PMID- 27905510 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180604 LR - 20181113 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 6 DP - 2016 Dec 1 TI - Remarkable alterations of Nav1.6 in reactive astrogliosis during epileptogenesis. PG - 38108 LID - 10.1038/srep38108 [doi] LID - 38108 AB - Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) play a vital role in controlling neuronal excitability. Nav1.6 is the most abundantly expressed VGSCs subtype in the adult central nervous system and has been found to contribute to facilitate the hyperexcitability of neurons after electrical induction of status epilepticus (SE). To clarify the exact expression patterns of Nav1.6 during epileptogenesis, we examined the expression of Nav1.6 at protein and mRNA levels in two distinct animal models of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) including a post-SE model induced by kainic acid (KA) intrahippocampal injection and a kindling model evoked by pentylenetetrazole (PTZ). A prominent, seizure intensity-dependent increase of Nav1.6 expression in reactive astrocytes was observed in ipsilateral hippocampus of post-SE rats, reaching the peak at 21 days after SE, a time point during the latent stage of epileptogenesis. However, Nav1.6 with low expression level was selectively expressed in the hippocampal neurons rather than astrocytes in PTZ-kindled animals. This seizure-related increase of a VGSCs subtype in reactive astrocytes after SE may represent a new mechanism for signal communication between neuron and glia in the course of epileptogenesis, facilitating the neuronal hyperexcitability. FAU - Zhu, Hongyan AU - Zhu H AD - Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicology, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Nanchen Road 333, Shanghai, 200444, China. FAU - Zhao, Yuxiao AU - Zhao Y AD - Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicology, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Nanchen Road 333, Shanghai, 200444, China. FAU - Wu, Hao AU - Wu H AD - Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicology, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Nanchen Road 333, Shanghai, 200444, China. FAU - Jiang, Nan AU - Jiang N AD - Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicology, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Nanchen Road 333, Shanghai, 200444, China. FAU - Wang, Ziyi AU - Wang Z AD - Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicology, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Nanchen Road 333, Shanghai, 200444, China. FAU - Lin, Weide AU - Lin W AD - Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicology, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Nanchen Road 333, Shanghai, 200444, China. FAU - Jin, Jiahui AU - Jin J AD - Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicology, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Nanchen Road 333, Shanghai, 200444, China. FAU - Ji, Yonghua AU - Ji Y AD - Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicology, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Nanchen Road 333, Shanghai, 200444, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20161201 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (Convulsants) RN - 0 (NAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Scn8a protein, rat) RN - SIV03811UC (Kainic Acid) RN - WM5Z385K7T (Pentylenetetrazole) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Astrocytes/*metabolism MH - Convulsants/toxicity MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/etiology/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Hippocampus/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Kainic Acid/toxicity MH - Kindling, Neurologic/genetics/metabolism MH - Male MH - NAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - Pentylenetetrazole/toxicity MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Seizures/genetics/metabolism MH - Status Epilepticus/chemically induced/complications MH - Time Factors PMC - PMC5131488 EDAT- 2016/12/03 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/05 06:00 PMCR- 2016/12/01 CRDT- 2016/12/02 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/11/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/12/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/12/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - srep38108 [pii] AID - 10.1038/srep38108 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2016 Dec 1;6:38108. doi: 10.1038/srep38108.