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ArticleeLife2023

Gradients of glucose metabolism regulate morphogen signalling required for specifying tonotopic organisation in the chicken cochlea.

James D B O'Sullivan, Thomas S Blacker, Claire Scott, Weise Chang, Mohi Ahmed, Val Yianni, Zoe F Mann

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Article in eLife, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. PKM2 controls cochlear development through lactate-dependent transcriptional regulation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  9. Metabolic Profiling of Cochlear Organoids Identifies α-Ketoglutarate and NADAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

James D B O'SullivanCentre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology, Faculty of Dentistry Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Thomas S BlackerResearch Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8949-6238
Claire ScottCentre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology, Faculty of Dentistry Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Weise ChangNational Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Mohi AhmedCentre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology, Faculty of Dentistry Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Val YianniCentre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology, Faculty of Dentistry Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-9857-7577
Zoe F MannCentre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology, Faculty of Dentistry Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4916-9574
King's College London · GBInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology · GBNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/V006371/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vertebrates with elongated auditory organs, mechanosensory hair cells (HCs) are organised such that complex sounds are broken down into their component frequencies along a proximal-to-distal long (tonotopic) axis. Acquisition of unique morphologies at the appropriate position along the chick cochlea, the basilar papilla, requires that nascent HCs determine their tonotopic positions during development. The complex signalling within the auditory organ between a developing HC and its local niche along the cochlea is poorly understood. Using a combination of live imaging and NAD(P)H fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, we reveal that there is a gradient in the cellular balance between glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway in developing HCs along the tonotopic axis. Perturbing this balance by inhibiting different branches of cytosolic glucose catabolism disrupts developmental morphogen signalling and abolishes the normal tonotopic gradient in HC morphology. These findings highlight a causal link between graded morphogen signalling and metabolic reprogramming in specifying the tonotopic identity of developing HCs.

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ChickensCochleaAnimalsGlucoseHair Cells, AuditoryOrgan of CortiGlucosecell biologychickendevelopmentdevelopmental biologyhair cellsinner earmetabolismmorphogen

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PMID37539863
PMCPMC10425173
OpenAlexW4385563770

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