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Qiao Q, Tian S, Zhang Y, Che L, Li Q, Qu Z, Wang W. A Ketogenic Diet may Improve Cognitive Function in Rats with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy by Regulating Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Synaptic Plasticity. Mol Neurobiol 2024; 61:2249-2264. [PMID: 37870676 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-023-03659-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
Abstract
A ketogenic diet (KD) is often used in the treatment of refractory epilepsy. Many studies have found that it also has a positive impact on cognitive comorbidities, but the specific mechanism remains unclear. In many disease models, endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) and synaptic plasticity is considered a new therapeutic target for improving cognitive impairment, and it has become a research focus in recent years. Recently, studies have found that a KD has a certain regulatory effect on both ERS and synaptic plasticity, but this result has not been confirmed in epilepsy. To investigate the effect of a KD on ERS and synaptic plasticity. In this study, a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) induced by lithium chloride-pilocarpine was used. After the model was successfully established, the rats in each group were fed a normal diet or a KD for 28 days, and the effect of a KD on the latency and seizure frequency of spontaneous recurrent seizures (SRSs) was observed via video monitoring. Subsequently, a Morris water maze was used to evaluate the spatial learning and memory abilities of the rats in each group; the ultrastructure of the ER and the synapses of the hippocampus were observed by transmission electron microscopy, and the dendritic spine density of the hippocampus was analysed by Golgi staining. Long-term potentiation (LTP) was used to detect the synaptic plasticity of the rats' hippocampi, and the expression of ERS-related proteins and synapse-related proteins was detected by Western blotting. A KD effectively reduced the frequency of SRSs in rats with TLE and improved their learning and memory impairment. Further investigations found that a KD inhibited the up-regulation of glucose-regulated protein 78, phospho-protein kinase-like ER kinase, phosphorylated α subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2, activating transcription factor 4 and C/EBP homologous protein expression in the hippocampi of rats with TLE and protected the ultrastructure of the neuronal ER, suggesting that a KD suppressed excessive ERS induced by epilepsy. Concurrently, we also found that a KD not only improved the synaptic ultrastructure and increased the density of dendritic spines in rats with TLE but also reversed the epilepsy-induced LTP deficit to some extent. More importantly, the expression of postsynaptic density protein 95, synaptotagmin-1 and synaptosomal-associated protein 25 in the hippocampi of rats with epilepsy was significantly increased after KD intervention. The study findings indicate that a KD improves learning and memory impairment in rats with epilepsy, possibly by regulating ERS and synaptic plasticity.
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- Qi Qiao
- Key Laboratory of Neurology of Hebei Province, Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 215 Heping West Road, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shijiazhuang People's Hospital, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Department of Neurology, Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neurology of Hebei Province, Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 215 Heping West Road, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neurology of Hebei Province, Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 215 Heping West Road, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neurology of Hebei Province, Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 215 Heping West Road, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Neurology of Hebei Province, Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 215 Heping West Road, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
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Tästensen C, Gutmann S, Loderstedt S, Flegel T, Demeny H, Baum P. Prevalence of nonconvulsive seizures and nonconvulsive status epilepticus in dogs and cats with a history of cluster seizures: A retrospective study. J Vet Intern Med 2024; 38:238-246. [PMID: 38006289 PMCID: PMC10800195 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.16953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Nonconvulsive seizures (NCS) and nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) are frequently observed in human patients. Diagnosis of NCS and NCSE only can be achieved by the use of electroencephalography (EEG). Electroencephalographic monitoring is rare in veterinary medicine and consequently there is limited data on frequency of NCS and NCSE. OBJECTIVES Determine the prevalence of NCS and NCSE in dogs and cats with a history of cluster seizures. ANIMALS Twenty-six dogs and 12 cats. METHODS Retrospective study. Medical records of dogs and cats with cluster seizures were reviewed. Electroencephalography was performed in order to identify electrographic seizure activity after the apparent cessation of convulsive seizure activity. RESULTS Nonconvulsive seizures were detected in 9 dogs and 2 cats out of the 38 patients (29%). Nonconvulsive status epilepticus was detected in 4 dogs and 2 cats (16%). Five patients had both NCS and NCSE. A decreased level of consciousness was evident in 6/11 patients with NCS, 3/6 also had NCSE. Mortality rate for patients with NCS (73%) and NCSE (67%) was much higher than that for patients with no seizure activity on EEG (27%). CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE Prevalence of NCS and NCSE is high in dogs and cats with a history of cluster seizures. Nonconvulsive seizures and NCSE are difficult to detect clinically and are associated with higher in hospital mortality rates. Results indicate that prompt EEG monitoring should be performed in dogs and cats with cluster seizures.
