title: Glutamate and tumor-associated epilepsy: glial cell dysfunction in the peritumoral environment.
abstract: Seizures are a serious and debilitating co-morbidity of primary brain tumors that affect most patients, yet their etiology is poorly understood. In many CNS pathologies, including epilepsy and brain injury, high levels of extracellular glutamate have been implicated in seizure generation. It has been shown that gliomas release neurotoxic levels of glutamate through their high expression of system xc-. More recently it was shown that the surrounding peritumoral cortex is spontaneously hyperexcitable. In this review, we discuss how gliomas induce changes in the surrounding environment that may further contribute to elevated extracellular glutamate and tumor-associated seizures. Peritumoral astrocytes become reactive and lose their ability to remove glutamate, while microglia, in response to signals from glioma cells, may release glutamate. In addition, gliomas increase blood brain barrier permeability, allowing seizure-inducing serum components, including glutamate, into the peritumoral region. These factors, working together or alone, may influence the frequency and severity of tumor-associated epilepsy.
authors: Department of Neurobiology, Center for Glial Biology in Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1719 6th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. Electronic address: sbucking@uab.edu.
authors: Susan C
authors: SC
authors: Buckingham
authors: Stefanie
authors: S
authors: Robel
mesh_terms: D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000502:physiology*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000473:pathology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018698:Glutamic Acid; D011188:Potassium
keywords: Astrocytes; Glioma; Gliosis; Glutamate; Hyperexcitability; Seizures
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