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ArticleOtolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery2024

Prestin in Human Perilymph, Cerebrospinal Fluid, and Blood as a Biomarker for Hearing Loss.

Anselm Joseph Gadenstaetter, Paul Emmerich Krumpoeck, Alice Barbara Auinger, Erdem Yildiz, Aldine Tu, Christian Matula, Christoph Arnoldner, Lukas David Landegger

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Article in Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Prestin as a potential biomarker for cochlear injury: Current evidence and future directions.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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Anselm Joseph GadenstaetterChristian Doppler Laboratory for Inner Ear Research, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3475-763X
Paul Emmerich KrumpoeckChristian Doppler Laboratory for Inner Ear Research, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0009-0001-4473-3818
Alice Barbara AuingerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-9716-8384
Erdem YildizChristian Doppler Laboratory for Inner Ear Research, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Aldine TuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Christian MatulaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Christoph ArnoldnerChristian Doppler Laboratory for Inner Ear Research, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-0066-810X
Lukas David LandeggerChristian Doppler Laboratory for Inner Ear Research, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9660-2625

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Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic AffairsChristian Doppler Research AssociationNational Foundation for Research, Technology and Development
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Abstract

objectiveDetermining the concentration of prestin in human blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and perilymph (PL), and evaluating its suitability as a clinical biomarker for sensori-neural hearing loss (SNHL). STUDY

designHuman blood, CSF, and PL samples were intraoperatively collected from 42 patients with tumors of the internal auditory canal or with intracochlear tumors undergoing translabyrinthine or middle fossa tumor removal. Prestin concentration was measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and linear regression analyses were performed to investigate its associations with audiological as well as vestibular test results.

settingTertiary referral center.

resultsThe median prestin concentration in blood samples of the 42 study participants (26 women, mean ± standard deviation age, 52.7 ± 12.5 years) was 1.32 (interquartile range, IQR, 0.71-1.99) ng/mL. CSF prestin levels were significantly higher with 4.73 (IQR, 2.45-14.03) ng/mL (P = .005). With 84.74 (IQR, 38.95-122.00) ng/mL, PL prestin concentration was significantly higher compared to blood (P = .01) and CSF (P = .03) levels. Linear regression analyses showed significant associations of CSF prestin concentration with preoperative hearing levels (pure-tone average and word recognition; P = .008, R CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE: This study's findings highlight the volatile nature of prestin levels and provide the first insights into this potential biomarker's concentrations in body fluids apart from blood. Future investigations should comprehensively assess human prestin levels with different etiologies of SNHL, prestin's natural homeostasis and systemic circulation, and its temporal dynamics after cochlear trauma. Finally, clinically approved detection kits for prestin are urgently required prior to considering a potential translational implementation of this diagnostic technique.

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BiomarkersPerilymphSulfate TransportersAdultAgedEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHearing Loss, SensorineuralHumansMaleMiddle AgedBiomarkersSulfate Transportersbiomarkerprestinsensorineural hearing lossvestibular schwannoma

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PMCPMC11605028

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