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- Carina Tästensen
- Department for Small Animals, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Small Animals, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Small Animals, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Demed-Veterinary Neurology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Neurology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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Jiruska P, Freestone D, Gnatkovsky V, Wang Y. An update on the seizures beget seizures theory. Epilepsia 2023; 64 Suppl 3:S13-S24. [PMID: 37466948 DOI: 10.1111/epi.17721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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Seizures beget seizures is a longstanding theory that proposed that seizure activity can impact the structural and functional properties of the brain circuits in ways that contribute to epilepsy progression and the future occurrence of seizures. Originally proposed by Gowers, this theory continues to be quoted in the pathophysiology of epilepsy. We critically review the existing data and observations on the consequences of recurrent seizures on brain networks and highlight a range of factors that speak for and against the theory. The existing literature demonstrates clearly that ictal activity, especially if recurrent, induces molecular, structural, and functional changes including cell loss, connectivity reorganization, changes in neuronal behavior, and metabolic alterations. These changes have the potential to modify the seizure threshold, contribute to disease progression, and recruit wider areas of the epileptic network into epileptic activity. Repeated seizure activity may, thus, act as a pathological positive-feedback mechanism that increases seizure likelihood. On the other hand, the time course of self-limited epilepsies and the presence of seizure remission in two thirds of epilepsy cases and various chronic epilepsy models oppose the theory. Experimental work showed that seizures could induce neural changes that increase the seizure threshold and decrease the risk of a subsequent seizure. Due to the complex nature of epilepsies, it is wrong to consider only seizures as the key factor responsible for disease progression. Epilepsy worsening can be attributed to the various forms of interictal epileptiform activity or underlying disease mechanisms. Although seizure activity can negatively impact brain structure and function, the "seizures beget seizures" theory should not be used dogmatically but with extreme caution.
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- Premysl Jiruska
- Department of Physiology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Interdisciplinary Computing and Complex BioSystems Group, School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Zoungrana LI, Didik S, Wang H, Slotabec L, Li J. Activated protein C in epilepsy pathophysiology. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1251017. [PMID: 37901428 PMCID: PMC10603301 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1251017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
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Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic disorders that is characterized by recurrent seizures, and depending on the type of seizure, it could lead to a severe outcome. Epilepsy's mechanism of development is not fully understood yet, but some of the common features of the disease are blood-brain barrier disruption, microglia activation, and neuroinflammation. Those are also targets of activated protein C (APC). In fact, by downregulating thrombin, known as a pro-inflammatory, APC acts as an anti-inflammatory. APC is also an anti-apoptotic protein, instance by blocking p53-mediated apoptosis. APC's neuroprotective effect could prevent blood-brain barrier dysfunction by acting on endothelial cells. Furthermore, through the downregulation of proapoptotic, and proinflammatory genes, APC's neuroprotection could reduce the effect or prevent epilepsy pathogenesis. APC's activity acts on blood-brain barrier disruption, inflammation, and apoptosis and causes neurogenesis, all hallmarks that could potentially treat or prevent epilepsy. Here we review both Activated Protein C and epilepsy mechanism, function, and the possible association between them.
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- Linda Ines Zoungrana
- Department of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States
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Hyder SK, Ghosh A, Forcelli PA. Optogenetic activation of the superior colliculus attenuates spontaneous seizures in the pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 2023; 64:524-535. [PMID: 36448878 PMCID: PMC10907897 DOI: 10.1111/epi.17469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Decades of studies have indicated that activation of the deep and intermediate layers of the superior colliculus can suppress seizures in a wide range of experimental models of epilepsy. However, prior studies have not examined efficacy against spontaneous limbic seizures. The present study aimed to address this gap through chronic optogenetic activation of the superior colliculus in the pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy. METHODS Sprague Dawley rats underwent pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus and were maintained until the onset of spontaneous seizures. Virus coding for channelrhodopsin-2 was injected into the deep and intermediate layers of the superior colliculus, and animals were implanted with head-mounted light-emitting diodes at the same site. Rats were stimulated with either 5- or 100-Hz light delivery. Seizure number, seizure duration, 24-h seizure burden, and behavioral seizure severity were monitored. RESULTS Both 5- and 100-Hz optogenetic stimulation of the deep and intermediate layers of the superior colliculus reduced daily seizure number and total seizure burden in all animals in the active vector group. Stimulation did not affect either seizure duration or behavioral seizure severity. Stimulation was without effect in opsin-negative control animals. SIGNIFICANCE Activation of the deep and intermediate layers of the superior colliculus reduces both the number of seizures and total daily seizure burden in the pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy. These novel data demonstrating an effect against chronic experimental seizures complement a long history of studies documenting the antiseizure efficacy of superior colliculus activation in a range of acute seizure models.
