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Geng X, Mandai K, Maruo T, Wang S, Fujiwara T, Mizoguchi A, Takai Y, Mori M. Regulatory role of the cell adhesion molecule nectin-1 in GABAergic inhibitory synaptic transmission in the CA3 region of mouse hippocampus. Genes Cells 2015; 21:88-98. [DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Xiaoqi Geng
- Faculty of Health Sciences; Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences; Kobe Hyogo 654-0142 Japan
- Division of Neurophysiology; Department of Cellular Physiology; Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine; Kobe Hyogo 650-0017 Japan
- CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kobe Hyogo 650-0047 Japan
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- CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kobe Hyogo 650-0047 Japan
- Division of Pathogenetic Signaling; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine; Kobe Hyogo 650-0047 Japan
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- CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kobe Hyogo 650-0047 Japan
- Division of Pathogenetic Signaling; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine; Kobe Hyogo 650-0047 Japan
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- CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kobe Hyogo 650-0047 Japan
- Department of Neural Regeneration and Cell Communication; Mie University Graduate School of Medicine; Tsu Mie 514-8507 Japan
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- CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kobe Hyogo 650-0047 Japan
- Department of Neural Regeneration and Cell Communication; Mie University Graduate School of Medicine; Tsu Mie 514-8507 Japan
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- CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kobe Hyogo 650-0047 Japan
- Department of Neural Regeneration and Cell Communication; Mie University Graduate School of Medicine; Tsu Mie 514-8507 Japan
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- CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kobe Hyogo 650-0047 Japan
- Division of Pathogenetic Signaling; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine; Kobe Hyogo 650-0047 Japan
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- Faculty of Health Sciences; Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences; Kobe Hyogo 654-0142 Japan
- Division of Neurophysiology; Department of Cellular Physiology; Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine; Kobe Hyogo 650-0017 Japan
- CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kobe Hyogo 650-0047 Japan
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Ben-Ari Y, Crepel V, Represa A. Seizures beget seizures in temporal lobe epilepsies: the boomerang effects of newly formed aberrant kainatergic synapses. Epilepsy Curr 2010; 8:68-72. [PMID: 18488058 DOI: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2008.00241.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Do temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) seizures in adults promote further seizures? Clinical and experimental data suggest that new synapses are formed after an initial episode of status epilepticus, however their contribution to the transformation of a naive network to an epileptogenic one has been debated. Recent experimental data show that newly formed aberrant excitatory synapses on the granule cells of the fascia dentate operate by means of kainate receptor-operated signals that are not present on naive granule cells. Therefore, genuine epileptic networks rely on signaling cascades that differentiate them from naive networks. Recurrent limbic seizures generated by the activation of kainate receptors and synapses in naive animals lead to the formation of novel synapses that facilitate the emergence of further seizures. This negative, vicious cycle illustrates the central role of reactive plasticity in neurological disorders.
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- Yehezkel Ben-Ari
- Institute of Neurobiology of the Mediterranean Sea (INMED), Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Parc scientifique de Luminy, BP13 13273, Marseille, Cedex 09 France.
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Wong-Goodrich SJE, Glenn MJ, Mellott TJ, Liu YB, Blusztajn JK, Williams CL. Water maze experience and prenatal choline supplementation differentially promote long-term hippocampal recovery from seizures in adulthood. Hippocampus 2010; 21:584-608. [PMID: 20232399 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/12/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Status epilepticus (SE) in adulthood dramatically alters the hippocampus and produces spatial learning and memory deficits. Some factors, like environmental enrichment and exercise, may promote functional recovery from SE. Prenatal choline supplementation (SUP) also protects against spatial memory deficits observed shortly after SE in adulthood, and we have previously reported that SUP attenuates the neuropathological response to SE in the adult hippocampus just 16 days after SE. It is unknown whether SUP can ameliorate longer-term cognitive and neuropathological consequences of SE, whether repeatedly engaging the injured hippocampus in a cognitive task might facilitate recovery from SE, and whether our prophylactic prenatal dietary treatment would enable the injured hippocampus to more effectively benefit from cognitive rehabilitation. To address these issues, adult offspring from rat dams that received either a control (CON) or SUP diet on embryonic days 12-17 first received training on a place learning water maze task (WM) and were then administered saline or kainic acid (KA) to induce SE. Rats then either remained in their home cage, or received three additional WM sessions at 3, 6.5, and 10 weeks after SE to test spatial learning and memory retention. Eleven weeks after SE, the brains were analyzed for several hippocampal markers known to be altered by SE. SUP attenuated SE-induced spatial learning deficits and completely rescued spatial memory retention by 10 weeks post-SE. Repeated WM experience prevented SE-induced declines in glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and dentate gyrus neurogenesis, and attenuated increased glial fibrilary acidic protein (GFAP) levels. Remarkably, SUP alone was similarly protective to an even greater extent, and SUP rats that were water maze trained after SE showed reduced hilar migration of newborn neurons. These findings suggest that prophylactic SUP is protective against the long-term cognitive and neuropathological effects of KA-induced SE, and that rehabilitative cognitive enrichment may be partially beneficial.
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Extensive experimental investigations have confirmed that "seizures beget seizures." Thus, in adults, limbic seizures lead to cell loss, followed by the formation of novel excitatory synapses that contribute to generating further seizures. The triggering signal is an enhancement of synaptic efficacy, followed by a molecular cascade that triggers axonal sprouting. New synapses are aberrant, since they are formed in regions in which they are not present in controls. They also involve receptors that are not present in controls, and this facilitates the generation of seizures. Therefore, an aberrant form of reactive neuronal plasticity provides a substrate for the long-lasting sequelae of seizures. Since these events take place in brain structures involved in integrative and mnemonic functions, they will have an important impact. Reactive plasticity is documented for other insults and disorders, and may be the basis for the long-term progression of neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Yehezkel Ben-Ari
- French Medical Research Council, INSERM U29-INMED, Marseille, France.
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Wong-Goodrich SJE, Mellott TJ, Glenn MJ, Blusztajn JK, Williams CL. Prenatal choline supplementation attenuates neuropathological response to status epilepticus in the adult rat hippocampus. Neurobiol Dis 2008; 30:255-69. [PMID: 18353663 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2008.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2007] [Revised: 01/28/2008] [Accepted: 01/31/2008] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Prenatal choline supplementation (SUP) protects adult rats against spatial memory deficits observed after excitotoxin-induced status epilepticus (SE). To examine the mechanism underlying this neuroprotection, we determined the effects of SUP on a variety of hippocampal markers known to change in response to SE and thought to underlie ensuing cognitive deficits. Adult offspring from rat dams that received either a control or SUP diet on embryonic days 12-17 were administered saline or kainic acid (i.p.) to induce SE and were euthanized 16 days later. SUP markedly attenuated seizure-induced hippocampal neurodegeneration, dentate cell proliferation, and hippocampal GFAP mRNA expression levels, prevented the loss of hippocampal GAD65 protein and mRNA expression, and altered growth factor expression patterns. SUP also enhanced pre-seizure hippocampal levels of BDNF, NGF, and IGF-1, which may confer a neuroprotective hippocampal microenvironment that dampens the neuropathological response to and/or helps facilitate recovery from SE to protect cognitive function.
