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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Bo Zhao ◽  
Li-Man Liu ◽  
Ling Mei ◽  
Ning Yu ◽  
Jin Chen ◽  
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It is critical for hearing that the descending cochlear efferent system provide negative feedback to hair cells to regulate hearing sensitivity and provide protection from noise. The medial olivocochlear (MOC) efferent nerves project to outer hair cells (OHCs) and inhibit OHC electromotility, which is an active cochlear amplification and can increase hearing sensitivity. Here, we report that the MOC efferent nerves also have functional innervation with the cochlear supporting cells to regulate hearing sensitivity. The MOC efferent nerve fibers and the corresponding MOC neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) receptors were visible in the cochlear supporting cells. Application of ACh in the cochlear supporting cells could also evoke inward currents in a dose-dependent manner and reduced gap junctional (GJ) coupling between the cochlear supporting cells, which consequently declined electromotility in OHCs. This indirect inhibitory effect through the mediated GJs between the cochlear supporting cells on OHC electromotility was consistent and enhanced the direct inhibition of ACh on OHC electromotility but had long-lasting influence. In vivo experiments further demonstrated that deficiency of this GJ-mediated efferent control pathway declined the regulation of active cochlear amplification and impaired the protection from noise trauma. Our findings reveal a new pathway for the cochlear efferent system to control hearing sensitivity, and also demonstrate that this supporting cell GJ-mediated efferent pathway is critical for control of hearing sensitivity and the protection of hearing from noise trauma.


Neuron ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 344-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel N. Hill ◽  
John C. Curtis ◽  
Jeffrey D. Moore ◽  
David Kleinfeld

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 2493-2501 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Irving ◽  
D. R. Moore ◽  
M. C. Liberman ◽  
C. J. Sumner

PLoS ONE ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. e13777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Castellano-Muñoz ◽  
Samuel H. Israel ◽  
A. J. Hudspeth

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 2056-2067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helene Gelez ◽  
Sarah Poirier ◽  
Patricia Facchinetti ◽  
Kelly A. Allers ◽  
Chris Wayman ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 212 (7) ◽  
pp. 906-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. W. Taylor ◽  
C. A. C. Leite ◽  
L. H. Florindo ◽  
T. Belao ◽  
F. T. Rantin

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