of the exon 3 splice acceptor site. Alternative splice acceptor sites within intron 2 of human SLC26A5 were sought using a splice site prediction program from the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project. RESULTS The IVS2-2A>G variant was found in a heterozygous state in 4 of 74 hearing impaired subjects of Hispanic, Caucasian or uncertain ethnicity and 4 of 150 Hispanic or Caucasian controls (p = 0.45). The IVS2-2A>G variant was not found in 106 subjects of Asian or African American descent. No homozygous subjects were identified (n = 330). Sequence alignment of SLC26A5 orthologs demonstrated that the A nucleotide at position IVS2-2 is invariant among several eukaryotic species. Sequence analysis also revealed five potential alternative splice acceptor sites in intron 2 of human SLC26A5. CONCLUSION These data suggest that the IVS2-2A>G variant may not occur more frequently in hearing impaired subjects than in controls. The identification of five potential alternative splice acceptor sites in intron 2 of human SLC26A5 suggests a potential mechanism by which expression of prestin might be maintained in cells carrying the SLC26A5 IVS2-2A>G DNA sequence variation. Additional studies are needed to evaluate the effect of the IVS2-2A>G transition on splicing of SLC26A5 transcripts and characterize the hearing status of individuals homozygous for the IVS2-2A>G variant.
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- Hsiao-Yuan Tang
- The Bobby R. Alford Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, NA102, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- The Bobby R. Alford Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, NA102, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- The Bobby R. Alford Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, NA102, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- The Bobby R. Alford Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, NA102, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Huffington Center on Aging and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, N710, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- The Bobby R. Alford Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, NA102, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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During synaptogenesis a number of growth factors and peptides control the guidance of auditory neuron (spiral ganglion neuron, SGN) axons to their target cells. Furthermore, evidence suggests that these factors exert their actions at discrete times and sites during development. This study demonstrates that the guidance molecule netrin-1 is expressed in the early postnatal rat cochlea, but shows decreasing expression with increasing age. These results suggest that netrin-1 may be involved in guiding axonal growth from SGNs for the onset of innervation, but is not required for maintenance of synaptic connections.
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- Lisa N Gillespie
- Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne, Second Floor, Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia.
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ATP-gated ion channels assembled from P2X3 receptor (P2X3R) subunits contribute to neurotransmission and neurotrophic signaling, associated with neurite development and synaptogenesis, particularly in peripheral sensory neurons. Here, P2X3R expression was characterized in the rat cochlea from embryonic day 16 (E16) to adult (P49-56), using RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. P2X3R mRNA was strongly expressed in the cochlea prior to birth, declined to a minimal level at P14, and was absent in adult tissue. P2X3R protein expression was confined to spiral ganglion neurons (SGN) within Rosenthal's canal of the cochlea. At E16, immunolabeling was detected in the SGN neurites, but not the distal neurite projection within the developing sensory epithelium (greater epithelial ridge). From E18, the immunolabeling was observed in the peripheral neurites innervating the inner hair cells but was reduced by P6. However, from P2-8, immunolabeling of the SGN neurites extended to include the outer spiral bundle fiber tract beneath the outer hair cells. This labeling of type II SGN afferent fiber declined after P8. By P14, all synaptic terminal immunolabeling in the organ of Corti was absent, and SGN cell body labeling was minimal. In adult cochlear tissue, P2X3R immunolabeling was not detected. Noise exposure did not induce P2X3R expression in the adult cochlea. These data indicate that ATP-gated ion channels incorporating P2X3R subunit expression are specifically targeted to the afferent terminals just prior to the onset of hearing, and likely contribute to the neurotrophic signaling which establishes functional auditory neurotransmission.