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Avedissian M, Longo BM, Jaqueta CB, Schnabel B, Paiva PB, Mello LEAM, Briones MRS. Hippocampal gene expression analysis using the ORESTES methodology shows that homer 1a mRNA is upregulated in the acute period of the pilocarpine epilepsy model. Hippocampus 2007; 17:130-6. [PMID: 17146775 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In the study of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) the characterization of genes expressed in the hippocampus is of central importance for understanding their roles in epileptogenic mechanisms. Although several large-scale studies on TLE gene expression have been reported, precise assignment of individual genes associated with this syndrome is still debatable. Here we investigated differentially expressed genes by comparison of mRNAs from normal and epileptic rat hippocampus in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy. For this we used a powerful EST sequencing methodology, ORESTES (Open Reading frame Expressed Sequence Tags), which generates sequence datasets enriched for mRNAs open reading frames (ORFs) rather than simple 5' and 3' ends of mRNAs. Analysis of our sequences shows that ORESTES readily enables the identification of epilepsy associated ORFs. PFAM analysis of protein motifs present in our ORESTES epilepsy database revealed diverse important protein family domains, such as cytoskeletal, cell signaling and protein kinase domains, which could be involved in processes underlying epileptogenesis. More importantly, we show that the expression of homer 1a, known to be coupled to mGluR and NMDA synaptic transmission, is associated with pilocarpine induced status epilepticus (SE). The combined use of the pilocarpine model of epilepsy with the ORESTES technique can significantly contribute to the identification of specific genes and proteins related to TLE. This is the first study applying a large-scale method for rapid shotgun sequencing directed to ORFs in epilepsy research.
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Schneider PG, Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz G. Convulsant bicuculline modifies CNS muscarinic receptor affinity. BMC Neurosci 2006; 7:32. [PMID: 16615872 PMCID: PMC1463000 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-7-32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2005] [Accepted: 04/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Previous work from this laboratory has shown that the administration of the convulsant drug 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MP), a GAD inhibitor, modifies not only GABA synthesis but also binding of the antagonist [3H]-quinuclidinyl benzilate ([3H]-QNB) to central muscarinic receptors, an effect due to an increase in affinity without modifications in binding site number. The cholinergic system has been implicated in several experimental epilepsy models and the ability of acetylcholine to regulate neuronal excitability in the neocortex is well known. To study the potential relationship between GABAergic and cholinergic systems with seizure activity, we analyzed the muscarinic receptor after inducing seizure by bicuculline (BIC), known to antagonize the GABA-A postsynaptic receptor subtype. Results We analyzed binding of muscarinic antagonist [3H]-QNB to rat CNS membranes after i.p. administration of BIC at subconvulsant (1.0 mg/kg) and convulsant (7.5 mg/kg) doses. Subconvulsant BIC dose failed to develop seizures but produced binding alteration in the cerebellum and hippocampus with roughly 40% increase and 10% decrease, respectively. After convulsant BIC dose, which invariably led to generalized tonic-clonic seizures, binding increased 36% and 15% to cerebellar and striatal membranes respectively, but decreased 12% to hippocampal membranes. Kd value was accordingly modified: with the subconvulsant dose it decreased 27% in cerebellum whereas it increased 61% in hippocampus; with the convulsant dose, Kd value decreased 33% in cerebellum but increased 85% in hippocampus. No change in receptor number site was found, and Hill number was invariably close to unity. Conclusion Results indicate dissimilar central nervous system area susceptibility of muscarinic receptor to BIC. Ligand binding was modified not only by a convulsant BIC dose but also by a subconvulsant dose, indicating that changes are not attributable to the seizure process itself. Findings support the notion that the muscarinic receptors play a major role in experimental epilepsy and provide a new example of differential neuronal plasticity.
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- Patricia G Schneider
- Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias "Prof. E. De Robertis", Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, 1121-Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias "Prof. E. De Robertis", Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, 1121-Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cátedra de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junin 956, 1121-Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Westmark CJ, Gourronc FA, Bartleson VB, Sayin U, Bhattacharya S, Sutula T, Malter JS. HuR mRNA ligands expressed after seizure. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2006; 64:1037-45. [PMID: 16319714 DOI: 10.1097/01.jnen.0000189835.71574.e1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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HuR is a ubiquitously expressed AU-rich element (ARE)-binding protein that interacts with and stabilizes selective early response gene (ERG) mRNAs after cell activation or stress. To date, approximately 20 mRNAs have been unambiguously defined as HuR ligands. Given the discordance between the large number of ERG mRNAs and those few defined as ligands, we applied in vitro selection to isolate a broad range of HuR mRNA ligands using postseizure mouse hippocampal tissue. Selected mRNAs were converted into cDNA libraries and sequenced. Using this approach, we have identified over 600 novel, putative HuR mRNA ligands. These genes code for a variety of proteins, including transcription factors, signaling molecules, and kinases, but many have unknown function. Consistent with the means of their selection, several of these HuR ligands are differentially expressed in hippocampus after seizure. These results demonstrate a biochemical approach to identify and characterize the diverse repertoire of ligands for HuR and other regulatory mRNA-binding proteins.
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- Cara J Westmark
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Waisman Center for Developmental Disabilities, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA
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Brenneke F, Schachner M, Elger CE, Lie AA. Up-regulation of the extracellular matrix glycoprotein tenascin-R during axonal reorganization and astrogliosis in the adult rat hippocampus. Epilepsy Res 2004; 58:133-43. [PMID: 15120744 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2004.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2003] [Revised: 01/20/2004] [Accepted: 01/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Interactions between cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules play a crucial role during brain development. The ECM glycoprotein tenascin-R (TN-R) has been implicated in the control of axon targeting, neural cell adhesion, migration and differentiation. Here, we have focused on the putative role of TN-R in chronic brain diseases involving increased neuronal excitability, as found in epilepsy. An episode of pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE) led over a period of 3-30 days to neuron loss in the hippocampal hilus, CA3 and CA1 with reactive mossy fiber sprouting and astrogliosis in these regions. We found a focal up-regulation of granular TN-R immunoreactivity within the neuropil of segments of the CA3 pyramidal cell layer, the extent of this up-regulation paralleled the degree of pyramidal cell loss, mossy fiber sprouting and astrogliosis in these CA3 segments. In contrast, parvalbumin immunoreactivity and Wisteria floribundi agglutinin (WFA)-labeled perineuronal nets were reduced in CA3 segments with neuronal cell loss. The parallel development of increase in focal granular TN-R immunoreactivity, reactive mossy fiber sprouting and astrogliosis in CA3 implies a role for TN-R in axon targeting and synapse formation and/or in astrocytic targeting and interactions with the ECM during lesion-induced sprouting in the adult brain.
