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Ibrahim BA, Louie JJ, Shinagawa Y, Xiao G, Asilador AR, Sable HJK, Schantz SL, Llano DA. Developmental Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls Prevents Recovery from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Disrupts the Functional Organization of the Inferior Colliculus. J Neurosci 2023; 43:4580-4597. [PMID: 37147134 PMCID: PMC10286948 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0030-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Exposure to combinations of environmental toxins is growing in prevalence; and therefore, understanding their interactions is of increasing societal importance. Here, we examined the mechanisms by which two environmental toxins, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and high-amplitude acoustic noise, interact to produce dysfunction in central auditory processing. PCBs are well established to impose negative developmental impacts on hearing. However, it is not known whether developmental exposure to this ototoxin alters the sensitivity to other ototoxic exposures later in life. Here, male mice were exposed to PCBs in utero, and later as adults were exposed to 45 min of high-intensity noise. We then examined the impacts of the two exposures on hearing and the organization of the auditory midbrain using two-photon imaging and analysis of the expression of mediators of oxidative stress. We observed that developmental exposure to PCBs blocked hearing recovery from acoustic trauma. In vivo two-photon imaging of the inferior colliculus (IC) revealed that this lack of recovery was associated with disruption of the tonotopic organization and reduction of inhibition in the auditory midbrain. In addition, expression analysis in the inferior colliculus revealed that reduced GABAergic inhibition was more prominent in animals with a lower capacity to mitigate oxidative stress. These data suggest that combined PCBs and noise exposure act nonlinearly to damage hearing and that this damage is associated with synaptic reorganization, and reduced capacity to limit oxidative stress. In addition, this work provides a new paradigm by which to understand nonlinear interactions between combinations of environmental toxins.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Exposure to common environmental toxins is a large and growing problem in the population. This work provides a new mechanistic understanding of how the prenatal and postnatal developmental changes induced by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) could negatively impact the resilience of the brain to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) later in adulthood. The use of state-of-the-art tools, including in vivo multiphoton microscopy of the midbrain helped in identifying the long-term central changes in the auditory system after the peripheral hearing damage induced by such environmental toxins. In addition, the novel combination of methods employed in this study will lead to additional advances in our understanding of mechanisms of central hearing loss in other contexts.
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- Baher A Ibrahim
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- The Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38152
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Trivedi B, Ojha T, Soni NK, Bansal M, Sharma K, Chhabra B. Evaluating the Incidence of Audiological Derangement in Cases of Thyroid Hormone Imbalance. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023; 75:574-577. [PMID: 37206766 PMCID: PMC10188690 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-023-03655-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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Thyroid hormone disorders are both congenital as well as acquired. According to a projection from several studies on thyroid diseases, it has been estimated that about 42 million people in India suffer from various kind of thyroid diseases (1) Thyroid hormone is closely associated with the development of the cognitive functions, thus deficiency of this hormone is said to have effect an overall impact on proper functioning of the body. The normal functioning of the thyroid gland and adequate levels in the blood are Needed for the formation and functioning of the middle ear, inner ear and the central auditory pathway. Thus, congenital hypothyroidism (CH) can be a potential risk factor for hearing impairment (2) if the hormones decrease or are absent during the development of the peripheral and central auditory system structures. This study was undertaken with the objective of studying the pattern of hearing loss in patients who have a deranged thyroid profile. The study was conducted among 50 patients who were known cases of thyroid disorder in the Otorhinolaryngology Department of our institute. The study was hospital based observational clinical study. The patients were subjected to thyroid profile test After this, those who satisfied the inclusion and exclusion criteria and were included, after detailed history and examination, patients were subjected to PTA, hearing loss was classified according to WHO guidelines. The age group of the patients was from 30-55 yrs. with the mean age being 42. On the basis of the t3, t4 and tsh levels, in the current study out of 50 patients,40 were hypothyroid (80%),with male to female ratio of 6:4. On pure tone audiometry, 15 patients had decreased hearing. The other 25 had normal hearing. The incidence of hearing loss in hypothyoroid patients in our study is 37.5%. On analaysis the PTA reports of these patients,9 patients (22.5%) had conductive hearing loss of mild variety, the mean value of hearing loss being 26.2 decibels. 2 (5%) patients had mixed variety of hearing loss, with sensorineural hearing loss at higher frequencies. All the remaining patients had sensorineural type of hearing loss, i.e., 10%. Of the 10 patients, that have hyperthyroidism 8 were female and 2 were male. 3 patients (30%) had hearing loss, all these 3 patients reported hearing losses at high frequencies and had moderate type of sensorineural hearing loss. Conclusion- From our current study, we could see that hearing loss is present in both extremes of thyroid hormone imbalance The dominant variety of hearing loss in thyroid disorder is sensorineural type, because thyroid hormone imbalance affects the inner ear function.
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- Bhargavi Trivedi
- Department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhimedical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhimedical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhimedical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhimedical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhimedical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhimedical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India
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Ibrahim BA, Louie J, Shinagawa Y, Xiao G, Asilador AR, Sable HJK, Schantz SL, Llano DA. Developmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls prevents recovery from noise-induced hearing loss and disrupts the functional organization of the inferior colliculus. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.03.23.534008. [PMID: 36993666 PMCID: PMC10055398 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.23.534008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
Abstract
Exposure to combinations of environmental toxins is growing in prevalence, and therefore understanding their interactions is of increasing societal importance. Here, we examined the mechanisms by which two environmental toxins - polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and high-amplitude acoustic noise - interact to produce dysfunction in central auditory processing. PCBs are well-established to impose negative developmental impacts on hearing. However, it is not known if developmental exposure to this ototoxin alters the sensitivity to other ototoxic exposures later in life. Here, male mice were exposed to PCBs in utero, and later as adults were exposed to 45 minutes of high-intensity noise. We then examined the impacts of the two exposures on hearing and the organization of the auditory midbrain using two-photon imaging and analysis of the expression of mediators of oxidative stress. We observed that developmental exposure to PCBs blocked hearing recovery from acoustic trauma. In vivo two-photon imaging of the inferior colliculus revealed that this lack of recovery was associated with disruption of the tonotopic organization and reduction of inhibition in the auditory midbrain. In addition, expression analysis in the inferior colliculus revealed that reduced GABAergic inhibition was more prominent in animals with a lower capacity to mitigate oxidative stress. These data suggest that combined PCBs and noise exposure act nonlinearly to damage hearing and that this damage is associated with synaptic reorganization, and reduced capacity to limit oxidative stress. In addition, this work provides a new paradigm by which to understand nonlinear interactions between combinations of environmental toxins. Significance statement Exposure to common environmental toxins is a large and growing problem in the population. This work provides a new mechanistic understanding of how the pre-and postnatal developmental changes induced by polychlorinated biphenyls could negatively impact the resilience of the brain to noise-induced hearing loss later in adulthood. The use of state-of-the-art tools, including in vivo multiphoton microscopy of the midbrain helped in identifying the long-term central changes in the auditory system after the peripheral hearing damage induced by such environmental toxins. In addition, the novel combination of methods employed in this study will lead to additional advances in our understanding of mechanisms of central hearing loss in other contexts.
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- Baher A. Ibrahim
- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Neuroscience Program, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Neuroscience Program, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- The Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Comparative Biosciences, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Neuroscience Program, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Bai X, Xu K, Xie L, Qiu Y, Chen S, Sun Y. The Dual Roles of Triiodothyronine in Regulating the Morphology of Hair Cells and Supporting Cells during Critical Periods of Mouse Cochlear Development. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24054559. [PMID: 36901990 PMCID: PMC10003541 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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Clinically, thyroid-related diseases such as endemic iodine deficiency and congenital hypothyroidism are associated with hearing loss, suggesting that thyroid hormones are essential for the development of normal hearing. Triiodothyronine (T3) is the main active form of thyroid hormone and its effect on the remodeling of the organ of Corti remain unclear. This study aims to explore the effect and mechanism of T3 on the remodeling of the organ of Corti and supporting cells development during early development. In this study, mice treated with T3 at postnatal (P) day 0 or P1 showed severe hearing loss with disordered stereocilia of the outer hair cells (OHCs) and impaired function of mechanoelectrical transduction of OHCs. In addition, we found that treatment with T3 at P0 or P1 resulted in the overproduction of Deiter-like cells. Compared with the control group, the transcription levels of Sox2 and notch pathway-related genes in the cochlea of the T3 group were significantly downregulated. Furthermore, Sox2-haploinsufficient mice treated with T3 not only showed excess numbers of Deiter-like cells but also a large number of ectopic outer pillar cells (OPCs). Our study provides new evidence for the dual roles of T3 in regulating both hair cells and supporting cell development, suggesting that it is possible to increase the reserve of supporting cells.
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- Xue Bai
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Correspondence: (S.C.); (Y.S.); Tel.: +86-27-8535-1632 (Y.S.)
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, Wuhan 430022, China
- Correspondence: (S.C.); (Y.S.); Tel.: +86-27-8535-1632 (Y.S.)
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Álvarez Montero OL, Rodríguez Valiente A, Górriz Gil C, García Berrocal JR. Audiological evaluation (128-20,000Hz) in women with autoimmune thyroiditis: The role of antibodies vs. l-thyroxine deficiency. ACTA OTORRINOLARINGOLOGICA ESPANOLA 2023; 74:50-58. [PMID: 36709799 DOI: 10.1016/j.otoeng.2021.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Although sensorineural hearing loss may have different aetiologies, we focused on autoimmune hearing loss since it may be reversible with corticosteroid therapy; this entity is sometimes associated with systemic autoimmune diseases. Hashimoto's thyroiditis or chronic autoimmune thyroiditis shows antibodies and may be harmful to hearing thresholds regardless of hypothyroidism effect. To date this effect has not been sufficiently studied and never with extended high frequencies. The aim of this work is to study by age groups whether hearing thresholds in the human auditory range (128-20,000Hz) are affected in Hashimoto's disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two groups of 128 patients affected by Hashimoto's thyroiditis were included. First group: patients with pathological antithyroid antibodies who do not need L-thyroxine treatment. Second group: patients controlled with L-thyroxine substitutive treatment. Audiometric threshold study comparing between the groups of patients and a group of 209 controls was performed. All patients underwent complete otorhinolaryngological examination, antithyroid antibodies, TSH, T3 and T4 blood levels, tympanometry, conventional pure-tone audiometry, and extended-high-frequency audiometry. RESULTS All patients were women. Both groups showed worst audiometric thresholds than the control group; both study groups showed worse hearing than controls, this difference was statistically significant in all frequencies. In the 8-20kHz frequency range, this difference was more than 10dB, and in the 9-16kHz and 20kHz range this difference was more than 20dB. When separated by age groups, in younger subjects (20-29 years) these differences were found in all frequencies, except for conversational frequencies (500-4,000Hz); between 30 and 49 years the difference is statistically significant in all frequencies; and from 50 to 69 years differences are found, especially in the conversational frequencies. CONCLUSIONS This first work studying the human auditory range in the chronic autoimmune thyroiditis or Hashimoto's thyroiditis confirms that hearing loss related to the autoimmune disorder predominates at extended-high-frequencies initially. But ends up involving all frequencies in pure-tone conventional audiometry, then it may be detected in routine clinical tests. These results support the role of extended-high-frequencies audiometry to diagnose subclinical hearing loss in patients affected by Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
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- Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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Thakur PK, Nishad RK, Jain AK. Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Congenital Hypothyroid Children at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central India. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2022; 74:4393-4398. [PMID: 36742843 PMCID: PMC9895174 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-021-03063-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hearing loss has long been associated with congenital hypothyroidism and, if not noticed and treated early, may result in delayed language acquisition and difficulties in comprehension. In light of the implications of congenital hypothyroidism and its associated hearing loss, we decided to conduct this study. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of hearing loss in congenital hypothyroidism and its relation to the severity of the disease and age of initiation of treatment. This study was conducted from July 2016 to June 2021 at a tertiary care hospital in Bhopal. The hearing status of congenital hypothyroid children and matched controls was assessed by pure tone audiometry or free field audiometry and, in selected cases, with brainstem evoked response audiometry. Eight children (25%) with congenital hypothyroidism had hearing loss, compared to one (3.12%) in the control group (p < 0.05). No statistically significant difference has been found in the gender, mean age of diagnosis, mean age of initiation of levothyroxine treatment, mean screening FT4 levels, and mean screening TSH levels between congenital hypothyroid children with and without hearing loss. Due to the high prevalence of hearing loss in congenital hypothyroidism and its impact on language and cognitive development, it is critical to create awareness among healthcare professionals that children diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism must undergo audiological evaluation at the time of diagnosis and periodically thereafter. Alternatively, children with unexplained hearing loss must be screened for congenital hypothyroidism.
