Parvalbumin neurons in the nucleus accumbens shell modulate seizure in temporal lobe epilepsy

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A growing number of clinical and animal studies suggest that the nucleus accumbens (NAc), especially the shell, is involved in the pathogenesis of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). However, the role of parvalbumin (PV) GABAergic neurons in the NAc shell involved in TLE is still unclear. In this study, we induced a spontaneous TLE model by intrahippocampal administration of kainic acid (KA), which generally induce acute seizures in first 2 h (acute phase) and then lead to spontaneous recurrent seizures after two months (chronic phase). We found that chemogenetic activation of NAc shell PV neurons could alleviate TLE seizures by reducing the number and period of focal seizures (FSs) and secondary generalized seizures (sGSs), while selective inhibition of PV exacerbated seizure activity. Ruby-virus mapping results identified that the hippocampus (ventral and dorsal) is one of the projection targets of NAc shell PV neurons. Chemogenetic activation of the NAc-Hip PV projection fibers can mitigate seizures while inhibition has no effect on seizure ictogenesis. In summary, our findings reveal that PV neurons in the NAc shell could modulate the seizures in TLE via a long-range NAc-Hip circuit. All of these results enriched the investigation between NAc and epilepsy, offering new targets for future epileptogenesis research and precision therapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:194

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Neurobiology of disease - 194(2024) vom: 22. Apr., Seite 106482

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jiang, Tong [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Shuyu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiaohan [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Shasha [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, HaiFang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yanping [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hippocampus
Journal Article
Kainic Acid
Neural circuit
Nucleus accumbens
Parvalbumin neurons
Parvalbumins
SIV03811UC
Temporal lobe epilepsy

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Date Completed 10.04.2024

Date Revised 10.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106482

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NLM370121627