Journal
CEREBRAL CORTEX
Volume 31, Issue 6, Pages 3082-3095Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab004
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AMPA receptor; CaMKII; epilepsy; Pin1; prefrontal cortex
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- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province [2020J01602]
- Innovation of Science and Technology, Fujian Province [2017Y9054]
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Stem Cells Translational Medicine (Fujian 2011 Program)
- National Institutes of Health [R01CA167677]
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The isomerase Pint is involved in regulating epileptic susceptibility, with its deficiency leading to increased seizure susceptibility in mice. The role of Pint in epilepsy may be related to its impact on the phosphorylation levels of AMPA receptors and CaMKII.
Pint is a unique isomerase that regulates protein conformation and function after phosphorylation. Pint aberration contributes to some neurological diseases, notably Alzheimer's disease, but its role in epilepsy is not fully understood. We found that Pin1-deficient mice had significantly increased seizure susceptibility in multiple chemical inducing models and developed age-dependent spontaneous epilepsy. Electrophysiologically, Pin1 ablation enhanced excitatory synaptic transmission to prefrontal cortex (PFC) pyramidal neurons without affecting their intrinsic excitability. Biochemically, Pint ablation upregulated AMPA receptors and GluA1 phosphorylation by acting on phosphorylated CaMKII. Clinically, Pint was decreased significantly, whereas phosphorylated CaMKII and GluA1 were increased in the neocortex of patients with epilepsy. Moreover, Pint expression restoration in the PFC of Pin1-deficient mice using viral gene transfer significantly reduced phosphorylated CaMKII and GluA1 and effectively suppressed their seizure susceptibility. Thus, Pin1-CaMKII-AMPA receptors are a novel axis controlling epileptic susceptibility, highlighting attractive new therapeutic strategies.
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