[HTML][HTML] Sesn2 gene ablation enhances susceptibility to gentamicin-induced hair cell death via modulation of AMPK/mTOR signaling

E Ebnoether, A Ramseier, M Cortada, D Bodmer… - Cell Death …, 2017 - nature.com
E Ebnoether, A Ramseier, M Cortada, D Bodmer, S Levano-Huaman
Cell Death Discovery, 2017nature.com
The process of gentamicin-induced hair cell damage includes the activation of oxidative
stress processes. Sestrins, as stress-responsive proteins, protect cells against oxidative
stress. Sestrins, particularly Sestrin-2, suppress excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS)
accumulation and inhibit mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). Thus, we
addressed the role of Sestrin-2 in the regulation of sensory hair cell survival after gentamicin
exposure. Here, we show that Sestrins were expressed in the inner ear tissues, and Sestrin …
Abstract
The process of gentamicin-induced hair cell damage includes the activation of oxidative stress processes. Sestrins, as stress-responsive proteins, protect cells against oxidative stress. Sestrins, particularly Sestrin-2, suppress excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and inhibit mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). Thus, we addressed the role of Sestrin-2 in the regulation of sensory hair cell survival after gentamicin exposure. Here, we show that Sestrins were expressed in the inner ear tissues, and Sestrin-2 immunolocalized in sensory hair cells and spiral ganglion (SG). The expression of Sestrin-2 was unchanged, and later downregulated, in gentamicin-treated explants from wild-type mice in vitro. Compared with wild-type mice, Sestrin-2 knockout mice exhibited significantly greater hair cell loss in gentamicin-treated cochlear explants. Significant downregulation of phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase alpha (AMPKα) and upregulation of the 70-kDa ribosomal protein S6 kinase (p70S6K) were measured in wild-type cochlear explants exposed to gentamicin compared with their untreated controls. Such regulatory effect was not observed between explants from untreated and gentamicin-treated knockout mice. The gentamicin effect on mTOR signaling was rapamycin-sensitive. Thus, our data provide evidence that Sestrin-2 plays an important role in the protection of hair cells against gentamicin, and the mTOR signaling pathway appears to be modulated by gentamicin during hair cell death.
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