简介:Aratmodelofchronictympanicmembraneperforationwasdevelopedtobeusedinthesearchofnewmaterialsforthesealingoftheseperforations.AlongitudinalstudywascarriedoutinratssubjectedtoincisionalmyringotomyfollowedbytheapplicationofmitomycinCaloneorwithdexamethasone.Ratswerecheckedatdays3,7,10,14andweeklythereafteruntilperforationclosure,forupto6months.Theadditionofdexamethasoneisakeycomponentinordertoobtainachronicopening.Myringotomiestreatedwithsalinehadameanhealingtimeof8.5days.At8weeks,between62.5%and77.7%oftympanicmembranestreatedwithmitomycinCanddexamethasoneremainedperforatedandat6monthsthisnumberfellto21.4%.Thistechniqueisabletomaintainmosttympanicmembraneperforationspatentforatleast8weeks.Thisratmodelisadequateforitsuseinpreclinicalortranslationalresearch.
简介:Objective:EvaluatingtheauditoryfunctioninpatientswithchronichepatitisCtreatedwithsofosbuvirandribavirin.Methods:Thisstudyinvolved80patientswithchronichepatitisCwhoagreedtoreceivesofosbuvirandribavirin.Allparticipantsweresubjectedtobaselineotologicalandaudiologicalassessmentjustbeforetreatment.Theaudiologicalassessmentincludedstandardpuretoneaudiometry,extendedhighfrequencyaudiometry,immitancemetryandotoacousticemissions(OAEs)(transientanddistortionproduct).Accordingtobaselinehearingthresholdmeasurements,thestudypopulationwasdividedinto2groups.Group1included42patientswithnormalhearingsensitivity(250e8000Hz),andGroup2included38patientswithsensorineuralhearingloss.After24weeksoftherapy,otologicalandaudiologicalassessmentswererepeatedandcomparedbetweenthetwogroupsandbeforeandaftertherapy.Results:Post-treatmenthearingthresholdevaluationshowednosignificantdifferencefrompretreatmentevaluationatalltestedfrequencies.Therewasnostatisticallysignificantdifferencebetweenpreandpost-treatmentotoacousticemissionsresults.Conclusion:TherapywithsofosbuvirandribavirininchronichepatitisChasnonoticeableeffectsoncochlearfunctions.
简介:ObjectiveToconstructaprokaryoticexpressionvectorbearingfusiongeneNT4-ADNF-9forfuturestudiesongenetictherapiesforsensorineuraldeafness.MethodsDoublestrandADNF-9cDNAwassynthesizedusingasymmetricalprimer/templatesandligatedtothe3'terminalofsignalandleaderpeptidesofneurotrophin4(NT4).ThefusiongeneNT4-ADNF-9,wassubclonedintoprokaryoticexpressionvectorpBV220,andnamedpBV220/NT4-ADNF-9.DNAsequenceofthefusiongenewasanalyzed.ThefusionproteinwasisolatedbySDS-PAGEanditsbioactivitywasevaluatedusingprimarycultureofday8chickenembryonicDRGcells.ResultsThecorrectsequenceoffusiongeneNT4-ADNF-9wassuccessfullysubclonedintothepBV220vector.TheexpressedADNF-9proteinshoweditseffectsinpromotingcellsurvivalandneuritegrowth.ConclusionProkaryoticexpressionvectorpBV220/NT4-ADNF-9wasconstructedsuccessfullyandtheexpressedfusionproteindemonstratedsatisfactorybioactivity.
简介:ObjectiveToinvestigatetheearlychangeofcochlearribbonsynapsesoninnerhaircellsinresponsetoaminoglycosideototoxicity.MethodsC57BL/6Jmicereceivedintraperitonealinjectionofgentamicin(100mg/kg/day),andtheapicalcoilorganofCortiwasexaminedonthe4th,7thand10thday(n=10).Litter-mateswithoutgentamicintreatmentservedascontrols(n=10).RIBEYEonthepresynapticmembraneandAMPAreceptorsonthepostsynapticmembranewerelabeledwithCtBP2orGluR2/3respectively.Threedi-mensionreconstructionwasconductedusingthe3DSMAX8.0software.ResultsTherewerenodisruptionsofouterorinnerhaircellsinallgroups.However,thenumberofribbonsynapsesoncochlearinnerhaircellsincreasedsignificantlywithin7daysaftergentamicinexposure(P<0.01),followedbyasignificantde-creaseafter7days.ConclusionDuringtheearlystageofaminoglycosideototoxicity,increasedpopulationofcochlearribbonsynapsesmayindicateasignificantdown-regulationofsynapticfunction.