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- Safwan K. Hyder
- Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
- Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
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Taylor JA, Smith ZZ, Barth DS. Spike-wave discharges in Sprague-Dawley rats reflect precise intra- and interhemispheric synchronization of somatosensory cortex. J Neurophysiol 2022; 128:1152-1167. [PMID: 36169203 PMCID: PMC9621715 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00303.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Spike-wave discharges (SWDs) are among the most prominent electrical signals recordable from the rat cerebrum. Increased by inbreeding, SWDs have served as an animal model of human genetic absence seizures. Yet, SWDs are ubiquitous in inbred and outbred rats, suggesting they reflect normal brain function. We hypothesized that SWDs represent oscillatory neural ensemble activity underlying sensory encoding. To test this hypothesis, we simultaneously mapped SWDs from wide areas (8 × 8 mm) of both hemispheres in anesthetized rats, using 256-electrode epicortical arrays that covered primary and secondary somatosensory, auditory and visual cortex bilaterally. We also recorded the laminar pattern of SWDs with linear microelectrode arrays. We compared the spatial and temporal organization of SWDs to somatosensory-evoked potentials (SEPs), as well as auditory- and visual-evoked potentials (AEPs and VEPs) to examine similarities and/or differences between sensory-evoked and spontaneous oscillations in the same animals. We discovered that SWDs are confined to the facial representation of primary and secondary somatosensory cortex (SI and SII, respectively), areas that are preferentially engaged during environmental exploration in the rat. Furthermore, these oscillations exhibit highly synchronized bilateral traveling waves in SI and SII, simultaneously forming closely matched spread patterns in both hemispheres. We propose that SWDs could reflect a previously unappreciated capacity for rat somatosensory cortex to perform precise spatial and temporal analysis of rapidly changing sensory input at the level of large neural ensembles synchronized both within and between the cerebral hemispheres.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We simultaneously mapped electrocortical SWDs from both cerebral hemispheres of Sprague-Dawley rats and discovered that they reflect systematic activation of the facial representation of somatosensory cortex. SWDs form mirror spatiotemporal patterns in both hemispheres that are precisely aligned in both space and time. Our data suggest that SWDs may reflect a substrate by which large neural ensembles perform precise spatiotemporal processing of rapidly changing somatosensory input.
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- Jeremy A Taylor
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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Whitebirch AC, LaFrancois JJ, Jain S, Leary P, Santoro B, Siegelbaum SA, Scharfman HE. Enhanced excitability of the hippocampal CA2 region and its contribution to seizure activity in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Neuron 2022; 110:3121-3138.e8. [PMID: 35987207 PMCID: PMC9547935 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The hippocampal CA2 region, an area important for social memory, has been suspected to play a role in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) because of its resistance to degeneration observed in neighboring CA1 and CA3 regions in both humans and rodent models of TLE. However, little is known about whether alterations in CA2 properties promote seizure generation or propagation. Here, we addressed the role of CA2 using the pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus model of TLE. Ex vivo electrophysiological recordings from acute hippocampal slices revealed a set of coordinated changes that enhance CA2 PC intrinsic excitability, reduce CA2 inhibitory input, and increase CA2 excitatory output to its major CA1 synaptic target. Moreover, selective chemogenetic silencing of CA2 pyramidal cells caused a significant decrease in the frequency of spontaneous seizures measured in vivo. These findings provide the first evidence that CA2 actively contributes to TLE seizure activity and may thus be a promising therapeutic target.
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- Alexander C Whitebirch
- Departments of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
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- The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Departments of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Departments of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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- Department of Child Psychiatry, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA; The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA.
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Chen P, Chen F, Wu Y, Zhou B. New Insights Into the Role of Aberrant Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Epilepsy. Front Neurol 2022; 12:727065. [PMID: 34975709 PMCID: PMC8714646 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.727065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Data accumulated over the past four decades have confirmed that adult hippocampal neurogenesis (HN) plays a key role in the wide spectrum of hippocampal pathology. Epilepsy is a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by spontaneous recurrent seizures. Although neurogenesis in persistent germinative zones is altered in the adult rodent models of epilepsy, the effects of seizure-induced neurogenesis in the epileptic brain, in terms of either a pathological or reparative role, are only beginning to be explored. In this review, we described the most recent advances in neurogenesis in epilepsy and outlooked future directions for neural stem cells (NSCs) and epilepsy-in-a-dish models. We proposed that it may help in refining the underlying molecular mechanisms of epilepsy and improving the therapies and precision medicine for patients with epilepsy.
