| Pentylenetetrazol kindling에 대한 백서 해마의 c-fos mRNA 발현 |
| 김광수, 유경무, 서성일*, 이상도** |
| 고신대학교 의학부 신경과학교실, 계명대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실*, 계명대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실** |
| Expression of c-fos mRNA in the Hippocampus of Pentylenetetrazol Kindling Rat |
| Kwang Soo Kim, M.D., Kyung Mu Yoo, M.D., Seong I1 Suh, M.D.*, Sang Doe Yi, M.D.** |
| Department of Neurology, