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Prevention of accelerated presbycusis by bone marrow transplantation in senescence-accelerated mice

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A substrain of the senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM), the SAMP1 mouse, is an animal model for accelerated senescence including the age-related acceleration of both immunological dysfunction and hearing loss caused by the impairment of spiral ganglion cells. In the present study, we examine whether the accelerated presbycusis can be prevented by allogeneic BMT. Young SAMP1 (H-2k) mice were irradiated with 9 Gy and then reconstituted with bone marrow cells from normal BALB/c (H-2d) mice. Allogeneic BMT was found to prevent the development of immunological dysfunction, hearing loss, and apoptosis of spinal ganglion cells in SAMP1 mice. These findings indicate that some types of accelerated presbycusis do not result from defects in the cochlea, but do from defects in the hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) and immunocompetent cells derived from the HSC. If this is the case, either allogeneic BMT, which replaces abnormal HSC with normal HSC and reconstructs a normal immune system in the recipients, or autologous BMT using genetically modified bone marrow cells, could become a new strategy for the treatment of presbycusis. Bone Marrow Transplantation (2001) 28, 323–328.

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We thank Ms K Ando for her help in the preparation of the manuscript. This study was supported by grants-in-aid for scientific research (11671712) from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, by a special research grant (C1) from the Japan Private School Promotion Foundation, and by a research grant for Intractable Diseases (Vestibular Disorders) from the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

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    H Iwai, S Lee & T Yamashita

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    M Inaba, K Sugiura & S Ikehara

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan

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Iwai, H., Lee, S., Inaba, M. et al. Prevention of accelerated presbycusis by bone marrow transplantation in senescence-accelerated mice. Bone Marrow Transplant 28, 323–328 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1703152

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