Project description:Injury of the CA1 subregion induced by a single injection of kainic acid (1M-CM-^WKA) is attenuated when juvenile animals (P20) have a history of two sustained neonatal seizures on P6 and P9. To identify gene candidates involved in the spatially protective effects produced by early life conditioning seizures, we profiled and compared the transcriptomes of CA1 subregions from control, 1M-CM-^WKA, and 3M-CM-^WKA treated animals. More genes were regulated following 3M-CM-^WKA (9.6%) than after 1M-CM-^WKA (7.1%). Following 1M-CM-^WKA, genes supporting oxidative stress, growth, development, inflammation, and neurotransmission were upregulated (e.g., Cacng1, Nadsyn1, Kcng1, Aven, S100a4, GFAP, Vim, Hrsp12, Grik1). After 3M-CM-^WKA, protective genes were differentially over-expressed (e.g., Cat, Gpx7, GAD1, Hspa12A, Foxn1, adenosine A1 receptor, Ca2+ adaptor and homeostatic proteins, Cacnb4, Atp2b2, anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 gene members, intracellular trafficking protein, Grasp, suppressor of cytokine signaling (Socs3)). Distinct anti-inflammatory interleukins not observed in adult tissues (e.g., IL6 transducer, IL23 and IL33 or their receptors (ILF2)) were also over-expressed. Several transcripts were validated by real-time polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) and immunohistochemistry. QPCR showed that casp 6 was increased after 1M-CM-^WKA but reduced after 3M-CM-^WKA; pro-inflammatory gene cox1 was either upregulated or unchanged after 1M-CM-^WKA but reduced by ~70% after 3M-CM-^WKA. Enhanced GFAP immunostaining following 1M-CM-^WKA was selectively attenuated in the CA1 subregion after 3M-CM-^WKA. The observed differential transcriptional responses may contribute to early life seizure-induced pre-conditioning and neuroprotection by reducing glutamate receptor-mediated Ca2+ permeability of the hippocampus and redirecting inflammatory and apoptotic pathways which could lead to new genetic therapies for epilepsy. The transcriptomes of the hippocampal CA1 region of Sprague Dawley 23-day-old male rats after 1 or 3 seizures induced by kainic acid injection were compared to the corresponding controls (injected with PBS) using Duke 27k oligonucleotide arrays.

Project description:In this study we used microarray analysis to reveal the gene expression profile of the hippocampal CA1 subregion, which was laser-capture microdissected one week after kainic acid (KA)-induced status epilepticus (SE) in postnatal day 21 (P21) rats. These rats are developmentally roughly comparable to juvenile children, and KA-induced SE leads to selective damage of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons in this age group while saving neurons of the other sub-regions. We searched for alterations in the gene expression pattern during the early epileptogenetic phase, i.e. one week after SE, and compared the results with those of age-matched control rats. To detect specifically changes in the CA1 pyramidal neurons, we used the laser-capture microdissection technique that allows the precise isolation of the region of interest. The RNA of this region was isolated, amplified, and labeled, and then hybridized to Illumina RatRef-12 Expression BeadChip Arrays. The gene expression data generated from the microarray was first normalized by the guantile normalization method, and then filtered by using the empirical Bayes method, and the contrasts were created by using the Limma R/Bioconductor. Finally, the data was clustered by using the non-hierarchical K-means clustering for genes, and the pathway analysis was performed by âGene set testâ, which analyzes the statistical significance of a set of genes simultaneously ranked by p-value and generates the KEGG categories (Chipster manual). The Illumina microarray analysis with the Chipster software v1.1.0 (http://chipster.csc.fi; CSC, Espoo, Finland) generated a total of 1592 differently expressed genes in the CA1 subregion of KA-treated rats compared to control rats. Using the K-means method the genes were classified in 10 different clusters. The subsequent KEGG-test for the probe set over-representation analysis revealed the 15 significantly (p<0.05) changed KEGG-pathways in response to KA-treatment, e.g. oxidative phosphorylation (26 genes changed), and long-term potentiation (LTP; 18 genes changed). Some of the differentially expressed genes were also identified to be involved in Ca2+ homeostasis, gliosis, inflammation, and GABAergic transmission.

Project description:Early childhood convulsions have been correlated with hippocampal neuron loss in patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Using a "two-hit" rat seizure model, we have shown that animals subjected to kainate (KA)- or hypoxia-induced seizures during early postnatal period showed no cell death, yet sustained more extensive neuronal death after second seizures in adulthood. An early life seizure, without causing overt cellular injury, predisposes the brain to the damaging effect of seizures in later life. Cellular and molecular changes that accompany early seizures and that lead to subsequent epileptogenesis and increased susceptibility to seizure-induced neuronal injury, however, remain poorly understood. We propose to investigate age-specific, time-dependent changes in gene expression that may underlie this priming effect of early-life seizures. We will determine the sequence of gene expression pattern in the hippocampus at various times following KA induced seizures at postnatal day (P) 15. Previous studies have shown that AMPA receptor subtype of glutamate receptors play a crucial role in the age-specific vulnerability and in the long-term epileptogenic effects of perinatal hypoxia seizures. We found that AMPA receptor antagonists block the increased susceptibility caused by early life seizures to later seizures and seizure-induced brain damage. We hypothesize that an alteration of AMPA receptor composition is one of many changes caused by early-life seizures that leads to an increase in Ca2+ permeability, which then results in cascade of downstream events and modifies array of gene expression that promote epileptogenesis and susceptibility to neuronal death in later life. We will examine three time points: 1hr, 72 hr, and 15 days following systemic KA-induced seizures at P15 as we have previously observed structural changes within the hippocampus at these time points. Within an hour of KA seizures, a marked swelling of dendrites, disassembly of dendritic microtubules and glycogen depletion are observed by electron microscopy. Within 5 days, basal dendrites of CA3 hippocampal pyramidal neurons show abnormal spine morphology and decreased branching pattern. 15 days after the seizures, aberrant growth of mossy fibers in the CA3 stratum oriens is observed in animals exposed to KA. Ten hippocampi will be pooled from five animals treated with KA (3mg/kg i.p.) and from five littermate controls injected with PBS. Animals will be decapitated and hippocampi will be rapidly dissected from the brain, flash frozen in liquid nitrogen, and stored at -80C until extraction of total RNA, which will be sent to the center. We will provide 4 tissue samples-2 controls and 2 KA, each a pool of five animals - for each time points. Mixing tissues from multiple rats will normalize single nucleotide polymorphisms and tissue heterogeneity.