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- Lin-Chien Huang
- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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OBJECTIVES To elucidate factors that may be responsible for the inhibition of remodeling of bone within the otic capsule. METHODS Expression of osteoprotegerin (OPG), receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B (RANK), and RANK ligand (RANKL) were assayed in samples of bone obtained from the otic capsule, calvarium, and femur, and from the soft tissue within the cochlea using semiquantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in mice. Immunostaining was used for histologic localization of the gene products. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to quantify the amount of OPG within perilymph, serum, and cerebrospinal fluid. The micro-anatomy of the interface between the otic capsule and the fluid spaces of the cochlea was investigated by brightfield and phase-contrast microscopy and by three-dimensional reconstruction in the mouse and human. RESULTS OPG, a powerful inhibitor of bone remodeling, was expressed at extremely high levels within the soft tissue of the cochlea and was present in the perilymph at very high concentrations. The OPG produced within the inner ear may diffuse into the surrounding otic capsule, where it may be responsible for inhibition of bone turnover. Our anatomic studies revealed an extensive system of interconnected canaliculi within the otic capsule that had direct openings into the fluid spaces of the inner ear, thus providing a possible anatomic route for the diffusion of OPG from the inner ear into the surrounding bone. CONCLUSION OPG, a potent inhibitor of osteoclast formation and function, is expressed at high levels within the inner ear and is secreted into the perilymph and the surrounding bone and may serve to inhibit active bone remodeling within the otic capsule, especially immediately adjacent to the cochlea. By this means, the cochlear soft tissue may control the nature of the surrounding petrous bone.
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- Andreas F Zehnder
- Department of Otolaryngology, MA Eye and Ear Infirmary, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Wangemann P, Itza EM, Albrecht B, Wu T, Jabba SV, Maganti RJ, Ho Lee J, Everett LA, Wall SM, Royaux IE, Green ED, Marcus DC. Loss of KCNJ10 protein expression abolishes endocochlear potential and causes deafness in Pendred syndrome mouse model. BMC Med 2004; 2:30. [PMID: 15320950 PMCID: PMC516044 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-2-30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2004] [Accepted: 08/20/2004] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pendred syndrome, a common autosomal-recessive disorder characterized by congenital deafness and goiter, is caused by mutations of SLC26A4, which codes for pendrin. We investigated the relationship between pendrin and deafness using mice that have (Slc26a4+/+) or lack a complete Slc26a4 gene (Slc26a4-/-). METHODS Expression of pendrin and other proteins was determined by confocal immunocytochemistry. Expression of mRNA was determined by quantitative RT-PCR. The endocochlear potential and the endolymphatic K+ concentration were measured with double-barreled microelectrodes. Currents generated by the stria marginal cells were recorded with a vibrating probe. Tissue masses were evaluated by morphometric distance measurements and pigmentation was quantified by densitometry. RESULTS Pendrin was found in the cochlea in apical membranes of spiral prominence cells and spindle-shaped cells of stria vascularis, in outer sulcus and root cells. Endolymph volume in Slc26a4-/- mice was increased and tissue masses in areas normally occupied by type I and II fibrocytes were reduced. Slc26a4-/- mice lacked the endocochlear potential, which is generated across the basal cell barrier by the K+ channel KCNJ10 localized in intermediate cells. Stria vascularis was hyperpigmented, suggesting unalleviated free radical damage. The basal cell barrier appeared intact; intermediate cells and KCNJ10 mRNA were present but KCNJ10 protein was absent. Endolymphatic K+ concentrations were normal and membrane proteins necessary for K+ secretion were present, including the K+ channel KCNQ1 and KCNE1, Na+/2Cl-/K+ cotransporter SLC12A2 and the gap junction GJB2. CONCLUSIONS These observations demonstrate that pendrin dysfunction leads to a loss of KCNJ10 protein expression and a loss of the endocochlear potential, which may be the direct cause of deafness in Pendred syndrome.