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- Peng Chen
- Department of Pharmacy, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Sinopharm Dongfeng General Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Qiao Q, Qu Z, Tian S, Cao H, Zhang Y, Sun C, Jia L, Wang W. Ketogenic Diet Alleviates Hippocampal Neurodegeneration Possibly via ASIC1a and the Mitochondria-Mediated Apoptotic Pathway in a Rat Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2022; 18:2181-2198. [PMID: 36187562 PMCID: PMC9521243 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s376979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The ketogenic diet (KD) is a proven therapy for refractory epilepsy. Although the anti-seizure properties of this diet are understood to a certain extent, the exploration of its neuroprotective effects and underlying mechanisms is still in its infancy. Tissue acidosis is a common feature of epileptogenic foci. Interestingly, the activation of acid-sensing ion channel 1a (ASIC1a), which mediates Ca2+-dependent neuronal injury during acidosis, has been found to be inhibited by ketone bodies in vitro. This prompted us to investigate whether the neuroprotective effects induced by the KD occur via ASIC1a and interconnected downstream mechanisms in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy. METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed either the KD or a normal diet for four weeks after undergoing pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE). The effects of KD on epileptogenesis, cognitive impairment and hippocampal neuron injury in the epileptic rats were subsequently evaluated by video electroencephalogram, Morris water maze test and Nissl staining, respectively. The expression of ASIC1a and cleaved caspase-3 in the hippocampus were determined using Western blot analysis during the chronic period following SE. Moreover, the intracellular Ca2+ concentration, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mROS) and cell apoptosis of hippocampal cells were detected by flow cytometry. RESULTS We found that the KD treatment strongly attenuated the spontaneous recurrent seizures, ameliorated learning and memory impairments and prevented hippocampal neuronal injury and apoptosis. The KD was also shown to inhibit the upregulation of ASIC1a and the ensuing intracellular Ca2+ overload in the hippocampus of the epileptic rats. Furthermore, the seizure-induced structure disruption of neuronal mitochondria, loss of MMP and accumulation of mROS were reversed by the KD treatment, suggesting that it has protective effects on mitochondria. Finally, the activation of caspase-3 was also inhibited by the KD. CONCLUSION These findings indicate that the KD suppresses mitochondria-mediated apoptosis possibly by regulating ASIC1a to exert neuroprotective effects. This may provide a mechanistic explanation of the therapeutic effects of KD.
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- Qi Qiao
- The Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China
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- The Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China
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- The Department of Neurology, Shijiazhuang People's Hospital, Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China
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- The Department of Rehabilitation, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China
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- The Department of Pediatrics, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China
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- The Department of Neurology, The Third Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- The Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China
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- The Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China
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Pitkänen A, Paananen T, Kyyriäinen J, Das Gupta S, Heiskanen M, Vuokila N, Bañuelos-Cabrera I, Lapinlampi N, Kajevu N, Andrade P, Ciszek R, Lara-Valderrábano L, Ekolle Ndode-Ekane X, Puhakka N. Biomarkers for posttraumatic epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2021; 121:107080. [PMID: 32317161 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
A biomarker is a characteristic that can be objectively measured as an indicator of normal biologic processes, pathogenic processes, or responses to an exposure or intervention, including therapeutic interventions. Biomarker modalities include molecular, histologic, radiographic, or physiologic characteristics. To improve the understanding and use of biomarker terminology in biomedical research, clinical practice, and medical product development, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Joint Leadership Council developed the BEST Resource (Biomarkers, EndpointS, and other Tools). The seven BEST biomarker categories include the following: (a) susceptibility/risk biomarkers, (b) diagnostic biomarkers, (c) monitoring biomarkers, (d) prognostic biomarkers, (e) predictive biomarkers, (f) pharmacodynamic/response biomarkers, and (g) safety biomarkers. We hypothesize some potential overlap between the reported biomarkers of traumatic brain injury (TBI), epilepsy, and posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE). Here, we tested this hypothesis by reviewing studies focusing on biomarker discovery for posttraumatic epileptogenesis and epilepsy. The biomarker modalities reviewed here include plasma/serum and cerebrospinal fluid molecular biomarkers, imaging biomarkers, and electrophysiologic biomarkers. Most of the reported biomarkers have an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve greater than 0.800, suggesting both high sensitivity and high specificity. Our results revealed little overlap in the biomarker candidates between TBI, epilepsy, and PTE. In addition to using single parameters as biomarkers, machine learning approaches have highlighted the potential for utilizing patterns of markers as biomarkers. Although published data suggest the possibility of identifying biomarkers for PTE, we are still in the early phase of the development curve. Many of the seven biomarker categories lack PTE-related biomarkers. Thus, further exploration using proper, statistically powered, and standardized study designs with validation cohorts, and by developing and applying novel analytical methods, is needed for PTE biomarker discovery.
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- Asla Pitkänen
- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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Yu N, Lin XJ, Di Q. How to Find Candidate Drug-targets for Antiepileptogenic Therapy? Curr Neuropharmacol 2021; 18:624-635. [PMID: 31989901 PMCID: PMC7457424 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x18666200128124338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Although over 25 antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have become currently available for clinical use, the incidence of epilepsy worldwide and the proportions of drug-resistant epilepsy among them are not significantly reduced during the past decades. Traditional screens for AEDs have been mainly focused on their anti-ictogenic roles, and their efficacies primarily depend on suppressing neuronal excitability or enhancing inhibitory neuronal activity, almost without the influence on the epileptogenesis or with inconsistent results from different studies. Epileptogenesis refers to the pathological process of a brain from its normal status to the alterations with the continuous prone of unprovoked spontaneous seizures after brain insults, such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, CNS infectious, and autoimmune disorders, and even some specific inherited conditions. Recently growing experimental and clinical studies have discovered the underlying mechanisms for epileptogenesis, which are multi-aspect and multistep. These findings provide us a number of interesting sites for antiepileptogenic drugs (AEGDs). AEGDs have been evidenced as significantly roles of postponing or completely blocking the development of epilepsy in experimental models. The present review will introduce potential novel candidate drug-targets for AEGDs based on the published studies.
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- Nian Yu
- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, China
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Tatum S, Smith ZZ, Taylor JA, Poulsen DJ, Dudek FE, Barth DS. Sensitivity of unilateral- versus bilateral-onset spike-wave discharges to ethosuximide and carbamazepine in the fluid percussion injury rat model of traumatic brain injury. J Neurophysiol 2021; 125:2166-2177. [PMID: 33949882 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00098.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Unilateral-onset spike-wave discharges (SWDs) following fluid percussion injury (FPI) in rats have been used for nearly two decades as a model for complex partial seizures in human posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE). This study determined if SWDs with a unilateral versus bilateral cortical onset differed. In this experiment, 2-mo-old rats received severe FPI (3 atm) or sham surgery and were instrumented for chronic video-electrocorticography (ECoG) recording (up to 9 mo). The antiseizure drug, carbamazepine (CBZ), and the antiabsence drug, ethosuximide (ETX), were administered separately to determine if they selectively suppressed unilateral- versus bilateral-onset SWDs, respectively. SWDs did not significantly differ between FPI and sham rats on any measured parameter (wave-shape, frequency spectrum, duration, or age-related progression), including unilateral (∼17%) versus bilateral (∼83%) onsets. SWDs with a unilateral onset preferentially originated ipsilateral to the craniotomy in both FPI and sham rats, suggesting that the unilateral-onset SWDs were related to surgical injury and not specifically to FPI. ETX profoundly suppressed SWDs with either unilateral or bilateral onsets, and CBZ had no effect on either type of SWD. These results suggest that SWDs with either a unilateral or bilateral onset have a pharmacosensitivity similar to absence seizures and are very different from the complex partial seizures of PTE. Therefore, SWDs with a unilateral onset after FPI are not a model of the complex partial seizures that occur in PTE, and their use for finding new treatments for PTE could be counterproductive, particularly if their close similarity to normal brain oscillations is not acknowledged.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Unilateral-onset spike-wave discharges (SWDs) in rats have been used to model complex partial seizures in human posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE), compared to bilateral-onset SWDs thought to reflect human absence seizures. Here, we show that both unilateral- and bilateral-onset SWDs following traumatic brain injury are suppressed by the antiabsence drug ethosuximide and are unaffected by the antiseizure drug carbamazepine. We propose that unilateral-onset SWDs are not useful for studying mechanisms of, or treatments for, PTE.
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- Sean Tatum
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo Jacob's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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Botterill JJ, Lu YL, LaFrancois JJ, Bernstein HL, Alcantara-Gonzalez D, Jain S, Leary P, Scharfman HE. An Excitatory and Epileptogenic Effect of Dentate Gyrus Mossy Cells in a Mouse Model of Epilepsy. Cell Rep 2020; 29:2875-2889.e6. [PMID: 31775052 PMCID: PMC6905501 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.10.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The sparse activity of hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) granule cells (GCs) is thought to be critical for cognition and behavior, whereas excessive DG activity may contribute to disorders such as temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Glutamatergic mossy cells (MCs) of the DG are potentially critical to normal and pathological functions of the DG because they can regulate GC activity through innervation of GCs or indirectly through GABAergic neurons. Here, we test the hypothesis that MC excitation of GCs is normally weak, but under pathological conditions, MC excitation of GCs is dramatically strengthened. We show that selectively inhibiting MCs during severe seizures reduced manifestations of those seizures, hippocampal injury, and chronic epilepsy. In contrast, selectively activating MCs was pro-convulsant. Mechanistic in vitro studies using optogenetics further demonstrated the unanticipated ability of MC axons to excite GCs under pathological conditions. These results demonstrate an excitatory and epileptogenic effect of MCs in the DG.
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- Justin J Botterill
- Center for Dementia Research, The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
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- Center for Dementia Research, The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
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- Center for Dementia Research, The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
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- Center for Dementia Research, The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA; Department of Neuroscience & Physiology, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Center for Dementia Research, The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
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- Center for Dementia Research, The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
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- Center for Dementia Research, The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
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- Center for Dementia Research, The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA; Department of Neuroscience & Physiology, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Brennan GP, Bauer S, Engel T, Jimenez-Mateos EM, Del Gallo F, Hill TDM, Connolly NMC, Costard LS, Neubert V, Salvetti B, Sanz-Rodriguez A, Heiland M, Mamad O, Brindley E, Norwood B, Batool A, Raoof R, El-Naggar H, Reschke CR, Delanty N, Prehn JHM, Fabene P, Mooney C, Rosenow F, Henshall DC. Genome-wide microRNA profiling of plasma from three different animal models identifies biomarkers of temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurobiol Dis 2020; 144:105048. [PMID: 32800995 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.105048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Epilepsy diagnosis is complex, requires a team of specialists and relies on in-depth patient and family history, MRI-imaging and EEG monitoring. There is therefore an unmet clinical need for a non-invasive, molecular-based, biomarker to either predict the development of epilepsy or diagnose a patient with epilepsy who may not have had a witnessed seizure. Recent studies have demonstrated a role for microRNAs in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. MicroRNAs are short non-coding RNA molecules which negatively regulate gene expression, exerting profound influence on target pathways and cellular processes. The presence of microRNAs in biofluids, ease of detection, resistance to degradation and functional role in epilepsy render them excellent candidate biomarkers. Here we performed the first multi-model, genome-wide profiling of plasma microRNAs during epileptogenesis and in chronic temporal lobe epilepsy animals. From video-EEG monitored rats and mice we serially sampled blood samples and identified a set of dysregulated microRNAs comprising increased miR-93-5p, miR-142-5p, miR-182-5p, miR-199a-3p and decreased miR-574-3p during one or both phases. Validation studies found miR-93-5p, miR-199a-3p and miR-574-3p were also dysregulated in plasma from patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Treatment of mice with common anti-epileptic drugs did not alter the expression levels of any of the five miRNAs identified, however administration of an anti-epileptogenic microRNA treatment prevented dysregulation of several of these miRNAs. The miRNAs were detected within the Argonuate2-RISC complex from both neurons and microglia indicating these miRNA biomarker candidates can likely be traced back to specific brain cell types. The current studies identify additional circulating microRNA biomarkers of experimental and human epilepsy which may support diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy via a quick, cost-effective rapid molecular-based test.
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- Gary P Brennan
- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland; FutureNeuro SFI Research Center, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland.
