Matrix recruitment and calcium sequestration for spatial specific otoconia development.
Matrix recruitment and calcium sequestration for spatial specific otoconia development.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0020498
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发表时间:
2011
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Lundberg YW
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作者:
Yang H;Zhao X;Xu Y;Wang L;He Q;Lundberg YW
Otoconia are bio-crystals anchored to the macular sensory epithelium of the utricle and saccule in the inner ear for motion sensing and bodily balance. Otoconia dislocation, degeneration and ectopic calcification can have detrimental effects on balance and vertigo/dizziness, yet the mechanism underlying otoconia formation is not fully understood. In this study, we show that selected matrix components are recruited to form the crystal matrix and sequester Ca2+ for spatial specific formation of otoconia. Specifically, otoconin-90 (Oc90) binds otolin through both domains (TH and C1q) of otolin, but full-length otolin shows the strongest interaction. These proteins have much higher expression levels in the utricle and saccule than other inner ear epithelial tissues in mice. In vivo, the presence of Oc90 in wildtype (wt) mice leads to an enrichment of Ca2+ in the luminal matrices of the utricle and saccule, whereas absence of Oc90 in the null mice leads to drastically reduced matrix-Ca2+. In vitro, either Oc90 or otolin can increase the propensity of extracellular matrix to calcify in cell culture, and co-expression has a synergistic effect on calcification. Molecular modeling and sequence analysis predict structural features that may underlie the interaction and Ca2+-sequestering ability of these proteins. Together, the data provide a mechanism for the otoconial matrix assembly and the role of this matrix in accumulating micro-environmental Ca2+ for efficient CaCO3 crystallization, thus uncover a critical process governing spatial specific otoconia formation.
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影响因子:
7.8
作者:
Kwan, KM;Pang, MKM;Zhou, S;Cowan, SK;Kong, RYC;Pfordte, T;Olsen, BR;Sillence, DO;Tam, PPL;Cheah, KSE
通讯作者:
Cheah, KSE
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.85.9.2919
发表时间:
1988-05-01
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
BOLANDER, ME;YOUNG, MF;TERMINE, JD
通讯作者:
TERMINE, JD
影响因子:
6.4
作者:
ENGVALL, E;RUOSLAHTI, E
通讯作者:
RUOSLAHTI, E
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Hambrock, HO;Nitsche, DP;Hartmann, U
通讯作者:
Hartmann, U
DOI:
10.1083/jcb.114.3.597
发表时间:
1991-08
期刊:
The Journal of cell biology
影响因子:
--
作者:
Kwan AP;Cummings CE;Chapman JA;Grant ME
通讯作者:
Grant ME