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- Philine Wangemann
- Anatomy & Physiology Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Anatomy & Physiology Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Anatomy & Physiology Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Anatomy & Physiology Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Anatomy & Physiology Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Anatomy & Physiology Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department Medicine, Renal Division, Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Anatomy & Physiology Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Picciotti P, Torsello A, Wolf FI, Paludetti G, Gaetani E, Pola R. Age-dependent modifications of expression level of VEGF and its receptors in the inner ear. Exp Gerontol 2004; 39:1253-8. [PMID: 15288700 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2004] [Revised: 05/19/2004] [Accepted: 06/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The mechanisms responsible for age-associated hearing loss are still incompletely characterized. In this study, we used a murine model of age-dependent hearing loss and evaluated whether this condition is associated with vascular modifications of the structures of the inner ear. We used old C57BL/6J mice that are affected by rapid and severe age-related hearing loss, and analyzed the expression pattern of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a prototypical angiogenic cytokine, and its receptors Flt-1 and Flk-1 in the inner ear. We report for the first time morphological and quantitative data about the expression of these crucial angiogenic molecules in the murine cochlea. We also show that in this animal model, cochlear VEGF expression is significantly reduced as a function of age. Our findings provide new evidence of possible interdependent relationships between aging, VEGF, and presbycusis, suggesting that vascular abnormalities might play a role in aging-associated hearing loss, with potentially important fundamental and clinical implications.
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- Pasqualina Picciotti
- Institute of Otolaryngology, A. Gemelli University Hospital, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
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Light microscopy and immunohistochemical analyses of a freshly prepared human cochlea, removed at meningioma skull base surgery, were performed with particular emphasis on synaptophysin (SY) reactivity. Synaptophysin, a 38-kDa glycoprotein, is one of the most abundant integral membrane proteins of small presynaptic vesicles and is a useful marker for sites of synaptic transmission of the efferent olivocochlear system in the cochlea. Following fixation and decalcification, cryosections of 30 microm were prepared. To introduce immunostaining, free-floating sections were exposed to monoclonal SY antibody. Positive SY immunostaining was solely restricted to the neural and sensory structures and did not include supporting cells of the organ of Corti. Dense reaction products were noted around the hair cells, especially at the basal portion of the inner and outer hair cells and their neural poles, as well as around the inner spiral bundle, tunnel spiral bundle, outer spiral bundle and upper tunnel crossing fibers. The majority of spiral ganglion cells stained positively. An intermingling network of thin unmyelinated nerve fibers stained densely, especially at the basal portions of the cochlea. The spiral limbus, inner and outer sulcus cells, basilar membrane, myelinated nerve fibers, spiral ligament and the stria vascularis were unstained. Human cochlea obtained during surgery offers excellent conditions for immunohistochemical analysis. In the basal cochlea in the organ of Corti, outer hair cell area, there may be alterations due to noise trauma from the drilling procedure.
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- Shaden Ali M Khalifa
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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Hardie NA, MacDonald G, Rubel EW. A new method for imaging and 3D reconstruction of mammalian cochlea by fluorescent confocal microscopy. Brain Res 2004; 1000:200-10. [PMID: 15053969 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.10.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/21/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Traditional methods for anatomical and morphometric studies of cochlear tissues have relied upon either microdissection of the organ of Corti or the generation of serial sections of the cochlea. Such methods are time-consuming, disruptive to three-dimensional relationships and often restrict sampling to very limited numbers of cells. We have found that cells and tissue components of the cochlear duct may be labelled by fluorescent markers within intact cochleae, which are then embedded in epoxy resin for subsequent viewing by fluorescent microscopy methods. This approach allows imaging through thick optical volumes with preservation of three-dimensional relationships. Unlike sectioned tissue, alignment of the sample relative to the focal axis may be easily corrected by re-orientation of the optical volume with common image processing software. Fluorescently labelled cochleae embedded in epoxy can be viewed by most fluorescent microscopy methods including laser scanning confocal microscopy, multi-photon confocal microscopy and widefield epi-fluorescence microscopy with deconvolution. Furthermore, semi-thin sections made from these preparations are compatible with traditional histological stains, as well as allowing brightly labelled epi-fluorescent images.