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- Franziska Brenneke
- Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn Medical Center, Sigmund-Freud Street 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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Arai M, Amano S, Ryo A, Hada A, Wakatsuki T, Shuda M, Kondoh N, Yamamoto M. Identification of epilepsy-related genes by gene expression profiling in the hippocampus of genetically epileptic rat. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 118:147-51. [PMID: 14559364 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(03)00329-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ihara epileptic rat (IER) is an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) with genetically programmed microdysgenesis in the hippocampal formation. The neuronal microdysgenesis is thought to be a cause for recurrent spontaneous seizures. To identify differentially expressed genes in the hippocampus of IER in comparison to control Wistar rat, we performed serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). As many as 21 differentially expressed genes were identified.
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- Masaaki Arai
- Department of Biochemistry II, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-0042, Japan
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Gorter JA, da Silva FHL. Abnormal plastic changes in a rat model for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: a short review. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2002; 138:61-72. [PMID: 12432763 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(02)38071-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Jan A Gorter
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 320, 1098 SM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Fasen K, Beck H, Elger CE, Lie AA. Differential regulation of cadherins and catenins during axonal reorganization in the adult rat CNS. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2002; 61:903-13. [PMID: 12387456 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/61.10.903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The cadherin family consists of several homophilic adhesion molecules that, together with their intracellular binding partners the catenins, are known to mediate axonal navigation, target recognition, and synapse formation during development. Here, we have examined the potential role of these molecules in axonal sprouting induced in the adult brain. Over a period of 3 to 60 days, an episode of pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE) led to sprouting of hippocampal mossy fibers both into the CA3 pyramidal cell layer and the inner molecular layer of the dentate gyrus (DG). We found focal up-regulation of N-cadherin, beta-catenin, and alpha-catenin immunoreactivity within segments of the CA3 pyramidal cell layer with pronounced neuron loss that was associated with the development of mossy fiber sprouting. In contrast, expression of these 3 molecules was unaltered in the DG molecular layer despite mossy fiber sprouting in this area. The levels of E-cadherin immunoreactivity were altered prior to the detection of mossy fiber sprouting, with a general reduction in the neuropil and increased expression in CA1/CA3 pyramidal cell somata. Our results imply that members of the cadherin/catenin families undergo specific spatiotemporal patterns of regulation, which may be important in axon target recognition and synapse formation during lesion-induced sprouting.
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- Katrin Fasen
- Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn Medical Center, Germany
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Hendriksen H, Datson NA, Ghijsen WE, van Vliet EA, da Silva FH, Gorter JA, Vreugdenhil E. Altered hippocampal gene expression prior to the onset of spontaneous seizures in the rat post-status epilepticus model. Eur J Neurosci 2001; 14:1475-84. [PMID: 11722609 DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01778.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Neuronal loss, gliosis and axonal sprouting in the hippocampal formation are characteristics of the syndrome of mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS). In the post-status epilepticus (SE) rat model of spontaneous seizures these features of the MTS syndrome can be reproduced. To get a global view of the changes in gene expression in the hippocampus we applied serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) during the early phase of epileptogenesis (latent period), prior to the onset of the first spontaneous seizure. A total of 10 000 SAGE tags were analyzed per experimental group, resulting in 5053 (SE) and 5918 (control group) unique tags (genes), each representing a specific mRNA transcript. Of these, 92 genes were differentially expressed in the hippocampus of post-SE rats in comparison to controls. These genes appeared to be mainly associated with ribosomal proteins, protein processing, axonal growth and glial proliferation proteins. Verification of two of the differentially expressed genes by in situ hybridization confirmed the changes found by SAGE. Histological analysis of hippocampal sections obtained 8 days after SE showed extensive cell loss, mossy fibre sprouting and gliosis in hippocampal sub regions. This study identifies new high-abundant genes that may play an important role in post-SE epileptogenesis.
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- H Hendriksen
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS), Section Neurobiology, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 320, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The events that follow epilepsy seizures are not restricted to the immediate period. A series of long-term alterations occurs, including synaptic rearrangements, which have an impact on the brain circuit's mode of operation. With models of temporal lobe epilepsy, seizures have been shown to generate long-lasting changes in synaptic efficacy (epileptic long-term potentiation) because of removal of the magnesium block, activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors, and an increase in intracellular calcium. This novel form of synaptic plasticity provides a link between memory effects and pathologic processes. Additionally, high-affinity kainate autoradiography, Timm stain, intraventricular injection of kainic acid, and 3D reconstruction experiments clearly indicate that even brief seizures produce changes in synaptic efficacy, followed 2-3 weeks later by aberrant neosynapse formation. Several key steps have been identified in the cascade leading from transient hyperactivity episodes to long-lasting, quasi-permanent modification of the neuronal circuit organization. These include the activation of immediate-early genes, activation of growth factor genes within hours, alterations in glutamate receptors, glial hypertrophy, and cytoskeletal protein changes. The cascade is activated by the increase in intracellular calcium and leads to axonal growth and neosynapse formation, which in turn participates in the etiology of the syndrome by reducing the threshold for further seizures. In summary, study data imply that the mature epileptic circuit has unique features in comparison with those present before a seizure episode, including new receptors, ionic channels, and other proteins. It is therefore essential to develop novel strategies based on the unique mode of operation of the mature epileptic circuit, rather than on acute models of epilepsy.
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- Y Ben-Ari
- Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée (INMED), INSERM U29, Route de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France.
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Depaz IM, Goodenough S, Wilce PA. Chronic ethanol has region-selective effects on Egr-1 and Egr-3 DNA-binding activity and protein expression in the rat brain. Neurochem Int 2000; 37:473-82. [PMID: 10871699 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(00)00060-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This study focused on the DNA-binding activity and protein expression of the transcription factors Egr-1 and Egr-3 in the rat brain cortex and hippocampus after chronic or acute ethanol exposure. DNA-binding activity was reduced in both regions after chronic ethanol exposure and was restored to the level of the pair-fed group at 16 h of withdrawal. Cortical Egr-1 protein levels were not altered by chronic ethanol exposure but increased 16 h after withdrawal, thus mirroring DNA-binding activity. In contrast, Egr-3 protein levels did not undergo any change. There was no change in the level of either protein in the hippocampus. Immunohistochemistry revealed a region-selective change in immunopositive cells in the cortex and hippocampus. Finally, an acute bolus dose of ethanol did not affect Egr DNA-binding activity and ethanol treatment did not alter the DNA-binding activity or protein levels of the transcription factor Sp1. These observations suggest that chronic exposure to ethanol has region-selective effects on the DNA-binding activity and protein expression of Egr-1 and Egr-3 transcription factors in the rat brain. These changes occur after prolonged ethanol exposure and may thus reflect neuroadaptive changes associated with physical dependency and withdrawal. These effects are also transcription factor-selective. Clearly, protein expression is not the sole mediator of the changes in DNA-binding activity and chronic ethanol exposure must have effects on modulatory agents of Egr DNA-binding activity.
