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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-20
pubmed:abstractText
Exposure to intense noise can damage the stereocilia of sensory hair cells in the inner ear. Since stereocilia play a vital role in the transduction of sound from a mechanical stimulus into an electrical one, this pathology is thought to contribute to noise-induced hearing loss. Mice homozygous for null mutations in either the myosin VIIa ( Myo7a) or cadherin 23 ( Cdh23) genes are deaf and have disorganized stereocilia bundles. We show that mice heterozygous for a presumed null allele of Cdh23 ( Cdh23(v)) have low- and high-frequency hearing loss at 5-6 weeks of age, the high-frequency component of which worsens with increasing age. We also show that noise-induced hearing loss in 11-12-week-old Cdh23(v) heterozygotes is two times greater than for wild-type littermates. Interestingly, these effects are dependent upon the genetic background on which the Cdh23(v) mutation is carried. Noise-induced hearing loss in 11-12-week-old mice heterozygous for a null allele of Myo7a ( Myo7a(4626SB)) is not significantly different from wild-type littermates. CDH23 is the first gene known to cause deafness in the human population to be linked with predisposition to noise-induced hearing loss.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1525-3961
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
66-79
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
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