TRPA1 is a candidate for the mechanosensitive transduction channel of vertebrate hair cells |
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Authors: | Corey David P García-Añoveros Jaime Holt Jeffrey R Kwan Kelvin Y Lin Shuh-Yow Vollrath Melissa A Amalfitano Andrea Cheung Eunice L-M Derfler Bruce H Duggan Anne Géléoc Gwénaëlle S G Gray Paul A Hoffman Matthew P Rehm Heidi L Tamasauskas Daniel Zhang Duan-Sun |
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Institution: | Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. dcorey@hms.harvard.edu |
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Abstract: | Mechanical deflection of the sensory hair bundles of receptor cells in the inner ear causes ion channels located at the tips of the bundle to open, thereby initiating the perception of sound. Although some protein constituents of the transduction apparatus are known, the mechanically gated transduction channels have not been identified in higher vertebrates. Here, we investigate TRP (transient receptor potential) ion channels as candidates and find one, TRPA1 (also known as ANKTM1), that meets criteria for the transduction channel. The appearance of TRPA1 messenger RNA expression in hair cell epithelia coincides developmentally with the onset of mechanosensitivity. Antibodies to TRPA1 label hair bundles, especially at their tips, and tip labelling disappears when the transduction apparatus is chemically disrupted. Inhibition of TRPA1 protein expression in zebrafish and mouse inner ears inhibits receptor cell function, as assessed with electrical recording and with accumulation of a channel-permeant fluorescent dye. TRPA1 is probably a component of the transduction channel itself. |
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