<i>OSBPL2</i> mutations impair autophagy and lead to hearing loss, potentially remedied by rapamycin
Young Ik Koh, Kyung Seok Oh, Jung Ah Kim, Byunghwa Noh, Hye Ji Choi, Sun Young Joo, John Hoon Rim, Hye‐Youn Kim, Dong Yun Kim, Seyoung Yu, Da Hye Kim, Sang‐Guk Lee, Jinsei Jung, Jae Young Choi, Heon Yung Gee
Abstract
ABR: auditory brainstem response; ACTB: actin beta; CTSD: cathepsin D; dB: decibel; DFNA67: deafness non-syndromic autosomal dominant 67; DPOAE: distortion product otoacoustic emission; fs: frameshift; GFP: green fluorescent protein; HsQ53R-TG: human p.Q53Rfs*100-transgenic: HEK 293: human embryonic kidney 293; HFD: high-fat diet; KO: knockout; LAMP1: lysosomal associated membrane protein 1; MAP1LC3/LC3: microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3; MTOR: mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase; NSHL: non-syndromic hearing loss; OHC: outer hair cells; OSBPL2: oxysterol binding protein-like 2; SEM: scanning electron microscopy; SGN: spiral ganglion neuron; SQSTM1/p62: sequestosome 1; TEM: transmission electron microscopy; TG: transgenic; WES: whole-exome sequencing; YUHL: Yonsei University Hearing Loss; WT: wild-type.