1. Tumor necrosis factor-α mediated inflammation versus apoptosis in age-related hearing loss
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Ting Wu, Jiamin Zhou, Jingjing Qiu, Yuwan Song, Wentao Guo, Limei Cui, Xicheng Song, and Yan Sun
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presbycusis ,TNF-α ,NF-κB ,inflammation response ,age ,Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 - Abstract
An almost universal phenomenon occurring during aging is a state of chronic, low-grade, sterile inflammation. Inflammation is a crucial contributor to various age-related pathologies and natural processes in aging tissues. Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), a master regulator of the immune system, plays an important role in the propagation of inflammation. Recent research has found correlations between hearing loss and markers such as TNF-α. However, the intrinsic molecular mechanism by which TNF-α influences aging individuals’ increased risk of hearing loss remains unclear. In this study, we found that TNF-α expression gradually increased with age in DBA/2J mice. We then used recombinant TNF-α to upregulate TNF-α levels in House Ear Institute-Organ of Corti 1 (HEI-OC1) cells and found that low concentrations of TNF-α could activate the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) transcriptional response to mediate hair cell survival, while high concentrations of TNF-α could activate the Caspase-3 cascade to mediate hair cell apoptosis, which preliminarily confirmed that a TNF-α mediated signaling pathway plays an important role in the pathogenesis of age-related hearing loss.
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- 2022
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