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PMID:9039475
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Moriyama, K, Hashimoto, R, Hanai, A, Yoshizaki, N, Yonezawa, S and Otani, H (1997) Degenerative hairlets on the vestibular sensory cells in mutant bustling (BUS/Idr) mice. Acta Otolaryngol. 117:20-4 |
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| Abstract |
The bustling mouse (BUS/Idr: bus) is a mutant mouse strain which exhibits deafness, bustling/hyperkinetic behaviour and functional disorders seemingly related to the vestibular system. This phenotype develops in homozygous (bus/bus) mice and has been shown from cross experiments to be genetically induced by a single autosomal recessive gene. We previously detected, with light and electron microscopy, post-natal degeneration of the inner ear sensory cells in homozygotes. In the present study, we examined, by electron microscopy, the development of pathological changes in the sensory epithelia of the macula acustica and crista ampullaris of homozygous mice of various ages, paying special attention to the detailed morphology of the sensory hairlets. The homozygous mice exhibited specific pathological changes: a decrease in the number of hairs; disarrangement of the kinocilium-stereocilia pattern; and, fused and/or very large stereocilia. Homozygotes also frequently exhibited apical cytoplasmic herniation, or bleb of hair cells, as well as a degenerated kinocilium in the sensory epithelium. Heterozygotes showed similar changes, but to a lesser degree and frequency. As for the vestibular organs, similar pathological changes had developed at day, 17 of gestation. These pathological findings and onset suggest that the BUS mouse may be a mutant mouse strain distinct from other reported strains which display similar behaviour, and may be a useful animal model for the study of human degenerative vestibular disorders. |
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Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Ear, Inner/embryology; Ear, Inner/pathology; Epithelium/ultrastructure; Hair Cells, Vestibular/pathology; Hair Cells, Vestibular/ultrastructure; Heterozygote; Homozygote; Mice; Mice, Mutant Strains; Microscopy, Electron; Vestibular Diseases/genetics; Vestibular Diseases/pathology; Vestibule, Labyrinth/pathology; Vestibule, Labyrinth/ultrastructure |
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