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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-25
pubmed:abstractText
Mice that lack caspase-3, which functions in apoptosis, were generated by gene targeting and shown to undergo hearing loss. The ABR threshold of the caspase-3(-/-) mice was significantly elevated compared to that of caspase-3(+/+) mice at 15 days of age and was progressively elevated further by 30 days. Distortion product otoacoustic emissions were not detectable in caspase-3(-/-) mice at 15 days of age. Caspase-3(-/-) mice exhibited marked degeneration of spiral ganglion neurons and a loss of inner and outer hair cells in the cochlea at 30 days of age, although no such changes were apparent at 15 days. The degenerating neurons manifested features, including cytoplasmic vacuolization, distinct from those characteristic of apoptosis. Spiral ganglion neurons and cochlear hair cells thus appear to require caspase-3 for survival but not for initial development. The mapping of both the human caspase-3 gene and the locus responsible for an autosomal dominant, nonsyndromic form of hearing loss (DFNA24) to chromosome 4q35 suggests that the caspase-3(-/-) mice may represent a model of this human condition.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
284
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
142-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Auditory Threshold, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Caspase 3, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Cochlea, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Deafness, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Spiral Ganglion, pubmed-meshheading:11374883-Vacuoles
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Deafness due to degeneration of cochlear neurons in caspase-3-deficient mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't