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Na-K-Cl cotransporter expression in the developing and senescent gerbil cochlea.

N Sakaguchi·J J Crouch·C Lytle·B A Schulte
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Changes in the cellular expression pattern of the Na-K-Cl cotransporter (NKCC) were investigated during postnatal development and with advancing age in the gerbil cochlea. At birth, faint immunostaining for NKCC was discernable in the developing stria vascularis (StV), Reissner's membrane, interdental cells and some relatively undifferentiated cells lining the cochlear partition. Between 2 and 4 days after birth (DAB) immunostaining persisted and increased in the future interdental, inner and outer sulcus and claudius cells but then disappeared from these sites by 8 DAB. In contrast, NKCC immunoreactivity in the StV increased progressively during development and approached adult levels by 12 DAB. Immunostaining for NKCC in subpopulations of fibrocytes in the inferior portion of the spiral ligament, the suprastrial region and the spiral limbus was first detectable between 10 and 12 DAB and staining intensity reached adult levels around 16 DAB. Changes in NKCC expression with advancing age generally mimicked those previously observed for Na,K-ATPase in focal regions of atrophic lateral wall. Diminished immunostaining was first seen in the StV, presumably associated with the involution of the marginal cell's basolateral processes. Further atrophy culminated in complete loss of immunostaining in the StV and an associated down-regulation of NKCC expression in spiral ligament transport fibrocytes. The marked similarities in the developmental and age-related expression patterns of NKCC and Na,K-ATPase point to a high level of functional cooperativity between these two ion transport mediators, which together provide an efficient mechanism for generating and maintaining high K+ levels in endolymph and the endocochlear potential.

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AgingAnimalsCarrier ProteinsCell DifferentiationChloridesCochleaFemaleGerbillinaeImmunoenzyme TechniquesIn Vitro TechniquesIon TransportMaleMembrane ProteinsPotassiumSodiumSodium-Potassium-Chloride SymportersSpiral GanglionStria VascularisComparative StudyJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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N Sakaguchi, J J Crouch, C Lytle, B A Schulte. 1998. Na-K-Cl cotransporter expression in the developing and senescent gerbil cochlea.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-5955(98)00022-7

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