Streptomycin-Induced Defects of the Otocon1al Membrane
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Acta Oto-Laryngologica
- Vol. 89 (3-6) , 401-406
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00016488009127155
Abstract
Damage to the neuro-epithelium caused by the vestibulotoxic drugs has been well described in previous reports; however, little is known about the effect of such drugs on the otoconia. In this investigation, streptomycin sulfate was found to create a circumscribed defect in the crystalline layer of the otoconial membrane in the utricle of the guinea pig. The defect was secondary to a sharply outlined lesion of the neuroepithelium which corresponded in size and location to the otoconial defect. Many of the otoconia along the margin of the defect showed signs of degeneration and appeared similar to those observed in the saccule of man during aging. In advanced stages of decay, the otoconia were reduced to hollow shells consisting of longitudinal interconnecting strands. All the epithelial lesions occurred with remarkable consistency in the same region of the macula utriculi at the posterior end of the striola. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Vestibulotoxische Neuroepithelschäden nach Aminoglykosidbehandlung sind von früheren Autoren beschrieben worden, doch weiβ man wenig über die direkte Wirkung dieser Medikamente auf die Otolithen. In dieser Untersuchung wurde festgestellt, daβ Streptomycin eine begrenzte Schädigung der Kristallschicht der Otolithenmem-brane der Macula utriculi verursacht. Diese Schädigung stimmte der Gröβe und Lage nach mit einem scharfdefinierten Defekt des Neuroepithels überein. Viele Otokonien am Rande des Defektes zeigten eine Art Degeneration, wie sie bei der Macula sacculi des alternden Menschen beschrieben worden ist. Im fortgeschrittenen Degenerationsstadium waren die Otokonien ausgehöhlt, und bestanden aus länglichen, miteinander verbundenen Strängen. Alle Defekte befanden sich mit bemerkens-werter Regelmäβigkeit an der gleichen Stelle der Macula utriculi, d.h., am hinteren Ende der Striola.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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