Article
Orphan glutamate receptor delta1 subunit required for high-frequency hearing.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Jun 2007
Gao Jiangang, Maison Stéphane F, Wu Xudong, Hirose Keiko, Jones Sherri M, Bayazitov Ildar, Tian Yong, Mittleman Guy, Matthews Douglas B, Zakharenko Stanislav S, Liberman M Charles, Zuo Jian
Abstract excerpt
The function of the orphan glutamate receptor delta subunits (GluRdelta1 and GluRdelta2) remains unclear. GluRdelta2 is expressed exclusively in the Purkinje cells of the cerebellum, and GluRdelta1 is prominently expressed in inner ear hair cells and neurons of the hippocampus. We found that mice lacking the GluRdelta1 protein displayed significant cochlear threshold shifts for frequencies of >16 kHz. These...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Cochlea
- Electrophysiology
- Gene Deletion
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner
- Hearing
- Heterozygote
- Hippocampus
- Homozygote
- Immunohistochemistry
