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CIB2, defective in isolated deafness, is key for auditory hair cell mechanotransduction and survival

Michel, V; Booth, KT; Patni, P; Cortese, M; Azaiez, H; Bahloul, A; Kahrizi, K; ... El-Amraoui, A; + view all (2017) CIB2, defective in isolated deafness, is key for auditory hair cell mechanotransduction and survival. EMBO Molecular Medicine , 9 (12) pp. 1711-1731. 10.15252/emmm.201708087. Green open access

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Abstract

Defects of CIB2, calcium‐ and integrin‐binding protein 2, have been reported to cause isolated deafness, DFNB48 and Usher syndrome type‐IJ, characterized by congenital profound deafness, balance defects and blindness. We report here two new nonsense mutations (pGln12* and pTyr110*) in CIB2 patients displaying nonsyndromic profound hearing loss, with no evidence of vestibular or retinal dysfunction. Also, the generated CIB2−/− mice display an early onset profound deafness and have normal balance and retinal functions. In these mice, the mechanoelectrical transduction currents are totally abolished in the auditory hair cells, whilst they remain unchanged in the vestibular hair cells. The hair bundle morphological abnormalities of CIB2−/− mice, unlike those of mice defective for the other five known USH1 proteins, begin only after birth and lead to regression of the stereocilia and rapid hair‐cell death. This essential role of CIB2 in mechanotransduction and cell survival that, we show, is restricted to the cochlea, probably accounts for the presence in CIB2−/− mice and CIB2 patients, unlike in Usher syndrome, of isolated hearing loss without balance and vision deficits.

Type: Article
Title: CIB2, defective in isolated deafness, is key for auditory hair cell mechanotransduction and survival
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201708087
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201708087
Language: English
Additional information: Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: CIB proteins; human and mouse deafness; Usher syndrome diagnosis
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > The Ear Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10112366
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