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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 15, 2001, 21(2):570-580

Intracellular Signals That Control Cell Proliferation in Mammalian Balance Epithelia: Key Roles for Phosphatidylinositol-3 Kinase, Mammalian Target of Rapamycin, and S6 Kinases in Preference to Calcium, Protein Kinase C, and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase

Mireille Montcouquiol and Jeffrey T. Corwin

Departments of Otolaryngology and Neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908

In fish, amphibians, and birds, the loss of hair cells can evoke S-phase entry in supporting cells and the production of new cells that differentiate as replacement hair cells and supporting cells. Recent investigations have shown that supporting cells from mammalian vestibular epithelia will proliferate in limited numbers after hair cells have been killed. Exogenous growth factors such as glial growth factor 2 enhance this proliferation most potently when tested on vestibular epithelia from neonates. In this study, the intracellular signaling pathways that underlie the S-phase entry were surveyed by culturing epithelia in the presence of pharmacological inhibitors and activators. The results demonstrate that phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase is a key element in the signaling cascades that lead to the proliferation of cells in mammalian balance epithelia in vitro. Protein kinase C, mammalian target of rapamycin, mitogen-activated protein kinase, and calcium were also identified as elements in the signaling pathways that trigger supporting cell proliferation.

Key words: cell proliferation; regeneration; supporting cells; mammals; inner ear; vestibule; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; hearing; rodents; MAPK; p70/p85 S6 kinase

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