PUBLICATION
Expression of prestin-homologous solute carrier (SLC26) in auditory organs of nonmammalian vertebrates and insects
- Authors
- Weber, T., Gopfert, M.C., Winter, H., Zimmerman, U., Kohler, H., Meier, A., Hendrich, O., Rohbock, K., Robert, D., and Knipper, M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-030715-13
- Date
- 2003
- Source
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100(13): 7690-7695 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Weber, Thomas
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Algorithms
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Anguilla
- Animals
- Anion Transport Proteins/biosynthesis*
- Anion Transport Proteins/chemistry
- Anopheles
- Carrier Proteins/biosynthesis*
- Carrier Proteins/chemistry
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cochlea/metabolism
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Epithelium/metabolism
- In Situ Hybridization
- Membrane Transport Proteins*
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Molecular Motor Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Protein Biosynthesis*
- Proteins/chemistry
- Proteins/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 12782792 Full text @ Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
Citation
Weber, T., Gopfert, M.C., Winter, H., Zimmerman, U., Kohler, H., Meier, A., Hendrich, O., Rohbock, K., Robert, D., and Knipper, M. (2003) Expression of prestin-homologous solute carrier (SLC26) in auditory organs of nonmammalian vertebrates and insects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 100(13):7690-7695.
Abstract
Prestin, the fifth member of the anion transporter family SLC26, is the outer hair cell molecular motor thought to be responsible for active mechanical amplification in the mammalian cochlea. Active amplification is present in a variety of other auditory systems, yet the prevailing view is that prestin is a motor molecule unique to mammalian ears. Here we identify prestin-related SLC26 proteins that are expressed in the auditory organs of nonmammalian vertebrates and insects. Sequence comparisons revealed the presence of SLC26 proteins in fish (Danio, GenBank accession no. AY278118, and Anguilla, GenBank accession no. BAC16761), mosquitoes (Anopheles, GenBank accession nos. EAA07232 and EAA07052), and flies (Drosophila, GenBank accession no. AAF49285). The fly and zebrafish homologues were cloned and, by using in situ hybridization, shown to be expressed in the auditory organs. In mosquitoes, in turn, the expression of prestin homologues was demonstrated for the auditory organ by using highly specific riboprobes against rat prestin. We conclude that prestin-related SLC26 proteins are widespread, possibly ancestral, constituents of auditory organs and are likely to serve salient roles in mammals and across taxa.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping