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EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR
Volume 105, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.106945
Keywords
Hippocampus; Reflex seizure; Genetic epilepsy; Neurotransmitters; Behavioral phenotype
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [2017/21103-3]
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior -Brasil (CAPES) [001]
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The tremor mutant phenotype results from an autosomal recessive spontaneous mutation arisen in a SwissWebster mouse colony. The mutant mice displayed normal development until three weeks of age when they began to present motor impairment comprised by whole body tremor, ataxia, and decreased exploratory behavior. These features increased in severity with aging suggesting a neurodegenerative profile. In parallel, they showed audiogenic generalized donic seizures. Results from genetic mapping identified the mutation tremor on chromosome 14, in an interval of 5 cM between D14Mit37 (33.21 cM) and D14Mit115 (38.21 cM), making Early Growth Response 3 (Egr3) the main candidate gene. Comparing with wild type (WT) mice, the tremor mice showed higher hippocampal gene expression of Egr3 and Gabral and increased concentrations of noradrenalin (NOR; p = .0012), serotonin (BHT; p = .0083), 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIM; p = .0032). gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA; p = .0123). glutamate (p = .0217) and aspartate (p = .0124). In opposition, the content of glycine (p = .0168) and the vanillylmandelic acid (VMA)/NOR ratio (p = .032) were decreased. Regarding to dopaminergic system, neither dopamine (DA) and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) contents nor the turnover rate of DA showed statistically significant differences between WT and mutant mice. Data demonstrated that audiogenic seizures of tremor mice are associated with progressive motor impairment as well as to hippocampal alterations of the Egr3 and Cabral gene expression and amino add and monoamine content. In addition, the tremor mice could be useful for study of neurotransmission pathways as modulators of epilepsy and the pathogenesis of epilepsies occurring with generalized clonic seizures. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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