简介:ObjectiveTostudycharacteristicsofhearinglossafterexposuretomoderatenoiseexposureinC57BL/6Jmice.MethodsMaleC57BL/6Jmicewithnormalhearingatageof5-6weekswerechosenforthisstudy.Themicewererandomlyselectedtobestudiedimmediatelyafterexposure(GroupP0),or1day(GroupP1),3days(GroupP3),7days(GroupP7)or14days(P14)afterexposure.Theirbeforeexposureconditionservedasthenormalcontrol.Allmicewereexposedtoabroad-bandwhitenoiseat100dBSPLfor2hours,ABRthresholdswereusedtoestimatehearingstatusateachtimepoint.ResultsABRthresholdelevationwasseenateverytestedfrequencyatP0(P<0.01).Elevationathigh-frequencies(16kHzand32kHz)wasgreaterthanatlowerfrequencies(4kHzand8kHz,P<0.05).FromP1toP14,ABRthresholdscontinuouslyimproved,andtherewasnosignificantdifferencebetweenP14andbeforeexposure(P>0.05).ConclusionThereisafrequencyspecificresponseto100dBSPLbroad-bandwhitenoiseinC57BL/6Jmice,withthehigh-frequencybeingmoresusceptible.HearinglossinducedbymoderatenoiseexposureappearsreversibleinC57BL/6Jmice.
简介:Objective:Todeterminewhetheranew-bornchildfromafamilycarryingadeafnessgeneneedscochlearimplantationtoavoiddysphoniabyscreeningandsequencingadeafness-relatedgene.Results:BothscreeningandsequencingresultsconfirmedthatthenewbornchildhadanormalGJB2genedespitethefactthatshehasabrothersufferingfromhearinglosstriggeredbyanallelicGJB2c.176del16mutation.WeclonedtheGJB2genesderivedfromtheirrespectivebloodgenomicDNAintoGFPfusedplasmidsandtransfectedthoseplasmidsintothe293Tcelllinetotestforgenefunction.WhilethemutatedGJB2gene(GJB2c.176del16)ofherdeafbrotherwasfoundtobeunabletoformthegapjunctionstructurebetweentwoadjacentcells,thebabygirl’sGJB2generanintonosuchproblems.Conclusion:ThescreeningandsequencingaswellastheGJB2genefunctiontestsinvariablyshowedresultsconsistentwiththeABRtestedhearingphenotype,whichmeansthatthechild,withanormalwildtypeGJB2gene,doesnotneedearlyinterventiontopreventherfromdevelopinghearinglossanddysphoniaatalaterstageinlife.
简介:目的分析一个大前庭水管综合征家系的临床特征和SLC26A4基因检测特点。方法对一个大前庭水管综合征家系进行病史采集和听力学检测,绘制耳聋家系系谱图,提取受检者的基因组DNA,对所有家系成员进行耳聋基因芯片分析和SLC26A4基因全外显子及外显子侧翼序列的检测。结果该家系共5代合计30人(男17人,女13人),现存26人,其中第四代7人为耳聋患者,6人均为语前感音神经性聋。1人为语后感音神经性聋,颞骨CT显示均为前庭水管扩大,第五代1人为耳聋患者,表现为前庭水管扩大合并语前感音神经性聋。在家系中共发现SLC26A4基因c.754C〉T、c.919-2A〉G、c.1264-12T〉A和c.1548_1549insC四种已知致病突变类型。耳聋患者均为复合杂合突变。10人为SLC26A4基因携带者。结论该家系的8例耳聋患者由SLC26A4基因复合杂合突变导致前庭水管扩大,病因学分析可为患者提供预见性的临床措施,并为该家系的后代遗传咨询与婚育指导提供理论依据及科学手段,有效地防止聋儿后代出生。
简介:目的连接蛋白基因和遗传性耳聋及角皮病有明确的相关性.现有4个连接蛋白基因突变可导致角皮病,即:GJB4、GJB2、GJB3和GJB6,其中3个基因既可导致遗传性耳聋,即GJB2、GJB3和GJB6,而GJB4是否与遗传性耳聋相关还有待于进一步证实.为证实GJB4和遗传性耳聋的相关性,在非综合征型遗传性耳聋中进行突变检测.方法本实验采用PCR-直接测序法对60个非综合征型遗传性耳聋家系先证者进行GJB4的突变检测,其中32个显性遗传,28个隐性遗传.结果发现了四种碱基改变:109G>A、3'UTR+17A>G、611A>C和507C>G.109G>A和3'UTR+17A>G是新发现的碱基改变,但在家系突变检测中证实为多态.611A>C和507C>G两种碱基改变是已报道的多态,611A>C是我们检测到的最常见的多态.结论本研究发现了GJB4的109G>A和3'UTR+17A>G两种新多态,为今后进一步研究打下了基础,但未能最终证实GJB4为遗传性耳聋的致病基因,可是从该基因背景来分析GJB4仍可能是一个很好的耳聋候选基因,有待于扩大家系收集范围进一步检测.
