CATEGORY:
Research
SCREENSHOT:
TITLE:
Endogenous Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide (PACAP) Plays a Protective Effect Against Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
CONTENT:
Front Cell Neurosci. 2021 Mar 22;15:658990. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2021.658990. eCollection 2021.
ABSTRACT
Pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a member of the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-the secretin-glucagon family of neuropeptides. They act through two classes of receptors: PACAP type 1 (PAC1) and type 2 (VPAC1 and VPAC2). Among their pleiotropic effects throughout the body, PACAP functions as neuromodulators and neuroprotectors, rescuing neurons from apoptosis, mostly through the PAC1 receptor. To explore the potential protective effect of endogenous PACAP against Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), we used a knockout mouse model lacking PAC1 receptor expression (PACR1-/- ) and a transgenic humanized mouse model expressing the human PAC1 receptor (TgHPAC1R). Based on complementary approaches combining electrophysiological, histochemical, and molecular biological evaluations, we show PAC1R expression in spiral ganglion neurons and in cochlear apical cells of the organ of Corti. Wild-type (WT), PAC1R-/- , and TgHPAC1R mice exhibit similar auditory thresholds. For most of the frequencies tested after acute noise damage, however, PAC1R-/- mice showed a larger elevation of the auditory threshold than did their WT counterparts. By contrast, in a transgene copy number-dependent fashion, TgHPAC1R mice showed smaller noise-induced elevations of auditory thresholds compared to their WT counterparts. Together, these findings suggest that PACAP could be a candidate for endogenous protection against noise-induced hearing loss.
PMID:33828461 | PMC:PMC8019930 | DOI:10.3389/fncel.2021.658990
SOURCE:
Frontiers in cellular neuroscience
PUBLISHER:
PMID:
pubmed:33828461
ID:
0b58ea4968e09ff10f4e1238c494f316pubmed:33828461
DOI:
10.3389/fncel.2021.658990
DATE – PUBLISHED:
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 06:00:00 -0400
DATE – DOI:
2021-03-22T06:42:56Z
DATE – ADDED:
04/08/21 01:18PM
LINK – PUBMED:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33828461/
LINK – DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2021.658990
LINK – PUBLISHER:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2021.658990/full?utm_source=hearinglosstreatmentreport.com
IMAGE:
REFERENCE:
Hearing Loss Treatment Report, Urgent Research, 2021-04-08T17:18:29+00:00, https://www.hearinglosstreatmentreport.com.