hearing/vestibular/ear
• mice begin to exhibit OHC degeneration in the basal turns of the organ of Corti from around P15
• different degrees of OHC degeneration are detected in the basal, middle, and apical turns and ~60% of OHCs are lost in the whole cochlea by P15
• at P21, no OHCs are seen in the basal turns, almost no OHCs are left in the middle turns, and only a few OHCs are seen in the apical turns
• by P28, no OHCs are visible in any of the turns of the organ of Corti
• however, OHCs are normal at P7, and both supporting cells and IHCs remain intact up to P28
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• disruption of the tunnel running through the organ of Corti is detected at P21
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• by P28, the tunnel of the organ of Corti is entirely destroyed (absent)
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• however, the organ of Corti is normal at P7
• at P15, the structure of the organ of Corti is partly disrupted in the basal turn due to OHC loss while the basal and middle turns are even more disrupted at P21
• by P28, the organ of Corti is completely destroyed throughout the entire cochlea
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• at P21, mice do not respond to any tone bursts (equal to or greater than 100 dB), indicating profound hearing impairment at all frequencies
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• mice are profoundly deaf by P21
• deafness is associated with decreased expression of tricellulin in tight junctions and abnormal expression of other hearing related proteins
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nervous system
• mice begin to exhibit OHC degeneration in the basal turns of the organ of Corti from around P15
• different degrees of OHC degeneration are detected in the basal, middle, and apical turns and ~60% of OHCs are lost in the whole cochlea by P15
• at P21, no OHCs are seen in the basal turns, almost no OHCs are left in the middle turns, and only a few OHCs are seen in the apical turns
• by P28, no OHCs are visible in any of the turns of the organ of Corti
• however, OHCs are normal at P7, and both supporting cells and IHCs remain intact up to P28
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness 42 | DOID:0110500 |
OMIM:609646 |
J:221594 |