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- ENT Department, F H Medical College & Hospital, Etmadpur, Agra, 283202 India
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- ENT Department, Chirayu Medical College & Hospital, Bhopal, India
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Oliveira PFD, Trindade BBS, Reis PFM, Santos TFDC, Alves JCS, Santana DSD, Badauê-Passos Jr D. The Induction of Hypothyroidism During Gestation Decreases Outer Hair Cell Motility in Rat Offspring. Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2022; 26:e712-e717. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1745856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Introduction Perinatal hypothyroidism has a negative repercussion on the development and maturation of auditory system function. However, its long-term effect on auditory function remains unsettled.
Objective To evaluate the effect of prenatal hypothyroidism on the auditory function of adult offspring in rats.
Methods Pregnant Wistar rats were given the antithyroid drug methimazole (0.02% -1-methylimidazole-2-thiol– MMI) in drinking water, ad libitum, from gestational day (GD) 9 to postnatal day 15 (PND15). Anesthetized offspring from MMI-treated dams (OMTD) and control rats were evaluated by tympanometry, distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE), and auditory brainstem response (ABR) at PNDs 30, 60, 90, and 120.
Results Our data demonstrated no middle ear dysfunction, with the OMTD compliance lower than that of the control group. The DPOAE revealed the absence of outer hair cells function, and the ABR showed normal integrity of neural auditory pathways up to brainstem level in the central nervous system. Furthermore, in the OMTD group, hearing loss was characterized by a higher electrophysiological threshold.
Conclusion Our data suggest that perinatal hypothyroidism leads to irreversible damage to cochlear function in offspring.
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- Priscila Feliciano de Oliveira
- Department of Health Sciences, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil
- Department of Speech, Language and Hearing, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil
- Department of Physiology, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil
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- Department of Health Sciences, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculdade Pio Décimo , Aracaju, SE, Brazil
- Department of Physiology, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil
- Department of Science Computation, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil
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Álvarez Montero OL, Rodríguez Valiente A, Górriz Gil C, García Berrocal JR. Estudio de la audición (128-20.000 Hz) en mujeres con tiroiditis autoinmune: papel de los anticuerpos frente al déficit de hormona tiroidea. ACTA OTORRINOLARINGOLOGICA ESPANOLA 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.otorri.2021.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Northcutt KV, Leal-Medina TS, Yoon YS. Early postnatal hypothyroidism reduces juvenile play behavior, but prenatal hypothyroidism compensates for these effects. Physiol Behav 2021; 241:113594. [PMID: 34536436 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Perinatal hypothyroidism causes long-lasting effects on behavior, including hyperactivity, cognitive delays/deficits, and a reduction in anxiety. Although there is some evidence that hypothyroidism during fetal development in humans has been associated with later autism spectrum disorder diagnosis or autism-like traits, the relationships between early thyroid hormones and social behaviors are largely unknown. Previously, we found that a moderate dose of the hypothyroid-inducing drug methimazole during embryonic and postnatal development dramatically increased juvenile play in male and female rats. The goal of the current study was to determine the extent to which thyroid hormones act in prenatal or postnatal development to organize later social behaviors. Subjects were exposed to methimazole in the drinking water during prenatal (embryonic day 12 to birth), postnatal (birth to postnatal day 23), or pre- and postnatal development; control animals received regular drinking water throughout the experiment. They were tested for play behavior as juveniles (P30-32). We found an interaction between pre- and postnatal methimazole administration such that postnatal hypothyroidism decreased some play behaviors, whereas sustained pre- and postnatal hypothyroidism restored play to control levels. The effects were similar in males and females. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an interaction between pre- and postnatal hypothyroidism on later behavior. The complexity of the timing of these effects may help explain why epidemiological studies have not consistently found a relationship between gestational hypothyroidism and later behavior.
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- Katharine V Northcutt
- Biology Department and Neuroscience Program, Mercer University, 1501 Mercer University Dr., Macon, GA 31207, USA.
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- Biology Department and Neuroscience Program, Mercer University, 1501 Mercer University Dr., Macon, GA 31207, USA
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- Biology Department and Neuroscience Program, Mercer University, 1501 Mercer University Dr., Macon, GA 31207, USA
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Andrade CLO, Alves CDAD, Ramos HE. Congenital Hypothyroidism and the Deleterious Effects on Auditory Function and Language Skills: A Narrative Review. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021; 12:671784. [PMID: 34447350 PMCID: PMC8382885 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.671784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is an endocrine disease commonly found in newborns and is related to the absence or reduction of thyroid hormones (THs), which are essential for development since intrauterine life. Children with CH can develop hearing problems as THs are crucial for the auditory pathway's development and maturation. Sensory deprivations, especially in hearing disorders at early ages of development, can impair language skills, literacy, and behavioral, cognitive, social, and psychosocial development. In this review we describe clinical and molecular aspects linking CH and hearing loss.
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- Post-Graduate Program in Medicine and Health, Medical School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems, Health & Science Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
- Bioregulation Department, Health and Science Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
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Hernandez A, Martinez ME, Ng L, Forrest D. Thyroid Hormone Deiodinases: Dynamic Switches in Developmental Transitions. Endocrinology 2021; 162:bqab091. [PMID: 33963379 PMCID: PMC8248586 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqab091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Thyroid hormones exert pleiotropic, essential actions in mammalian, including human, development. These actions depend on provision of thyroid hormones in the circulation but also to a remarkable extent on deiodinase enzymes in target tissues that amplify or deplete the local concentration of the primary active form of the hormone T3 (3,5,3'-triiodothyronine), the high affinity ligand for thyroid hormone receptors. Genetic analyses in mice have revealed key roles for activating (DIO2) and inactivating (DIO3) deiodinases in cell differentiation fates and tissue maturation, ultimately promoting neonatal viability, growth, fertility, brain development, and behavior, as well as metabolic, endocrine, and sensory functions. An emerging paradigm is how the opposing activities of DIO2 and DIO3 are coordinated, providing a dynamic switch that controls the developmental timing of a tissue response, often during neonatal and maturational transitions. A second paradigm is how cell to cell communication within a tissue determines the response to T3. Deiodinases in specific cell types, often strategically located near to blood vessels that convey thyroid hormones into the tissue, can regulate neighboring cell types, suggesting a paracrine-like layer of control of T3 action. We discuss deiodinases as switches for developmental transitions and their potential to influence tissue dysfunction in human thyroid disorders.
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- Arturo Hernandez
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Maine Health, Scarborough, Maine 04074, USA
- Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
- Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Maine Health, Scarborough, Maine 04074, USA
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Laboratory of Endocrinology and Receptor Biology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Laboratory of Endocrinology and Receptor Biology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Almagor T, Rath S, Nachtigal D, Sharroni Z, Elias-Assad G, Hess O, Havazelet G, Zehavi Y, Spiegel R, Bercovich D, Almashanu S, Tenenbaum-Rakover Y. High Prevalence of Hearing Impairment in Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism. Eur Thyroid J 2021; 10:215-221. [PMID: 34178707 PMCID: PMC8216036 DOI: 10.1159/000509775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND An association between hearing impairment (HI) and congenital hypothyroidism (CH) has been reported previously. However, in general, studies were retrospective and had small sample sizes, and the results were variable and inconclusive. The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence of HI among patients with CH and to examine factors potentially predictive of HI including severity of CH, etiology of CH, and timing of treatment initiation. METHODS Audiometry was undertaken prospectively in 66 patients aged 3-21 years diagnosed with primary CH and 49 healthy matched controls. All patients with HI underwent examination by an otolaryngologist, and in patients with sensorineural loss, brainstem evoked response audiometry was performed. A next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel for genes involved in deafness was performed in patients with sensorineural HI to exclude additional genetic etiologies. RESULTS HI was found in 19 patients (28.7%). Among them, 5 (7.6%) had moderate to severe bilateral sensorineural impairment and 14 (21.2%) had mild conductive HI. Conductive HI was bilateral in 5 of these patients (36%). None of the controls had HI. No specific etiology was found in patients with HI, and no differences were identified in age at diagnosis, age at initiation of levothyroxine (LT4) therapy, gender, or ethnicity between patients with and without HI. A nonsignificant trend toward lower mean screening TT4 levels was found in patients with HI (compared to those without HI) (3.42 vs. 5.34 μg/dL, p = 0.095). No pathogenic variants in genes attributed to HI were identified by NGS in the 5 patients with sensorineural deafness, indicating that HI in these patients was likely attributable to CH rather than other genetic etiologies. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate a high prevalence of HI among patients with CH, predominantly of the conductive type. HI was not associated with the etiology of CH or with delayed initiation of LT4 therapy. Audiometry is recommended for children diagnosed with CH and repeat monitoring may be warranted to identify acquired HI and to prevent long-term sequelae of undiagnosed deafness.
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- Tal Almagor
- Pediatric Endocrine Institute, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
- Pediatric Department B, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
- Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion − Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Pediatric Endocrine Institute, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
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- Pediatric Endocrine Institute, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
- Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion − Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Pediatric Endocrine Institute, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
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- Pediatric Department B, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
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- Pediatric Department B, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
- Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion − Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Faculty of Medical Science, Tel Hai Academic College Upper Galilee, Tel Hai, Israel
- GGA − Galil Genetic Analysis Laboratory Ltd., Kazerin, Israel
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- The National Newborn Screening Program, Ministry of Health, Tel-HaShomer, Israel
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- Pediatric Endocrine Institute, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
- Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion − Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- *Yardena Tenenbaum-Rakover, Pediatric Endocrine Institute, Ha'Emek Medical Center, 24 Yitzhak Rabin Ave., Afula 1834111 (Israel),
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Schiera G, Di Liegro CM, Di Liegro I. Involvement of Thyroid Hormones in Brain Development and Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:2693. [PMID: 34070729 PMCID: PMC8197921 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13112693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The development and maturation of the mammalian brain are regulated by thyroid hormones (THs). Both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism cause serious anomalies in the organization and function of the nervous system. Most importantly, brain development is sensitive to TH supply well before the onset of the fetal thyroid function, and thus depends on the trans-placental transfer of maternal THs during pregnancy. Although the mechanism of action of THs mainly involves direct regulation of gene expression (genomic effects), mediated by nuclear receptors (THRs), it is now clear that THs can elicit cell responses also by binding to plasma membrane sites (non-genomic effects). Genomic and non-genomic effects of THs cooperate in modeling chromatin organization and function, thus controlling proliferation, maturation, and metabolism of the nervous system. However, the complex interplay of THs with their targets has also been suggested to impact cancer proliferation as well as metastatic processes. Herein, after discussing the general mechanisms of action of THs and their physiological effects on the nervous system, we will summarize a collection of data showing that thyroid hormone levels might influence cancer proliferation and invasion.
