Connexin-mediated signaling in nonsensory cells is crucial for the development of sensory inner hair cells in the mouse cochlea

SL Johnson, F Ceriani, O Houston… - Journal of …, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
Mutations in the genes encoding for gap junction proteins connexin 26 (Cx26) and connexin
30 (Cx30) have been linked to syndromic and nonsyndromic hearing loss in mice and …

Inner ear connexin channels: roles in development and maintenance of cochlear function

F Mammano - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2019 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Connexin 26 and connexin 30 are the prevailing isoforms in the epithelial and connective
tissue gap junction systems of the developing and mature cochlea. The most frequently …

Progressive age-dependence and frequency difference in the effect of gap junctions on active cochlear amplification and hearing

L Zong, J Chen, Y Zhu, HB Zhao - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Mutations of Connexin 26 (Cx26, GJB2), which is a predominant gap junction
isoform in the cochlea, can induce high incidence of nonsyndromic hearing loss. We …

Gap junction-mediated intercellular biochemical coupling in cochlear supporting cells is required for normal cochlear functions

Y Zhang, W Tang, S Ahmad, JA Sipp… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Dysfunction of gap junctions (GJs) caused by mutations in connexin26 (Cx26) and Cx30
accounts for nearly half of all cases of hereditary nonsyndromic deafness cases. Although it …

A connexin30 mutation rescues hearing and reveals roles for gap junctions in cochlear amplification and micromechanics

VA Lukashkina, S Levic, AN Lukashkin… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Accelerated age-related hearing loss disrupts high-frequency hearing in inbred CD-1 mice.
The p. Ala88Val (A88V) mutation in the gene coding for the gap-junction protein connexin30 …

A gap-junction mutation reveals that outer hair cell extracellular receptor potentials drive high-frequency cochlear amplification

S Levic, VA Lukashkina, P Simões… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
Cochlear amplification enables the enormous dynamic range of hearing through amplifying
cochlear responses to low-to moderate-level sounds and compressing them to loud sounds …

Cochlear outer hair cells in a dominant-negative connexin26 mutant mouse preserve non-linear capacitance in spite of impaired distortion product otoacoustic …

A Minekawa, T Abe, A Inoshita, T Iizuka, S Kakehata… - Neuroscience, 2009 - Elsevier
Mutations in the connexin26 gene (GJB2) are the most common genetic cause of congenital
bilateral non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss. Transgenic mice were established …

Preservation of developmental spontaneous activity enables early auditory system maturation in deaf mice

CJ Kersbergen, TA Babola, PO Kanold… - PLoS biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Intrinsically generated neural activity propagates through the developing auditory system to
promote maturation and refinement of sound processing circuits prior to hearing onset. This …

Connexin30 null and conditional connexin26 null mice display distinct pattern and time course of cellular degeneration in the cochlea

Y Sun, W Tang, Q Chang, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Mutations in connexin26 (Cx26) and Cx30 are the most common cause of
nonsyndromic inherited deafness in humans. To understand the underlying molecular …

Analysis of connexin subunits required for the survival of vestibular hair cells

YAN Qu, W Tang, I Dahlke, D Ding… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Mutations in connexin (Cx) genes are responsible for a large proportion of human inherited
prelingual deafness cases. The most commonly found human Cx mutations are either Cx26 …