PUBLICATION
Cichoric Acid May Play a Role in Protecting Hair Cells from Ototoxic Drugs
- Authors
- Lai, T.W., Cheng, H.L., Su, T.R., Yang, J.J., Su, C.C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-220625-15
- Date
- 2022
- Source
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(12): (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- anti-oxidant, cichoric acid (CA), hair cell, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/toxicity
- Caffeic Acids
- Hair
- Mechanotransduction, Cellular
- Neomycin/toxicity
- Ototoxicity*
- Succinates
- Zebrafish*/physiology
- PubMed
- 35743144 Full text @ Int. J. Mol. Sci.
Citation
Lai, T.W., Cheng, H.L., Su, T.R., Yang, J.J., Su, C.C. (2022) Cichoric Acid May Play a Role in Protecting Hair Cells from Ototoxic Drugs. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(12).
Abstract
Ototoxic hearing loss due to antibiotic medication including aminoglycosides and excess free radical production causes irreversible hair cell injury. Cichoric acid, a naturally occurring phenolic acid, has recently been found to exert anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory properties through its free radical scavenging capacity. The present study aimed to investigate the protective effects of cichoric acid against neomycin-induced ototoxicity using transgenic zebrafish (pvalb3b: TagGFP). Our results indicated that cichoric acid in concentrations up to 5 μM did not affect zebrafish viability during the 2 h treatment period. Therefore, the otoprotective concentration of cichoric acid was identified as 5 μM under 2 h treatment by counting viable hair cells within the neuromasts of the anterior- and posterior-lateral lines in the study. Pretreatment of transgenic zebrafish with 5 μM of cichoric acid for 2 h significantly protected against neomycin-induced hair cell death. Protection mediated by cichoric acid was, however, lost over time. A terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) assay and FM4-64 staining, respectively, provided in situ evidence that cichoric acid ameliorated apoptotic signals and mechanotransduction machinery impairment caused by neomycin. A fish locomotor test (distance move, velocity, and rotation frequency) assessing behavioral alteration after ototoxic damage revealed rescue due to cichoric acid pretreatment before neomycin exposure. These findings suggest that cichoric acid in 5 μM under 2 h treatment has antioxidant effects and can attenuate neomycin-induced hair cell death in neuromasts. Although cichoric acid offered otoprotection, there is only a small difference between pharmacological and toxic concentrations, and hence cichoric acid can be considered a rather prototypical compound for the development of safer otoprotective compounds.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping