PMID- 24117347 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131231 LR - 20211021 IS - 1528-1167 (Electronic) IS - 0013-9580 (Print) IS - 0013-9580 (Linking) VI - 54 IP - 11 DP - 2013 Nov TI - AMPA receptor antagonist NBQX attenuates later-life epileptic seizures and autistic-like social deficits following neonatal seizures. PG - 1922-32 LID - 10.1111/epi.12378 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: To determine whether AMPA receptor (AMPAR) antagonist NBQX can prevent early mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway activation and long-term sequelae following neonatal seizures in rats, including later-life spontaneous recurrent seizures, CA3 mossy fiber sprouting, and autistic-like social deficits. METHODS: Long-Evans rats experienced hypoxia-induced neonatal seizures (HS) at postnatal day (P)10. NBQX (20 mg/kg) was administered immediately following HS (every 12 h x 4 doses). Twelve hours post-HS, we assessed mTOR activation marker phosphorylated p70-S6 kinase (p-p70S6K) in hippocampus and cortex of vehicle (HS + V) or NBQX-treated post-HS rats (HS + N) versus littermate controls (C + V). Spontaneous seizure activity was compared between groups by epidural cortical electroencephalography (EEG) at P70-100. Aberrant mossy fiber sprouting was measured using Timm staining. Finally, we assessed behavior between P30 and P38. KEY FINDINGS: Postseizure NBQX treatment significantly attenuated seizure-induced increases in p-p70S6K in the hippocampus (p < 0.01) and cortex (p < 0.001). Although spontaneous recurrent seizures increased in adulthood in HS + V rats compared to controls (3.22 +/- 1 seizures/h; p = 0.03), NBQX significantly attenuated later-life seizures (0.14 +/- 0.1 seizures/h; p = 0.046). HS + N rats showed less aberrant mossy fiber sprouting (115 +/- 8.0%) than vehicle-treated post-HS rats (174 +/- 10%, p = 0.004), compared to controls (normalized to 100%). Finally, NBQX treatment prevented alterations in later-life social behavior; post-HS rats showed significantly decreased preference for a novel over a familiar rat (71.0 +/- 12 s) compared to controls (99.0 +/- 15.6 s; p < 0.01), whereas HS + N rats showed social novelty preference similar to controls (114.3 +/- 14.1 s). SIGNIFICANCE: Brief NBQX administration during the 48 h postseizure in P10 Long-Evans rats suppresses transient mTOR pathway activation and attenuates spontaneous recurrent seizures, social preference deficits, and mossy fiber sprouting observed in vehicle-treated adult rats after early life seizures. These results suggest that acute AMPAR antagonist treatment during the latent period immediately following neonatal HS can modify seizure-induced activation of mTOR, reduce the frequency of later-life seizures, and protect against CA3 mossy fiber sprouting and autistic-like social deficits. CI - Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (c) 2013 International League Against Epilepsy. FAU - Lippman-Bell, Jocelyn J AU - Lippman-Bell JJ AD - Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. FAU - Rakhade, Sanjay N AU - Rakhade SN FAU - Klein, Peter M AU - Klein PM FAU - Obeid, Makram AU - Obeid M FAU - Jackson, Michele C AU - Jackson MC FAU - Joseph, Annelise AU - Joseph A FAU - Jensen, Frances E AU - Jensen FE LA - eng GR - NS 031718/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - DP1 OD003347/OD/NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 NS038475/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 NS031718/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 NS080181/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - F32 NS068161/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 HD18655/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 HD018655/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS031718/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131001 PL - United States TA - Epilepsia JT - Epilepsia JID - 2983306R RN - 0 (Quinoxalines) RN - 0 (Receptors, AMPA) RN - 118876-58-7 (2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-7-sulfamoylbenzo(f)quinoxaline) SB - IM MH - Aging MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Autistic Disorder/drug therapy MH - Behavior, Animal/drug effects/physiology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Hippocampus/drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Male MH - Neurons/*metabolism MH - Quinoxalines/*pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Long-Evans MH - Receptors, AMPA/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Seizures/chemically induced/*drug therapy/metabolism PMC - PMC4262152 MID - NIHMS522536 OTO - NOTNLM OT - AMPA receptor antagonists OT - Autistic-like behavior OT - Early life seizures OT - Epileptogenesis OT - Hypoxic/ischemic encephalopathy EDAT- 2013/10/15 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/01 06:00 PMCR- 2014/12/10 CRDT- 2013/10/15 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/10/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/10/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/12/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/epi.12378 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Epilepsia. 2013 Nov;54(11):1922-32. doi: 10.1111/epi.12378. Epub 2013 Oct 1.