简介:目的探讨浆膜蛋白RTN1和RTN4基因在小鼠内耳的表达.方法采用5只成年小鼠内耳组织提取总RNA,逆转录后获得小鼠内耳细胞cDNA,根据RTN1和RTN4基因编码区序列设计的引物进行PCR扩增,通过PCR产物分析和DNA测序确定RTN1和RTN4是否在小鼠内耳细胞表达.结果采用小鼠内耳组织总RNA,RT-PCR扩增出RTN1和RTN4基因部分编码区,扩增产物测序证实小鼠内耳中有RTN1和RTN4基因的表达.结论RTN1和RTN4基因在内耳有表达,为RTN1和RTN4与连接蛋白26(connexin26)蛋白的互作关系提供了进一步的证据.浆膜蛋白RTN1和RTN4可能与连接蛋白26在听觉生理中起作用.
简介:Recently,thehumancochleahasbeenshowntocontainnumerousresidentmacrophagesundersteady-state.Themacrophagesaccumulateinthestriavascularis,amongtheauditorynerves,andarealsospottedinthehumanorganofCorti.ThesemacrophagesmayprocessantigensreachingthecochleabyinvasionofpathogensandinsertionofCIelectrode.Thus,macrophagesexecuteaninnate,andpossiblyanadaptiveimmunity.Here,wedescribethemolecularmarkersCD4andCD8ofTcells,macrophagemarkersMHCⅡandCD11b,aswellasthemicroglialmarkersTEME119andP2Y12,inthehumancochlea.Immunohistochemistryandtheadvantageoussuper-resolutionstructuredilluminationmicroscopy(SR-SIM)wereusedinthestudy.CD4~+andCD8~+cellswerefoundinthehumancochleae.Theywereseeninthemodiolusinasubstantialnumberadjacenttothevessels,intheperipheralregionoftheRosenthal’scanal,andoccasionallyinthespiralligament.Whilethereareasurprisinglylargenumberofmacrophagesinthestriavascularisaswellasbetweentheauditoryneurons,CD4~+andCD8~+cellsarehardlyseenintheseareas,andneitherareseenintheorganofCorti.Inthemodiolus,macrophages,CD4~+andCD8~+cellsappearedofteninclusters.InteractionbetweenthesedifferentcellswaseasilyobservedwithSR-SIM,showingcloselyplacedcellbodies,andtheprocessesfrommacrophagesreachingoutandtouchingthelymphocytes.OtherwisetheCD4~+andCD8~+cellsinhumancochleartissuearediscretelyscattered.Thepossiblerolesoftheseimmunecellsarespeculated.
简介:目的比较4岁听障儿童与健听儿童通过听觉记忆词汇的测试结果,探讨两类儿童词汇记忆的差异。方法选取4岁听障儿童24名(其中助听时间1~2年的10名,助听时间2~3年的14名)和健听儿童14名,采用言语听觉反应评估(evaluationofauditoryresponsetospeech,EARS)中的封闭式句子测试内容分别对儿童进行测试,比较其结果。结果①在记忆句中名词、形容词方面,3组儿童之间不存在显著性差异(P〉0.05);②在记忆句中动词方面,助听时间1~2年与2~3年的听障儿童之间存在极显著性差异(P〈0.01),助听时间1~2年的听障儿童与健听儿童之间也存在显著性差异(P〈0.05),但助听时间2~3年的听障儿童与健听儿童之间不存在显著性差异(P〉0.05)。结论①助听时间越长,听障儿童通过听觉记忆句子中词汇的能力越强;②助听时间的长短影响听障儿童在记忆不同词性词汇方面的能力,这为听障儿童听觉训练提供了参考依据。
简介:目的进一步探讨bFGF-Math1基因在前庭上皮细胞系(UEC-4)细胞中的表达及生物学作用.方法利用阳离子脂质体LipofectamineTM2000介导bFGF-Math1基因真核表达质粒(pCI-bFGF-Math1)转染UEC-4细胞,利用RT-PCR技术检测基因在细胞中的表达,并利用免疫组织化学方法观察细胞的分化及特异性抗体的表达.结果脂质体介导的基因可在细胞内获得良好的表达,转染后24h,相差显微镜下观察细胞形态发生变化,免疫组织化学显示转染后细胞可以表达毛细胞特异性蛋白Myosin7a.结论bFGF-Math1基因有良好的生物学特性,可以有效地诱导支持细胞向毛细胞样细胞转变.