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- I M Depaz
- Alcohol Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Brisbane, Australia.
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Schneider PG, de Lores Arnaiz GR. Ligand binding to CNS muscarinic receptor is transiently modified by convulsant 3-mercaptopropionic acid administration. Neurochem Res 2000; 25:637-43. [PMID: 10905625 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007507019191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The administration of convulsant drugs has proven a powerful tool to study experimental epilepsy. We have already reported that the administration of convulsant 3-mercaptopropionic acid (mp) at 150 mg/kg enhances binding affinity of muscarinic antagonist [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate ([3H]QNB) to certain rat CNS membranes during seizure and postseizure without affecting site number. Results obtained with a 100-mg/kg dose of mp have shown reversible increases in [3H]QNB binding to cerebellum and hippocampus, whereas a delayed response has been found in striatum. Neither a subconvulsant dose nor in vitro addition modifies binding. In order to evaluate preseizure, seizure as well as early (30 min) and late (24 h) postseizure stages, we employed a 50 mg/kg dose and tested [3H]QNB binding to CNS membranes. Changes in binding were as follows (in %): in cerebellum, +37, +86, and +40 at preseizure, seizure and early postseizure stages, respectively, but there was a decrease at late postseizure; in hippocampus, +27 at pre- and seizure stages, but a decrease at early and late postseizure. No changes were found in striatum or cerebral cortex membranes at any stage studied. Saturation curves analysed by Scatchard plots indicated that changes in [3H]QNB binding to cerebellar membranes are attributable to an increase in ligand affinity at seizure, followed by a decrease in binding site number at postseizure. A similar profile was observed for hippocampus except that the decrease in binding site number, though lower than at postseizure, was already evident at seizure stage. Results confirm a region-specific response to the convulsant and transient changes provide an example of neuronal plasticity.
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- P G Schneider
- Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias Prof. Eduardo De Robertis, Facultad de Medicina, PROBICENE-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Schauwecker PE, Ramirez JJ, Steward O. Genetic dissection of the signals that induce synaptic reorganization. Exp Neurol 2000; 161:139-52. [PMID: 10683280 DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Synaptic reorganization of mossy fibers following kainic acid (KA) administration has been reported to contribute to the formation of recurrent excitatory circuits, resulting in an epileptogenic state. It is unclear, however, whether KA-induced mossy fiber sprouting results from neuronal cell loss or the seizure activity that KA induces. We have recently demonstrated that certain strains of mice are resistant to excitotoxic cell death, yet exhibit seizure activity similar to what has been observed in rodents susceptible to KA. The present study takes advantage of these strain differences to explore the roles of seizure activity vs cell loss in triggering mossy fiber sprouting. In order to understand the relationships between gene induction, cell death, and the sprouting response, we assessed the regulation of two molecules associated with the sprouting response, c-fos and GAP-43, in mice resistant (C57BL/6) and susceptible (FVB/N) to KA-induced cell death. Following administration of KA, increases in c-fos immunoreactivity were observed in both strains, although prolonged induction of c-fos was present only in the hippocampal neurons of FVB/N mice. Mossy fiber sprouting following KA administration was also only observed in FVB/N mice, while induction of GAP-43, a marker associated with mossy fiber sprouting, was not observed in either strain. These results indicate that: (i) KA-induced seizure activity alone is insufficient to induce mossy fiber sprouting; (ii) mossy fiber sprouting may be due to the loss of hilar neurons following kainate administration; and (iii) induction of GAP-43 is not a necessary component of the sprouting response that occurs following KA in mice.
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- P E Schauwecker
- Departments of Neuroscience, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, USA
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Vigues S, Gastaldi M, Chabret C, Massacrier A, Cau P, Valmier J. Regulation of calcium channel alpha(1A) subunit splice variant mRNAs in kainate-induced temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurobiol Dis 1999; 6:288-301. [PMID: 10448056 DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1999.0248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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P/Q-type voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels (VGCC) regulate neurotransmitter release in the hippocampus and molecular alterations of their alpha(1A) pore-forming subunits are involved in various animal and human CNS diseases. We evaluated, using RT-PCR and in situ hybridization, the spatio-temporal activation of two alpha(1A) subunits splice variants (alpha(1A-a) and alpha(1A-b)) in control and kainic acid (KA)-treated rats. Six hours after KA treatment, alpha(1A-a) and alpha(1A-b) mRNAs increased, decreased or remained unchanged with area specific patterns. These changes were evidenced in the hippocampus and the dentatus gyrus and absent in the cerebellum. The alpha(1A) mRNA upregulation lasted for at least 7 days after KA treatment. Altogether, these results indicate that alpha(1A-a) and alpha(1A-b) mRNAs following seizure onset exhibit a complex and specific spatio-temporal pattern. The long-lasting changes in alpha(1A) subunit mRNA contents suggests that VGCC may be involved in the mechanisms generating chronic focal hyperexcitability and/or cellular damage in temporal lobe epilepsy.
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- S Vigues
- CNRS UPR1142, Institut de Biologie, Blvd. Henri IV, Montpellier, Cedex, 34060, France
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Lissencephaly patients are born with severe brain malformations and suffer from recurrent seizures. LIS1, the gene mutated in isolated lissencephaly patients, is a subunit of the heterotrimeric cytosolic enzyme platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH), interacts with tubulin, and affects microtubule dynamics. In order to gain molecular insights into the possible involvement of LIS1 in seizures in lissencephaly patients, we induced seizures in rats by injection of kainate. PAF-AH activity was markedly reduced as early as 30 min following initiation of seizures, making this parameter a sensitive indicator of seizure events. PAF-AH activity returned to and surpassed control values 1 week following initiation of seizures. Expression of LIS1 in the dentate gyrus changed significantly in a manner similar to that of PAF-AH enzymatic activity. This is the first correlation found between LIS1 expression and PAF-AH activity. Furthermore, the expression of the alpha2 catalytic subunit, which is the major PAF-AH catalytic subunit in rat adult brain, changed in a dramatic fashion. An additional higher-mobility LIS1 cross-reactive band was detected in samples isolated a week following seizure occurrence. This LIS1 isoform was enriched in the microtubule-associated fraction. We propose that LIS1 expression is an important factor in regulation of PAF-AH activity. We postulate that reductions in LIS1 protein levels found in lissencephaly patients may render them more susceptible to seizures.
