期刊
NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE
卷 124, 期 -, 页码 416-427出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.12.017
关键词
Seizure; Intractable epilepsy; Brain surgery; Limbic system
资金
- Iran National Science Foundation (INSF), Iran
- National Institute for Medical Research (NIMAD), Iran [964650]
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany [57348208, 57403633]
- Medical Faculty of the University of Munster, Germany [17-003]
Neuropathological findings in the amygdala obtained from patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) indicate varying degrees of histopathological alterations, such as neuronal loss and gliosis. The mechanisms underlying cellular damage in the amygdala of patients with MTLE have not been fully elucidated. In the present study, we assess cellular damage, determine the receptor expression of major inhibitory and excitatory neuro-transmitters, and evaluate the correlation between the expression of various receptors and cell damage in the basolateral complex and the centromedial areas in the amygdala specimens resected during brain surgery on 30 patients with medically intractable MTLE. Our data reveal an increased rate of cell damage and apoptosis as well as decreased expression levels of several GABAergic receptor subunits(GABA(A)R alpha 1, GABA(A)R beta 3, and GABABR1) and GAD(65) in the amygdalae obtained during epilepsy surgery compared to autopsy specimens. Analyses of the expression of glutamate excitatory receptor subunits (NR1, NR2B, mGluR1 alpha, GluR1, and GluR2) reveal no significant differences between the epileptic amygdalae and autopsy control tissues. Furthermore, the increased occurrence of apoptotic cells in the amygdala is negatively correlated with the reduced expression of the studied GABAergic receptor subunits and GAD(65) but is not correlated with the expression of excitatory receptors. The present data point to the importance of GABAergic neurotransmission in seizure-induced cell injury in the amygdala of patients with MTLE and suggest several GABA receptor subunits as potential druggable target structures to control epilepsy and its comorbid disorders, such as anxiety.
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