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Hearing is mainly dependent on the function of hair cells (HCs) and spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) which damage or loss of them leads to irreversible hearing loss. Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) are specialized glia that forms the fascicles of the olfactory nerve by surrounding the olfactory sensory axons. The OECs, as a regenerating part of the nervous system, play a supporting function in axonal regeneration and express a wide range of growth factors. In addition, retinoic acid (RA) enhances the proliferation and differentiation of these cells into the nerve. In the present study, we co-cultured human OECs (hOECs) with cochlear SGNs in order to determine whether hOECs and RA co-treatment can protect the repair process in gentamycin-induced SGNs damage in vitro. For this purpose, cochlear cultures were prepared from P4 Wistar rats, which were randomly appointed to four groups: normal cultivated SGNs (Control), gentamicin-lesioned SGNs culture (Gent), gentamicin-lesioned SGNs culture treated with OECs (Gent + OECs) and gentamicin-lesioned SGNs culture co-treated with OECs and RA (Gent + OEC& RA). The expression of a specific protein in SGNs was examined using immunohistochemical and Western blotting technique. TUNEl staining was used to detect cell apoptosis. Here, we revealed that combined treatment of OECs and RA protect synapsin and Tuj-1 expression in the lesioned SGNs and attenuate cell apoptosis. These findings suggest that RA co-treatment can enhance efficiency of OECs in repair of SGNs damage induced by ototoxic drug. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Somayeh Niknazar, Hojjat-Allah Abbaszadeh, Shahrokh Khoshsirat, Fatemeh Zare Mehrjerdi, Ali Asghar Peyvandi. Combined treatment of retinoic acid with olfactory ensheathing cells protect gentamicin-induced SGNs damage in the rat cochlea in vitro. Molecular and cellular neurosciences. 2022 Jul;121:103752

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