Project description:Early childhood convulsions have been correlated with hippocampal neuron loss in patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Using a "two-hit" rat seizure model, we have shown that animals subjected to kainate (KA)- or hypoxia-induced seizures during early postnatal period showed no cell death, yet sustained more extensive neuronal death after second seizures in adulthood. An early life seizure, without causing overt cellular injury, predisposes the brain to the damaging effect of seizures in later life. Cellular and molecular changes that accompany early seizures and that lead to subsequent epileptogenesis and increased susceptibility to seizure-induced neuronal injury, however, remain poorly understood. We propose to investigate age-specific, time-dependent changes in gene expression that may underlie this priming effect of early-life seizures. We will determine the sequence of gene expression pattern in the hippocampus at various times following KA induced seizures at postnatal day (P) 15. Previous studies have shown that AMPA receptor subtype of glutamate receptors play a crucial role in the age-specific vulnerability and in the long-term epileptogenic effects of perinatal hypoxia seizures. We found that AMPA receptor antagonists block the increased susceptibility caused by early life seizures to later seizures and seizure-induced brain damage. We hypothesize that an alteration of AMPA receptor composition is one of many changes caused by early-life seizures that leads to an increase in Ca2+ permeability, which then results in cascade of downstream events and modifies array of gene expression that promote epileptogenesis and susceptibility to neuronal death in later life. We will examine three time points: 1hr, 72 hr, and 15 days following systemic KA-induced seizures at P15 as we have previously observed structural changes within the hippocampus at these time points. Within an hour of KA seizures, a marked swelling of dendrites, disassembly of dendritic microtubules and glycogen depletion are observed by electron microscopy. Within 5 days, basal dendrites of CA3 hippocampal pyramidal neurons show abnormal spine morphology and decreased branching pattern. 15 days after the seizures, aberrant growth of mossy fibers in the CA3 stratum oriens is observed in animals exposed to KA. Ten hippocampi will be pooled from five animals treated with KA (3mg/kg i.p.) and from five littermate controls injected with PBS. Animals will be decapitated and hippocampi will be rapidly dissected from the brain, flash frozen in liquid nitrogen, and stored at -80C until extraction of total RNA, which will be sent to the center. We will provide 4 tissue samples-2 controls and 2 KA, each a pool of five animals - for each time points. Mixing tissues from multiple rats will normalize single nucleotide polymorphisms and tissue heterogeneity. Keywords: time-course

Project description:Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (MTLE) is a chronic disease characterized by recurrent unprovoked partial seizures. Current treatments lack long-term efficacy and typically act only to ameliorate the symptomology, rather than to modify the course of the disease. Chronic kainic acid (KA)-induced models of MTLE mimic prominent histopathological and electroencephalographic features of human MTLE, including hippocampal sclerosis, CA1 neuronal loss, astrogliosis, microgliosis, and electrographic hippocampal discharges. Here we examined the transcriptional profiles of the hippocampus of KA - vs sham-injected mice from epileptogenesis to the stabilization of spontaneous recurring seizures. KA (1 nmol) or saline (sham) was injected unilaterally into the dorsal hippocampus of 12 week old C57BL/6J mice, and the ipsilateral (IL) and contralateral (CL) hippocampi were isolated for whole-genome expression profiling (Illumina microarray) or immunohistochemistry 7, 28 and 60 d later. Differential gene expression analysis of the IL hippocampus indicated that 1349, 484, and 439 genes were significantly (fdr<0.05) altered in KA compared to sham at 7, 28 and 60 d, respectively. 108 genes were altered at all time-points assessed, while others were altered in a time-dependent manner, indicative of distinct hippocampal gene expression profiles across the course of disease. Ingenuity Pathway Analysis revealed that specific immune cell and inflammatory signaling pathways were upregulated at 7 and 28 d, in support of a role of neuroinflammation in the disease etiology. The top canonical pathways profile at 60 d was quite distinct from that at 7 and 28 d, although certain inflammatory pathways were still prevalent, indicative of pathways involved in the maintenance of the disease. Consistent with a role of neuroinflammation in MTLE, immunohistochemical analyses demonstrated time-dependent changes in both the intensity of immunoreactivity and number of Iba1- and GFAP-positive cells. To reveal gene networks not apparent with differential expression data alone, weighted gene co-expression analysis (WGCNA) was performed. A gene network that highly associated with 7 d IL-KA (but not 28 and 60 d) was identified, which may point to changes involved in the process of epileptogenesis. Another gene network revealed a group of genes highly associated with changes occurring at 28 and 60 d, but not 7 d, which may point to molecules involved in the generation of spontaneous recurring seizures. Collectively, results indicate that specific pathways, including many associated with neuroinflammation, are activated in a time-dependent manner in MTLE.

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Transcriptome Profiling of Hippocampal CA1 After Early Life Seizure-Induced Preconditioning May Elucidate New Genetic Therapies for Epilepsy

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