Carlisle L, Zajic G, Altschuler R A, Schacht J, Thorne P R
Institute of Laryngology and Otology, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, U.K.
Hear Res. 1988 May;33(2):201-5. doi: 10.1016/0378-5955(88)90033-0.
The distribution of filamentous actin (F-actin) in outer hair cells has been examined in several mammalian species using tetramethylrhodamine phalloidin, a specific marker for F-actin. The stereocilia and cuticular plates of the OHC in all species examined (pigmented guinea pig, hooded rat, chinchilla and squirrel monkey) contained F-actin; however, an infracuticular network of F-actin was present in OHC of the apical turns of the guinea pig cochlea but could not be identified in any other species examined.