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- Gabriella Schiera
- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche) (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy; (G.S.); (C.M.D.L.)
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche) (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy; (G.S.); (C.M.D.L.)
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze e Diagnostica avanzata) (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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Jeng JY, Harasztosi C, Carlton A, Corns L, Marchetta P, Johnson SL, Goodyear RJ, Legan KP, Rüttiger L, Richardson GP, Marcotti W. MET currents and otoacoustic emissions from mice with a detached tectorial membrane indicate the extracellular matrix regulates Ca 2+ near stereocilia. J Physiol 2021; 599:2015-2036. [PMID: 33559882 PMCID: PMC7612128 DOI: 10.1113/jp280905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 10/11/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS The aim was to determine whether detachment of the tectorial membrane (TM) from the organ of Corti in Tecta/Tectb-/- mice affects the biophysical properties of cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs). Tecta/Tectb-/- mice have highly elevated hearing thresholds, but OHCs mature normally. Mechanoelectrical transducer (MET) channel resting open probability (Po ) in mature OHC is ∼50% in endolymphatic [Ca2+ ], resulting in a large standing depolarizing MET current that would allow OHCs to act optimally as electromotile cochlear amplifiers. MET channel resting Po in vivo is also high in Tecta/Tectb-/- mice, indicating that the TM is unlikely to statically bias the hair bundles of OHCs. Distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs), a readout of active, MET-dependent, non-linear cochlear amplification in OHCs, fail to exhibit long-lasting adaptation to repetitive stimulation in Tecta/Tectb-/- mice. We conclude that during prolonged, sound-induced stimulation of the cochlea the TM may determine the extracellular Ca2+ concentration near the OHC's MET channels. ABSTRACT The tectorial membrane (TM) is an acellular structure of the cochlea that is attached to the stereociliary bundles of the outer hair cells (OHCs), electromotile cells that amplify motion of the cochlear partition and sharpen its frequency selectivity. Although the TM is essential for hearing, its role is still not fully understood. In Tecta/Tectb-/- double knockout mice, in which the TM is not coupled to the OHC stereocilia, hearing sensitivity is considerably reduced compared with that of wild-type animals. In vivo, the OHC receptor potentials, assessed using cochlear microphonics, are symmetrical in both wild-type and Tecta/Tectb-/- mice, indicating that the TM does not bias the hair bundle resting position. The functional maturation of hair cells is also unaffected in Tecta/Tectb-/- mice, and the resting open probability of the mechanoelectrical transducer (MET) channel reaches values of ∼50% when the hair bundles of mature OHCs are bathed in an endolymphatic-like Ca2+ concentration (40 μM) in vitro. The resultant large MET current depolarizes OHCs to near -40 mV, a value that would allow optimal activation of the motor protein prestin and normal cochlear amplification. Although the set point of the OHC receptor potential transfer function in vivo may therefore be determined primarily by endolymphatic Ca2+ concentration, repetitive acoustic stimulation fails to produce adaptation of MET-dependent otoacoustic emissions in vivo in the Tecta/Tectb-/- mice. Therefore, the TM is likely to contribute to the regulation of Ca2+ levels around the stereocilia, and thus adaptation of the OHC MET channel during prolonged sound stimulation.
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- Jing-Yi Jeng
- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, THRC, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, THRC, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, THRC, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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Kim SY, Song YS, Wee JH, Min C, Yoo DM, Choi HG. Association between SSNHL and Thyroid Diseases. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17228419. [PMID: 33202999 PMCID: PMC7697232 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17228419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The association between thyroid disease and sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) has not been evaluated. We investigated the association of goiter, hypothyroidism, thyroiditis, and hyperthyroidism with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). Data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort were used. The 8658 SSNHL patients were matched in a 1:4 ratio with 34,632 controls for age, sex, and region of residence. Histories of goiter, hypothyroidism, thyroiditis, hyperthyroidism, and Levothyroxine medication were explored as possible factors influencing SSNHL development. Associations were estimated using conditional logistic regression analyses, adjusted for Levothyroxine medication use. Subgroup analyses were conducted according to age, sex, income, and region of residence. SSNHL patients had a higher rate of goiter occurrence (4.4% vs. 3.7 %, p = 0.001) and hypothyroidism (4.0% vs. 3.2 %, p < 0.001) than controls. Goiter and hypothyroidism were positively associated with SSNHL (adjusted OR =1.14 (95% CI =1.01–1.28), p = 0.043 for goiter and 1.17 (95% CI =1.03–1.33), p = 0.016 for hypothyroidism). In subgroup analyses, hypothyroidism or goiter was more prevalent in SSNHL patients than in controls. Lower-income subgroups showed associations of hypothyroidism and goiter with SSNHL. SSNHL patients were more likely to have goiter and hypothyroidism than normal individuals.
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- So Young Kim
- CHA Bundang Medical Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, CHA University, Seongnam 13496, Korea;
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- CHA Bundang Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, CHA University, Seongnam 13496, Korea;
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea;
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- Hallym Data Science Laboratory, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea; (C.M.); (D.M.Y.)
- Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Hallym Data Science Laboratory, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea; (C.M.); (D.M.Y.)
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea;
- Hallym Data Science Laboratory, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea; (C.M.); (D.M.Y.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +8231-380-3849
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Braga H, Duarte JL, da Cruz Fernandes L, Salles IC, Oliveira de Andrade CL, Ramos HE, Alves CDAD. Congenital hypothyroidism as a risk factor for hearing and parents' knowledge about its impact on hearing. J Otol 2020; 16:71-79. [PMID: 33777118 PMCID: PMC7985011 DOI: 10.1016/j.joto.2020.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Aim To evaluate the hearing of children with congenital hypothyroidism (CH) and to analyze the knowledge that parents’ have on the possible auditory impacts of the disease. Methods A total of 263 parents/guardians were interviewed about aspects of CH and hearing. Audiological evaluation was performed on 80 participants, divided into two groups: with CH (n= 50) and without CH (n=30). Clinical and laboratory CH data were obtained from medical records, pure tone auditory thresholds and acoustic reflexes were analyzed. The auditory data was compared between groups. Student’s t-test and Chi-square were used for statistical analysis at a significance level of 5% (p ≤0.05). Results The majority (78%), of the parents were unaware that CH when not treated early is a potential risk to hearing. There was no correlation between socioeconomic class and level of information about CH and hearing (p>0,05; p=0.026). There was a statistically significant difference between the auditory tone thresholds of the groups and between the levels of intensity necessary for the triggering of the acoustic reflex. The group with CH presented the worst results (p≤0.05) and absence of acoustic reflex in a normal tympanometric condition. Conclusions Children with CH are more likely to develop damage to the auditory system involving retrocochlear structures when compared to healthy children, and that the disease may have been a risk factor for functional deficits without deteriorating hearing sensitivity. The possible impacts of CH on hearing, when not treated early, should be more publicized among the parents/guardians of this population.
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- Hélida Braga
- Postgraduate Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems, Institute of Health Science - Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Valley of Canela, 40110100, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Department of Speech Therapy, Institute of Health Science - Federal University of Sergipe, Av. Marechal Rondon, 49100-000, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil
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- Department of Speech Therapy, Institute of Health Science - Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Valley of Canela, 40110100, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Department of Bioregulation, Health & Sciences Institute - Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Valley of Canela, 40110100, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.,Medical School, Institute of Health Science- Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Valley of Canela, 40110100, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems, Institute of Health Science - Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Valley of Canela, 40110100, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Medical School, Institute of Health Science- Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Valley of Canela, 40110100, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems, Institute of Health Science - Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Valley of Canela, 40110100, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.,Medical School, Institute of Health Science- Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Valley of Canela, 40110100, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Salas-Lucia F, Pacheco-Torres J, González-Granero S, García-Verdugo JM, Berbel P. Transient Hypothyroidism During Lactation Alters the Development of the Corpus Callosum in Rats. An in vivo Magnetic Resonance Image and Electron Microscopy Study. Front Neuroanat 2020; 14:33. [PMID: 32676012 PMCID: PMC7333461 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2020.00033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data of children with late diagnosed congenital hypothyroidism and cognitive alterations such as abnormal verbal memory processing suggest altered telencephalic commissural connections. The corpus callosum (CC) is the major inter-hemispheric commissure that contra-laterally connects neocortical areas. However, in late diagnosed neonates with congenital hypothyroidism, the possible effect of early transient and chronic postnatal hypothyroidism still remains unknown. We have studied the development of the anterior, middle and posterior CC, using in vivo MRI and electron microscopy in hypothyroid and control male rats. Four groups of methimazole (MMI) treated rats were studied. One group, as a model for early transient hypothyroidism, was MMI-treated from postnatal day (P) 0 to P21; some of these rats were also treated with L-thyroxine (T4) from P15 to 21. Another group modeling chronic hypothyroid, were treated with MMI from P0 to 150 and from embryonic day 10 to P170. The results obtained from these groups were compared with same age control rats. The normalized T2 signal obtained using MRI was higher in MMI-treated rats and correlated with a low number and percentage of myelinated axons. The number and density of myelinated axons decreased in transient and chronic hypothyroid rats at P150. The g-ratio (inner to outer diameter ratio) and the estimated conduction velocity of myelinated axons were similar between MMI-treated and controls, but the conduction delay decreased in the posterior CC of MMI-treated rats compared to controls. These data show that early postnatal transient and chronic hypothyroidism alters CC maturation in a way that may affect the callosal transfer of information. These alterations cannot be reversed after delayed T4-treatment. Our data support the findings of neurocognitive delay in late T4-treated children with congenital hypothyroidism.
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- Federico Salas-Lucia
- Departamento de Histología y Anatomía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, UMH - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología Comparada, Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universitat de València - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología Comparada, Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universitat de València - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Histología y Anatomía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain
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Marchetta P, Möhrle D, Eckert P, Reimann K, Wolter S, Tolone A, Lang I, Wolters M, Feil R, Engel J, Paquet-Durand F, Kuhn M, Knipper M, Rüttiger L. Guanylyl Cyclase A/cGMP Signaling Slows Hidden, Age- and Acoustic Trauma-Induced Hearing Loss. Front Aging Neurosci 2020; 12:83. [PMID: 32327991 PMCID: PMC7160671 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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In the inner ear, cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) signaling has been described as facilitating otoprotection, which was previously observed through elevated cGMP levels achieved by phosphodiesterase 5 inhibition. However, to date, the upstream guanylyl cyclase (GC) subtype eliciting cGMP production is unknown. Here, we show that mice with a genetic disruption of the gene encoding the cGMP generator GC-A, the receptor for atrial and B-type natriuretic peptides, display a greater vulnerability of hair cells to hidden hearing loss and noise- and age-dependent hearing loss. This vulnerability was associated with GC-A expression in spiral ganglia and outer hair cells (OHCs) but not in inner hair cells (IHCs). GC-A knockout mice exhibited elevated hearing thresholds, most pronounced for the detection of high-frequency tones. Deficits in OHC input–output functions in high-frequency regions were already present in young GC-A-deficient mice, with no signs of an accelerated progression of age-related hearing loss or higher vulnerability to acoustic trauma. OHCs in these frequency regions in young GC-A knockout mice exhibited diminished levels of KCNQ4 expression, which is the dominant K+ channel in OHCs, and decreased activation of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1, an enzyme involved in DNA repair. Further, GC-A knockout mice had IHC synapse impairments and reduced amplitudes of auditory brainstem responses that progressed with age and with acoustic trauma, in contrast to OHCs, when compared to GC-A wild-type littermates. We conclude that GC-A/cGMP-dependent signaling pathways have otoprotective functions and GC-A gene disruption differentially contributes to hair-cell damage in a healthy, aged, or injured system. Thus, augmentation of natriuretic peptide GC-A signaling likely has potential to overcome hidden and noise-induced hearing loss, as well as presbycusis.
