Diacylglycerol Kinase Epsilon Modulates Rapid Kindling Epileptogenesis
- 24 February 2006
- Vol. 47 (2), 267-276
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00418.x
Abstract
Diacylglycerol kinase epsilon (DGKepsilon) regulates seizure susceptibility and long-term potentiation through arachidonoyl-inositol lipid signaling. We studied the significance of arachidonoyl-diacylglycerol (20:4 DAG) in epileptogenesis in DGKepsilon-deficient mice undergoing rapid kindling epileptogenesis.Tripolar electrode units were implanted in right dorsal hippocampi of male DGKepsilon(+/+) and DGKepsilon(-/-) mice. Ten days after surgery, kindling was achieved by stimulating 6 times daily for 4 days with a subconvulsive electrical stimulation (10-s train of 50-Hz biphasic pulses, 75-200 muA amplitude) at 30-min intervals. After 1 week, mice were rekindled. EEGs were recorded and analyzed to characterize epileptogenic events as spikes, sharp waves, or abnormal amplitudes and rhythms. Right hippocampi were analyzed by histology [Timm's staining, neuropeptide Y (NPY) and glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity], and for DNA fragmentation (TUNEL).DGKepsilon(-/-) mice had significantly fewer motor seizure and epileptic events compared with DGKepsilon(+/+) mice from the second day of stimulation. These differences were maintained during rekindling. DGKepsilon(-/-) mice also exhibited low-amplitude spike-wave complexes, short spreading depression, and predominant lower-frequency (1-4 Hz) bands throughout stimulation, whereas DGKepsilon(+/+) mice exhibited increased high-frequency bands (4-8 Hz; 8-15 Hz) from the second day of stimulation, as determined by power spectral analysis. DGKepsilon(-/-) mice displayed no sprouting in the supragranular area or NPY inmunoreactivity in the hilus and had weak astrocyte reactivation in all hippocampal areas. No TUNEL-positive cells were detected in any group of mice.DGKepsilon modulates kindling epileptogenesis through inositol lipid signaling. Because arachidonate-containing diacylglycerol phosphorylation to phosphatidic acid is selectively blocked in DGKepsilon(-/-) mice, we postulate that the shortage of arachidonoyl-moiety inositol lipids and/or the messengers derived thereof is a key signaling event in epileptogenesis.This publication has 43 references indexed in Scilit:
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