Involvement of NLRP3-inflammasome Pathway in Noise-induced Hearing Loss

Overview

Journal Neural Regen Res

Date 2022 Jun 6

PMID 35662224

Authors

Na Sai

Yuan-Yuan Yang

Long Ma

Da Liu

Qing-Qing Jiang

Wei-Wei Guo

Wei-Ju Han

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Abstract

The inflammasome is a multiprotein oligomer in the cell cytoplasm and is part of the innate immune system. It plays a crucial role in the pathological process of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). However, the mechanisms of NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation in NIHL have not been clearly demonstrated. In this study, miniature pigs were exposed to white noise at 120 dB(A) and auditory brainstem response measurements were used to measure their hearing function. Immunofluorescence staining, confocal laser scanning microscopy, western blot assay, and quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction were used to analyze inflammasome-related protein distribution and expression. NLRP3, interleukin-1β, interleukin-18, and cleaved-caspase-1 were highly expressed in the cochlea after 120 dB(A) white noise exposure. Our findings suggest that NLRP3-inflammasomes in the cochlea may be activated after acoustic trauma, which may be an important mechanism of noise-induced hearing loss.

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