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- Philine Marchetta
- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Cell Death Mechanisms Group, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine, Hearing Research, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Signal Transduction and Transgenic Models, Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Signal Transduction and Transgenic Models, Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine, Hearing Research, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Cell Death Mechanisms Group, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Machado GC, Oliveira de Andrade CL, da Cruz Fernandes L, Morais de Albuquerque J, Franco Magalhães LP, de Aragão Dantas Alves C. Study of cochlear function in neonates and infants with congenital hypothyroidism. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2019; 124:203-207. [PMID: 31212168 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the signal amplitudes of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) in neonates and infants diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism (HC) and verify their association with clinical and laboratory aspects. METHODS A cross-sectional study with a convenience sample of 22 individuals with congenital hypothyroidism and a group of 22 individuals without the disease, neonates and infants, aged 0-12 months. The TEOAE amplitudes were evaluated in both groups and compared using the Mann-Whitney test. The existence of association between TEOAE amplitudes and clinical-laboratory variables was verified through the Spearman correlation coefficient. RESULTS There were no statistically significant differences between TEOAE amplitudes between the two groups. There was an association between the amplitudes of TEOAE and serum levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (T4) in the diagnostic test. CONCLUSIONS The existence of an association between serum levels of TSH and free T4 in the diagnostic test and the amplitudes of TEOAE suggests the influence of these hormones on the auditory function.
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- Gabriela Carvalho Machado
- Postgraduate Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems, Institute of Health Science, Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, 40110100, Valley of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Postgraduate Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems, Institute of Health Science, Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, 40110100, Valley of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Department of Speech Therapy, Institute of Health Science, Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, 40110100, Valley of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Department of Speech Therapy, Institute of Health Science, Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, 40110100, Valley of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of the State of Bahia, Street Silveira Martins, 41150000, Cabula, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Medical School, Institute of Health Science, Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, 40110100, Valley of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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de Andrade CLO, Machado GC, Magalhães LPF, Cerqueira TLDO, Fernandes LDC, Ramos HE, Alves CDAD. Cochlear dysfunction evidenced by reduction of amplitude of otoacoustic responses in patients with congenital hypothyroidism. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2019; 122:12-17. [PMID: 30928865 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The investigation of amplitudes of otoacoustic emissions in congenital hypothyroidism can provide information on cochlear function with more sensibility, when compared to other methods of auditory evaluation. AIM To investigate cochlear function through the amplitude of distortion product otoacoustic emissions in individuals with congenital hypothyroidism and to correlate with clinical aspects. METHODS An exploratory, analytical, cross-sectional study with a convenience sample, composed of 50 individuals with congenital hypothyroidism and a group of 42 individuals without the disease, mean age of 8.4 (±3.1) years. The subjects of the research were evaluated by means of tonal and speech audiometry, immittance and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs). Continuous variables were described as mean or median and standard deviation. The Spearman test evaluated the correlations between the variables. RESULTS Otoacoustic emission amplitudes were significantly reduced in the exposed group, with congenital hypothyroidism, when compared to the group of individuals without the disease, especially in the medium frequencies. The Spearman test showed a slight correlation between the amplitude values of the otoacoustic emissions of some frequencies and the variables: disease time, diagnostic age, irregular serum free thyroxine hormone levels and thyroid stimulating hormone, especially in the condition of less treatment, whose correlation was negative. CONCLUSION There was a correlation between the levels of signal amplitudes of otoacoustic emissions with clinical conditions and hormonal follow-up, suggesting probable subclinical auditory impairment in this population, as well as influence of some clinical aspects of congenital hypothyroidism on auditory function.
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- Caio Leônidas Oliveira de Andrade
- Postgraduate Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems, Institute of Health Science- Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Zipe Code: 40110100, Valley of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Department of Life Sciences, University of the State of Bahia, Street Silveira Martins, Zipe Code: 41150000, Cabula, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Postgraduate Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems, Institute of Health Science- Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Zipe Code: 40110100, Valley of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Postgraduate Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems, Institute of Health Science- Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Zipe Code: 40110100, Valley of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Institute of Health Science- Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Zipe Code: 40110100, Valley of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Department of Speech Therapy, Institute of Health Science- Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Zipe Code: 40110100, Valley of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Department of Bioregulation, Health & Sciences Institute, Federal University Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Zipe Code: 40110100, Valley of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Medical School, Institute of Health Science- Federal University of Bahia, Avenue Rector Miguel Calmon, Zipe Code: 40110100, Valley of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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Genetic variation in thyroid folliculogenesis influences susceptibility to hypothyroidism-induced hearing impairment. Mamm Genome 2019; 30:5-22. [PMID: 30778664 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-019-09792-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Maternal and fetal sources of thyroid hormone are important for the development of many organ systems. Thyroid hormone deficiency causes variable intellectual disability and hearing impairment in mouse and man, but the basis for this variation is not clear. To explore this variation, we studied two thyroid hormone-deficient mouse mutants with mutations in pituitary-specific transcription factors, POU1F1 and PROP1, that render them unable to produce thyroid stimulating hormone. DW/J-Pou1f1dw/dw mice have profound deafness and both neurosensory and conductive hearing impairment, while DF/B-Prop1df/df mice have modest elevations in hearing thresholds consistent with developmental delay, eventually achieving normal hearing ability. The thyroid glands of Pou1f1 mutants are more severely affected than those of Prop1df/df mice, and they produce less thyroglobulin during the neonatal period critical for establishing hearing. We previously crossed DW/J-Pou1f1dw/+ and Cast/Ei mice and mapped a major locus on Chromosome 2 that protects against hypothyroidism-induced hearing impairment in Pou1f1dw/dw mice: modifier of dw hearing (Mdwh). Here we refine the location of Mdwh by genotyping 196 animals with 876 informative SNPs, and we conduct novel mapping with a DW/J-Pou1f1dw/+ and 129/P2 cross that reveals 129/P2 mice also have a protective Mdwh locus. Using DNA sequencing of DW/J and DF/B strains, we determined that the genes important for thyroid gland function within Mdwh vary in amino acid sequence between strains that are susceptible or resistant to hypothyroidism-induced hearing impairment. These results suggest that the variable effects of congenital hypothyroidism on the development of hearing ability are attributable to genetic variation in postnatal thyroid gland folliculogenesis and function.
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Möhrle D, Hofmeier B, Amend M, Wolpert S, Ni K, Bing D, Klose U, Pichler B, Knipper M, Rüttiger L. Enhanced Central Neural Gain Compensates Acoustic Trauma-induced Cochlear Impairment, but Unlikely Correlates with Tinnitus and Hyperacusis. Neuroscience 2018; 407:146-169. [PMID: 30599268 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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For successful future therapeutic strategies for tinnitus and hyperacusis, a subcategorization of both conditions on the basis of differentiated neural correlates would be of invaluable advantage. In the present study, we used our refined operant conditioning animal model to divide equally noise-exposed rats into groups with either tinnitus or hyperacusis, with neither condition, or with both conditions co-occurring simultaneously. Using click stimulus and noise burst-evoked Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR) and Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions, no hearing threshold difference was observed between any of the groups. However, animals with neither tinnitus nor hyperacusis responded to noise trauma with shortened ABR wave I and IV latencies and elevated central neuronal gain (increased ABR wave IV/I amplitude ratio), which was previously assumed in most of the literature to be a neural correlate for tinnitus. In contrast, animals with tinnitus had reduced neural response gain and delayed ABR wave I and IV latencies, while animals with hyperacusis showed none of these changes. Preliminary studies, aimed at establishing comparable non-invasive objective tools for identifying tinnitus in humans and animals, confirmed reduced central gain and delayed response latency in human and animals. Moreover, the first ever resting state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI) analyses comparing humans and rats with and without tinnitus showed reduced rs-fMRI activities in the auditory cortex in both patients and animals with tinnitus. These findings encourage further efforts to establish non-invasive diagnostic tools that can be used in humans and animals alike and give hope for differentiated classification of tinnitus and hyperacusis.
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- Dorit Möhrle
- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, University Hospital Tübingen, Röntgenweg 13, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Luding Road, NO. 355. Putuo District, 200062 Shanghai, China.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University Hospital Tübingen, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, University Hospital Tübingen, Röntgenweg 13, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Geissler DB, Weiler E, Ehret G. Adaptation and spectral enhancement at auditory temporal perceptual boundaries - Measurements via temporal precision of auditory brainstem responses. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0208935. [PMID: 30571726 PMCID: PMC6301773 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In human and animal auditory perception the perceived quality of sound streams changes depending on the duration of inter-sound intervals (ISIs). Here, we studied whether adaptation and the precision of temporal coding in the auditory periphery reproduce general perceptual boundaries in the time domain near 20, 100, and 400 ms ISIs, the physiological origin of which are unknown. In four experiments, we recorded auditory brainstem responses with five wave peaks (P1 –P5) in response to acoustic models of communication calls of house mice, who perceived these calls with the mentioned boundaries. The newly introduced measure of average standard deviations of wave latencies of individual animals indicate the waves’ temporal precision (latency jitter) mostly in the range of 30–100 μs, very similar to latency jitter of single neurons. Adaptation effects of response latencies and latency jitter were measured for ISIs of 10–1000 ms. Adaptation decreased with increasing ISI duration following exponential or linear (on a logarithmic scale) functions in the range of up to about 200 ms ISIs. Adaptation effects were specific for each processing level in the auditory system. The perceptual boundaries near 20–30 and 100 ms ISIs were reflected in significant adaptation of latencies together with increases of latency jitter at P2-P5 for ISIs < ~30 ms and at P5 for ISIs < ~100 ms, respectively. Adaptation effects occurred when frequencies in a sound stream were within the same critical band. Ongoing low-frequency components/formants in a sound enhanced (decrease of latencies) coding of high-frequency components/formants when the frequencies concerned different critical bands. The results are discussed in the context of coding multi-harmonic sounds and stop-consonants-vowel pairs in the auditory brainstem. Furthermore, latency data at P1 (cochlea level) offer a reasonable value for the base-to-apex cochlear travel time in the mouse (0.342 ms) that has not been determined experimentally.
