Journal: eLife
Article Title: Deficit of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 1 (DUSP1) accelerates progressive hearing loss
doi: 10.7554/eLife.39159
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Representative confocal maximal projection images of the organ of Corti of the middle and basal turns of 5-month-old Dusp1 +/+ (n = 4) and Dusp1 –/ – (n = 4) mice immunolabeled for hair cells MyoVIIA (green), neurofilament (red) and phalloidin (purple). Asterisks and arrowheads indicate the absence or presence, respectively, of hair cells and fibers. Scale bar: 10 µm. IHC, inner hair cell; OHC, outer hair cell; SB, spiral bundle; TC, tunnel of Corti. ( B ) Quantification in the middle (35–45% distance from apex) and basal cochlear turns (60–70% distance from apex) of 5-month-old Dusp1 +/+ (light green bars) and Dusp1 –/ – (dark green bars) mice of the number of outer (base, n = 3 per genotype; middle, n = 4 per genotype) and inner hair cells (base, n = 4 per genotype; middle n = 4, per genotype). Values are presented as mean ± SEM. ( C ) DPOAE thresholds (mean ± SEM) of Dusp1 +/+ (light color lines) and Dusp – / – (dark color lines) mice of 4–5 months of age (8 kHz: Dusp1 +/+ , n = 5, Dusp1 –/ – , n = 8; 10 kHz: Dusp1 +/+ n = 4, Dusp1 –/ – , n = 8; 14 kHz: Dusp1 +/+ n = 4, Dusp1 –/ – n = 7) and 8–9 months of age (8 kHz: Dusp1 +/+ n = 5, Dusp1 –/ – , n = 5; 10 kHz: Dusp1 +/+ n = 4, Dusp1 –/– n = 5; 14 kHz: Dusp1 +/+ n = 4, Dusp1 –/– n = 4). ( D ) DPOAE amplitude I/O function (mean ± SEM) evoked by stimulus (f2 = 10.9 kHz or f2 = 15.2 kHz) of Dusp1 +/+ (lighter color lines) and Dusp1 –/ – (darker color lines) for mice of 4–5 and 8–9 months of age (at least three mice per genotype). Statistically significant differences were analyzed by Student’s t-tests comparing genotypes (*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001).
Article Snippet: Paraffin cochlear sections (7 μm) were either stained with hematoxylin/eosin or used for immunohistochemical investigations with anti-myelin P0 (chicken, 1:150, CH23009, Neuromics, Edina, MN, USA) and anti-nitrotyrosine (rabbit, 1:100, AB5411, Merck-Millipore, Burlington, MA, USA) ( ).
Techniques: Immunolabeling