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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2008

TRPML3 mutations cause impaired mechano-electrical transduction and depolarization by an inward-rectifier cation current in auditory hair cells of varitint-waddler mice.

Alexander F J van Aken, Margaret Atiba-Davies, Walter Marcotti, Richard J Goodyear, Jane E Bryant, Guy P Richardson, Konrad Noben-Trauth, Corné J Kros

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Molecular Structure of the Hair Cell Mechanoelectrical Transduction Complex.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2019
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  3. Are TMCs the Mechanotransduction Channels of Vertebrate Hair Cells?The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2016
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  19. Opening the TRPML gates.Chemistry & biology · 2010
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexander F J van AkenSchool of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK.
Margaret Atiba-Davies
Walter Marcotti
Richard J Goodyear
Jane E Bryant
Guy P Richardson
Konrad Noben-Trauth
Corné J Kros
University of Sussex · GBNational Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Functional And Genetic Analyses Of Mouse Deafness MutantsZ01DC000056 · NIDCD · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS · PI NOBEN-TRAUTH, KONRAD · 1999 to 2008
$2.4M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 DC000056Medical Research Council G0100798Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TRPML3 (mucolipin-3) belongs to one of the transient-receptor-potential (TRP) ion channel families. Mutations in the Trpml3 gene cause disorganization of the stereociliary hair bundle, structural aberrations in outer and inner hair cells and stria vascularis defects, leading to deafness in the varitint-waddler (Va) mouse. Here we refined the stereociliary localization of TRPML3 and investigated cochlear hair cell function in varitint-waddler (Va(J)) mice carrying the TRPML3<I362T/A419P> mutations. Using a TRPML3-specific antibody we detected a approximately 68 kDa protein with near-equal expression levels in cochlea and vestibule of wild-type and Va(J) mutants. At postnatal days 3 and 5, we observed abundant localization of TRPML3 at the base of stereocilia near the position of the ankle links. This stereociliary localization domain was absent in Va(J) heterozygotes and homozygotes. Electrophysiological recordings revealed reduced mechano-electrical transducer currents in hair cells from Va(J)/+ and Va(J)/Va(J) mice. Furthermore, FM1-43 uptake and [(3)H]gentamicin accumulation were decreased in hair cells in cultured organs of Corti from Va(J)/+ and Va(J)/Va(J) mice. We propose that TRPML3 plays a critical role at the ankle-link region during hair-bundle growth and that an adverse effect of mutant TRPML3 on bundle development and mechano-electrical transduction is the main cause of hearing loss in Va(J)/+ mutant mice. Outer hair cells of Va(J)/Va(J) mice additionally had depolarized resting potentials due to an inwardly rectifying leak conductance formed by the mutant channels, leading over time to hair-cell degeneration and contributing to their deafness. Our findings argue against TRPML3 being a component of the hair-cell transducer channel.

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MutationAnimalsBase SequenceCochleaDeafnessDNA PrimersElectrophysiologyHair Cells, AuditoryHeterozygoteHomozygoteMechanotransduction, CellularMiceMice, CongenicMice, Inbred C3HMice, Mutant StrainsTissue Culture TechniquesDNA PrimersTRPM Cation Channels

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PMID18801844
PMCPMC2655368
OpenAlexW2158390212

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