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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2020

Citicoline Protects Auditory Hair Cells Against Neomycin-Induced Damage.

Zhenhua Zhong, Xiaolong Fu, He Li, Jie Chen, Maohua Wang, Song Gao, Liyan Zhang, Cheng Cheng, Yuan Zhang, Peipei Li and 5 more

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Zhenhua ZhongJiangsu Provincial Key Medical Discipline (Laboratory), Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xiaolong FuMOE Key Laboratory for Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Jiangsu Province High-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-Medical Research, Institute of Life Sciences, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
He LiDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Jie ChenJiangsu Provincial Key Medical Discipline (Laboratory), Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Maohua WangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Song GaoDepartment of Otolaryngology, Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Liyan ZhangMOE Key Laboratory for Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Jiangsu Province High-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-Medical Research, Institute of Life Sciences, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Cheng ChengJiangsu Provincial Key Medical Discipline (Laboratory), Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yuan ZhangMOE Key Laboratory for Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Jiangsu Province High-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-Medical Research, Institute of Life Sciences, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Peipei LiSchool of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Shasha ZhangMOE Key Laboratory for Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Jiangsu Province High-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-Medical Research, Institute of Life Sciences, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Xiaoyun QianJiangsu Provincial Key Medical Discipline (Laboratory), Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yilai ShuENT Institute and Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye & ENT Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Renjie ChaiMOE Key Laboratory for Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Jiangsu Province High-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-Medical Research, Institute of Life Sciences, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Xia GaoJiangsu Provincial Key Medical Discipline (Laboratory), Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CNSoutheast University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University · CNCentral South University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNEye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University · CNShandong University · CNWenzhou Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aminoglycoside-induced hair cell (HC) loss is one of the most important causes of hearing loss. After entering the inner ear, aminoglycosides induce the production of high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that subsequently activate apoptosis in HCs. Citicoline, a nucleoside derivative, plays a therapeutic role in central nervous system injury and in neurodegenerative disease models, including addictive disorders, stroke, head trauma, and cognitive impairment in the elderly, and has been widely used in the clinic as an FDA approved drug. However, its effect on auditory HCs remains unknown. Here, we used HC-like HEI-OC-1 cells and whole organ explant cultured mouse cochleae to explore the effect of citicoline on aminoglycoside-induced HC damage. Consistent with previous reports, both ROS levels and apoptosis were significantly increased in neomycin-induced cochlear HCs and HEI-OC-1 cells compared to undamaged controls. Interestingly, we found that co-treatment with citicoline significantly protected against neomycin-induced HC loss in both HEI-OC-1 cells and whole organ explant cultured cochleae. Furthermore, we demonstrated that citicoline could significantly reduce neomycin-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and inhibit neomycin-induced ROS accumulation and subsequent apoptosis. Thus, we conclude that citicoline can protect against neomycin-induced HC loss by inhibiting ROS aggregation and thus preventing apoptosis in HCs, and this suggests that citicoline might serve as a potential therapeutic drug in the clinic to protect HCs.

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aminoglycosidesapoptosisciticolinehair cellreactive oxygen species

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