Journal
BRAIN
Volume 137, Issue -, Pages 2984-2996Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu259
Keywords
epilepsy; LGI1; ADEAF; genetics; conditional knockout
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Funding
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR R10193DD, ANR R11174DD]
- program 'Investissements d'avenir' [ANR-10-IAIHU-06]
- Institut Carnot
- Fondation pour la Recherche sur le Cerveau
- National Institute of Health [R01NS057444, R01NS081916, R21 MH100868]
- Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation
- Autism Speaks/NAAR
- advanced ERC [322721]
- Fondation Francaise pour la Recherche sur l'Epilepsie
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Leucin-rich, glioma inactivated 1 (LGI1) is a secreted protein linked to human seizures of both genetic and autoimmune aetiology. Mutations in the LGI1 gene are responsible for autosomal dominant temporal lobe epilepsy with auditory features, whereas LGI1 autoantibodies are involved in limbic encephalitis, an acquired epileptic disorder associated with cognitive impairment. We and others previously reported that Lgi1-deficient mice have early-onset spontaneous seizures leading to premature death at 2-3 weeks of age. Yet, where and when Lgi1 deficiency causes epilepsy remains unknown. To address these questions, we generated Lgi1 conditional knockout (cKO) mice using a set of universal Cre-driver mouse lines. Selective deletion of Lgi1 was achieved in glutamatergic pyramidal neurons during embryonic (Emx1-Lgi1cKO) or late postnatal (CaMKII alpha-Lgi1cKO) developmental stages, or in gamma amino butyric acidergic (GABAergic) parvalbumin interneurons (PV-Lgi1cKO). Emx1-Lgi1cKO mice displayed early-onset and lethal seizures, whereas CaMKII alpha-Lgi1cKO mice presented late-onset occasional seizures associated with variable reduced lifespan. In contrast, neither spontaneous seizures nor increased seizure susceptibility to convulsant were observed when Lgi1 was deleted in parvalbumin interneurons. Together, these data showed that LGI1 depletion restricted to pyramidal cells is sufficient to generate seizures, whereas seizure thresholds were unchanged after depletion in gamma amino butyric acidergic parvalbumin interneurons. We suggest that LGI1 secreted from excitatory neurons, but not parvalbumin inhibitory neurons, makes a major contribution to the pathogenesis of LGI1-related epilepsies. Our data further indicate that LGI1 is required from embryogenesis to adulthood to achieve proper circuit functioning.
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