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    Audiol Neurootol. 2009;14(3):190-7. Epub 2008 Dec 10.

    Expression of the osmotically responsive cationic channel TRPV4 in the endolymphatic sac.

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    Department of Otolaryngology, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto 1-7-1, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan. kumagami@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

    Abstract

    The immunohistochemical expression pattern and the physiological role of transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) 4 in the endolymphatic sac were investigated. TRPV4 was expressed predominantly in the apical membrane of mitochondria-rich cells, and cell volume regulation by TRPV4 was observed in a tissue culture of the rat endolymphatic sac. TRPV4 was also present in the endolymphatic sacs of patients with vestibular schwannoma and with Ménière's disease. TRPV4 is assumed to play a role as an osmoreceptor in cell and fluid volume regulation in the human endolymphatic sac.

    Copyright 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.

    PMID:
    19066426
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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