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- Natalie A Hardie
- Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center and Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Washington, Box 357923, Seattle, WA 98195-7923, USA
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Liu H, Chen X, Zhang S, Qu L, Zhao Y, Liu H, Dong M. Separation and determination of dexamethasone sodium phosphate in cochlear perilymph fluid by liquid chromatography with ultraviolet monitoring and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry characterization. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2004; 805:255-60. [PMID: 15135098 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2004.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2003] [Revised: 02/28/2004] [Accepted: 03/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The method for separation and determination of dexamethasone sodium phosphate (DexP) in cochlear perilymph fluid (CPF) of cavy was developed using HPLC with ultraviolet (UV) monitoring and electrospray ionization/mass spectrometry (ESI/MS) identification. The quantitative determination of DexP in CPF was achieved by HPLC with UV detection at 245 nm. The separation was carried out on a Phenomenex ODS(3) column ( 250 mm x 4.6 mm i.d., 5 microm) with the mobile phase of acetonitrile-5mmol/l ammonium acetate (23:77 (v/v)) at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min. DexP was baseline separated from the matrices of CPF blanks within 15 min. The linearity ranged from 0.5 to 50 microg/ml. The limit of detection was 0.10 microg/ml. The recovery ranged from 98.5 to 100.8%. The relative standard deviations (R.S.D.s) of intra- and inter-day peak area were between 0.7-1.3 and 1.2-3.5%, respectively. Both full scan MS and MS2 of DexP with positive and negative polarity were obtained and elucidated. The specific ions were chosen to characterize DexP in the CPF sample. Using the proposed HPLC-UV-ESI/MS method, the concentration of DexP in CPF samples after both vein and middle ear injections were determined, and the relationships between concentration and time were obtained. This method offered reference data for clinical investigation of DexP to cure ear diseases.
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- Hongxia Liu
- Department of Chemistry, The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Organic Chemistry of Henan, Zhengzhou University, 450052, PR China.
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Proteins of the ezrin-radixin-moesin family are ubiquitous constituents of the submembrane cortex, especially in epithelial cells. Earlier biochemical results suggested that a protein of this family occurs in the hair bundle, the cluster of actin-filled stereocilia that serves as the mechanoreceptive organelle of each hair cell in the inner ear. We prepared antipeptide antisera directed against chicken radixin and ezrin and demonstrated their specificity and absence of crossreactivity. When used in immunocytochemical studies of isolated hair cells, anti-radixin produced an intense band of labeling at the bases of hair bundles from the chicken, frog, mouse, and zebrafish. Electron microscopic immunocytochemistry disclosed that radixin labeling commenced in the stereociliary taper, peaked in the lower stereociliary shaft, and declined progressively toward the hair bundle's top. Labeling with anti-ezrin produced no signal in hair bundles. Radixin is thus a prominent constituent of stereocilia, where it may participate in anchoring the "pointed" ends of actin filaments to the membrane.
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- F Pataky
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Zhuravskii SG, Aleksandrova LA, Ivanov SA, Sirot VS, Lopotko AI, Zhloba AA. Protective Effect of Carnosine on Excitable Structures of the Auditory Apparatus in Albino Rats with Acute Acoustic Trauma. Bull Exp Biol Med 2004; 137:98-102. [PMID: 15085258 DOI: 10.1023/b:bebm.0000024398.96907.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We studied the effect of natural antioxidant carnosine on Wistar rats with experimental acoustic trauma of the auditory apparatus. Repeated intraperitoneal injection of carnosine in a dose of 200 mg/kg 12 and 0.5 h before modeling of acute acoustic trauma decreased the severity of degenerative and atrophic changes in the nuclei of hair cells in the cochleae. Carnosine compensated the deficiency of tissue antioxidant systems and suppressed generation of lipid peroxidation products in tissues of the membranous cochlea and auditory cortex of the temporal lobes. Carnosine holds much promise as a nonspecific otoprotector.
