The role of TRPC6 in seizure susceptibility and seizure-related neuronal damage in the rat dentate gyrus.
Transient receptor potential canonical channel-6 (TRPC6) forms Ca(2+)-permeable non-selective cation channels in neurons. Although TRPC6 plays an important role in neurite outgrowth and neuronal survival during development, TRPC6 expression profiles available to identify distinctive hippocampal neuronal damage and hippocampal excitability in epilepsy are less defined. As compared to normal animals, TRPC6 expression was down-regulated in chronic epileptic rats showing spontaneous recurrent seizures. TRPC6 knockdown increased seizure susceptibility, excitability ratio and paired-pulse inhibition in the dentate gyrus (DG) of normal animals. Furthermore, TRPC6 knockdown promoted programmed neuronal necrosis in dentate granule cells, but prevented it in CA1 and CA3 neurons following status epilepticus. The present data suggest for the first time that TRPC6 may inhibit seizure susceptibility and neuronal vulnerability in the rat DG.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Institute of Epilepsy Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon 200-702, South Korea.
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Kim
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Institute of Epilepsy Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon 200-702, South Korea. Electronic address: tckang@hallym.ac.kr.
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Kang
D000818:Animals; D064092:Calbindin 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D018891:Dentate Gyrus / Q000473:pathology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000209:etiology; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists / Q000633:toxicity; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology*; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000378:metabolism; D010862:Pilocarpine / Q000633:toxicity; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D055647:Rats, Transgenic; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D050052:TRPC Cation Channels / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D050598:Vesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 1 / Q000378:metabolism
D064092:Calbindin 1; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists; D050052:TRPC Cation Channels; C492145:Trpc6 protein, rat; D050598:Vesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 1; D010862:Pilocarpine; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase; C402565:glutamate decarboxylase 1; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase
TRPC6; epilepsy; paired-pulse response; programed neuronal necrosis; seizure; status epilepticus