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ArticleJournal of cell science2015

Association of intracellular and synaptic organization in cochlear inner hair cells revealed by 3D electron microscopy.

Anwen Bullen, Timothy West, Carolyn Moores, Jonathan Ashmore, Roland A Fleck, Kirsty MacLellan-Gibson, Andrew Forge

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Article in Journal of cell science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Anwen BullenCentre for Auditory Research, UCL Ear Institute, London WC1X 8EE, UK a.bullen@ucl.ac.uk.
Timothy WestCentre for Auditory Research, UCL Ear Institute, London WC1X 8EE, UK.
Carolyn MooresInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, UK.
Jonathan AshmoreCentre for Auditory Research, UCL Ear Institute, London WC1X 8EE, UK Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Roland A FleckCentre for Ultrastructural Imaging, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, UK.
Kirsty MacLellan-GibsonNational Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar EN6 3QG, UK.
Andrew ForgeCentre for Auditory Research, UCL Ear Institute, London WC1X 8EE, UK.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/I02123X/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M006476/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ways in which cell architecture is modelled to meet cell function is a poorly understood facet of cell biology. To address this question, we have studied the cytoarchitecture of a cell with highly specialised organisation, the cochlear inner hair cell (IHC), using multiple hierarchies of three-dimensional (3D) electron microscopy analyses. We show that synaptic terminal distribution on the IHC surface correlates with cell shape, and the distribution of a highly organised network of membranes and mitochondria encompassing the infranuclear region of the cell. This network is juxtaposed to a population of small vesicles, which represents a potential new source of neurotransmitter vesicles for replenishment of the synapses. Structural linkages between organelles that underlie this organisation were identified by high-resolution imaging. Taken together, these results describe a cell-encompassing network of membranes and mitochondria present in IHCs that support efficient coding and transmission of auditory signals. Such techniques also have the potential for clarifying functionally specialised cytoarchitecture of other cell types.

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Imaging, Three-DimensionalAnimalsGuinea PigsHair Cells, Auditory, InnerMiceMicroscopy, ElectronSynaptic TransmissionSynaptic Vesicles3D electron microscopyInner hair cellIntracellular membranesSynapse

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PMID26045447
PMCPMC4510854

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