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ArticleJournal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO2012

Over half the hair cells in the mouse utricle first appear after birth, with significant numbers originating from early postnatal mitotic production in peripheral and striolar growth zones.

Joseph C Burns, Doan On, Wendy Baker, M Sol Collado, Jeffrey T Corwin

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Article in Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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83 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Type I hair cells of striolar and central zones in vestibular organs are essential for head stability and postural control.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  5. Crosstalk Signaling Between the Epithelial and Non-Epithelial Compartments of the Mouse Inner Ear.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2025
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  6. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  12. Manipulating Myc for reparative regeneration.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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  13. Maturation of type I and type II rat vestibular hair cellsFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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  17. Vestibular physiology and function in zebrafish.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joseph C BurnsDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 409 Lane Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. jcb7j@virginia.edu
Doan On
Wendy Baker
M Sol Collado
Jeffrey T Corwin
University of Virginia · US

Funding

GROWTH AND REGENERATION IN THE INNER EARR01DC000200 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI CORWIN, JEFFREY T · 1989 to 2018
$9.7M
The roles of F-actin belts and tension in hair cell regenerationF31DC010519 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI BURNS, JOSEPH · 2010 to 2011
$50k
MINORITY PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM--NIGMSF31DC000200 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE · PI PEREZ, CELIA E · 1994 to 1996
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NIDCD NIH HHS DC000200NIDCD NIH HHS DC010519NIDCD NIH HHS F31 DC000200NIDCD NIH HHS F31 DC010519NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC000200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many non-mammalian vertebrates produce hair cells throughout life and recover from hearing and balance deficits through regeneration. In contrast, embryonic production of hair cells declines sharply in mammals where deficits from hair cell losses are typically permanent. Hair cell density estimates recently suggested that the vestibular organs of mice continue to add hair cells after birth, so we undertook comprehensive counting in murine utricles at different ages. The counts show that 51% of the hair cells in adults arise during the 2 weeks after birth. Immature hair cells are most common near the neonatal macula's peripheral edge and striola, where anti-Ki-67 labels cycling nuclei in zones that appear to contain niches for supporting-cell-like stem cells. In vivo lineage tracing in a novel reporter mouse where tamoxifen-inducible supporting cell-specific Cre expression switched tdTomato fluorescence to eGFP fluorescence showed that proteolipid-protein-1-expressing supporting cells are an important source of the new hair cells. To assess the contributions of postnatal cell divisions, we gave mice an injection of BrdU or EdU on the day of birth. The labels were restricted to supporting cells 1 day later, but by 12 days, 31% of the labeled nuclei were in myosin-VIIA-positive hair cells. Thus, hair cell populations in neonatal mouse utricles grow appreciably through two processes: the progressive differentiation of cells generated before birth and the differentiation of new cells arising from divisions of progenitors that progress through S phase soon after birth. Subsequent declines in these processes coincide with maturational changes that appear unique to mammalian supporting cells.

Indexed as

Cell ProliferationAgingAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCell CycleHair Cells, Auditory, InnerMiceMice, Inbred StrainsMitosisModels, AnimalRegenerationSaccule and Utricle

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PMID22752453
PMCPMC3441952
OpenAlexW2081121859

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