A gradient of Bmp7 specifies the tonotopic axis in the developing inner ear

Zoë F. Mann (), Benjamin R. Thiede, Weise Chang, Jung-Bum Shin, Helen L. May-Simera, Michael Lovett, Jeffrey T. Corwin and Matthew W. Kelley ()
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Zoë F. Mann: Laboratory of Cochlear Development, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health
Benjamin R. Thiede: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Weise Chang: Laboratory of Cochlear Development, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health
Jung-Bum Shin: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Helen L. May-Simera: Laboratory of Cochlear Development, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health
Michael Lovett: National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, Guy Scadding Building
Jeffrey T. Corwin: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Matthew W. Kelley: Laboratory of Cochlear Development, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Abstract The auditory systems of animals that perceive sounds in air are organized to separate sound stimuli into their component frequencies. Individual tones then stimulate mechanosensory hair cells located at different positions on an elongated frequency (tonotopic) axis. During development, immature hair cells located along the axis must determine their tonotopic position in order to generate frequency-specific characteristics. Expression profiling along the developing tonotopic axis of the chick basilar papilla (BP) identified a gradient of Bmp7. Disruption of that gradient in vitro or in ovo induces changes in hair cell morphologies consistent with a loss of tonotopic organization and the formation of an organ with uniform frequency characteristics. Further, the effects of Bmp7 in determination of positional identity are shown to be mediated through activation of the Mapk, Tak1. These results indicate that graded, Bmp7-dependent, activation of Tak1 signalling controls the determination of frequency-specific hair cell characteristics along the tonotopic axis.

Date: 2014
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