Tmc2 Expression Partially Restores Auditory Function in a Mouse Model of DFNB7/B11 Deafness Caused by Loss of Tmc1 Function

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2018 Aug 16

PMID 30108230

Citations 14

Authors

Hiroshi Nakanishi

Kiyoto Kurima

Bifeng Pan

Philine Wangemann

Tracy S Fitzgerald

Gwenaelle S Geleoc

Jeffrey R Holt

Andrew J Griffith

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Abstract

Mouse Tmc1 and Tmc2 are required for sensory transduction in cochlear and vestibular hair cells. Homozygous Tmc1 mice are deaf, Tmc2 mice have normal hearing, and double homozygous Tmc1; Tmc2 mice have deafness and profound vestibular dysfunction. These phenotypes are consistent with their different spatiotemporal expression patterns. Tmc1 expression is persistent in cochlear and vestibular hair cells, whereas Tmc2 expression is transient in cochlear hair cells but persistent in vestibular hair cells. On the basis of these findings, we hypothesized that persistent Tmc2 expression in mature cochlear hair cells could restore auditory function in Tmc1 mice. To express Tmc2 in mature cochlear hair cells, we generated a transgenic mouse line, Tg[P::Tmc2], in which Tmc2 cDNA is expressed under the control of the Tmc1 promoter. The Tg[P::Tmc2] transgene slightly but significantly restored hearing in young Tmc1 mice, though hearing thresholds were elevated with age. The elevation of hearing thresholds was associated with deterioration of sensory transduction in inner hair cells and loss of outer hair cell function. Although sensory transduction was retained in outer hair cells, their stereocilia eventually degenerated. These results indicate distinct roles and requirements for Tmc1 and Tmc2 in mature cochlear hair cells.

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