RRC ID |
27723
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著者 |
Pandit S, Jeong JA, Jo JY, Cho HS, Kim DW, Kim JM, Ryu PD, Lee SY, Kim HW, Jeon BH, Park JB.
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タイトル |
Dual mechanisms diminishing tonic GABAA inhibition of dentate gyrus granule cells in Noda epileptic rats.
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ジャーナル |
J Neurophysiol
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Abstract |
The Noda epileptic rat (NER), a Wistar colony mutant, spontaneously has tonic-clonic convulsions with paroxysmal discharges. In the present study, we measured phasic and tonic γ-aminobutyric acid A (GABAA) current (I tonic) in NER hippocampal dentate gyrus granule cells and compared the results with those of normal parent strain Wistar rats (WIS). I tonic, revealed by a bicuculline-induced outward shift in holding current, was significantly smaller in NER than in WIS (P < 0.01). The frequency of inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) was also significantly lower in NER than in WIS (P < 0.05), without significant differences in the IPSC amplitude or decay time between WIS and NER. I tonic attenuation in NER was further confirmed in the presence of GABA transporter blockers, NO-711 and nipecotic acid, with no difference in neuronal GABA transporter expression between WIS and NER. I tonic responses to extrasynaptic GABAA receptor agonists (THIP and DS-2) were significantly reduced in NER compared with WIS (P < 0.05). Allopregnanolone caused less I tonic increase in NER than in WIS, while it prolonged the IPSC decay time to a similar rate in the two groups. Expression of the GABAA receptor δ-subunit was decreased in the dentate gyrus of NER relative to that of WIS. Taken together, our results showed that a combination of attenuated presynaptic GABA release and extrasynaptic GABAA receptor expression reduced I tonic amplitude and its sensitivity to neurosteroids, which likely diminishes the gating function of dentate gyrus granule cells and renders NER more susceptible to seizure propagation.
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巻・号 |
110(1)
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ページ |
95-102
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公開日 |
2013-7-1
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DOI |
10.1152/jn.00727.2012
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PII |
jn.00727.2012
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PMID |
23576696
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MeSH |
Animals
Dentate Gyrus / physiopathology*
Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / physiopathology*
In Vitro Techniques
Male
Neural Inhibition / physiology*
Rats
Rats, Mutant Strains
Rats, Wistar
Receptors, GABA-A / physiology*
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IF |
2.234
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引用数 |
13
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WOS 分野
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PHYSIOLOGY
NEUROSCIENCES
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リソース情報 |
ラット |
NER/Kyo(strainID=26) |