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Seizures increase cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus by shortening progenitor cell-cycle length.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19674059     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: A prolonged seizure, status epileptics (SE), is a potent stimulus for increased neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. Molecular mechanisms that regulate normal and pathologic cell birth in the dentate gyrus are poorly understood.
METHODS: Lithium-pilocarpine was used to induce SE in immature postnatal day 20 rats. Newborn cells in the dentate were labeled with bromo-deoxyuridine to determine a time-course of cell proliferation, and measure cell-cycle length. In addition, we studied expression by Western blot and immunohistochemistry of two known inhibitors of G(1)-S cell-cycle progression P27/Kip1 and P15/Ink4b following SE.
RESULTS: Cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus increases starting 2 h after SE and is sustained for 40 days. Increased cell proliferation following SE is associated with a shortened dentate gyrus progenitor's cell cycle, 15 h in control to 12 h in the SE animals. To identify molecules responsible for the shortened progenitor cell cycle we studied inhibitors of cell-cycle progression P27/Kip1, and P15/Ink4b. We find decreased phosphorylation at P27/Kip1 Serine 10 and Threonine 187 following SE. Although total P27/Kip1 and P15/Ink4b levels were not altered after SE, P27/Kip1 immunoreactivity was minimal in newborn but increased with maturation of the dentate granule neurons.
DISCUSSION: The sustained increase in dentate gyrus cell proliferation following SE provides a large pool of immature dentate granule cells prior to development of spontaneous seizures. A decrease in cell-cycle length of dentate gyrus progenitors is at least partially responsible for increased numbers of newborn cells following SE.
Authors:
Florence P Varodayan; Xin-Jian Zhu; Xiao-Nan Cui; Brenda E Porter
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-08-08
Journal Detail:
Title:  Epilepsia     Volume:  50     ISSN:  1528-1167     ISO Abbreviation:  Epilepsia     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-12-21     Completed Date:  2010-01-20     Revised Date:  2011-05-10    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2983306R     Medline TA:  Epilepsia     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2638-47     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Cell Cycle / physiology
Cell Proliferation
Dentate Gyrus / physiology*
Hippocampus
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Lithium
Neurons
Pilocarpine
Status Epilepticus / physiopathology*
Stem Cells / physiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HD26979/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; K08 NS044869/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; K08 NS044869-05/NS/NINDS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7439-93-2/Lithium; 92-13-7/Pilocarpine

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