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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2015

Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein Deletion in Efferent Olivocochlear Neurons Perturbs Afferent Synaptic Maturation and Reduces the Dynamic Range of Hearing.

Tyler T Hickman, M Charles Liberman, Michele H Jacob

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nuclear Translocation Triggered at the Onset of Hearing in Cochlear Inner Hair Cells of Rats and Mice.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2023
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  9. Talking back: Development of the olivocochlear efferent system.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Developmental biology · 2018
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  10. Spatial Gradients in the Size of Inner Hair Cell Ribbons Emerge Before the Onset of Hearing in Rats.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2017
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  12. Activity-Dependent Phosphorylation by CaMKIIδ Alters the CaFrontiers in synaptic neuroscience · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tyler T HickmanDepartment of Neuroscience, Sackler Biomedical Graduate School, Tufts University, School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
M Charles LibermanDepartment of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, and Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
Michele H JacobDepartment of Neuroscience, Sackler Biomedical Graduate School, Tufts University, School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, Michele.Jacob@Tufts.edu.
Tufts University · USHarvard University · US

Funding

SINGLE-NEURON MARKING IN THE STUDY OF ABNORMAL COCHLEASR01DC000188 · NIDCD · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI Gabriel Corfas, M. Charles Liberman · 1989 to 2026
$15.1M
Imaging Core PlanP30DC005209 · NIDCD · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI LIBERMAN, M. CHARLES · 2002 to 2016
$12.0M
TUSM/T-NEMC CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH - Imaging CoreP30NS047243 · NINDS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI JACKSON, F ROB · 2003 to 2017
$10.0M
Molecular mechanisms of auditory nAChR synapse assemblyR01DC008802 · NIDCD · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI JACOB, MICHELE H. · 2009 to 2013
$2.2M
Synapse Neurobiology Training ProgramT32NS061764 · NINDS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI BIEDERER, THOMAS · 2009 to 2019
$1.7M
NIDCD NIH HHS P30 DC005209NIDCD NIH HHS P30 DC 05209NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC000188NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC00188NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC008802NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS047243NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS061764
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Normal hearing requires proper differentiation of afferent ribbon synapses between inner hair cells (IHCs) and spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) that carry acoustic information to the brain. Within individual IHCs, presynaptic ribbons show a size gradient with larger ribbons on the modiolar face and smaller ribbons on the pillar face. This structural gradient is associated with a gradient of spontaneous rates and threshold sensitivity, which is essential for a wide dynamic range of hearing. Despite their importance for hearing, mechanisms that direct ribbon differentiation are poorly defined. We recently identified adenomatous polyposis coli protein (APC) as a key regulator of interneuronal synapse maturation. Here, we show that APC is required for ribbon size heterogeneity and normal cochlear function. Compared with wild-type littermates, APC conditional knock-out (cKO) mice exhibit decreased auditory brainstem responses. The IHC ribbon size gradient is also perturbed. Whereas the normal-developing IHCs display ribbon size gradients before hearing onset, ribbon sizes are aberrant in APC cKOs from neonatal ages on. Reporter expression studies show that the CaMKII-Cre used to delete the floxed APC gene is present in efferent olivocochlear (OC) neurons, not IHCs or SGNs. APC loss led to increased volumes and numbers of OC inhibitory dopaminergic boutons on neonatal SGN fibers. Our findings identify APC in efferent OC neurons as essential for regulating ribbon heterogeneity, dopaminergic terminal differentiation, and cochlear sensitivity. This APC effect on auditory epithelial cell synapses resembles interneuronal and nerve-muscle synapses, thereby defining a global role for APC in synaptic maturation in diverse cell types. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: This study identifies novel molecules and cellular interactions that are essential for the proper maturation of afferent ribbon synapses in sensory cells of the inner ear, and for normal hearing.

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Acoustic StimulationAdenomatous Polyposis Coli ProteinAnimalsCochleaFemaleGene DeletionHearingMaleMiceMice, KnockoutNeurons, AfferentOlivary NucleusSynapsesAdenomatous Polyposis Coli Proteinadenomatous polyposis coli protein (APC)hair cellhearingolivocochlear efferentribbonsynapse

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PMID26085645
PMCPMC4469744
OpenAlexW1901305213

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