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- S G Zhuravskii
- Laboratory of Hearing and Speech, Laboratory of Pathomorphology, Department of Biochemistry, Research Center, I. P. Pavlov State Medical University, St. Petersburg.
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Mangiardi DA, McLaughlin-Williamson K, May KE, Messana EP, Mountain DC, Cotanche DA. Progression of hair cell ejection and molecular markers of apoptosis in the avian cochlea following gentamicin treatment. J Comp Neurol 2004; 475:1-18. [PMID: 15176081 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Aminoglycoside treatment induces caspase-dependent apoptotic death in inner ear sensory hair cells. The timing of apoptotic signaling in sensory hair cells following systemic aminoglycoside treatment has not been characterized in vivo. We administered a single subcutaneous injection of the aminoglycoside gentamicin (300 mg/kg) to 12-16-day-old chicks and used immunocytochemical techniques to document the following responses in affected hair cells: T-cell restricted intracellular antigen-related protein (TIAR) translocation from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, cytochrome c release from the mitochondria, caspase-3 activation, nuclear condensation, and an orderly progression of hair cell ejection from the proximal end of the basilar papilla. Hair cells in the proximal tip exhibited TIAR translocation from the nucleus and aggregation into punctate granules in the cytoplasm 12 hours after injection and the response progressed distally. Cytochrome c release from the mitochondria into the cytoplasm and caspase-3 activation were observed in affected hair cells immediately prior to and during ejection. Hair cell ejection occurred between 30 and 54 hours after injection, beginning in the proximal tip and progressing distally. Nuclear condensation accompanied ejection while the loss of: 1) membrane integrity; 2) phalloidin labeling of F-actin; and 3) TO-PRO-1 labeling of nuclear contents occurred within 48 hours following ejection. Our results present a timeline of aminoglycoside-induced inner ear sensory hair cell apoptotic death that includes an 18-hour window between the initial apoptotic response and the later stages of programmed death signaling that accompany ejection and a gradual breakdown of hair cells following ejection.
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- Dominic A Mangiardi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Furness DN, Lawton DM. Comparative distribution of glutamate transporters and receptors in relation to afferent innervation density in the mammalian cochlea. J Neurosci 2003; 23:11296-304. [PMID: 14672993 PMCID: PMC6740530] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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The local expression of proteins involved in handling glutamate may be regulated by the number and activity of synapses in regions of glutamatergic innervation. The systematically varying innervation of inner hair cells (IHCs) of the cochlea provides a model to test this suggestion. IHCs are glutamatergic and form a single row along the cochlear spiral. Along this row the number of afferent fibers terminating on IHCs increases toward the base, reaching a peak and thereafter declining. The afferents are segregated so that higher spontaneous rate fibers terminate on the pillar-cell side of the IHC and lower rate fibers terminate on the modiolar side. Using immunofluorescence and postembedding immunogold labeling, we investigated the distributions of the glutamate-aspartate transporter (GLAST or excitatory amino acid transporter 1), vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT1), and the AMPA receptor glutamate receptor 4 (GluR4) along the spiral. Immunofluorescent labeling for GLAST in IHC supporting cells increased in intensity to a peak in the region of 6-9 mm from the apex. Immunogold labeling for GLAST was greater overall in these cells in the 10 mm region than in the 1 mm region and also on the pillar-cell side of the IHC compared with the modiolar side. Immunogold labeling for GluR4 was confined to synaptic sites, represented by puncta in immunofluorescence. The relative numbers of puncta changed with a gradient similar to that of GLAST labeling. VGLUT1 labeling occurred in IHCs but showed no clear cochleotopic gradient. These data suggest that both the density of innervation and the activity levels of glutamatergic synapses may be involved in modulating regional expression of GLAST.