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- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Wolter S, Möhrle D, Schmidt H, Pfeiffer S, Zelle D, Eckert P, Krämer M, Feil R, Pilz PKD, Knipper M, Rüttiger L. GC-B Deficient Mice With Axon Bifurcation Loss Exhibit Compromised Auditory Processing. Front Neural Circuits 2018; 12:65. [PMID: 30275816 PMCID: PMC6152484 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2018.00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Sensory axon T-like branching (bifurcation) in neurons from dorsal root ganglia and cranial sensory ganglia depends on the molecular signaling cascade involving the secreted factor C-type natriuretic peptide, the natriuretic peptide receptor guanylyl cyclase B (GC-B; also known as Npr2) and cGMP-dependent protein kinase I (cGKI, also known as PKGI). The bifurcation of cranial nerves is suggested to be important for information processing by second-order neurons in the hindbrain or spinal cord. Indeed, mice with a spontaneous GC-B loss of function mutation (Npr2cn/cn ) display an impaired bifurcation of auditory nerve (AN) fibers. However, these mice did not show any obvious sign of impaired basal hearing. Here, we demonstrate that mice with a targeted inactivation of the GC-B gene (Npr2 lacZ/lacZ , GC-B KO mice) show an elevation of audiometric thresholds. In the inner ear, the cochlear hair cells in GC-B KO mice were nevertheless similar to those from wild type mice, justified by the typical expression of functionally relevant marker proteins. However, efferent cholinergic feedback to inner and outer hair cells was reduced in GC-B KO mice, linked to very likely reduced rapid efferent feedback. Sound-evoked AN responses of GC-B KO mice were elevated, a feature that is known to occur when the efferent axo-dendritic feedback on AN is compromised. Furthermore, late sound-evoked brainstem responses were significantly delayed in GC-B KO mice. This delay in sound response was accompanied by a weaker sensitivity of the auditory steady state response to amplitude-modulated sound stimuli. Finally, the acoustic startle response (ASR) - one of the fastest auditory responses - and the prepulse inhibition of the ASR indicated significant changes in temporal precision of auditory processing. These findings suggest that GC-B-controlled axon bifurcation of spiral ganglion neurons is important for proper activation of second-order neurons in the hindbrain and is a prerequisite for proper temporal auditory processing likely by establishing accurate efferent top-down control circuits. These data hypothesize that the bifurcation pattern of cranial nerves is important to shape spatial and temporal information processing for sensory feedback control.
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- Steffen Wolter
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Physiological Acoustics and Communication, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Audiological Evaluation in Hypothyroid Patients and Effect of Thyroxine Replacement Therapy. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2018; 71:548-552. [PMID: 31742019 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-018-1395-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022] Open
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To do the audiological evaluation of patients with hypothyroidism and to assess status of hearing after thyroxin replacement therapy (TRT). Two groups were included: a hypothyroidism group (HG, n = 50), and a control group (CG, n = 50). Parameters studied: anominesic data, duration of hypothyroidism, comorbidities, cochleovestibular symptoms, biochemical and hormonal exams (TSH, FT4 and FT3), pure tone audiometry, impendence audiometry and BERA as where required. Mean age of the patients in HG was 26.5 ± 10.4 years. Male/Female ratio was 2.39. All HG patients had altered TSH values and 8% had diminished T4 values. Cochleovestibular symptoms were more common in hypothyroid patients (48%) than control (20%) p value. Pure Tone Audiometric threshold was found higher in 34% of cases. Sensorineural hearing loss was most common (76.46%) compared to conductive and mixed hearing loss. BERA showed significant prolonged absolute peak latency of wave III, inter peak latency (IPL) of wave I-III and reduced amplitude of wave Ia and Va. After thyroxine replacement therapy there was statistically significant improvement in hearing threshold in 46.42% ears (p < 0.05), (if ≥ 5 dB hearing improvement consider as significant). The significant improvement was also found in BERA, in amplitude of wave Va. Site of involvement was at several levels, middle ear, cochlear or retro-cochlear. HG patients had more cochleovestibular symptoms, higher audiometric thresholds, increase in latency of wave III, IPL of I-III and reduced Ia and Va amplitude in the BERA. After TRT improvement in hearing threshold and BERA was found.
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Boyes WK, Degn L, George BJ, Gilbert ME. Moderate perinatal thyroid hormone insufficiency alters visual system function in adult rats. Neurotoxicology 2018; 67:73-83. [PMID: 29684405 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2018.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Thyroid hormone (TH) is critical for many aspects of neurodevelopment and can be disrupted by a variety of environmental contaminants. Sensory systems, including audition and vision are vulnerable to TH insufficiencies, but little data are available on visual system development at less than severe levels of TH deprivation. The goal of the current experiments was to explore dose-response relations between graded levels of TH insufficiency during development and the visual function of adult offspring. Pregnant Long Evans rats received 0 or 3 ppm (Experiment 1), or 0, 1, 2, or 3 ppm (Experiment 2) of propylthiouracil (PTU), an inhibitor of thyroid hormone synthesis, in drinking water from gestation day (GD) 6 to postnatal day (PN) 21. Treatment with PTU caused dose-related reductions of serum T4, with recovery on termination of exposure, and euthyroidism by the time of visual function testing. Tests of retinal (electroretinograms; ERGs) and visual cortex (visual evoked potentials; VEPs) function were assessed in adult offspring. Dark-adapted ERG a-waves, reflecting rod photoreceptors, were increased in amplitude by PTU. Light-adapted green flicker ERGs, reflecting M-cone photoreceptors, were reduced by PTU exposure. UV-flicker ERGs, reflecting S-cones, were not altered. Pattern-elicited VEPs were significantly reduced by 2 and 3 ppm PTU across a range of stimulus contrast values. The slope of VEP amplitude-log contrast functions was reduced by PTU, suggesting impaired visual contrast gain. Visual contrast gain primarily reflects function of visual cortex, and is responsible for adjusting sensitivity of perceptual mechanisms in response to changing visual scenes. The results indicate that moderate levels of pre-and post-natal TH insufficiency led to alterations in visual function of adult rats, including both retinal and visual cortex sites of dysfunction.
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- William K Boyes
- Toxicity Assessment Division, Neurotoxicology Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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- Toxicity Assessment Division, Neurotoxicology Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Toxicity Assessment Division, Neurotoxicology Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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de Andrade CLO, Machado GC, Fernandes LDC, de Albuquerque JM, Casais-e-Silva LL, Ramos HE, Alves CDAD. Mechanisms involved in hearing disorders of thyroid ontogeny: a literature review. ARCHIVES OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM 2017; 61:501-505. [PMID: 28977164 PMCID: PMC10522256 DOI: 10.1590/2359-3997000000292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Endocochlear, retrocochlear and/or central origin hearing damage may be related to the absence of appropriate levels of thyroid hormone during morphogenesis and/or auditory system development. Hearing disorders related to the thyroid are not well studied, despite speculation on the pathophysiological mechanisms. The objective of this review was to characterize the main pathophysiological mechanisms of congenital hypothyroidism and to evaluate the relationship with central and peripheral hearing disorders. We conducted a literature review using the databases MedLine, LILACS, Cochrane Library, SciELO, Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Embase, and Science Direct between July and September on 2016. We identified the studies that address hearing disorder mechanisms on the congenital hypothyroidism. Congenital hypothyroidism may have clinical and subclinical manifestations that affect the auditory system and may be a potential risk factor for hearing impairment. Hearing impairment can severely impact quality-of-life, which emphasizes the importance of monitoring and evaluating hearing during the clinical routine of these patients.
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- Caio Leônidas Oliveira de Andrade
- Instituto de Ciências da SaúdeUniversidade Federal da BahiaSalvadorBABrasilPrograma de Pós-graduação dos Processos Interativos dos Órgãos e Sistemas (PPgPIOS), Instituto de Ciências da Saúde (ICS), Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ciências da SaúdeUniversidade Federal da BahiaSalvadorBABrasilPrograma de Pós-graduação dos Processos Interativos dos Órgãos e Sistemas (PPgPIOS), Instituto de Ciências da Saúde (ICS), Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brasil
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- Departamento de FonoaudiologiaInstituto de Ciências da SaúdeUniversidade Federal da BahiaSalvadorBABrasilDepartamento de Fonoaudiologia, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brasil
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- Departamento de FonoaudiologiaInstituto de Ciências da SaúdeUniversidade Federal da BahiaSalvadorBABrasilDepartamento de Fonoaudiologia, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brasil
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- Departamento de BiorregulaçãoInstituto de Ciências da SaúdeUFBASalvadorBABrasilLaboratório de Neuroimuno-endocrinologia e Toxinologia, Departamento de Biorregulação, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde (ICS), UFBA, Salvador, BA, Brasil
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- Departamento de BiorregulaçãoInstituto de Ciências da SaúdeUFBASalvadorBABrasilDepartamento de Biorregulação, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde (ICS), UFBA, Salvador, BA, Brasil
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- Faculdade de MedicinaUnidade de Endocrinologia PediátricaUniversidade Federal da BahiaSalvadorBABrasilFaculdade de Medicina, Unidade de Endocrinologia Pediátrica, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brasil
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Möhrle D, Reimann K, Wolter S, Wolters M, Varakina K, Mergia E, Eichert N, Geisler HS, Sandner P, Ruth P, Friebe A, Feil R, Zimmermann U, Koesling D, Knipper M, Rüttiger L. NO-Sensitive Guanylate Cyclase Isoforms NO-GC1 and NO-GC2 Contribute to Noise-Induced Inner Hair Cell Synaptopathy. Mol Pharmacol 2017; 92:375-388. [DOI: 10.1124/mol.117.108548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Raymaekers SR, Darras VM. Thyroid hormones and learning-associated neuroplasticity. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2017; 247:26-33. [PMID: 28390960 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Revised: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Thyroid hormones (THs) are crucial for brain development and maturation in all vertebrates. Especially during pre- and perinatal development, disruption of TH signaling leads to a multitude of neurological deficits. Many animal models provided insight in the role of THs in brain development, but specific data on how they affect the brain's ability to learn and adapt depending on environmental stimuli are rather limited. In this review, we focus on a number of learning processes like spatial learning, fear conditioning, vocal learning and imprinting behavior and on how abnormal TH signaling during development shapes subsequent performance. It is clear from multiple studies that TH deprivation leads to defects in learning on all fronts, and interestingly, changes in local expression of the TH activator deiodinase type 2 seem to have an important role. Taking into account that THs are regulated in a very space-specific manner, there is thus increasing pressure to investigate more local TH regulators as potential factors involved in neuroplasticity. As these learning processes are also important for proper adult human functioning, further elucidating the role of THs in developmental neuroplasticity in various animal models is an important field for advancing both fundamental and applied knowledge on human brain function.
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- Sander R Raymaekers
- Laboratory of Comparative Endocrinology, Biology Department, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 61, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Comparative Endocrinology, Biology Department, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 61, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Afferent synaptogenesis between ectopic hair-cell-like cells and neurites of spiral ganglion induced by Atoh1 in mammals in vitro. Neuroscience 2017; 357:185-196. [PMID: 28576729 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Revised: 05/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Newly formed ectopic hair-cell-like cells (EHCLCs) induced by overexpression of atonal homolog 1 (Atoh1) in vitro were found to possess features of endogenous hair cells (HCs) in previous reports and in the present study. However, limited information is available regarding whether EHCLCs and native spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) form afferent synapses, which are important for the restoration of hearing. In the current study, we focused on the afferent synaptogenesis between EHCLCs and SGN-derived dendrites. Cochlear explants of auditory epithelia with native SGNs retained were cultured in vitro, and human adenovirus serotype 5 (Ad5) vectors encoding Atoh1 were used to overexpress Atoh1 and induce EHCLCs. We observed that the neurites of the original SGNs extended toward the lesser epithelial ridge (LER) and innervated the EHCLCs. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed the expression of presynaptic ribbon C-terminal-binding protein 2 (CtBP2) and postsynaptic density protein (PSD)-95 in the nerve endings of SGN-derived neurons adjacent to EHCLCs. PSD-95 was located directly opposite CtBP2-positive puncta in the terminals of branches of SGNs, demonstrating that the neurites of SGNs formed afferent-like synaptic connections with EHCLCs. However, the expression of glutamate receptor type 2 (GluR2) could not be detected in the terminals of branches of SGNs surrounding EHCLCs. In addition, we found that the presynaptic ribbon (CtBP2) formation in EHCLCs preceded neural innervation. Furthermore, CtBP2-positive puncta increased and then decreased in EHCLCs, similar to the changes observed in endogenous HCs in terms of their number and distribution. Our finding of the generation of cochlear afferent synapses between EHCLCs and original SGNs will lay the foundation for regenerative approaches to restoring hearing after hair cell loss.
