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- Title
Ganglioside GM3 is essential for the structural integrity and function of cochlear hair cells.
- Authors
Misato Yoshikawa; Shinji Go; Shun-ichi Suzuki; Akemi Suzuki; Yukio Katori; Morlet, Thierry; Gottlieb, Steven M.; Michihiro Fujiwara; Katsunori Iwasaki; Strauss, Kevin A.; Jin-ichi Inokuchi
- Abstract
GM3 synthase (ST3GAL5) is the first biosynthetic enzyme of a- and b-series gangliosides. Patients with GM3 synthase deficiency suffer severe neurological disability and deafness. Eight children (ages 4.1 ± 2.3 years) homozygous for ST3GAL5 c.694C>T had no detectable GM3 (a-series) or GD3 (b-series) in plasma. Their auditory function was characterized by the absence of middle ear muscle reflexes, distortion product otoacoustic emissions and cochlear microphonics, as well as abnormal auditory brainstem responses and cortical auditory-evoked potentials. In St3gal5-/- mice, stereocilia of outer hair cells showed signs of degeneration as early as postnatal Day 3 (P3); thereafter, blebs devoid of actin or tubulin appeared at the region of vestigial kinocilia, suggesting impaired vesicular trafficking. Stereocilia of St3gal5-/- inner hair cells were fused by P17, and protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor Q, normally linked to myosin VI at the tapered base of stereocilia, was maldistributed along the cell membrane. B4galnt1-/- (GM2 synthase-deficient) mice expressing only GM3 and GD3 gangliosides had normal auditory structure and function. Thus, GM3-dependent membrane microdomains might be essential for the proper organization and maintenance of stereocilia in auditory hair cells.
- Publication
Human Molecular Genetics, 2015, Vol 24, Issue 10, p2796
- ISSN
0964-6906
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hmg/ddv041