Protection of auditory function against noise trauma with local caroverine administration in guinea pigs.

Abstract

Glutamate is the most likely neurotransmitter at the synapse between the inner hair cell and its afferent neuron in the peripheral auditory system. Intense noise exposure may result in excessive glutamate release, binding to the post-synaptic receptors and leading to neuronal degeneration and hearing impairment. The present study investigated the protective effect of caroverine, an antagonist of two glutamate receptors, N-methyl-D-aspartate and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid, on noise-induced hearing loss. Two different doses of caroverine were applied onto the round window membrane with gelfoam, followed by one-third-octave band noise centered at 6.3 kHz (110 dB SPL) for 1 h. Auditory brainstem responses were measured at regular time intervals afterwards. Caroverine was found to offer significant protection of the cochlear function against noise-induced hearing loss.

• Authors: Zhiqiang Chen, Mats Ulfendahl, Runsheng Ruan, Luke Tan, Maoli Duan
• Journal: Hearing research (Hear Res) Vol. 197 Issue 1-2 Pg. 131-6 (Nov 2004) ISSN: 0378-5955 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 15504611 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
• Quinoxalines
• Receptors, Glutamate
• N-Methylaspartate
• alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid
• caroverine

Topics

• Animals
• Auditory Threshold (drug effects)
• Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem
• Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
• Female
• Guinea Pigs
• Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced (prevention & control)
• Male
• N-Methylaspartate (metabolism)
• Noise (adverse effects)
• Quinoxalines (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
• Random Allocation
• Receptors, Glutamate (drug effects, metabolism)
• alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid (metabolism)