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Wada H. Acoustic alterations of ultrasonic vocalization in rat pups induced by perinatal hypothyroidism. Neurotoxicology 2017; 59:175-182. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2016.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2015] [Revised: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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York RG, Barnett J, Brown WR, Garman RH, Mattie DR, Dodd D. A Rat Neurodevelopmental Evaluation of Offspring, Including Evaluation of Adult and Neonatal Thyroid, from Mothers Treated with Ammonium Perchlorate in Drinking Water. Int J Toxicol 2016; 23:191-214. [PMID: 15204722 DOI: 10.1080/10915810490475835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential neurodevelopmental toxicity of perchlorate exposure during gestation and the first 10 days of lactation. Mated Sprague-Dawley rats (25/exposure group) were given continual access to 0, 0.1, 1.0, 3.0, or 10.0 mg/kg-day ammonium perchlorate (AP) in drinking water, starting gestation day 0 (mating) through lactation day 10 (DL 10). One pup/sex/litter/exposure group was assigned to (1) juvenile brain weights, morphometry, and neuropathology; (2) passive avoidance and watermaze testing; (3) motor activity and auditory startle habituation; and (4) adult regional brain weights, morphometry, and neuropathology. AP had no effect on body weights, feed consumption, clinical observations, or sexual maturation of pups at exposures as high as 10.0 mg/kg-day. There were no behavioral effects in the offspring exposed as high as 10.0 mg/kg-day as evaluated by passive avoidance, swimming watermaze, motor activity, and auditory startle. Increases in hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the thyroid follicular epithelium and a decrease in the thyroid follicle size were observed in culled male pups in the 10.0 mg/kg-day group on DL 5. The exposure level for effects on triiodothyroxine (T3), thyroxine (T4), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels for pups were 0.1, 1.0, and 3.0 mg/kg-day, respectively. There was an apparent increase in the thickness of the corpus callosum of the 10 mg/kg-day group pups on DL 12. The no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) for maternal toxicity was greater than 10.0 mg/kg-day. Based on the thyroid morphometric and histopathologic findings, the NOAEL for pup toxicity was 0.1 mg/kg-day.
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- Raymond G York
- Argus Division-DDS, Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044, USA.
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Hartwich H, Rosengauer E, Rüttiger L, Wilms V, Waterholter SK, Nothwang HG. Functional Role of γ-Crystallin N in the Auditory Hindbrain. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161140. [PMID: 27517863 PMCID: PMC4982622 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 07/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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γ-crystallins are major components of the vertebrate lens but show expression in other tissues as well. Their extralenticular functions remain so far unclear. Here, we explored such roles in the rodent superior olivary complex in which previous analysis demonstrated developmentally regulated expression of Crygd, Cryge and Crygn. Immunohistochemistry with novel antibodies against Crygd/e and Crygn indicate that expression of Crygd/e was moderate and varied between the perinatal superior olivary complex of mice, rats, and gerbils. Crygn-immunoreactivity was more robust and consistently highest in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body, but also present in other nuclei of the superior olivary complex. To analyze the function of Crygn in the auditory hindbrain, we used a Crygn allele with a floxed exon 2. Upon pairing with Egr2::Cre mice, exon 2, encoding the first two greek key motifs of Crygn, was deleted in the developing auditory hindbrain. Anatomical analysis of these mice revealed a 20% volume reduction in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body and a 7% reduction in the lateral superior olive at postnatal day 25. This was due to cell loss between postnatal days 4 and 25, whereas cell size was unaffected. Auditory brainstem responses showed normal threshold but a significant increase in the amplitude of wave IV. Crygn is hence required for postmigratory survival and proper function of auditory hindbrain neurons. These results ascertain for the first time an essential extralenticular role for γ-crystallins in vivo.
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- Heiner Hartwich
- Neurogenetics group, Center of Excellence Hearing4All, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neurogenetics group, Center of Excellence Hearing4All, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede Aulhorn Str. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Neurogenetics group, Center of Excellence Hearing4All, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neurogenetics group, Center of Excellence Hearing4All, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neurogenetics group, Center of Excellence Hearing4All, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany
- Research Center for Neurosensory Science, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany
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Möhrle D, Ni K, Varakina K, Bing D, Lee SC, Zimmermann U, Knipper M, Rüttiger L. Loss of auditory sensitivity from inner hair cell synaptopathy can be centrally compensated in the young but not old brain. Neurobiol Aging 2016; 44:173-184. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Revised: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 05/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ortiga-Carvalho TM, Chiamolera MI, Pazos-Moura CC, Wondisford FE. Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Thyroid Axis. Compr Physiol 2016; 6:1387-428. [PMID: 27347897 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c150027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis determines the set point of thyroid hormone (TH) production. Hypothalamic thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulates the synthesis and secretion of pituitary thyrotropin (thyroid-stimulating hormone, TSH), which acts at the thyroid to stimulate all steps of TH biosynthesis and secretion. The THs thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) control the secretion of TRH and TSH by negative feedback to maintain physiological levels of the main hormones of the HPT axis. Reduction of circulating TH levels due to primary thyroid failure results in increased TRH and TSH production, whereas the opposite occurs when circulating THs are in excess. Other neural, humoral, and local factors modulate the HPT axis and, in specific situations, determine alterations in the physiological function of the axis. The roles of THs are vital to nervous system development, linear growth, energetic metabolism, and thermogenesis. THs also regulate the hepatic metabolism of nutrients, fluid balance and the cardiovascular system. In cells, TH actions are mediated mainly by nuclear TH receptors (210), which modify gene expression. T3 is the preferred ligand of THR, whereas T4, the serum concentration of which is 100-fold higher than that of T3, undergoes extra-thyroidal conversion to T3. This conversion is catalyzed by 5'-deiodinases (D1 and D2), which are TH-activating enzymes. T4 can also be inactivated by conversion to reverse T3, which has very low affinity for THR, by 5-deiodinase (D3). The regulation of deiodinases, particularly D2, and TH transporters at the cell membrane control T3 availability, which is fundamental for TH action. © 2016 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 6:1387-1428, 2016.
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- Tania M Ortiga-Carvalho
- Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Moleti M, Trimarchi F, Tortorella G, Candia Longo A, Giorgianni G, Sturniolo G, Alibrandi A, Vermiglio F. Effects of Maternal Iodine Nutrition and Thyroid Status on Cognitive Development in Offspring: A Pilot Study. Thyroid 2016; 26:296-305. [PMID: 26586553 DOI: 10.1089/thy.2015.0336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Maternal iodine nutrition and thyroid status may influence neurocognitive development in offspring. This study investigated the effects on the intelligence quotient (IQ) of children born to mothers with different levels of iodine supplementation, with or without the administration of levothyroxine (LT4), prior to and during pregnancy. PATIENTS AND METHODS This pilot, prospective, observational study included four study groups, each comprising 15 mother-child pairs, identified on the basis of maternal histories of iodized salt consumption and LT4 treatment prior to and during pregnancy. The groups were labeled as follows: iodine (I), no iodine (no-I), iodine + LT4 (I + T4), and no iodine + LT4 (no-I + T4). IQ tests were administered to children at 6-12 years of age with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-3rd Edition (WISC-III), with full-scale IQ (FSIQ), verbal IQ (VIQ), and performance IQ (PIQ) being evaluated. RESULTS Children of I and I + T4 mothers had similar verbal, performance, and FSIQs, which were 14, 10, and 13 points higher, respectively, than children born to no-I and no-I + T4 mothers. A positive association was found between VIQ and maternal urinary iodine (β = 1.023 [confidence interval (CI) 1.003-1.043]; p = 0.028), but not with maternal free thyroxine concentrations at any stage of pregnancy. Overall, the prevalence of borderline or defective cognitive function was more than threefold higher in the children of mothers not using iodized salt than of those mothers using it (76.9% vs. 23.1%, odds ratio 7.667 [CI 2.365-24.856], χ2 = 12.65; p = 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Neuro-intellectual outcomes in children appear to be more dependent on their mothers' nutritional iodine status than on maternal thyroid function. These results support the growing body of evidence that prenatal, mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency adversely affects cognitive development later in life, with a seemingly greater impact on verbal abilities.
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- Mariacarla Moleti
- 1 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina , Messina, Italy
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- 1 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina , Messina, Italy
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- 2 Department of Pediatric, Gynecological, and Biomedical Sciences, University of Messina , Messina, Italy
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- 2 Department of Pediatric, Gynecological, and Biomedical Sciences, University of Messina , Messina, Italy
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- 1 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina , Messina, Italy
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- 1 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina , Messina, Italy
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- 3 Department of Economic Sciences, University of Messina , Messina, Italy
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- 1 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina , Messina, Italy
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Sundaresan S, Balasubbu S, Mustapha M. Thyroid hormone is required for the pruning of afferent type II spiral ganglion neurons in the mouse cochlea. Neuroscience 2015; 312:165-78. [PMID: 26592716 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Revised: 11/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Afferent connections to the sensory inner (IHCs) and outer hair cells (OHCs) in the cochlea refine and functionally mature during the thyroid hormone (TH)-critical period of inner ear development that occurs perinatally in rodents. In this study, we investigated the effects of hypothyroidism on afferent type II innervation to outer hair cells using the Snell dwarf mouse (Pit1(dw)). Using a transgenic approach to specifically label type II spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs), we found that lack of TH causes persistence of excess type II SGN connections to the OHCs, as well as continued expression of the hair cell functional marker, otoferlin (OTOF), in the OHCs beyond the maturation period. We also observed a concurrent delay in efferent attachment to the OHCs. Supplementing with TH during the early postnatal period from postnatal day (P) 3 to P4 reversed the defect in type II SGN pruning but did not alter OTOF expression. Our results show that hypothyroidism causes a defect in the large-scale pruning of afferent type II SGNs in the cochlea, and a delay in efferent attachment and the maturation of OTOF expression. Our data suggest that the state of maturation of hair cells, as determined by OTOF expression, may not regulate the pruning of their afferent innervation.
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- S Sundaresan
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94035, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94035, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94035, United States.
