title: Abnormal Expression of FBXL20 in Refractory Epilepsy Patients and a Pilocarpine-Induced Rat Model.
abstract: E3 ubiquitin ligases are important protein-modifying enzymes involved in the pathogenesis of a variety of neurodegenerative diseases. F-box and leucine-rich repeat protein 20 (FBXL20), an E3 ubiquitin ligase widely expressed in the central nervous system, plays an important role in the ubiquitin-dependent degradation of regulating synaptic membrane exocytosis 1 (RIM1), which is an important factor in the release of synaptic vesicles. FBXL20 has been associated with a variety of neurodegenerative diseases; thus, we hypothesized that FBXL20 is involved in the development of epilepsy. Herein, we used immunofluorescence staining, immunohistochemistry and western blotting to determine the expression pattern of FBXL20 in temporal lobe epilepsy patients and pilocarpine-induced epilepsy animal models. We also injected SD rats with lentivirus-vector mediated overexpression of FBXL20. The results showed that FBXL20 is expressed in the membrane and the cytoplasm of cortical neurons, and overexpression of FBXL20 decreased the onset level of spontaneous seizure, the frequency and duration of seizures. Additionally, FBXL20 protein level was decreased but RIM1 protein level was increased in the epileptic group compared with the LV-FBXL20 and LV-GFP group. These findings in humans were consistent with the results from a pilocarpine-induced animal model of chronic epilepsy. Thus, abnormal expression of FBXL20 might play an important role in the development of epilepsy.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
authors: Pengfei
authors: P
authors: Fu
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
authors: YueTao
authors: Y
authors: Wen
authors: Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Xiong
authors: Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
authors: Yanke
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610000, China.
authors: Haiyang
authors: H
authors: Zhang
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
authors: Yanfeng
authors: Y
authors: Xie
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China. 417149803@qq.com.
authors: Quanhong
authors: Q
authors: Shi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D044783:F-Box Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019579:Neocortex / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D010862:Pilocarpine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D044783:F-Box Proteins; C579745:FBXL20 protein, human; D010862:Pilocarpine
keywords: FBXL20; RIM1; Synapse plasticity; Synaptic vesicle; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Ubiquitination