Clarin-2 is essential for hearing by maintaining stereocilia integrity and function

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Hearing relies on mechanically gated ion channels present in the actin-rich stereocilia bundles at the apical surface of cochlear hair cells. Our knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the formation and maintenance of the sound-receptive structure is limited. Utilizing a large-scale forward genetic screen in mice, genome mapping and gene complementation tests, we identified Clrn2 as a new deafness gene. The Clrn2clarinet/clarinet mice (p.Trp4* mutation) exhibit a progressive, early-onset hearing loss, with no overt retinal deficits. Utilizing data from the UK Biobank study, we could show that CLRN2 is involved in human non-syndromic progressive hearing loss. Our in-depth morphological, molecular and functional investigations establish that while it is not required for initial formation of cochlear sensory hair cell stereocilia bundles, clarin-2 is critical for maintaining normal bundle integrity and functioning. In the differentiating hair bundles, lack of clarin-2 leads to loss of mechano-electrical transduction, followed by selective progressive loss of the transducing stereocilia. Together, our findings demonstrate a key role for clarin-2 in mammalian hearing, providing insights into the interplay between mechano-electrical transduction and stereocilia maintenance.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

EMBO molecular medicine - 11(2019), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite e10288

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dunbar, Lucy A [VerfasserIn]
Patni, Pranav [VerfasserIn]
Aguilar, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Mburu, Philomena [VerfasserIn]
Corns, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Wells, Helena Rr [VerfasserIn]
Delmaghani, Sedigheh [VerfasserIn]
Parker, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Stuart [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Debbie [VerfasserIn]
Esapa, Christopher T [VerfasserIn]
Simon, Michelle M [VerfasserIn]
Chessum, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Newton, Sherylanne [VerfasserIn]
Dorning, Joanne [VerfasserIn]
Jeyarajan, Prashanthini [VerfasserIn]
Morse, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Lelli, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Codner, Gemma F [VerfasserIn]
Peineau, Thibault [VerfasserIn]
Gopal, Suhasini R [VerfasserIn]
Alagramam, Kumar N [VerfasserIn]
Hertzano, Ronna [VerfasserIn]
Dulon, Didier [VerfasserIn]
Wells, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Frances M [VerfasserIn]
Petit, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Dawson, Sally J [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Steve Dm [VerfasserIn]
Marcotti, Walter [VerfasserIn]
El-Amraoui, Aziz [VerfasserIn]
Bowl, Michael R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hair cells
Journal Article
Mechanotransduction
Mouse models
Mutagenesis
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Stereocilia

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Date Completed 07.04.2020

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.15252/emmm.201910288

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300585489