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- David N Furness
- MacKay Institute of Communication and Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom.
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Histological processing of the cochlea for immunochemistry is often a compromise between good anatomical resolution and preservation of antigenicity. Techniques able to preserve tissue architecture invariably demand elevated temperatures and harsh chemicals or a combination of both. The likely result is reduced antigenicity, enzyme activity and nucleic acid integrity. We have modified an existing embedding medium for use in the cochlea that operates at physiological temperature and avoids denaturing agents and organic solvents. Tissue antigenicity is maximised and anatomical detail preserved, normally two mutually exclusive goals. The method is attractive because of its simplicity, speed and transparency for easy cochlear orientation. It is also likely to be adaptable for the infiltration of other heterogeneous structures prone to distortion during frozen sectioning.
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- Patricia A Hurley
- Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Melbourne, 32, Gisborne Street, East Melbourne, Melbourne 3002, Vic., Australia
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del Castillo FJ, Rodríguez-Ballesteros M, Martín Y, Arellano B, Gallo-Terán J, Morales-Angulo C, Ramírez-Camacho R, Cruz Tapia M, Solanellas J, Martínez-Conde A, Villamar M, Moreno-Pelayo MA, Moreno F, del Castillo I. Heteroplasmy for the 1555A>G mutation in the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene in six Spanish families with non-syndromic hearing loss. J Med Genet 2003; 40:632-6. [PMID: 12920080 PMCID: PMC1735559 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.40.8.632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Skinner LJ, Enée V, Beurg M, Jung HH, Ryan AF, Hafidi A, Aran JM, Dulon D. Contribution of BK Ca2+-activated K+ channels to auditory neurotransmission in the Guinea pig cochlea. J Neurophysiol 2003; 90:320-32. [PMID: 12611976 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01155.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Large-conductance calcium-activated potassium (BK) channels are known to play a prominent role in the hair cell function of lower vertebrates where these channels determine electrical tuning and regulation of neurotransmitter release. Very little is known, by contrast, about the role of BK channels in the mammalian cochlea. In the current study, we perfused specific toxins in the guinea pig cochlea to characterize the role of BK channels in cochlear neurotransmission. Intracochlear perfusion of charybdotoxin (ChTX) or iberiotoxin (IbTX) reversibly reduced the compound action potential (CAP) of the auditory nerve within minutes. The cochlear microphonics (CM at f1 = 8 kHz and f2 = 9.68 kHz) and their distortion product (DPCM at 2f1-f2) were essentially not affected, suggesting that the BK specific toxins do not alter the active cochlear amplification at the outer hair cells (OHCs). We also tested the effects of these toxins on the whole cell voltage-dependent membrane current of isolated guinea pig inner hair cells (IHCs). ChTX and IbTX reversibly reduced a fast outward current (activating above -40 mV, peaking at 0 mV with a mean activation time constant tau ranging between 0.5 and 1 ms). A similar block of a fast outward current was also observed with the extracellular application of barium ions, which we believe permeate through Ca2+ channels and block BK channels. In situ hybridization of Slo antisense riboprobes and immunocytochemistry demonstrated a strong expression of BK channels in IHCs and spiral ganglion and to a lesser extent in OHCs. Overall, our results clearly revealed the importance of BK channels in mammalian cochlear neurotransmission and demonstrated that at the presynaptic level, fast BK channels are a significant component of the repolarizing current of IHCs.
