title: Enhanced epileptogenesis in S100B knockout mice.
abstract: S100B is a small calcium- and zinc-binding protein expressed by astrocytes in the central nervous system. Here, we examined the role of S100B in epileptogenesis using an amygdala kindling paradigm comparing S100B knockout mice with their wild-type counterparts. Astrocyte activation following kindling, assessed by glial fibrillary acidic protein expression in the hippocampus and amygdala, was similar in wild-type and knockout mice. In addition, wild-type and knockout mice did not have substantially different afterdischarge thresholds. However, knockout mice kindled more rapidly and exhibited more severe seizures. These results implicate normal levels of S100B in the attenuation of epileptogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4. rdyck@ucalgary.ca
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Dyck
authors.forename: Isaac I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Bogoch
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: Neal R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Melvin
authors.forename: G Campbell
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Teskey
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007696:Kindling, Neurologic; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D064568:S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D064568:S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit; D009418:S100 Proteins; C579159:S100b protein, mouse; C579158:S100b protein, rat