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Seizures and enhanced cortical GABAergic inhibition in two mouse models of human autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Glykys, Joseph Maguire, Jamie L. Labarca, Cesar Módy, István |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | Selected mutations in the human alpha4 or beta2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes cosegregate with a partial epilepsy syndrome known as autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE). To examine possible mechanisms underlying this inherited epilepsy, we engineered two ADNFLE mutations (Chrna4(S252F) and Chrna4(+L264)) in mice. Heterozygous ADNFLE mutant mice show persistent, abnormal cortical electroencephalograms with prominent delta and theta frequencies, exhibit frequent spontaneous seizures, and show an increased sensitivity to the proconvulsant action of nicotine. Relative to WT, electrophysiological recordings from ADNFLE mouse layer II/III cortical pyramidal cells reveal a >20-fold increase in nicotine-evoked inhibitory postsynaptic currents with no effect on excitatory postsynaptic currents. i.p. injection of a subthreshold dose of picrotoxin, a use-dependent gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor antagonist, reduces cortical electroencephalogram delta power and transiently inhibits spontaneous seizure activity in ADNFLE mutant mice. Our studies suggest that the mechanism underlying ADNFLE seizures may involve inhibitory synchronization of cortical networks via activation of mutant alpha4-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors located on the presynaptic terminals and somatodendritic compartments of cortical GABAergic interneurons. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://authors.library.caltech.edu/7060/1/KLApnas06.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://hatoscenter.semel.ucla.edu/uploads/4/9/5/9/49592359/6klaassenok2006.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.pnas.org/content/103/50/19152.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 17146052v1 |
| Volume Number | 103 |
| Issue Number | 50 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Acetylcholine Anatomical compartments Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Autosomal dominant inheritance Childhood Absence Epilepsy Cholinergic Receptors Electroencephalography Epilepsies, Partial Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe Excitatory Postsynaptic Currents GABA Receptor Inhibitory Postsynaptic Currents Interneurons Mutation Nicotine Nicotinic Receptors Picrotoxin Postsynaptic Current Presynaptic Terminals Seizures Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome gamma-Aminobutyric Acid |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