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- O Shmueli
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Bartolomei F, Regis J, Donnet A, Gastaut JL. Development of focal chronic epilepsy following focal status epilepticus in adult patients. Neurophysiol Clin 1999; 29:271-6. [PMID: 10431292 DOI: 10.1016/s0987-7053(99)80063-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In several experimental models, status epilepticus (SE) leads to secondary brain hyperexcitability and epileptogenesis. In humans, such phenomena have been rarely demonstrated, particularly in cases of SE involving the neocortical structures. We report a 36 year old woman that presented partial SE in May 1991 involving the right cerebral hemisphere. The patient was then treated in the intensive care unit with artificial ventilation and anesthesia by pentobarbital and clometiazole. MRI showed transient right parietal and temporal posterior cortical hyperintensity. The cause of SE was not determined. Three months later, the patient developed partial complex seizures with aura characterized by vertigo, nausea and auditory hallucination. Ictal video/EEG recording showed a clear right temporal posterior onset of the discharges. We speculate that status epilepticus created the lesions which subsequently caused the focal chronic epilepsy.
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- F Bartolomei
- Saint-Paul Epilepsy Center, CJ Inserm 9706, Aix-Marseille II University, France
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Martí E, Blasi J, Gomez De Aranda I, Ribera R, Blanco R, Ferrer I. Selective early induction of synaptosomal-associated protein (molecular weight 25,000) following systemic administration of kainate at convulsant doses in the rat. Neuroscience 1999; 90:1421-32. [PMID: 10338309 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00522-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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SNAP-25 (synaptosomal-associated protein of mol. wt 25,000) is an essential component for neurotransmitter release, and its expression has been related to the plastic responses that follow CNS injury. In the present study, transient induction of SNAP-25 in selected brain areas is shown by immunohistochemistry at short times after a single intraperitoneal injection of kainate at convulsant doses. Six hours after kainate injection, SNAP-25 immunoreactivity was noticed in the perikarya of certain neurons of the perirhinal and lateral cortices, polymorphic layer of the dentate gyrus, CA3 pyramidal area of the hippocampus, and thalamus. In the same areas, a strong increase in SNAP-25 immunorectivity was detected at 12 and 24 h after kainate injection in cell bodies and fibers. Four days after kainate administration, the immunostaining pattern was similar to that observed in control animals. Intraperitoneal injection of cycloheximide blocked the expression of SNAP-25, thus suggesting de novo SNAP-25 protein synthesis following kainate administration. Kainate-dependent induction of SNAP-25a messenger RNA synthesis was observed by in situ hybridization in the mentioned brain areas. Heat shock protein of mol. wt 72,000 (HSP70/72) is a chaperone whose expression is induced early under stress conditions. Its expression and distribution were compared to that of SNAP-25 after the excitotoxic insult. Brain areas overexpressing SNAP-25 and HSP70/72 overlapped. In addition, partial co-localization of both antigens was observed by double-labeling immunohistochemistry. These results provide evidence of an involvement of SNAP-25 in the reactive response that follows kainate administration, and support the role of this protein in the plastic events that take place after kainate excitotoxicity.
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- E Martí
- Departament de Biologia Cel.lular i Anatomia Patològica, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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Koubi D, Gharib A, Gagnon J, Andrieu JP, Bobillier P, Sarda N. Early and prolonged widespread increase in brain protein synthesis following a single electroconvulsive shock in free-moving rats. Brain Res 1999; 821:111-6. [PMID: 10064794 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01076-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The autoradiographic method with l-[35S] methionine ([35S]Met) was used to determine the effect of a single electroconvulsive shock (ECS) on local rates of protein synthesis in the adult rat brain in free-moving conditions. We have estimated the relative contribution of methionine derived from protein breakdown to the intracellular precursor amino acid pool (tRNA pool) for protein synthesis. In steady-state conditions, we showed a large contribution (around 60%) of Met recycling into the precursor pool (lambda=0.37+/-0.11), after a single ECS. In all the 36 brain regions examined, apparent rates of protein synthesis were greatly increased (21-50%) 3 h after a single ECS indicating a generalized effect in rat brain. This ECS-induced activation of the overall rate of brain protein synthesis persisted for at least 24 h after cessation of ECS. This is consistent with the hypothesis that electroconvulsive therapy is associated with long-term molecular changes in neuronal activity.
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- D Koubi
- Laboratoire de Neuropharmacologie Moléculaire, UCBL-CNRS UMR 5542, Faculté de Médecine Laënnec, rue Guillaume Paradin 69372, Lyon cedex 08, France
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Sermet E, Grégoire MC, Galy G, Lavenne F, Pierre C, Veyre L, Lebars D, Cinotti L, Comar D, Dalery J, Bobillier P. Paradoxical metabolic response of the human brain to a single electroconvulsive shock. Neurosci Lett 1998; 254:41-4. [PMID: 9780087 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(98)00650-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Regional brain protein synthesis was evaluated with positron emission tomography (PET) and L-(S-[11C]methyl)methionine ([11C]MET) in depressive patients, before and 3 h after an electroconvulsive shock (ECS), when energy supply is restored, and in healthy volunteers. Depressive patients presented apparent lower protein synthesis than normals, in agreement with known reduction of cerebral activity. In contrast, ECS resulted in a significant increase (56%, P < 0.05) in global cortical protein synthesis. This paradoxical hyperactivation of cellular protein metabolism in response to seizures and the fact that synaptic activity is further reduced after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), may provide new insights for understanding the mechanism of action of ECT.
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- E Sermet
- Neuropharmacologie Moléculaire, UCBL-CNRS UMR 5542, Faculté de Médecine Laennec, Lyon, France
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Shoji Y, Tanaka E, Yamamoto S, Maeda H, Higashi H. Mechanisms underlying the enhancement of excitatory synaptic transmission in basolateral amygdala neurons of the kindling rat. J Neurophysiol 1998; 80:638-46. [PMID: 9705457 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.2.638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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To elucidate the mechanism underlying epileptiform discharges in kindled rats, synaptic responses in kindled basolateral amygdala neurons in vitro were compared with those from control rats by using intracellular and whole cell patch-clamp recordings. In kindled neurons, electrical stimulation of the stria terminalis induced epileptiform discharges. The resting potential, apparent input resistance, current-voltage relationship of the membrane, and the threshold, amplitude, and duration of action potentials in kindled neurons were not different from those in control neurons. The electrical stimulation of stria terminalis elicited excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) and DL-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (AP5)-sensitive and 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX)-sensitive excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs). The amplitude of evoked EPSPs and of evoked AP5-sensitive and CNQX-sensitive EPSCs were enhanced markedly, whereas fast and slow inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) induced by electrical stimulation of lateral amygdaloid nucleus were not significantly different. The rise time and the decay time constant of the evoked CNQX-sensitive EPSCs were shortened, whereas the rise time of the evoked AP5-sensitive EPSCs was shortened, but the decay time constants were not significantly different. In both tetrodotoxin (TTX)-containing medium and low Ca2+ and TTX-containing medium, the frequency and amplitude of spontaneous EPSCs were increased in kindled neurons. These increases are presumably due to nearly synchronous multiquantal events resulted from the increased probability of Glu release at the nerve terminals. The rise time of evoked CNQX- and AP5-sensitive EPSCs and the decay time constant of evoked CNQX-sensitive EPSCs were shortened, suggesting that excitatory synapses at the proximal dendrite and/or the soma in kindled neurons may contribute more effectively to generate evoked EPSCs than those at distal dendrites. In conclusion, the increases in the amplitudes of spontaneous and evoked EPSCs and in the frequency of spontaneous EPSCs may contribute to the epileptiform discharges in kindled neurons.
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- Y Shoji
- Department of Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume 830, Japan
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Bulinski JC, Ohm T, Roder H, Spruston N, Turner DA, Wheal HV. Changes in dendritic structure and function following hippocampal lesions: correlations with developmental events? Prog Neurobiol 1998; 55:641-50. [PMID: 9670222 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0082(98)00023-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Recovery after nervous system lesions may lead to partial re-institution of developmental schemes and processes. Here we review several of these proposed schemes, with the conclusion that though some processes may involve re-expression of embryonic phenotypes, there are many processes invoked during recovery from lesions that do not mirror developmental phenomena. The inability to fully revert to embryonic schemes because of adult phenotype may partially account for the decreased recovery observed in adults compared to that noted after lesions during development.
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- J C Bulinski
- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY 10032-3702, USA.
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Chevassus-Au-Louis N, Rafiki A, Jorquera I, Ben-Ari Y, Represa A. Neocortex in the hippocampus: an anatomical and functional study of CA1 heterotopias after prenatal treatment with methylazoxymethanol in rats. J Comp Neurol 1998; 394:520-36. [PMID: 9590559 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19980518)394:4<520::aid-cne9>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Migration disorders cause neurons to differentiate in an abnormal heterotopic position. Although significant insights have been gained into the etiology of these disorders, very little is known about the anatomy of heterotopias. We have studied heterotopic masses arising in the hippocampal CA1 region after prenatal treatment with methylazoxymethanol (MAM) in rats. Heterotopic cells were phenotypically similar to neocortical supragranular neurons and exhibited the same temporal profile of migration and neurogenesis. However, they did not express molecules characteristic of CA1 neurons such as the limbic-associated membrane protein. Horseradish peroxidase injections in heterotopia demonstrated labeled fibers not only in the neocortex and white matter but also in the CA1 stratum radiatum and stratum lacunosum. To study the pathophysiological consequences of this connectivity, we compared the effects of neocortical and limbic seizures on the expression of Fos protein and on cell death in MAM animals. After metrazol-induced seizures, Fos-positive cells were present in CA1 heterotopias, the only hippocampal region to be activated with the neocortex. By contrast, kainic acid-induced seizures caused a prominent delayed cell death in limbic regions and in CA1 heterotopias. Together, these results suggest that neocortical heterotopias in the CA1 region are integrated in both the hippocampal and neocortical circuitry.
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Treatment of epilepsy, one of the most common neurologic disorders, has evolved from "institutional" polytherapy to "dogmatic" monotherapy, and, most recently, to "rational" polypharmacy. The introduction of bromides for the treatment of epilepsy was followed first by phenobarbital and then by phenytoin as therapeutic options. Although attempts to combine medications were legion, none was supported by studies that demonstrated the benefit of such combinations. The issue of adverse effects became a principal argument in favor of monotherapy. Monotherapy, using newly developed drugs, avoided problems due to drug interactions but was ineffective in 20-30% of patients. A greater understanding of basic disease mechanisms and developments in molecular biology have led to an increased number of effective drugs for the estimated 6-12% of patients with epilepsy whose condition is intractable. Clinical research continues to build on the work of basic scientists in attempting to develop treatments based on a desire to move beyond the palliative and to affect the causative mechanisms of the disease. Novel medical approaches now under exploration include the use of drugs with complementary mechanisms of action, stimulation of various components of the nervous system, biochemical manipulations, focal intracerebral drug perfusion, and gene therapy.
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- P Jallon
- University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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Rafiki A, Ben-Ari Y, Khrestchatisky M, Represa A. Long-lasting enhanced expression in the rat hippocampus of NMDAR1 splice variants in a kainate model of epilepsy. Eur J Neurosci 1998; 10:497-507. [PMID: 9749712 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00054.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Chronic epilepsy is associated with increased excitability which may result from abnormal glutamatergic synaptic transmission involving altered properties of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. To date two gene families encoding NMDA receptor subunits have been cloned, NR1 and NR2. Eight NR1 mRNAs are generated by alternative splicing of exons 5, 21 and 22; the NR1-1 to NR1-4 C-terminal variants exist in the a or b version depending on the presence or absence of the domain encoded by exon 5. Epilepsy was induced in rats by unilateral intra-amygdalar injection of kainate and animals were killed from 6 h to 4 months following the injection. Increased NR1 mRNA levels were observed during status epilepticus (6-24 h after the injection), both psilateral and contralateral, while a second wave of NMDAR1 mRNA increase occurred in chronic epileptic animals, between 21 days and 4 months following kainate injection. Our data show: (i) a permanent increase of the NR1-2a and NR1-2b mRNA species (containing exon 22) in all hippocampal fields, both ipsilateral and contralateral, and (ii) an increase of the NR1-3 (a and b) mRNAs (containing exon 21) in the ipsilateral CA1, and NR1-3a mRNA in the ipsilateral dentate gyrus. No long-term changes were observed for the NR1-1 and NR14 splice variants. In the ipsilateral CA3 area a globally decreased mRNA expression was associated with neuronal loss. A possible contribution to the maintenance of the epileptic state by an increased expression of NMDA receptors is discussed.
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- A Rafiki
- Université René Descartes (Paris V), France
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Ferhat L, Represa A, Ferhat W, Ben-Ari Y, Khrestchatisky M. MAP2d mRNA is expressed in identified neuronal populations in the developing and adult rat brain and its subcellular distribution differs from that of MAP2b in hippocampal neurones. Eur J Neurosci 1998; 10:161-71. [PMID: 9753123 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00044.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The brain microtubule-associated protein MAP2 family is composed of high-molecular-weight (MAP2a and MAP2b) and low-molecular-weight (MAP2c and MAP2d) isoforms. The common C-terminal region of HMW MAP2 and MAP2c contains three repeated microtubule-binding domains while MAP2d comprises four repeats. MAP2c mRNA is known to be expressed at high levels in the immature brain. We show that in the brains of rat pups, MAP2c mRNAs are indeed expressed at high levels compared with MAP2d. However, in adult rat brains, MAP2d mRNA levels are higher than MAP2c. In order to identify the neural cells expressing MAP2d, we used in situ hybridization. In vivo, we show that MAP2d mRNA is expressed in well-identified neuronal populations of the brain. In primary cultures of hippocampal neurones, double-labelling experiments confirm that MAP2d is clearly expressed in neurones. We also evaluated in this study the subcellular distribution of the MAP2d mRNAs in cultured hippocampal neurones and we report that in contrast with MAP2b mRNAs, mostly localized in dendrites, MAP2d mRNAs are essentially located in neuronal cell bodies.
