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PMID:10466888
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McFadden, SL, Ding, D, Reaume, AG, Flood, DG and Salvi, RJ Age-related cochlear hair cell loss is enhanced in mice lacking copper/zinc superoxide dismutase. Neurobiol. Aging 20:1-8 |
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| Abstract |
Age-related hearing loss in humans and many strains of mice is associated with a base-to-apex gradient of cochlear hair cell loss. To determine if copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn SOD) deficiency influences age-related cochlear pathology, we compared hair cell losses in cochleas obtained from 2-, 7-, and 17- to 19-month-old wild type (WT) mice with normal levels of Cu/Zn SOD and mutant knockout (KO) mice with a targeted deletion of Sod1, the gene that codes for Cu/Zn SOD. WT and KO mice exhibited similar patterns of hair cell loss with age, i.e., a baso-apical progression of hair cell loss, with greater loss of outer hair cells than inner hair cells. Within each age group, the magnitude of loss was much greater in KO mice compared to WT mice. The results indicate that Cu/Zn SOD deficiency potentiates cochlear hair cell degeneration, presumably through metabolic pathways involving the superoxide radical. |
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Aging/physiology; Animals; Cochlea/growth & development; Cochlea/physiology; Genotype; Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner/growth & development; Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner/physiology; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Knockout; Superoxide Dismutase/deficiency; Superoxide Dismutase/genetics |
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