Omics · study · 2026
Brimonidine protects IHC ribbon synapses and SGNs from noise-induced hearing loss
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Exposure to excessive noise levels can result in hearing impairment.
Description
Currently, there are no effective pharmacological interventions available for the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss. This study was designed to investigate the protective effects of brimonidine, an α2-adrenergic receptor agonist, against noise-induced inner ear damage in mice, as well as to explore the underlying mechanisms.
Eight-week-old male C57BL/6 mice were randomly assigned to one of three experimental groups: a control group, a noise exposure (NE) group (exposed to broadband noise, 8–16 kHz, at 100 dB SPL for 2 hours), and a brimonidine-treated group (which received intraperitoneal injections of 1 mg/kg brimonidine prior to noise exposure). Our findings demonstrate that brimonidine significantly attenuates noise-induced hearing loss in young adult mice.
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Furthermore, brimonidine markedly reduces glutamate (Glu) accumulation in the inner ear. RNA sequencing analysis suggests that brimonidine exerts its protective effects, in part, through the downregulation of inflammatory cytokines and immunoglobulin-related pathways. These results indicate that brimonidine is a promising pharmacological agent for the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss.
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- GEO FTP directory ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/series/GSE307nnn/GSE307393 ↗
download · from NCBI GEO
Where it is published
- GEO accession page ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE307393 ↗
landing page · from NCBI GEO
Documentation and papers
- PRJNA1320646 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA1320646 ↗
project · from NCBI GEO
- PubMed 41953996 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41953996 ↗
publication · from NCBI GEO
Topics
- Stated by source
- Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing · Mus musculus
- From keywords
- Life Sciences
- Inferred from text
- RNA sequencing 75% · Sequencing 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCBI GEO | GSE307393 | 15 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[method].geo_series_type:expression-profiling-by-high-throughput-sequencing | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /gdstype |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:rna-seq | enrichment · NCBI GEO | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:sequencing | enrichment · NCBI GEO | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[organism].NCBITaxon:10090 | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /taxon |
| description | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /summary |
| publication_date | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /title |