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Expression of membrane-bound and cytosolic guanylyl cyclases in the rat inner ear.

Abstract：

:Membrane-bound guanylyl cyclases (GCs) are peptide hormone receptors whereas the cytosolic isoforms are receptors for nitric oxide. In the inner ear, the membrane-bound GCs may be involved in the regulation of fluid homeostasis and the cytosolic forms possibly play a role in signal processing and regulation of local blood flow. In this comprehensive study, we examined, qualitatively and quantitatively, the transcription pattern of all known GC isoforms in the inner ear from rat by RT-PCR. The tissues used were endolymphatic sac, stria vascularis, organ of Corti, organ of Corti outer hair cells, cochlear nerve, Reissner's membrane, vestibular dark cells, and vestibular sensory cells. We show that multiple particulate (GC-A, GC-B, GC-D, GC-E, GC-F and GC-G) and several subunits of the heterodimeric cytosolic GCs (alpha1, alpha2, beta1 and beta2) are expressed, albeit at highly different levels. GC-C was not found. GC-A and the soluble subunits alpha1 and beta1 were transcribed ubiquitously. GC-B was present in all tissues except stria vascularis, which contained GC-A and traces of GC-E and GC-G. GC-B was by far the predominant membrane-bound isoform in the organ of Corti (86%), Reissner's membrane (75%) and the vestibulum (80%). Surprisingly, GC-E, a retinal isoform, was detected in significant amounts in the cochlear nerve (8%) and in the organ of Corti (4%). Although the cytosolic GC is a heterodimer composed of an alpha and a beta subunit, the mRNA transcription of these subunits was not stoichiometric. Particularly in the vestibulum, the transcription of the beta1 subunits was at least four-fold higher than of the alpha1 subunit. The data are compatible with earlier suggestions that membrane receptor GCs may be involved in the control of inner ear electrolyte and fluid composition whereas NO-stimulated GC isoforms mainly participate in the regulation of blood flow and supporting cell physiology.

journal_name

Hear Res

journal_title

Hearing research

authors

Seebacher T,Beitz E,Kumagami H,Wild K,Ruppersberg JP,Schultz JE

doi

10.1016/s0378-5955(98)00176-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-01-01 00:00:00

pages

95-102

issue

1-2

eissn

0378-5955

issn

1878-5891

pii

S0378-5955(98)00176-2

journal_volume

127

pub_type

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Expression of membrane-bound and cytosolic guanylyl cyclases in the rat inner ear.