2017
Progressive age-dependence and frequency difference in the effect of gap junctions on active cochlear amplification and hearing
Zong L, Chen J, Zhu Y, Zhao H. Progressive age-dependence and frequency difference in the effect of gap junctions on active cochlear amplification and hearing. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 2017, 489: 223-227. PMID: 28552523, PMCID: PMC5555358, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.05.137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActive cochlear amplificationHearing lossCochlear amplificationMice ageGap junctionsAge-related hearing lossSignificant hearing lossPostnatal day 25Cochlear gap junctionsAuditory sensory hair cellsSensory hair cellsNonsyndromic hearing lossHigh incidenceOuter pillar cellsDay 25Deiters' cellsConnexin expressionHair cellsConnexin 26Outer hair cell electromotilityHair cell electromotilityPillar cellsPrevious reportsCochleaAge
2012
ATP activates P2X receptors to mediate gap junctional coupling in the cochlea
Zhu Y, Zhao H. ATP activates P2X receptors to mediate gap junctional coupling in the cochlea. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 2012, 426: 528-532. PMID: 22982314, PMCID: PMC3471361, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.08.119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsP2X receptorsGap junctional couplingCochlear gap junctionsP2Y receptor agonist UTPGap junctionsJunctional couplingP2X receptor antagonistMetabotropic purinergic receptorsReceptor agonist UTPStimulation of ATPPhysiological levelsReceptor antagonistP2Y receptorsPurinergic controlPurinergic receptorsBenzoylbenzoyl-ATPNoise stressReceptorsIonic homeostasisCochleaDisulfonic acidCritical roleIntercellular channelsATPCells
2005
Connexin26 is responsible for anionic molecule permeability in the cochlea for intercellular signalling and metabolic communications
Zhao H. Connexin26 is responsible for anionic molecule permeability in the cochlea for intercellular signalling and metabolic communications. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2005, 21: 1859-1868. PMID: 15869481, PMCID: PMC2548270, DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04031.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosine TriphosphateAffinity LabelsAnimalsAnionsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCalciumCationsCell CommunicationCell CountCell Membrane PermeabilityCells, CulturedCochleaConnexin 26ConnexinsDose-Response Relationship, DrugEnzyme InhibitorsFluorescent DyesGap JunctionsGlycyrrhetinic AcidGuinea PigsIntracellular MembranesPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsProadifenPyridoxal PhosphateSpectrometry, FluorescenceTime FactorsConceptsCharge selectivityLarge pore sizeCationic fluorescent dyeIntercellular signalingAnionic dyesDye sizeGap junctionsMetabolic communicationPore sizeMolecule permeabilityMolecular permeabilitySelectivityEnergy moleculesCationic probePassage of ionsFluorescent dyeGap junctional permeabilityMoleculesCochlear sensory epitheliumDyeCochlear gap junctions