Review Article

Potential of Gene and Cell Therapy for Inner Ear Hair Cells

Table 2

Animal studies using gene therapies for hearing loss protection (or hearing preservation).

YearCountryVectorOtotoxic insultsGeneAnimalReference

1999USAdvAminoglycosideGDNFGuinea pigYagi et al.
2004USAdvAminoglycosideSOD1Guinea pigKawamoto et al.
2006USAAVCisplatinXIAPratCooper et al.
2008Japan/ChinaAAVAminoglycosideGDNFratLiu et al.
2008USsiRNACisplatinTRPV1 and NOx3ratMukherjea et al.
2009USAAVAminoglycosideBcl2mouse
(mature)
Pfannenstiel et al.
2010AustraliaAdvAminoglycoside(NT3 and BDNF)Guinea pigWise et al.
2015USAdvAminoglycosideHsp70Guinea pigTakada et al.
2016ChinaAAVCisplatinXIAPmouse
(mature)
Jie et al.
2016USsiRNAAcoustic overexposureAMPKMouse
(mature)
Hill et al.

Adv: adenovirus; AAV: adenoassociated virus; GDNF: glial cell derived neurotrophic factor; SOD: superoxide dismutase; XIAP: X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis; TRPV1: Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel Subfamily V Member 1; NOx3: NADPH Oxidase 3; NT3: neurotrophin 3; BDNF: brain derived neurotrophic factor; Hsp70: heat shock protein 70; AMPK: AMP-activated protein kinase.