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- Title
Identification of Modulators of Hair Cell Regeneration in the Zebrafish Lateral Line.
- Authors
Namdaran, Parhum; Reinhart, Katherine E.; Owens, Kelly N.; Raible, David W.; Rubel1, Edwin W.
- Abstract
The external location of the zebrafish lateral line makes it a powerful model for studying mechanosensory hair cell regeneration.Wehave developed a chemical screen to identify FDA-approved drugs and biologically active compounds that modulate hair cell regeneration in zebrafish. Of the 1680 compounds evaluated, we identified two enhancers and six inhibitors of regeneration. The two enhancers, dexamethasone and prednisolone, are synthetic glucocorticoids that potentiated hair cell numbers during regeneration and also induced hair cell addition in the absence of damage. BrdU analysis confirmed that the extra hair cells arose from mitotic activity. We found that dexamethasone and prednisolone, like other glucocorticoids, suppress zebrafish caudal fin regeneration, indicating that hair cell regeneration occurs by a distinctly different process. Further analyses of the regeneration inhibitors revealed that two of the six, flubendazole and topotecan, significantly suppress hair cell regeneration by preventing proliferation of hair cell precursors. Flubendazole halted support cell division in M-phase, possibly by interfering with normal microtubule activity. Topotecan, a topoisomerase inhibitor, killed both hair cells and proliferating hair cell precursors. A third inhibitor, fulvestrant, moderately delayed hair cell regeneration by reducing support cell proliferation. Our observation that hair cells do not regenerate when support cell proliferation is impeded confirms previous observations that cell division is the primary route for hair cell regeneration after neomycin treatment in zebrafish
- Subjects
HAIR cell regeneration; SENSORY neurons; DEXAMETHASONE; CELL differentiation; ENZYME inhibitors; CELL proliferation; LABORATORY zebrafish
- Publication
Journal of Neuroscience, 2012, Vol 32, Issue 10, p3516
- ISSN
0270-6474
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3905-11.2012