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- Liam J Skinner
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire de l'Audition, Equipe Mixte Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale 99-27, Université de Bordeaux 2, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hôpital Pellegrin, 33076 Bordeaux, France
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Apoptosis plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of noise-induced hearing loss. The goal of this study was to determine if apoptotic pathways are suppressed by sound conditioning. Sound conditioning is a pretreatment to low-level non-damaging sound that protects against a subsequent damaging acoustic trauma. Sound conditioning protects against hair cell death and thereby preserves hearing after a subsequent acoustic trauma. Using a combination of immunocytochemical and Western blotting techniques we show that acoustic trauma causes the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria into the cytoplasm, and a decrease in bcl-2 immunoreactivity in the outer hair cells. Sound conditioning was found to trigger a protection against these detrimental changes. These data suggest that bcl-2 plays an important role in the regulation of hair cell death, and provides evidence that bcl-2 acts as an inducible neuroprotective gene that is upregulated by sound conditioning.
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- Xianzhi Niu
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Congenital hypothyroidism induces developmental abnormalities in the auditory receptor, causing deafness due to a poor development of the outer hair cells (OHCs) and a lack of synaptogenesis between these cells and the olivocochlear axons. This efferent innervation is formed by two separate systems: the lateral system, which originates in the lateral superior olive (LSO) and reaches the inner hair cells; and the medial system, which originates in the ventral nucleus of the trapezoid body (VNTB) and innervates the OHCs. A previous study carried out in our laboratory showed that in congenitally hypothyroid animals, the neurons which give rise to the efferent system are normal in number and distribution, although smaller in size. The aim of the present work was to study the efferent fibers in the auditory receptor of hypothyroid animals, by means of stereotaxic injections of biotinylated dextran amine in the nuclei that give rise to the olivocochlear system: LSO and VNTB. In hypothyroid animals, injections in LSO gave rise to lateral olivocochlear fibers lacking their characteristic dense terminal arbors, while injections in the VNTB-labeled fibers terminating in the spiral bundle region, far from the OHCs with which they normally contact. In the latter case, only a small percentage of labeled fibers reached the OHCs area, giving off only two radial branches maximum. Because the number of neurons which develop into the efferent innervation was normal in hypothyroid animals, we conclude that medial fibers may contact a new target.
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- Raquel Cantos
- Departamento de Histología y Anatomía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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Simonneau L, Gallego M, Pujol R. Comparative expression patterns of T-, N-, E-cadherins, beta-catenin, and polysialic acid neural cell adhesion molecule in rat cochlea during development: implications for the nature of Kölliker's organ. J Comp Neurol 2003; 459:113-26. [PMID: 12640664 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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We investigated the expression patterns of several cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) during rat cochlea ontogeny, from embryo day 16 to adulthood, with the use of immunohistochemistry: neural cadherin (N-cad) and polysialic acid neural CAM (PSA-NCAM) as two different neural CAM paradigms; epithelial cadherin (E-cad), which was restricted to the epitheloid phenotype; and the cytoplasmic domain-free truncated-cadherin (T-cad). We made the following observations. (1) T-cad was present in all types of fibrocyte and in subdomains within the pillar cells. (2) E- and N-cad were expressed with mutually exclusive patterns and did not overlap with T-cad. All cochlear epithelial cells, including the sensory outer hair cells (OHCs), were E-cad-positive, except for the negative inner hair cells (IHCs) and the nonsensory Kölliker's organ domain close to the IHCs. N-cad expression appeared first in the developing IHCs and then in the neighboring Kölliker's organ in an increasingly mediolateral gradient in opposition to the E-cad gradient. The OHCs, which are never N-cad positive, intensively expressed E-cad, as did the Hensen cells at the beginning of their differentiation. (3) The cadherin-linked molecule beta-catenin, absent in fibrocytes, was detected in all epithelial cell membranes and was prominent in the E-cad-rich modiolar extremity of Kölliker's organ. (4) Gradual PSA-NCAM expression was observed in the lateral portion of Kölliker's organ, and the intense PSA-NCAM expression was seen surrounding the IHCs. As development proceeded, PSA-NCAM immunoreactivity progressively became restricted to the basal poles of the IHCs, where it remained in the adult rat cochlea, suggesting a synaptic plasticity. Synaptic plasticity in rat cochlea and hypotheses about T-cad functions and neosensory features of the Kölliker's organ are discussed.
