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ArticleScientific reports2016

Deletion of Brg1 causes abnormal hair cell planer polarity, hair cell anchorage, and scar formation in mouse cochlea.

Yecheng Jin, Naixia Ren, Shiwei Li, Xiaolong Fu, Xiaoyang Sun, Yuqin Men, Zhigang Xu, Jian Zhang, Yue Xie, Ming Xia and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yecheng JinSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
Naixia RenSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
Shiwei LiSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
Xiaolong FuSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
Xiaoyang SunSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
Yuqin MenSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
Zhigang XuSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
Jian ZhangSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
Yue XieSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
Ming XiaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China.
Jiangang GaoSchool of Life Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
Shandong University · CNSecond Hospital of Shandong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hair cells (HCs) are mechanosensors that play crucial roles in perceiving sound, acceleration, and fluid motion. The precise architecture of the auditory epithelium and its repair after HC loss is indispensable to the function of organ of Corti (OC). In this study, we showed that Brg1 was highly expressed in auditory HCs. Specific deletion of Brg1 in postnatal HCs resulted in rapid HC degeneration and profound deafness in mice. Further experiments showed that cell-intrinsic polarity of HCs was abolished, docking of outer hair cells (OHCs) by Deiter's cells (DCs) failed, and scar formation in the reticular lamina was deficient. We demonstrated that Brg1 ablation disrupted the Gαi/Insc/LGN and aPKC asymmetric distributions, without overt effects on the core planer cell polarity (PCP) pathway. We also demonstrated that Brg1-deficient HCs underwent apoptosis, and that leakage in the reticular lamina caused by deficient scar formation shifted the mode of OHC death from apoptosis to necrosis. Together, these data demonstrated a requirement for Brg1 activity in HC development and suggested a role for Brg1 in the proper cellular structure formation of HCs.

Indexed as

Gene DeletionAnimalsAnimals, NewbornApoptosisCell PolarityCicatrixCochleaDeafnessDNA HelicasesHair Cells, AuditoryHair Cells, Auditory, OuterMiceNecrosisNuclear ProteinsSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsDNA HelicasesNuclear ProteinsSmarca4 protein, mouseTranscription Factors

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PMID27255603
PMCPMC4891731
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