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The expression of VIP and SP in the cochlea of spontaneously hypertensive rats and its implication

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To investigate the expression of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and substance P (SP) in the cochlea of spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR), and to assess the function of VIP and SP in the cochlea following the damage of hypertension, hearing thresholds of ABR were observed and the fixative (4% paraformaldehyde) was pumped through the circulatory system. Adult Wistar rats (3 months,n=20) served as the control group and SHRs (3 months,n=20) as the hypertension group. Bullas were taken out and cochleas were irrigatedin vitro with the same fixative. The number of base turns spiral ganglions in the sections was counted. The expression of VIP and SP were detected by SABC method and the images of the sections were analyzed. The number of base turns spiral ganglsons in the hypertension group was significantly less than in the normal group (P<0.01). VIP and SP were expressed in the spiral ganglion cytoplasma and stria vascularis of the two groups. There were no significant difference in the expression of VIP and SP in spiral ganglion cytoplasma (P>0.05) between the two groups. However, in stria vascularis the expression of VIP in the hypertension group was higher than in the normal group (P<0.05), and no significant difference in SP was found between the two groups. It was suggested that VIP not only contributed to the regulation of the cochlea microcirculation, but also made the neurotransmitter in the pathway of the auditory system. However, SP made only the neurotransmitter in the pathway of the auditory system.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430022, Wuhan, China

    Gong Shusheng, Ding Juan & Chang Qing

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Shusheng, G., Juan, D. & Qing, C. The expression of VIP and SP in the cochlea of spontaneously hypertensive rats and its implication. Current Medical Science 24, 396–399 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02861877

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