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- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt and Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany; Department of Neurology, Phillips University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland; FutureNeuro SFI Research Center, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- Discipline of Physiology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland; FutureNeuro SFI Research Center, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- Department of Neurology, Phillips University, Marburg, Germany; Department of Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- Department of Neurology, Phillips University, Marburg, Germany; Oscar-Langendorff Institute of Physiology, Rostock University Medical Center, Germany
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland; FutureNeuro SFI Research Center, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland; FutureNeuro SFI Research Center, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland; FutureNeuro SFI Research Center, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- Expesicor Inc, Kalispell, MT, USA; FYR Diagnostics, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland; FutureNeuro SFI Research Center, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- FutureNeuro SFI Research Center, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland; Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland; FutureNeuro SFI Research Center, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- FutureNeuro SFI Research Center, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland; School of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt and Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany; Department of Neurology, Phillips University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland; FutureNeuro SFI Research Center, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland
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Effects of immunization with heat-killed Mycobacterium vaccae on autism spectrum disorder-like behavior and epileptogenesis in a rat model of comorbid autism and epilepsy. Brain Behav Immun 2020; 88:763-780. [PMID: 32442471 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Revised: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and epilepsy are often comorbid. The basis for this co-occurrence remains unknown; however, inflammatory stressors during development are a shared risk factor. To explore this association, we tested the effect of repeated immunizations using a heat-killed preparation of the stress-protective immunoregulatory microbe Mycobacterium vaccae NCTC 11,659 (M. vaccae) on the behavioral and epileptogenic consequences of the combined stress-terbutaline (ST) rat model of ASD-like behavior/epilepsy. Repeated immunization of the dam with M. vaccae during pregnancy, followed by immunization of the pups after terbutaline injections, prevented the expression of ASD-like behavior but did not appear to protect against, and may have even enhanced, the spontaneous epileptogenic effects of ST. Maternal M. vaccae injections transferred an anti-inflammatory immunophenotype to offspring, and repeated injections across development prevented ST-induced increases in microglial density at early developmental time points in a region-specific manner. Despite epidemiological comorbidity between ASD/epileptic conditions and shared environmental risk factors, our results suggest that the expression of ASD-like behaviors, but perhaps not epileptogenesis, is sensitive to early anti-inflammatory intervention. These data provide support for the exploration of immunoregulatory strategies to prevent the negative neurodevelopmental behavioral effects of stressors during early critical periods.
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Deshpande LS, DeLorenzo RJ, Churn SB, Parsons JT. Neuronal-Specific Inhibition of Endoplasmic Reticulum Mg 2+/Ca 2+ ATPase Ca 2+ Uptake in a Mixed Primary Hippocampal Culture Model of Status Epilepticus. Brain Sci 2020; 10:brainsci10070438. [PMID: 32664397 PMCID: PMC7407863 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci10070438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 07/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Loss of intracellular calcium homeostasis is an established mechanism associated with neuronal dysfunction and status epilepticus. Sequestration of free cytosolic calcium into endoplasmic reticulum by Mg2+/Ca2+ adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) is critical for maintenance of intracellular calcium homeostasis. Exposing hippocampal cultures to low-magnesium media is a well-accepted in vitro model of status epilepticus. Using this model, it was shown that endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ uptake was significantly inhibited in homogenates from cultures demonstrating electrophysiological seizure phenotypes. Calcium uptake was mainly neuronal. However, glial Ca2+ uptake was also significantly inhibited. Viability of neurons exposed to low magnesium was similar to neurons exposed to control solutions. Finally, it was demonstrated that Ca2+ uptake inhibition and intracellular free Ca2+ levels increased in parallel with increasing incubation in low magnesium. The results suggest that inhibition of Mg2+/Ca2+ ATPase-mediated endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ sequestration contributes to loss of intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis associated with status epilepticus. This study describes for the first time inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum Mg2+/Ca2+ ATPase in a mixed primary hippocampal model of status epilepticus. In combination with animal models of status epilepticus, the cell culture model provides a powerful tool to further elucidate mechanisms that result in inhibition of Mg2+/Ca2+ ATPase and downstream consequences of decreased enzyme activity.
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- Laxmikant S. Deshpande
- Department of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA; (L.S.D.); (R.J.D.); (S.B.C.)
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- Department of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA; (L.S.D.); (R.J.D.); (S.B.C.)
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA; (L.S.D.); (R.J.D.); (S.B.C.)
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
- Department of Physiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA; (L.S.D.); (R.J.D.); (S.B.C.)
