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      Mutation of the TBCE gene causes disturbance of microtubules in the auditory nerve and cochlear outer hair cell degeneration accompanied by progressive hearing loss in the pmn/pmn mouse.

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          The progressive motor neuronopathy (pmn/pmn) mouse, an animal model for a fast developing human motor neuron disorder, is additionally characterized by simultaneous progressive sensorineural hearing loss. The gene defect in the pmn/pmn mouse is localized to a missense mutation in the tubulin-specific chaperone E (TBCE) gene on mouse chromosome 13, which is one of the five tubulin-specific chaperons involved in tubulin folding and dimerization. The missense mutation leads to a disturbance of tubulin structures in the auditory nerve and a progressive outer hair cell loss due to apoptosis, which is accompanied by highly elevated ABR-thresholds and loss of DPOAEs. In addition the TBCE protein is selectively expressed in the outer hair cells and the transcellular processes of the inner pillar cells in the cochlea of control and pmn/pmn mouse. We conclude from our study that the mutation of the TBCE gene affects the auditory nerve and the cochlear hair cells simultaneously, leading to progressive hearing loss. This animal model will give the chance to test possible therapeutic strategies in special forms of hearing loss, in which the auditory nerve and the cochlear hair cells are simultaneously affected.

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          Journal
          Exp. Neurol.
          Experimental neurology
          Elsevier BV
          1090-2430
          0014-4886
          Dec 2013
          : 250
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery, University of Wuerzburg, Germany; Comprehensive Hearing Center, University of Wuerzburg, Germany.
          Article
          S0014-4886(13)00310-5
          10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.10.007
          24120439
          7a275bba-c01b-483b-966c-7a4e758e8da5
          History

          Hearing loss,Tubulin specific chaperone E,Progressive motor neuronopathy,Cochlea,Auditory nerve,Apoptosis

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