简介:目的观察Nucleus24CA型人工耳蜗植入后电极阻抗、行为反应阈值(T-level,T级)及最大舒适级(C-level,C级)的变化规律,分析其内在联系,探讨其对术后调机的指导意义。方法对81例植入Nucleus24CA型人工耳蜗患儿,分别在术中、术后1、2、6个月进行电极阻抗阈值测试,收集术后对应T、C值,并对其变化规律及相关性进行统计学分析。结果电极阻抗值术中检测最低,术后1月开机最高,此后逐渐减低(P〈0.01);自蜗顶至蜗底各通道间电极阻抗值无显著差异(P〉0.05)。各电极通道T值、C值随术后时间延长逐渐增高(P〈0.05),并与电极阻抗值呈线性相关。结论测定电极阻抗值是评估人工耳蜗刺激电极状态的有效手段;术后2月应同时调试T值及C值,此后则应对C值进行重点调试。
简介:Objective:Basedontheclinicalmanifestationsofahearinglosspatient,thePOU3F4genewastestedfordiagnosisofetiology.Methods:Acomprehensivephysicalexaminationwasperformedontheprobandtoexcludeabnormalitiesofotherorgans,anddetailedaudiologicaltestingandtemporalboneCTscanwerealsoperformed.GenomicDNAwasextractedusingtheproband’speripheralbloodleukocytes.Polymerasechainreactions(PCR)wereperformedinthecodingsequenceofthePOU3F4gene.DirectDNAsequencingwassubsequentlyappliedtoscreentheentirecodingregionofthePOU3F4gene.Results:Theprobandhadseveresensorineuralhearingloss.TemporalCTshowedbilateralcochlearincompletepartition,vestibuledysplasia,internalauditorycanalfundusexpansion,andcochlearinterlinkwiththeinternalauditorycanalfundus.Anovelmutation(c.530C>A(p.S177X))inthePOU3F4genewasfoundinthispatient,creatingannewstopcodonandwaspredictedtoresultinatruncatedproteinlackingnormalPOU3F4transcriptionfactorfunction.Conclusion:ThroughanalysisofthePOU3F4geneandclinicalmanifestationsinthepatient,weconcludethatanovelmutationmayhaveresultedinaprematurestopcodon,contributingtothemutationofPOU3F4gene.
简介:目的用细胞学方法,分析线粒体DNA12SrRNA基因中C1494T突变在氨基糖甙类抗生素聋发病机理中的作用.方法从携有线粒体DNAC1494T突变的母系遗传性氨基糖甙类抗生素性耳聋的中国大家系选择部分成员,另外从遗传背景相同的正常中国人群选择对照个体,分别建立淋巴细胞系;并通过细胞融合技术,将淋巴细胞系的线粒体分别融合到缺乏线粒体DNA的p0206细胞中,建立相应的转线粒体细胞系;家系成员与对照个体的淋巴细胞系和转线粒体细胞系,分别在不含/含有氨基糖甙类抗生素(巴龙霉素)的培养液中培养,以倍增时间(doublingtime,DT)作为细胞生长特性的评价标准,通过计算在正常和含有氨基糖甙类抗生素的培养液中倍增时间的比值,比较氨基糖甙类抗生素对细胞生长的影响.结果携有线粒体DNAC1494T突变家系成员较对照个体的淋巴细胞系的倍增时间比值平均增加了24%,但不同家系成员的细胞倍增时间比值的增加程度不同,自10%至50%不等;而当细胞核遗传背景相同后,家系成员较对照个体的转线粒体细胞系的倍增时间比值增长30%,并且来自不同表型的家系成员的细胞倍增时间比值基本相同.结论线粒体DNAC1494T突变可以造成细胞对氨基糖甙类抗生素的超敏性,但其效应要受到核基因的调控.
