2022
Prestin-Mediated Frequency Selectivity Does not Cover Ultrahigh Frequencies in Mice
Li J, Liu S, Song C, Zhu T, Zhao Z, Sun W, Wang Y, Song L, Xiong W. Prestin-Mediated Frequency Selectivity Does not Cover Ultrahigh Frequencies in Mice. Neuroscience Bulletin 2022, 38: 769-784. PMID: 35279808, PMCID: PMC9276951, DOI: 10.1007/s12264-022-00839-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOuter hair cellsCation channel blockerCochlear outer hair cellsPrestin knockout miceAudiometric measurementsChannel blockersPharmacogenetic manipulationCochlear sensitivityMiceSpecific ablationHair cellsTarget cellsBehavior testsHearingMembrane potentialLow-pass featureAblationUltrasonic hearingCellsPrestinBlockersMembrane resonanceIn vivo CRISPR‐Cas9‐mediated DNA chop identifies a cochlear outer hair cell‐specific enhancer
Sun Y, Zhang Y, Zhang D, Wang G, Song L, Liu Z. In vivo CRISPR‐Cas9‐mediated DNA chop identifies a cochlear outer hair cell‐specific enhancer. The FASEB Journal 2022, 36: e22233. PMID: 35225354, DOI: 10.1096/fj.202100421rr.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA fragment deletionKbp fragmentKbp segmentFragment deletionCell-specific enhancerOuter hair cellsLarge DNA fragment deletionGreen fluorescent proteinCRISPR/Motor proteinsIntron regionsGene therapeutic applicationsFluorescent proteinDifferent speciesCochlear outer hair cellsBp fragmentEnhancerSLC26A5Hair cellsEGFPProteinTransgenic miceDeletionKbpPrestin expression
2018
Characterizing a novel vGlut3-P2A-iCreER knockin mouse strain in cochlea
Li C, Shu Y, Wang G, Zhang H, Lu Y, Li X, Li G, Song L, Liu Z. Characterizing a novel vGlut3-P2A-iCreER knockin mouse strain in cochlea. Hearing Research 2018, 364: 12-24. PMID: 29706463, DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.04.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcoustic StimulationAmino Acid Transport Systems, AcidicAnimalsCochleaEvoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain StemFemaleGene Knock-In TechniquesGenes, ReporterGenotypeHair Cells, Auditory, OuterIntegrasesLuminescent ProteinsMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNeurogliaPhenotypeReaction TimeReceptors, EstrogenSelective Estrogen Receptor ModulatorsSpiral GanglionTamoxifenTime FactorsConceptsInner hair cellsOuter hair cellsSpiral ganglion neuronsKnockin mouse strainGlia cellsVesicular glutamate transporter 3Mouse strainsHair cellsCochlear outer hair cellsRosa26-LSLVGLUT3 expressionGanglion neuronsVGLUT3Mouse cochleaTransporter 3Negative cellsMouse genetic studiesAntibody stainingTamoxifenUnique expression patternP2/P3Specific cell typesCell typesSitu hybridizationCochlea