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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 106, 期 51, 页码 21912-21917出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912204106
关键词
epilepsy; gene knockdown; knockout mice; thalamus
资金
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea
- National Honor Scientist Program of Korea
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- National Research Foundation of Korea [13-2008-00-049-00, 2006-0052229] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
Absence seizures are characterized by cortical spike-wave discharges (SWDs) on electroencephalography, often accompanied by a shift in the firing pattern of thalamocortical (TC) neurons from tonic to burst firing driven by T-type Ca2+ currents. We recently demonstrated that the phospholipase C beta 4 (PLC beta 4) pathway tunes the firing mode of TC neurons via the simultaneous regulation of T-and L-type Ca2+ currents, which prompted us to investigate the contribution of TC firing modes to absence seizures. PLC beta 4-deficient TC neurons were readily shifted to the oscillatory burst firing mode after a slight hyperpolarization of membrane potential. TC-limited knockdown as well as whole-animal knockout of PLC beta 4 induced spontaneous SWDs with simultaneous behavioral arrests and increased the susceptibility to drug-induced SWDs, indicating that the deletion of thalamic PLC beta 4 leads to the genesis of absence seizures. The SWDs were effectively suppressed by thalamic infusion of a T-type, but not an L-type, Ca2+ channel blocker. These results reveal a primary role of TC neurons in the genesis of absence seizures and provide strong evidence that an alteration of the firing property of TC neurons is sufficient to generate absence seizures. Our study presents PLC beta 4-deficient mice as a potential animal model for absence seizures.
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