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- Lionel Simonneau
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de l'Audition-Plasticité Synaptique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U254, Université Montpellier I, 34090 Montpellier, France.
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Expression of five G protein alpha subunits was investigated in the rat cochlea by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in order to understand their role in the cochlear signal transduction mechanisms. Immunohistochemical techniques were employed to study their distribution in the lateral wall of the cochlea. Total RNA was extracted with guanidine thiocyanate from cochleas and brains of 14-21-day-old rats. The extract was treated with DNase to degrade genomic DNA. After RT, the resulting cDNA was amplified by PCR using primers specific for the nucleotide sequences representing alpha subunits of heterotrimeric G proteins. The results indicated that mRNA for all five alpha subunits was expressed in the brain and cochlear samples. For immunohistochemical localization, temporal bones of 6-week-old rats were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde and 0.1% glutaraldehyde and processed for embedding in paraffin wax. The dewaxed, midmodiolar sections of the cochlea were incubated with subunit-specific polyclonal antibodies. The pattern of immunoreactivity varied for the five G protein alpha subunits studied in the stria vascularis and spiral ligament. The significance of these findings and the role of G protein alpha subunits in cochlear fluid homeostasis are discussed.
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- Khalid M Khan
- Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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In the auditory system, efforts to reduce degeneration of spiral ganglion neurons have the immediate objective of improving clinical benefits of cochlear implants, which are small devices designed to stimulate spiral ganglion neurons electronically. Recent studies have indicated several neurotrophins can enhance survival of spiral ganglion neurons. However, the strategy for application of neurotrophins in inner ear is still a matter of debate. In this study, we examined the potential of cell therapy as a strategy for application of neurotrophins in the inner ear. Neural stem cells obtained from green fluorescent protein-transgenic mice were used as donor cells. Medium containing neural stem cells was injected into mouse inner ear. Histological analysis 4 weeks later revealed that transplant-derived cells survived in inner ear and that most transplant-derived cells in the cochlea had differentiated into glial cells. Moreover, expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor was observed in transplant-derived cells. These findings indicate that transplantation of neural stem cells can be a useful strategy for application of neurotrophins in inner ear.
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- Fukuichiro Iguchi
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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Maison SF, Adams JC, Liberman MC. Olivocochlear innervation in the mouse: immunocytochemical maps, crossed versus uncrossed contributions, and transmitter colocalization. J Comp Neurol 2003; 455:406-16. [PMID: 12483691 PMCID: PMC1805785 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [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] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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To further understand the roles and origins of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the efferent innervation of the cochlea, we first produced in the mouse an immunocytochemical map of the efferent terminals that contain acetylcholine (ACh), CGRP, and GABA. Olivocochlear (OC) terminals in inner and outer hair cell (IHC and OHC) regions were analyzed quantitatively along the cochlear spiral via light-microscopic observation of cochlear wholemounts immunostained with antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAT), or the peptide CGRP. Further immunochemical characterization was performed in mice with chronic OC transection at the floor of the fourth ventricle to distinguish crossed from uncrossed contributions and, indirectly, the contributions of lateral versus medial components of the OC system. The results in mouse showed that (1) there are prominent GABAergic, cholinergic, and CGRPergic innervations in the OHC and IHC regions, (2) GABA and CGRP are extensively colocalized with ACh in all OC terminals in the IHC and OHC areas, (3) the longitudinal gradient of OC innervation peaks roughly at the 10-kHz region in the OHC area and is more uniform along the cochlear spiral in the IHC area, (4) in contrast to other mammalian species there is no radial gradient of OC innervation of the OHCs, and (5) all OHC efferent terminals arise from the medial OC system and terminals in the IHC area arise from the lateral OC system.
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- Stéphane F Maison
- Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School and Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-3096, USA.
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