1998 年 8 巻 2 号 p. 76-81
The stria vascularis is an important tissue responsible for the production of endolymph.It isthought that a number of mechanisms for ion transport exist there.Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has enabled us the molecular biological research of the cochlea in spite of the limited amountof tissue.To investigate the strial ion transport, we examined the expression and localization of them RNA of ion channels and transporters using molecular biological techniques.PCR and in situhybridization suggest that Cl channels, Na-K-Cl cotransporters, Na-H exchangers and Na-Ca exchangersplay important roles in strial ion transport.