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- L Ferhat
- Université René Descartes, Paris V, INSERM U-29, Paris, France
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Grigorenko E, Glazier S, Bell W, Tytell M, Nosel E, Pons T, Deadwyler SA. Changes in glutamate receptor subunit composition in hippocampus and cortex in patients with refractory epilepsy. J Neurol Sci 1997; 153:35-45. [PMID: 9455976 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(97)00180-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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An assessment of glutamate receptor subunit profiles was made in hippocampus and temporal lobe cortex of patients with refractory epilepsy. Molecular biological analyses using reverse transcription reaction (RT) followed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) revealed changes in the distribution profile of the transcripts of AMPA/KA glutamate receptor subunits in hippocampal and cortical tissue from patients with refractory epilepsy when compared to similar tissue from six human and four non-human primate samples with no history of seizures or seizure medication. A severe mean decrease (38% of control) in mRNA for the GluR1 subunit was found in 400 mm cross-sections of hippocampus from patients with epilepsy. Less severe but significant reductions in that GluR1 subunit expression (54% of control) were exhibited in samples of excised temporal pole cortex from the same subjects. Message for the GluR4 subunit was also significantly decreased in hippocampus (68% of control), but in contrast to GluR1, GluR4 mRNA level was not decreased in temporal cortex. Levels of GluR2 mRNA were not significantly changed in epileptic hippocampal and cortical tissue relative to control samples. Protein levels of the GluR1 and GluR4 subunits quantified by Western blot analysis were also reduced in hippocampal and cortical tissue from epilepsy patients. Two other kainate subunit transcripts, GluR6 and KA1 also showed significant changes compared to non-epileptic tissue (136% and 71% of control, respectively). Results are discussed in terms of possible mechanisms by which protracted seizures could produce selective loss of certain AMPA/KA subunits.
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- E Grigorenko
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1800, USA.
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Guglielmetti F, Rattray M, Baldessari S, Butelli E, Samanin R, Bendotti C. Selective up-regulation of protein kinase C epsilon in granule cells after kainic acid-induced seizures in rat. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1997; 49:188-96. [PMID: 9387878 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(97)00142-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Kainate-induced seizure activity causes persistent changes in the hippocampus that include synaptic reorganization and functional changes in the mossy fibers. Using in situ hybridization histochemistry, the expression of PKC alpha, PKC beta, PKC gamma, PKC delta and PKC epsilon mRNAs was investigated in the hippocampus of adult rats following seizures induced by a s.c. injection of kainic acid. In CA1 and CA3, we found a significant decrease in PKC gamma mRNA 1 day after kainic acid which persisted for a 2nd day in CA1. None of the other PKC isoform mRNAs were altered in CA1 or CA3. In granule cells, a significant up-regulation specific to PKC epsilon mRNA was observed. One week after kainic acid administration, a marked increase in PKC epsilon immunoreactivity was found that persisted 2 months after kainic acid administration. PKC epsilon immunoreactivity was found associated with mossy fibers projecting to the hilus of the dentate gyrus and to the stratum lucidum of the CA3 field and presumably with the newly sprouted mossy fibers projecting to the supragranular layer. These data provide the first evidence for a long-lasting increase of the PKC epsilon in the axons of granule cells caused by kainate-induced seizures and suggest that PKC epsilon may be involved in the functional and/or structural modifications of granule cells that occur after limbic seizures.
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- F Guglielmetti
- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
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Pázmán C, Bengzon J, McKay RD, Somogyi R. Novel differentially expressed genes induced by kainic acid in hippocampus: putative molecular effectors of plasticity and injury. Exp Neurol 1997; 146:502-12. [PMID: 9270061 DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Systemic kainic acid administration in rats induces acute limbic status epilepticus and subsequent neuronal degeneration and development of chronic hyperexcitability with similarities to human temporal lobe epilepsy. The mechanisms mediating the responses to kainic acid likely involve transcriptional changes in genes of importance for cellular injury, protection, and plasticity. We have used an arbitrarily primed PCR technique to identify such changes in the rat dentate gyrus. Three previously uncharacterized transcripts were found to be upregulated in the dentate gyrus 4 h following systemic kainic acid. In situ hybridization using riboprobes transcribed from the cloned PCR fragments were used to confirm differential expression specifically in dentate granule neurons following seizure. Basal expression for all three transcripts is widespread throughout the rat brain, with the highest levels seen in the hippocampal pyramidal and granule cell layers. The novel sequences do not match any known full-length cDNAs and may belong to novel gene families. However, they all showed high homology to human partial cDNA sequences (ESTs) that are expressed in brain as well as several other tissues. Two additional transcripts identified in this study corroborate earlier findings on differential expression of heat-shock proteins after seizure. The novel transcripts found in this study may be involved in epileptogenesis and neuronal responses to damage following seizure.
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- C Pázmán
- Laboratory of Neurophysiology, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Ferhat L, Represa A, Zouaoui-Aggoun D, Ferhat W, Ben-Ari Y, Khrestchatisky M. FGF-2 induces nerve growth factor expression in cultured rat hippocampal neurons. Eur J Neurosci 1997; 9:1282-9. [PMID: 9215712 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01483.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) is expressed in the hippocampus and has been demonstrated to promote neurotrophic effects on hippocampal neurons in vitro. We show that these neurons, even at the embryonic stage, express the mRNAs encoding the FGF receptors, bek and flg. We have characterized the effects of FGF-2 on the expression of nerve growth factor (NGF) using the reverse transcription-coupled polymerase chain reaction, in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry. In hippocampal neurons grown in the absence of serum, FGF-2 exposure induces an important elevation of NGF mRNA expression followed by a marked increase in NGF immunoreactivity. Combining in situ hybridization with an NGF probe and microtubule-associated protein-2 (MAP2) immunocytochemistry we show that the induction of NGF mRNA by FGF-2 is localized in MAP2-immunoreactive neurons. These results suggest roles for FGF-2 in the development of hippocampal neurons and in the maintenance of connections in the central nervous system, particularly the septo-hippocampal pathway, via the regulation of an important neurotrophin.
