Connexin-Mediated Signaling in Nonsensory Cells Is Crucial for the Development of Sensory Inner Hair Cells in the Mouse Cochlea

被引:6
作者
Johnson, Stuart L. [1 ]
Ceriani, Federico [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Houston, Oliver [1 ]
Polishchuk, Roman [5 ]
Polishchuk, Elena [5 ]
Crispino, Giulia [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Zorzi, Veronica [3 ,4 ]
Mammano, Fabio [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Marcotti, Walter [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sheffield, Dept Biomed Sci, Sheffield S10 2TN, S Yorkshire, England
[2] Univ Padua, Dept Phys & Astron G Galilei, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[3] Fdn Adv Biomed Res, Venetian Inst Mol Med, I-35129 Padua, Italy
[4] Italian Natl Res Council, Inst Cell Biol & Neurobiol, Dept Biomed Sci, I-00015 Monterotondo, Italy
[5] Telethon Inst Genet & Med, I-80131 Naples, Italy
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
cochlea; connexin; deafness; development; gap-junction; inner hair cells; GAP-JUNCTIONS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; ATP RELEASE; EAR; CA2+; DEAFNESS; EXPRESSION; MATURATION; MECHANISMS; CHANNELS;
D O I
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2251-16.2017
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Mutations in the genes encoding for gap junction proteins connexin 26 (Cx26) and connexin 30 (Cx30) have been linked to syndromic and nonsyndromic hearing loss in mice and humans. The release of ATP from connexin hemichannels in cochlear nonsensory cells has been proposed to be the main trigger for action potential activity in immature sensory inner hair cells (IHCs), which is crucial for the refinement of the developing auditory circuitry. Using connexin knock-out mice, we show that IHCs fire spontaneous action potentials even in the absence of ATP-dependent intercellular Ca2+ signaling in the nonsensory cells. However, this signaling from nonsensory cells was able to increase the intrinsic IHC firing frequency. We also found that connexin expression is key to IHC functional maturation. In Cx26 conditional knock-out mice (Cx26(Sox10-Cre)), the maturation of IHCs, which normally occurs at approximately postnatal day 12, was partially prevented. Although Cx30 has been shown not to be required for hearing in young adult mice, IHCs from Cx30 knock-out mice exhibited a comprehensive brake in their development, such that their basolateral membrane currents and synaptic machinery retain a prehearing phenotype. We propose that IHC functional differentiation into mature sensory receptors is initiated in the prehearing cochlea provided that the expression of either connexin reaches a threshold level. As such, connexins regulate one of the most crucial functional refinements in the mammalian cochlea, the disruption of which contributes to the deafness phenotype observed in mice and DFNB1 patients.
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页码:258 / 268
页数:11
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