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Grabenstatter HL, Dudek FE. Effect of carbamazepine on spontaneous recurrent seizures recorded from the dentate gyrus in rats with kainate-induced epilepsy. Epilepsia 2019; 60:636-647. [PMID: 30815862 DOI: 10.1111/epi.14680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Animal models of chronic epilepsy with spontaneous recurrent seizures (SRSs) may be useful in the discovery and mechanistic analyses of antiseizure drugs (ASDs). Carbamazepine (CBZ), a widely used ASD with a well-defined mechanism, was analyzed in this proof-of-principle study to determine how a traditional ASD affects the properties of SRSs. METHODS The effects of CBZ on electrographic SRSs recorded from the dentate gyrus were studied in freely behaving rats using a repeated, low-dose kainate model of acquired epilepsy with a repeated-measures, crossover protocol. RESULTS Almost all seizure durations were >20 seconds. Both seizure likelihood and duration appeared to be similar between 1 and 8 hours after individual CBZ injections. CBZ-induced decreases in seizure frequency were not significant at 10 mg/kg; however, at 30 mg/kg, seizure frequency was significantly reduced for convulsive but not nonconvulsive seizures. At 100 mg/kg, CBZ strongly suppressed both convulsive and nonconvulsive seizures. Although CBZ had a dose-dependent effect on seizure frequency, CBZ did not affect seizure duration at any dose. The preceding interictal interval did not affect seizure duration; however, at 30 mg/kg CBZ, nearly all seizures were nonconvulsive when the interictal interval was <30 minutes (ie, during clusters). SIGNIFICANCE Increased doses of CBZ (10-100 mg/kg) suppressed the frequency but not the duration of convulsive and nonconvulsive seizures in the repeated, low-dose kainate model. The repeated-measures, crossover protocol, which requires relatively few animals and compensates for progressive increases in seizure frequency during epileptogenesis after status epilepticus, allowed quantitative analyses of clinically relevant and translatable properties of SRSs.
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- Heidi L Grabenstatter
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Departments of Physiology and Neurosurgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Lam PM, González MI. Calpain activation and neuronal death during early epileptogenesis. Neurobiol Dis 2018; 124:141-151. [PMID: 30423475 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2018] [Revised: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by a predisposition to suffer epileptic seizures. Acquired epilepsy might be the result of brain insults like head trauma, stroke, brain infection, or status epilepticus (SE) when one of these triggering injuries starts a transformative process known as epileptogenesis. There is some data to suggest that, during epileptogenesis, seizures themselves damage the brain but there is no conclusive evidence to demonstrate that spontaneous recurrent seizures themselves injure the brain. Our recent evidence indicates that calpain overactivation might be relevant for epileptogenesis. Here, we investigated if spontaneous recurrent seizures that occur during an early period of epileptogenesis show any correlation with the levels of calpain activation and/or expression. In addition, we also investigated a possible association between the occurrence of spontaneous seizures and increased levels of cell death, gliosis and inflammation (typical markers associated with epileptogenesis). We found that the number of spontaneous seizures detected prior to sample collection was correlated with altered calpain activity and expression. Moreover, the levels of hippocampal neurodegeneration were also correlated with seizure occurrence. Our findings suggest that, at least during early epileptogenesis, there is a correlation between seizure occurrence, calpain activity and neurodegeneration. Thus, this study opens the possibility that aberrant calpain reactivation by spontaneous seizures might contribute to the manifestation of future spontaneous seizures.
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- Philip M Lam
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology and Translational Epilepsy Research Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology and Translational Epilepsy Research Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Brady RD, Casillas-Espinosa PM, Agoston DV, Bertram EH, Kamnaksh A, Semple BD, Shultz SR. Modelling traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic epilepsy in rodents. Neurobiol Dis 2018; 123:8-19. [PMID: 30121231 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) is one of the most debilitating and understudied consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI). It is challenging to study the effects, underlying pathophysiology, biomarkers, and treatment of TBI and PTE purely in human patients for a number of reasons. Rodent models can complement human PTE studies as they allow for the rigorous investigation into the causal relationship between TBI and PTE, the pathophysiological mechanisms of PTE, the validation and implementation of PTE biomarkers, and the assessment of PTE treatments, in a tightly controlled, time- and cost-efficient manner in experimental subjects known to be experiencing epileptogenic processes. This article will review several common rodent models of TBI and/or PTE, including their use in previous studies and discuss their relative strengths, limitations, and avenues for future research to advance our understanding and treatment of PTE.
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- Rhys D Brady
- Departments of Neuroscience and Medicine, Central Clinical School, Monash University, VIC 3004, Australia; Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.
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- Departments of Neuroscience and Medicine, Central Clinical School, Monash University, VIC 3004, Australia; Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.
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- Anatomy, Physiology & Genetics, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 800394, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0394, USA
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- Anatomy, Physiology & Genetics, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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- Departments of Neuroscience and Medicine, Central Clinical School, Monash University, VIC 3004, Australia; Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Departments of Neuroscience and Medicine, Central Clinical School, Monash University, VIC 3004, Australia; Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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