Chloroquine kills hair cells in zebrafish lateral line and murine cochlear cultures: Implications for ototoxicity

Autor: Patricia Wu, David W. Raible, Samantha N. Davis, Edwin W. Rubel, Julian A. Simon, Esra D. Camci
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Zdroj: Hearing Research
ISSN: 0378-5955
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.108019
Popis: Hearing and balance deficits have been reported during and following treatment with the antimalarial drug chloroquine. However, experimental work examining the direct actions of chloroquine on mechanoreceptive hair cells in common experimental models is lacking. This study examines the effects of chloroquine on hair cells using two common experimental models: the zebrafish lateral line and neonatal mouse cochlear cultures. Zebrafish larvae were exposed to varying concentrations of chloroquine phosphate or hydroxychloroquine for 1 h or 24 h, and hair cells assessed by antibody staining. A significant, dose-dependent reduction in the number of surviving hair cells was seen across conditions for both exposure periods. Hydroxychloroquine showed similar toxicity. In mouse cochlear cultures, chloroquine damage was specific to outer hair cells in tissue from the cochlear basal turn, consistent with susceptibility to other ototoxic agents. These findings suggest a need for future studies employing hearing and balance monitoring during exposure to chloroquine and related compounds, particularly with interest in these compounds as therapeutics against viral infections including coronavirus.
Highlights • Chloroquine exposure results in rapid, dose-dependent hair cell damage in zebrafish. • Hydroxychloroquine shows similar toxicity to chloroquine. • Chloroquine specifically kills hair cells in mouse neonatal cochlear cultures. • Chloroquine damage is preferential to basal cochlea outer hair cells.
Databáze: OpenAIRE