简介:目的探讨老年性耳蜗毛细胞损害与中药复方健耳剂两种喂药方法干预的作用。方法选择1月龄C57BL/6J小鼠22只用于本实验,其中4只小鼠每日饮用自来水直到出生后3个月作为幼龄对照组;6只小鼠每日饮用自来水直到出生后7个月作为老年性聋对照组;6只小鼠每日自动饮用中药复方健耳剂直到出生后7个月;另6只小鼠每日自动饮用同样中药至4个月后改用每日人工灌服直到出生后7个月。各组动物实验到期终止后,取耳蜗进行全耳蜗基底膜铺片,将全耳蜗内、外毛细胞计数结果输入计算机并应用耳蜗图软件进行耳蜗毛细胞密度对比分析,其中选择基底膜上重要的病变区间的毛细胞密度进行统计学分析。结果3月龄对照组小鼠耳蜗外、内毛细胞缺损仅仅出现在耳蜗底回钩端区域;7月龄对照组外、内毛细胞缺损从底回基底膜起始端扩展到距离耳蜗顶端约40%区域;7月龄中药灌服组和自动饮用组动物的内、外毛细胞缺损范围和程度相似,均显著比7月龄对照组为轻(P〈0.001)。结论中药复方健耳剂能够有效延缓C57BL/6J小鼠老年性耳蜗毛细胞损害的发生和发展,两种喂药方式所起作用相同(P〉0.05),其药理机制可能与其改善微循环,清除活性氧,保护线粒体等作用相关。
简介:目的探讨不同周龄C57BL/6小鼠内耳形态学及其ABR阈值变化。方法取C57BL/6小鼠3周、4周、12周、26周各10只,听性脑干反应(ABR)测试双侧2、4、8、16、20kHzABR阈值。采用基底膜铺片MyosinⅥ、Neurofilament免疫组化染色,观察耳蜗毛细胞和神经丝的变化。扫描电镜观察耳蜗毛细胞及其静纤毛随年龄的变化。结果随着年龄增长,C57BL/6小鼠各频率ABR阈值明显提高,顶转和底转内毛细胞缺失逐渐增多,神经丝染色渐淡,毛细胞静纤毛逐渐发生数量减少、增粗融合、倒伏等变化。到26周龄时已达到重度聋,各频率较3周组有显著统计学差异。顶转和底转内毛细胞有连续缺失,外毛细胞完全缺失,内毛细胞只有残存的少量静纤毛,粗细不均,倒伏明显。结论本研究对国产C57BL/6小鼠的内耳形态进行观察,明确了其ABR阈值和内耳毛细胞的变化规律,为用国产C57BL/6小鼠进行老年性聋研究提供了依据。
简介:目的考察音乐教育对3-4岁听障儿童听觉能力、言语能力发展的影响。方法将40名3-4岁语前聋儿童随机分成实验组和对照组,每组20人。在5个月内,实验组持续参加每周1次、每次1小时的音乐教育课程;对照组只接受常规的康复教育。采用《听障儿童听觉、言语能力测试表》测试两组被试在实验前后的听觉能力和言语能力。结果①在听觉能力、言语能力测试总分上,实验组和对照组的前测、后测成绩均没有显著差异;②在听觉能力测试中,实验组的各项后测成绩均显著高于其前测成绩,包括声母识别率(t=-4.736,P〈0.01)、韵母识别率(t=-3.603,P〈0.01)、双音节识别率(t=-3.432,P〈0.01)、短句识别率(t=-4.228,P〈0.01)、总分(t=-5.067,P〈0.01)。对照组只在声母识别率(t=-2.877,P〈0.05)、韵母识别率(t=-2.779,P〈0.05)及总分(t=-2。393,户〈0.05)3项上的后测成绩显著高于其前测成绩;③在言语能力测试中,实验组和对照组的各项后测成绩均显著高于其前测成绩,且实验组在主题对话部分的后测成绩显著高于对照组(t=-2.076,P〈0.05)。结论音乐教育是听障儿童康复训练中可以选择使用的一种康复方式,对听障儿童的听觉能力、言语能力发展有一定的帮助。