2024
DMXL2 Is Required for Endocytosis and Recycling of Synaptic Vesicles in Auditory Hair Cells
Peng H, Wang L, Gao Y, Liu H, Lin G, Kong Y, Xu P, Liu H, Yuan Q, Liu H, Song L, Yang T, Wu H. DMXL2 Is Required for Endocytosis and Recycling of Synaptic Vesicles in Auditory Hair Cells. Journal Of Neuroscience 2024, 44: e1405232024. PMID: 39147590, PMCID: PMC11411588, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1405-23.2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEndocytic membrane retrievalSynaptic vesiclesSynaptic exocytosisMembrane retrievalEndocytic compartmentsMolecular machineryRecycling of synaptic vesiclesReserve poolMembrane capacitance measurementsRibbon synapses of inner hair cellsElectron microscopy reconstructionsAuditory synaptopathyMutant miceSynaptic endocytosisCell-specific knockout miceHuman homologMembrane-proximalHair cellsAuditory hair cellsMolecular basisEndocytosisRibbon synapsesInner hair cellsHearing lossDMXL2
2023
Cochlear transcript diversity and its role in auditory functions implied by an otoferlin short isoform
Liu H, Liu H, Wang L, Song L, Jiang G, Lu Q, Yang T, Peng H, Cai R, Zhao X, Zhao T, Wu H. Cochlear transcript diversity and its role in auditory functions implied by an otoferlin short isoform. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 3085. PMID: 37248244, PMCID: PMC10227054, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38621-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort isoformEndocytic membrane retrievalRNA sequencing techniquesDiverse biological functionsInner hair cellsTranscript diversityUnannotated transcriptsRNA-seqAlternative isoformsMembrane retrievalBiological functionsGENCODE databasesKey proteinsIsoform resolutionSequencing techniquesSustained exocytosisIsoformsMechanistic understandingAuditory functionSanger sequencingHair cellsTranscriptsRT-PCRSynaptic transmissionAuditory phenotype