ArticleBiophysical journal2011
Divalent counterions tether membrane-bound carbohydrates to promote the cohesion of auditory hair bundles.
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- 3D morphology of an outer-hair-cell hair bundle increases its displacement and dynamic range.Biophysical journal · 2024Article
- Coupling between the Stereocilia of Rat Sensory Inner-Hair-Cell Hair Bundles Is Weak, Shaping Their Sensitivity to Stimulation.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- PKHD1L1 is a coat protein of hair-cell stereocilia and is required for normal hearing.Nature communications · 2019Article
- Molecular Composition of Vestibular Hair Bundles.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2019Review
- BODIPY-Conjugated Xyloside Primes Fluorescent Glycosaminoglycans in the Inner Ear of Opsanus tau.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2016Article
- Unconventional mechanics of lipid membranes: a potential role for mechanotransduction of hair cell stereocilia.Biophysical journal · 2015Article
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Abstract
The cell membranes in the hair bundle of an auditory hair cell confront a difficult task as the bundle oscillates in response to sound: for efficient mechanotransduction, all the component stereocilia of the hair bundle must move essentially in unison, shearing at their tips yet maintaining contact without membrane fusion. One mechanism by which this cohesion might occur is counterion-mediated attachment between glycan components of apposed stereociliary membranes. Using capillary electrophoresis, we showed that the stereociliary glycocalyx acts as a negatively charged polymer brush. We found by force-sensing photomicrometry that the stereocilia formed elastic connections with one another to various degrees depending on the surrounding ionic environment and the presence of N-linked sugars. Mg(2+) was a more potent mediator of attachment than was Ca(2+). The forces between stereocilia produced chaotic stick-slip behavior. These results indicate that counterion-mediated interactions in the glycocalyx contribute to the stereociliary coherence that is essential for hearing.
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