Dynamic changes in hair cell ribbon synapse induced by loss of spiral ganglion neurons in mice  

作　　者：Yuan Yasheng Chi Fanglu 

机构地区：[1]Department of Otolaryngology, Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat Hospital,Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China [2]Department of Otolaryngology, MEEI, Harvard Medical School,Boston, MA 02115, USA (Yuan YS)

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2014年第10期1941-1946,共6页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Background Previous studies have suggested that primary degeneration of hair cells causes secondary degeneration of spiral ganglion neurons （SGNs）,but the effect of SGN degeneration on hair cells has not been studied.In the adult mouse inner ear ouabain can selectively and permanently induce the degeneration of type 1 SGNs while leaving type 2 SGNs,efferent fibers,and sensory hair cells relatively intact.This study aimed to investigate the dynamic changes in hair cell ribbon synapse induced by loss of SGNs using ouabain application to the round window niche of adult mice.Methods In the analysis,24 CBA/CAJ mice aged 8-10 weeks,were used,of which 6 normal mice were used as the control group.After ouabain application in the round window niche 6 times in an hour,ABR threshold shifts at least 30 dB in the three experimental groups which had six mice for 1-week group,six for 1-month group,and six for 3-month group.All 24 animals underwent function test at 1 week and then immunostaining at 1 week,1 month,and 3 months.Results The loss of neurons was followed by degeneration of postsynaptic specializations at the afferent synapse with hair cells.One week after ouabain treatment,the nerve endings of type 1 SGNs and postsynaptic densities,as measured by Na/K ATPase and PSD-95,were affected but not entirely missing,but their partial loss had consequences for synaptic ribbons that form the presynaptic specialization at the synapse between hair cells and primary afferent neurons.Ribbon numbers in inner hair cells decreased （some of them broken and the ribbon number much decreased）,and the arrangement of the synaptic ribbons had undergone a dynamic reorganization：ribbons with or without associated postsynaptic densities moved from their normal location in the basal membrane of the cell to a more apical location and the neural endings alone were also found at more apical locations without associated ribbons.After 1 month,when the neural postsynaptic densities had completed their degeneration,most ribbons were lost and Background Previous studies have suggested that primary degeneration of hair cells causes secondary degeneration of spiral ganglion neurons （SGNs）,but the effect of SGN degeneration on hair cells has not been studied.In the adult mouse inner ear ouabain can selectively and permanently induce the degeneration of type 1 SGNs while leaving type 2 SGNs,efferent fibers,and sensory hair cells relatively intact.This study aimed to investigate the dynamic changes in hair cell ribbon synapse induced by loss of SGNs using ouabain application to the round window niche of adult mice.Methods In the analysis,24 CBA/CAJ mice aged 8-10 weeks,were used,of which 6 normal mice were used as the control group.After ouabain application in the round window niche 6 times in an hour,ABR threshold shifts at least 30 dB in the three experimental groups which had six mice for 1-week group,six for 1-month group,and six for 3-month group.All 24 animals underwent function test at 1 week and then immunostaining at 1 week,1 month,and 3 months.Results The loss of neurons was followed by degeneration of postsynaptic specializations at the afferent synapse with hair cells.One week after ouabain treatment,the nerve endings of type 1 SGNs and postsynaptic densities,as measured by Na/K ATPase and PSD-95,were affected but not entirely missing,but their partial loss had consequences for synaptic ribbons that form the presynaptic specialization at the synapse between hair cells and primary afferent neurons.Ribbon numbers in inner hair cells decreased （some of them broken and the ribbon number much decreased）,and the arrangement of the synaptic ribbons had undergone a dynamic reorganization：ribbons with or without associated postsynaptic densities moved from their normal location in the basal membrane of the cell to a more apical location and the neural endings alone were also found at more apical locations without associated ribbons.After 1 month,when the neural postsynaptic densities had completed their degeneration,most ribbons were lost and

关 键 词：auditory neurons hair cells ribbon synapse DEGENERATION 

分 类 号：R338[医药卫生—人体生理学]