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Orlando MS, Dziorny AC, Harrington D, Love T, Shamlaye CF, Watson GE, van Wijngaarden E, Davidson PW, Myers GJ. Associations between prenatal and recent postnatal methylmercury exposure and auditory function at age 19 years in the Seychelles Child Development Study. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2015; 46:68-76. [PMID: 25462959 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2014.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine if prenatal or recent postnatal methylmercury (MeHg) exposure from consuming ocean fish and seafood is associated with auditory deficits in young adults. Some investigators have reported adverse associations while others have found no associations. Ocean fish is an important nutrient source for billions of people around the world. Consequently, determining if there is an adverse association with objective auditory measures is important in assessing whether a risk is present or not. DESIGN The peripheral and central auditory function of 534 subjects in the Seychelles Child Development Study (SCDS) Main Cohort was examined at age of 19 years. The auditory test battery included standard pure-tone audiometry, tympanometry, auditory brainstem response (ABR) latencies, and both click-evoked and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (OAE). Associations with MeHg were evaluated with multiple linear regression models, adjusting for sex, recent postnatal MeHg exposure, and hearing loss. RESULTS Bilateral hearing loss (defined as a mean pure-tone threshold of greater than 25 dB) was present in 1.1%of the subjects and was not associated with prenatal or recent postnatal MeHg exposure. As expected, absolute and interwave ABR latencies were shorter for women as compared to men, as the stimulus presentation rate decreased from 69.9 to 19.9 clicks/s and as the stimulus intensity increased from 60 to 80 dBnHL. Similarly, larger OAE amplitudes were elicited in women as compared to men and in the right ears as compared to the left. There was no association of prenatal MeHg exposure with hearing loss, ABR absolute and interwave latencies or OAE amplitudes. As recent postnatal MeHg increased, some associations were found with a few ABR absolute and interwave latencies and a few OAE amplitudes. However, the direction of these associations was inconsistent. As recent postnatal MeHg levels increased the wave I absolute latencies were shorter at 80 dBnHL for all three click rates, but the interwave I–V latency was longer for males for the 80 dBnHL 19 clicks/s and for the III–V interwave latencies for males and females for the dBnHL 69 clicks/s. Similarly, smaller OAE amplitudes were found at 1500, 2000, and 4000 Hz for males while larger OAE amplitudes were found for females at 1500 and 2000 Hz as the recent postnatal MeHg levels increased. CONCLUSIONS No consistent associations were present in this study between prenatal MeHg exposure from consumption of oceanic fish and seafood during pregnancy and auditory functions at 19 years of age. Given the level of prenatal exposure to MeHg, the number of audiologic measures tested, and the presence of the expected sex, click rate, and level dependent findings, it seems unlikely that an association was present and not detected. As recent postnatal MeHg exposure increased, a few associations with ABR latencies and OAE amplitudes were found. The direction of these associations was inconsistent as some showed improved performance as MeHg exposure levels increased while others showed poorer performance. The presence of the inconsistent postnatal MeHg exposure findings are intriguing and deserve further clarification.
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- Mark S Orlando
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642,USA.
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Chumak T, Rüttiger L, Lee SC, Campanelli D, Zuccotti A, Singer W, Popelář J, Gutsche K, Geisler HS, Schraven SP, Jaumann M, Panford-Walsh R, Hu J, Schimmang T, Zimmermann U, Syka J, Knipper M. BDNF in Lower Brain Parts Modifies Auditory Fiber Activity to Gain Fidelity but Increases the Risk for Generation of Central Noise After Injury. Mol Neurobiol 2015; 53:5607-27. [PMID: 26476841 PMCID: PMC5012152 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9474-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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For all sensory organs, the establishment of spatial and temporal cortical resolution is assumed to be initiated by the first sensory experience and a BDNF-dependent increase in intracortical inhibition. To address the potential of cortical BDNF for sound processing, we used mice with a conditional deletion of BDNF in which Cre expression was under the control of the Pax2 or TrkC promoter. BDNF deletion profiles between these mice differ in the organ of Corti (BDNFPax2-KO) versus the auditory cortex and hippocampus (BDNFTrkC-KO). We demonstrate that BDNFPax2-KO but not BDNFTrkC-KO mice exhibit reduced sound-evoked suprathreshold ABR waves at the level of the auditory nerve (wave I) and inferior colliculus (IC) (wave IV), indicating that BDNF in lower brain regions but not in the auditory cortex improves sound sensitivity during hearing onset. Extracellular recording of IC neurons of BDNFPax2 mutant mice revealed that the reduced sensitivity of auditory fibers in these mice went hand in hand with elevated thresholds, reduced dynamic range, prolonged latency, and increased inhibitory strength in IC neurons. Reduced parvalbumin-positive contacts were found in the ascending auditory circuit, including the auditory cortex and hippocampus of BDNFPax2-KO, but not of BDNFTrkC-KO mice. Also, BDNFPax2-WT but not BDNFPax2-KO mice did lose basal inhibitory strength in IC neurons after acoustic trauma. These findings suggest that BDNF in the lower parts of the auditory system drives auditory fidelity along the entire ascending pathway up to the cortex by increasing inhibitory strength in behaviorally relevant frequency regions. Fidelity and inhibitory strength can be lost following auditory nerve injury leading to diminished sensory outcome and increased central noise.
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- Tetyana Chumak
- Department of Auditory Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.,Department of Clinical Neurobiology, University Hospital and DKFZ Heidelberg, In Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Auditory Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Biologíay Genética Molecular, Universidad de Valladolid y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-47003, Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery, Comprehensive Hearing Center, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 11, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Straße 25, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Instituto de Biologíay Genética Molecular, Universidad de Valladolid y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-47003, Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Auditory Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen, Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
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Knipper M, Panford-Walsh R, Singer W, Rüttiger L, Zimmermann U. Specific synaptopathies diversify brain responses and hearing disorders: you lose the gain from early life. Cell Tissue Res 2015; 361:77-93. [PMID: 25843689 PMCID: PMC4487345 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-015-2168-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Before hearing onset, inner hair cell (IHC) maturation proceeds under the influence of spontaneous Ca(2+) action potentials (APs). The temporal signature of the IHC Ca(2+) AP is modified through an efferent cholinergic feedback from the medial olivocochlear bundle (MOC) and drives the IHC pre- and post-synapse phenotype towards low spontaneous (spike) rate (SR), high-threshold characteristics. With sensory experience, the IHC pre- and post-synapse phenotype matures towards the instruction of low-SR, high-threshold and of high-SR, low-threshold auditory fiber characteristics. Corticosteroid feedback together with local brain-derived nerve growth factor (BDNF) and catecholaminergic neurotransmitters (dopamine) might be essential for this developmental step. In this review, we address the question of whether the control of low-SR and high-SR fiber characteristics is linked to various degrees of vulnerability of auditory fibers in the mature system. In particular, we examine several IHC synaptopathies in the context of various hearing disorders and exemplified shortfalls before and after hearing onset.
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- Marlies Knipper
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Center (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Center (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Center (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Center (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Navarro D, Alvarado M, Navarrete F, Giner M, Obregon MJ, Manzanares J, Berbel P. Gestational and early postnatal hypothyroidism alters VGluT1 and VGAT bouton distribution in the neocortex and hippocampus, and behavior in rats. Front Neuroanat 2015; 9:9. [PMID: 25741243 PMCID: PMC4330898 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2015.00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Thyroid hormones are fundamental for the expression of genes involved in the development of the CNS and their deficiency is associated with a wide spectrum of neurological diseases including mental retardation, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorders. We examined in rat whether developmental and early postnatal hypothyroidism affects the distribution of vesicular glutamate transporter-1 (VGluT1; glutamatergic) and vesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter (VGAT; GABAergic) immunoreactive (ir) boutons in the hippocampus and somatosensory cortex, and the behavior of the pups. Hypothyroidism was induced by adding 0.02% methimazole (MMI) and 1% KClO4 to the drinking water starting at embryonic day 10 (E10; developmental hypothyroidism) and E21 (early postnatal hypothyroidism) until day of sacrifice at postnatal day 50. Behavior was studied using the acoustic prepulse inhibition (somatosensory attention) and the elevated plus-maze (anxiety-like assessment) tests. The distribution, density and size of VGluT1-ir and VGAT-ir boutons in the hippocampus and somatosensory cortex was abnormal in MMI pups and these changes correlate with behavioral changes, as prepulse inhibition of the startle response amplitude was reduced, and the percentage of time spent in open arms increased. In conclusion, both developmental and early postnatal hypothyroidism significantly decreases the ratio of GABAergic to glutamatergic boutons in dentate gyrus leading to an abnormal flow of information to the hippocampus and infragranular layers of the somatosensory cortex, and alter behavior in rats. Our data show cytoarchitectonic alterations in the basic excitatory hippocampal loop, and in local inhibitory circuits of the somatosensory cortex and hippocampus that might contribute to the delayed neurocognitive outcome observed in thyroid hormone deficient children born in iodine deficient areas, or suffering from congenital hypothyroidism.
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- Daniela Navarro
- Departamento de Histología y Anatomía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Miguel HernándezAlicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Histología y Anatomía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Miguel HernándezAlicante, Spain
- Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad VeracruzanaXalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasAlicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Histología y Anatomía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Miguel HernándezAlicante, Spain
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- Instituto de investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasAlicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Histología y Anatomía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Miguel HernándezAlicante, Spain
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Requena T, Cabrera S, Martín-Sierra C, Price SD, Lysakowski A, Lopez-Escamez JA. Identification of two novel mutations in FAM136A and DTNA genes in autosomal-dominant familial Meniere's disease. Hum Mol Genet 2014; 24:1119-26. [PMID: 25305078 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Meniere's disease (MD) is a chronic disorder of the inner ear defined by sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus and episodic vertigo, and familial MD is observed in 5-15% of sporadic cases. Although its pathophysiology is largely unknown, studies in human temporal bones have found an accumulation of endolymph in the scala media of the cochlea. By whole-exome sequencing, we have identified two novel heterozygous single-nucleotide variants in FAM136A and DTNA genes, both in a Spanish family with three affected cases in consecutive generations, highly suggestive of autosomal-dominant inheritance. The nonsense mutation in the FAM136A gene leads to a stop codon that disrupts the FAM136A protein product. Sequencing revealed two mRNA transcripts of FAM136A in lymphoblasts from patients, which were confirmed by immunoblotting. Carriers of the FAM136A mutation showed a significant decrease in the expression level of both transcripts in lymphoblastoid cell lines. The missense mutation in the DTNA gene produces a novel splice site which skips exon 21 and leads to a shorter alternative transcript. We also demonstrated that FAM136A and DTNA proteins are expressed in the neurosensorial epithelium of the crista ampullaris of the rat by immunohistochemistry. While FAM136A encodes a mitochondrial protein with unknown function, DTNA encodes a cytoskeleton-interacting membrane protein involved in the formation and stability of synapses with a crucial role in the permeability of the blood-brain barrier. Neither of these genes has been described in patients with hearing loss, FAM136A and DTNA being candidate gene for familiar MD.
