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Dr Charlotte Dean

Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute

Reader in Lung Development and Disease
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 3174c.dean

 
 
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110Sir Alexander Fleming BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Crompton:2017:10.1371/journal.pgen.1006969,
author = {Crompton, M and Purnell, T and Tyrer, HE and Parker, A and Ball, G and Hardisty-Hughes, RE and Gale, R and Williams, D and Dean, CH and Simon, MM and Mallon, A-M and Wells, S and Bhutta, MF and Burton, MJ and Tateossian, H and Brown, SDM},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pgen.1006969},
journal = {PLoS Genetics},
title = {A mutation in Nischarin causes otitis media via LIMK1 and NF-kappa B pathways},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006969},
volume = {13},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Otitis media (OM), inflammation of the middle ear (ME), is a common cause of conductive hearing impairment. Despite the importance of the disease, the aetiology of chronic and recurrent forms of middle ear inflammatory disease remains poorly understood. Studies of the human population suggest that there is a significant genetic component predisposing to the development of chronic OM, although the underlying genes are largely unknown. Using N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea mutagenesis we identified a recessive mouse mutant, edison, that spontaneously develops a conductive hearing loss due to chronic OM. The causal mutation was identified as a missense change, L972P, in the Nischarin (NISCH) gene. edison mice develop a serous or granulocytic effusion, increasingly macrophage and neutrophil rich with age, along with a thickened, inflamed mucoperiosteum. We also identified a second hypomorphic allele, V33A, with only modest increases in auditory thresholds and reduced incidence of OM. NISCH interacts with several proteins, including ITGA5 that is thought to have a role in modulating VEGF-induced angiogenesis and vascularization. We identified a significant genetic interaction between Nisch and Itga5; mice heterozygous for Itga5-null and homozygous for edison mutations display a significantly increased penetrance and severity of chronic OM. In order to understand the pathological mechanisms underlying the OM phenotype, we studied interacting partners to NISCH along with downstream signalling molecules in the middle ear epithelia of edison mouse. Our analysis implicates PAK1 and RAC1, and downstream signalling in LIMK1 and NF-κB pathways in the development of chronic OM.
AU  - Crompton,M
AU  - Purnell,T
AU  - Tyrer,HE
AU  - Parker,A
AU  - Ball,G
AU  - Hardisty-Hughes,RE
AU  - Gale,R
AU  - Williams,D
AU  - Dean,CH
AU  - Simon,MM
AU  - Mallon,A-M
AU  - Wells,S
AU  - Bhutta,MF
AU  - Burton,MJ
AU  - Tateossian,H
AU  - Brown,SDM
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006969
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1553-7390
TI  - A mutation in Nischarin causes otitis media via LIMK1 and NF-kappa B pathways
T2  - PLoS Genetics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006969
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/52030
VL  - 13
ER  -
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