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- Title
Therapeutic potential of a gamma-secretase inhibitor for hearing restoration in a guinea pig model with noise-induced hearing loss.
- Authors
Yosuke Tona; Kiyomi Hamaguchi; Masaaki Ishikawa; Takushi Miyoshi; Norio Yamamoto; Kohei Yamahara; Juichi Ito; Takayuki Nakagawa
- Abstract
Background Notch signaling plays a crucial role in the fate determination of cochlear progenitor cells, hair cells, and supporting cells in the developing cochlea. Recent studies have demonstrated the temporal activation of Notch signaling in damaged mature cochleae, and have demonstrated the induction of new hair cells by pharmacologically inhibiting Notch signaling. The present study aimed to illustrate the feasibility of pharmacologically inhibiting Notch signaling by using a gamma-secretase inhibitor for treating sensorineural hearing loss. Results The effect of the sustained local delivery of MDL28170, a gamma-secretase inhibitor, on hearing and hair cell induction was tested in a guinea pig model with noise-induced hearing loss. MDL28170 was directly delivered into the cochlear fluids via a micro osmotic-pump. Drug application was initiated 7 days after noise exposure. Measurements of auditory brainstem responses revealed better hearing in the MDL28170-treated animals than in the vehicle controls. Histological analysis demonstrated a higher number of outer hair cells in the MDL28170-treated cochleae than the vehicle-treated cochleae. Conclusion These findings strongly suggest that local sustained delivery of a gamma-secretase inhibitor into the cochlea could be a novel strategy for treating acute hearing loss that is refractory to conventional treatment.
- Subjects
SECRETASE inhibitors; TREATMENT of deafness; PROGENITOR cells; HAIR cells; GUINEA pigs as laboratory animals
- Publication
BMC Neuroscience, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2202
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2202-15-66