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- Teresa Requena
- Otology & Neurotology Group CTS495, Department of Genomic Medicine, GENYO - Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research - Pfizer/University of Granada/Junta de Andalucía, PTS, Granada 18016, Spain
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- Otology & Neurotology Group CTS495, Department of Genomic Medicine, GENYO - Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research - Pfizer/University of Granada/Junta de Andalucía, PTS, Granada 18016, Spain
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- Otology & Neurotology Group CTS495, Department of Genomic Medicine, GENYO - Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research - Pfizer/University of Granada/Junta de Andalucía, PTS, Granada 18016, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA and
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA and
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- Otology & Neurotology Group CTS495, Department of Genomic Medicine, GENYO - Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research - Pfizer/University of Granada/Junta de Andalucía, PTS, Granada 18016, Spain, Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital de Poniente, El Ejido, Almería 04700, Spain
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Developmental neurotoxicity of 3,3',4,4'-tetrachloroazobenzene with thyroxine deficit: Sensitivity of glia and dentate granule neurons in the absence of behavioral changes. TOXICS 2014; 2:496-532. [PMID: 26029700 PMCID: PMC4445902 DOI: 10.3390/toxics2030496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Thyroid hormones (TH) regulate biological processes implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders and can be altered with environmental exposures. Developmental exposure to the dioxin-like compound, 3,3',4,4'-tetrachloroazobenzene (TCAB), induced a dose response deficit in serum T4 levels with no change in 3,5,3'- triiodothyronine or thyroid stimulating hormone. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were orally gavaged (corn oil, 0.1, 1.0, or 10 mg TCAB/kg/day) two weeks prior to cohabitation until post-partum day 3 and male offspring from post-natal day (PND)4-21. At PND21, the high dose showed a deficit in body weight gain. Conventional neuropathology detected no neuronal death, myelin disruption, or gliosis. Astrocytes displayed thinner and less complex processes at 1.0 and 10 mg/kg/day. At 10 mg/kg/day, microglia showed less complex processes, unbiased stereology detected fewer hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons and dentate granule neurons (GC) and Golgi staining of the cerebellum showed diminished Purkinje cell dendritic arbor. At PND150, normal maturation of GC number and Purkinje cell branching area was not observed in the 1.0 mg/kg/day dose group with a diminished number and branching suggestive of effects initiated during developmental exposure. No effects were observed on post-weaning behavioral assessments in control, 0.1 and 1.0mg/kg/day dose groups. The demonstrated sensitivity of hippocampal neurons and glial cells to TCAB and T4 deficit raises support for considering additional anatomical features of brain development in future DNT evaluations.
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Effect of maternal care on hearing onset induced by developmental changes in the auditory periphery. J Neurosci 2014; 34:4528-33. [PMID: 24671998 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4188-13.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Handling (H) and cross-fostering (CF) rodent pups during postnatal development triggers changes in maternal behavior which in turn trigger long-term physiological changes in the offspring. However, less is known about the short-term effects of H and CF on infant development. In this study we hypothesized that manipulations of maternal care affect the onset of hearing in Wistar rats. To test this hypothesis we obtained auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) and micro-CT x-ray scans to measure changes in the development of the auditory periphery in H and CF pups manipulated at postnatal day (P)1, P5, or P9. We found evidence of changes in hearing development in H and CF pups compared with naive pups, including changes in the percentage of animals with ABRs during development, a decrease in ABR thresholds between P13 and P15, and anatomical results consistent with an accelerated formation of the middle ear cavity and opening of the ear canal. Biochemical measurements showed elevated levels of thyroid hormone in plasma from naive and CF pups. These results provide evidence that manipulations of maternal care accelerate hearing onset in Wistar rats. Understanding the mechanisms by which maternal care affects hearing onset opens new opportunities to study experience-dependent development of mammalian hearing.
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Dettling J, Franz C, Zimmermann U, Lee SC, Bress A, Brandt N, Feil R, Pfister M, Engel J, Flamant F, Rüttiger L, Knipper M. Autonomous functions of murine thyroid hormone receptor TRα and TRβ in cochlear hair cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2014; 382:26-37. [PMID: 24012852 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2013] [Revised: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Thyroid hormone acts on gene transcription by binding to its nuclear receptors TRα1 and TRβ. Whereas global deletion of TRβ causes deafness, global TRα-deficient mice have normal hearing thresholds. Since the individual roles of the two receptors in cochlear hair cells are still unclear, we generated mice with a hair cell-specific mutation of TRα1 or deletion of TRβ using the Cre-loxP system. Hair cell-specific TRβ mutant mice showed normal hearing thresholds but delayed BK channel expression in inner hair cells, slightly stronger outer hair cell function, and slightly reduced amplitudes of auditory brainstem responses. In contrast, hair cell-specific TRα mutant mice showed normal timing of BK channel expression, slightly reduced outer hair cell function, and slightly enhanced amplitudes of auditory brainstem responses. Our data demonstrate that TRβ-related deafness originates outside of hair cells and that TRα and TRβ play opposing, non-redundant roles in hair cells. A role for thyroid hormone receptors in controlling key regulators that shape signal transduction during development is discussed. Thyroid hormone may act through different thyroid hormone receptor activities to permanently alter the sensitivity of auditory neurotransmission.
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- Juliane Dettling
- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen (THRC), Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen (THRC), Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen (THRC), Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen (THRC), Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics, THRC, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Signal Transduction & Transgenic Models, Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 4, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics, THRC, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, Lyon, France
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- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen (THRC), Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Hearing Research Centre Tübingen (THRC), Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Corfield JR, Krilow JM, Vande Ligt MN, Iwaniuk AN. A quantitative morphological analysis of the inner ear of galliform birds. Hear Res 2013; 304:111-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Revised: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dziorny AC, Orlando MS, Strain JJ, Davidson PW, Myers GJ. Neurophysiologic measures of auditory function in fish consumers: associations with long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and methylmercury. Neurotoxicology 2013; 38:147-57. [PMID: 23064205 PMCID: PMC3657326 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Revised: 09/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Determining if associations exist between child neurodevelopment and environmental exposures, especially low level or background ones, is challenging and dependent upon being able to measure specific and sensitive endpoints. Psychometric or behavioral measures of CNS function have traditionally been used in such studies, but do have some limitations. Auditory neurophysiologic measures examine different nervous system structures and mechanisms, have fewer limitations, can more easily be quantified, and might be helpful additions to testing. To date, their use in human epidemiological studies has been limited. We reviewed the use of auditory brainstem responses (ABR) and otoacoustic emissions (OAE) in studies designed to determine the relationship of exposures to methyl mercury (MeHg) and nutrients from fish consumption with neurological development. We included studies of experimental animals and humans in an effort to better understand the possible benefits and risks of fish consumption. OBJECTIVES We reviewed the literature on the use of ABR and OAE to measure associations with environmental exposures that result from consuming a diet high in fish. We focused specifically on long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) and MeHg. METHODS We performed a comprehensive review of relevant studies using web-based search tools and appropriate search terms. RESULTS Gestational exposure to both LCPUFA and MeHg has been reported to influence the developing auditory system. In experimental studies supplemental LCPUFA is reported to prolong ABR latencies and human studies also suggest an association. Experimental studies of acute and gestational MeHg exposure are reported to prolong ABR latencies and impair hair cell function. In humans, MeHg exposure is reported to prolong ABR latencies, but the impact on hair cell function is unknown. CONCLUSION The auditory system can provide objective measures and may be useful in studying exposures to nutrients and toxicants and whether they are associated with children's neurodevelopment.
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- Adam C. Dziorny
- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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The encoding of auditory information with indefatigable precision requires efficient resupply of vesicles at inner hair cell (IHC) ribbon synapses. Otoferlin, a transmembrane protein responsible for deafness in DFNB9 families, has been postulated to act as a calcium sensor for exocytosis as well as to be involved in rapid vesicle replenishment of IHCs. However, the molecular basis of vesicle recycling in IHCs is largely unknown. In the present study, we used high-resolution liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry to copurify otoferlin interaction partners in the mammalian cochlea. We identified multiple subunits of the adaptor protein complex AP-2 (CLAP), an essential component of clathrin-mediated endocytosis, as binding partners of otoferlin in rats and mice. The interaction between otoferlin and AP-2 was confirmed by coimmunoprecipitation. We also found that AP-2 interacts with myosin VI, another otoferlin binding partner important for clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME). The expression of AP-2 in IHCs was verified by reverse transcription PCR. Confocal microscopy experiments revealed that the expression of AP-2 and its colocalization with otoferlin is confined to mature IHCs. When CME was inhibited by blocking dynamin action, real-time changes in membrane capacitance showed impaired synaptic vesicle replenishment in mature but not immature IHCs. We suggest that an otoferlin-AP-2 interaction drives Ca(2+)- and stimulus-dependent compensating CME in mature IHCs.
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Iodine deficiency affects an estimated 241 million school-aged children in the world. Little is known about iodine deficiency in relation to auditory function, except for the fact that deaf–mutism is one of the features of cretinism. In the present review, we documented the scientific knowledge on the role of iodine and hypothyroidism in the auditory system. We found that ear development and hearing function depend on thyroid hormones. Multiple pathways are involved in this, including both inner ear morphology as well as neurological processes. Conductive as well as sensorineural hearing loss is found in studies with animals that were rendered hypothyroidic. In humans, auditory impairment is reported frequently in relation to hypothyroidism, ranging from mild disturbances to severe handicap. Auditory impairment has been related more explicitly to congenital hypothyroidism than to acquired hypothyroidism. The critical period for thyroid function-related hearing maturation is the first and second trimesters of pregnancy. Although only a limited number of studies have directly investigated the relationship between iodine deficiency and auditory function, most studies point toward an association. However, evidence from good randomised controlled trials is lacking. Inclusion of auditory outcomes in iodine supplementation studies is therefore to be recommended, especially for trials in pregnancy. Hearing deficit is an invisible abnormality, but has major consequences for educational and social skills if not detected. In view of this, auditory impairment should be mapped in iodine-deficient areas in order to realistically estimate the magnitude of the problem.
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Cimerman J, Waldhaus J, Harasztosi C, Duncker SV, Dettling J, Heidrych P, Bress A, Gampe-Braig C, Frank G, Gummer AW, Oliver D, Knipper M, Zimmermann U. Generation of somatic electromechanical force by outer hair cells may be influenced by prestin-CASK interaction at the basal junction with the Deiter's cell. Histochem Cell Biol 2013; 140:119-35. [PMID: 23542924 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-013-1085-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The motor protein, prestin, situated in the basolateral plasma membrane of cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs), underlies the generation of somatic, voltage-driven mechanical force, the basis for the exquisite sensitivity, frequency selectivity and dynamic range of mammalian hearing. The molecular and structural basis of the ontogenetic development of this electromechanical force has remained elusive. The present study demonstrates that this force is significantly reduced when the immature subcellular distribution of prestin found along the entire plasma membrane persists into maturity, as has been described in previous studies under hypothyroidism. This observation suggests that cochlear amplification is critically dependent on the surface expression and distribution of prestin. Searching for proteins involved in organizing the subcellular localization of prestin to the basolateral plasma membrane, we identified cochlear expression of a novel truncated prestin splice isoform named prestin 9b (Slc26A5d) that contains a putative PDZ domain-binding motif. Using prestin 9b as the bait in a yeast two-hybrid assay, we identified a calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (CASK) as an interaction partner of prestin. Co-immunoprecipitation assays showed that CASK and prestin 9b can interact with full-length prestin. CASK was co-localized with prestin in a membrane domain where prestin-expressing OHC membrane abuts prestin-free OHC membrane, but was absent from this area for thyroid hormone deficiency. These findings suggest that CASK and the truncated prestin splice isoform contribute to confinement of prestin to the basolateral region of the plasma membrane. By means of such an interaction, the basal junction region between the OHC and its Deiter's cell may contribute to efficient generation of somatic electromechanical force.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Anion Transport Proteins/analysis
- Anion Transport Proteins/genetics
- Anion Transport Proteins/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Electricity
- Female
- Guanylate Kinases/analysis
- Guanylate Kinases/genetics
- Guanylate Kinases/metabolism
- HEK293 Cells
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer/chemistry
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer/cytology
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer/physiology
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mechanical Phenomena
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Molecular Motor Proteins/analysis
- Molecular Motor Proteins/genetics
- Molecular Motor Proteins/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Sulfate Transporters
- Vestibular Nucleus, Lateral/chemistry
- Vestibular Nucleus, Lateral/cytology
- Vestibular Nucleus, Lateral/metabolism
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- Jelka Cimerman
- Department of Otolaryngology, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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