Loss of Myh14 Increases Susceptibility to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in CBA/CaJ Mice.

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Loss of Myh14 Increases Susceptibility to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in CBA/CaJ Mice.

Neural Plast. 2016;2016:6720420

Authors: Fu X, Zhang L, Jin Y, Sun X, Zhang A, Wen Z, Zhou Y, Xia M, Gao J

Abstract
MYH14 is a member of the myosin family, which has been implicated in many motile processes such as ion-channel gating, organelle translocation, and the cytoskeleton rearrangement. Mutations in MYH14 lead to a DFNA4-type hearing impairment. Further evidence also shows that MYH14 is a candidate noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) susceptible gene. However, the specific roles of MYH14 in auditory function and NIHL are not fully understood. In the present study, we used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to establish a Myh14 knockout mice line in CBA/CaJ background (now referred to as Myh14(-/-) mice) and clarify the role of MYH14 in the cochlea and NIHL. We found that Myh14(-/-) mice did not exhibit significant hearing loss until five months of age. In addition, Myh14(-/-) mice were more vulnerable to high intensity noise compared to control mice. More significant outer hair cell loss was observed in Myh14(-/-) mice than in wild type controls after acoustic trauma. Our findings suggest that Myh14 may play a beneficial role in the protection of the cochlea after acoustic overstimulation in CBA/CaJ mice.

PMID: 28101381 [PubMed - in process]

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