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- L Ferhat
- Université Rene Descartes, Paris V, INSERM Unité 29, France
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NMDA receptor dependence of kindling and mossy fiber sprouting: evidence that the NMDA receptor regulates patterning of hippocampal circuits in the adult brain. J Neurosci 1996. [PMID: 8929446 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-22-07398.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The NMDA receptor plays an important role in patterning neural connectivity in the developing brain. In the adult brain, repeated kindling stimulation of limbic pathways increases the NMDA-dependent component of synaptic transmission in granule cells of the dentate gyrus (DG) and also induces sprouting of the mossy fiber axons of granule cells that reorganizes synaptic connections in the DG. Because the NMDA antagonist MK801 impedes the progression of kindling, it was of interest to determine whether MK801 also modified mossy fiber sprouting. Low doses of MK801, which had no antiseizure effect, impaired the progression of kindling and development of mossy fiber sprouting during the initial and also more advanced stages of kindling. These observations demonstrate that the NMDA receptor is a component of a molecular pathway that influences the progression of kindling and mossy fiber sprouting and suggest that NMDA-dependent gene expression may play a role in the development of long-term structural and functional alterations induced by seizures in hippocampal circuitry. The NMDA receptor appears to play a continuing role in modifying the organization and patterns of connectivity in hippocampal circuits of the adult brain.
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Ferhat L, Chevassus-Au-Louis N, Khrestchatisky M, Ben-Ari Y, Represa A. Seizures induce tenascin-C mRNA expression in neurons. JOURNAL OF NEUROCYTOLOGY 1996; 25:535-46. [PMID: 8910799 DOI: 10.1007/bf02284821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Tenascin-C, an extracellular matrix glycoprotein that exhibits both growth-promoting and growth-inhibiting properties, is produced in the CNS mainly by astrocytes. In the present study we show that kainate-induced seizures result in an increased expression of tenascin-C in rat brain. Tenascin-C mRNA was increased mainly in the granule cell layer of the hippocampal complex, but tenascin-C mRNA expression was also observed in the pyriform cortex and amygdalo-cortical nucleus. Double labelling experiments using tenascin-C probes and MAP2 (a neuronal microtubule associated protein) antibodies revealed many neurons in these layers that express tenascin-C mRNA. These results support our previous findings of an increased tenascin-C immunoreactivity associated with the axons of granule cells. Tenascin-C expression is rapidly induced by seizures (6 h), preceding any lesion and glial reaction. In this pathological condition tenascin-C appears to be produced by both glia and neurons. The functional repercussions on the scarring and remodelling processes are also discussed.
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- L Ferhat
- Université René Descartes, Paris V, INSERM U29, France
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Ferhat L, Represa A, Bernard A, Ben-Ari Y, Khrestchatisky M. MAP2d promotes bundling and stabilization of both microtubules and microfilaments. J Cell Sci 1996; 109 ( Pt 5):1095-103. [PMID: 8743956 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.109.5.1095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two low molecular weight MAP2 variants have been described, MAP2c and MAP2d. These variants are produced from a single gene by alternative splicing, and in their C-terminal regions contain, respectively, 3 and 4 tandem repeats, some of which are known to be involved in binding to microtubules. Substantial differences in the developmental expression pattern of MAP2c and MAP2d suggest they have different functions in neural cells. In order to investigate the respective roles of these MAP2 variants, we have analyzed the effects of MAP2c and MAP2d expression on microtubule and microfilament organization in transiently transfected cells. Our results show that both variants stabilize microtubules, but only MAP2d stabilizes microfilaments.
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- L Ferhat
- Université René Descartes, Paris V, INSERM Unité 29, France
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Boschert U, O'Shaughnessy C, Dickinson R, Tessari M, Bendotti C, Catsicas S, Pich EM. Developmental and plasticity-related differential expression of two SNAP-25 isoforms in the rat brain. J Comp Neurol 1996; 367:177-93. [PMID: 8708003 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19960401)367:2<177::aid-cne2>3.0.co;2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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In this article we study the relationship between the expression pattern of two recently identified isoforms of the 25-kD synaptosomal-associated protein (SNAP-25a and SNAP-25b) and the morphological changes inherent to neuronal plasticity during development and kainic acid treatment. SNAP-25 has been involved in vescicle fusion in the nerve terminal, and most likely participates in different membrane fusion-related processes, such as those involved in neurotransmitter release and axonal growth. In the adult brain, SNAP-25b expression exceeded SNAP-25a in distribution and intensity, being present in most brain structures . Moderate or high levels of SNAP-25a hybridization signal were found in neurons of the olfactory bulb, the layer Va of the frontal and parietal cortices, the piriform cortex, the subiculum and the hippocampal CA4 field, the substantia nigra/pars compacta, and the pineal gland, partially overlapping SNAP-25b mRNA distribution. In restricted regions of cerebral cortex, thalamus, mammillary bodies, substantia nigra, and pineal glands the two isoforms were distributed in reciprocal fashion. During development SNAP-25a mRNA was the predominant isoform, whereas SNAP-25b expression increased postnatally. The early expression of SNAP-25a in the embryo and the decrease after P21 is suggestive of a potential involvement of this isoform in axonal growth and/or synaptogenesis. This conclusion is indirectly supported by the observation that SNAP-25a mRNA, but not SNAP-25b mRNA, was upregulated in the granule cells of the adult dentate gyrus 48 hours after kainate-induced neurotoxic damage of the hippocampal CA3-CA4 regions. Increase of SNAP-25 immunoreactivity was observed as early as 4 days after kainate injection within the mossy fiber terminals of the CA3 region, and in the newly formed mossy fiber aberrant terminals of the supragranular layer. These data suggest an isoform-specific role of SNAP-25 in neural plasticity.
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- U Boschert
- Glaxo Institute for Molecular Biology, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Represa A, Niquet J, Pollard H, Ben-Ari Y. Cell death, gliosis, and synaptic remodeling in the hippocampus of epileptic rats. JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY 1995; 26:413-25. [PMID: 7775974 DOI: 10.1002/neu.480260313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Seizures set in motion complex molecular and morphological changes in vulnerable structures, such as the hippocampal complex. A number of these changes are responsible for neuronal death of CA3 and hilar cells, which involves necrotic and apoptotic mechanisms. In surviving dentate granule cells seizures induce an increased expression of tubulin subunits and microtubule-associated proteins, suggesting that an overproduction of tubulin polymers would lead to a remodeling of mossy fibers (the axons of granule cells). In fact, these fibers sprout in the dentate gyrus to innervate granule cell dendrites, creating recurrent excitatory circuits. In contrast, terminal mossy fibers do not sprout in the CA3 field. Navigation of mossy fiber's growth cones may be facilitated by astrocytes, which would exert differential effects by producing and excreting cell adhesion and substrate molecules. In the light of the results discussed here, we suggest that in adult brain activated-resident astrocytes (nonproliferating, tenascin-negative, neuronal cell-adhesion molecule-positive astrocytes) could contribute to the process of axonal outgrowth and synaptogenesis in the dentate gyrus, while proliferating astrocytes, tenascin-positive, could impede any axonal rearrangement in CA3.
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- A Represa
- INSERM U29, Hôpital de Port Royal, Paris, France
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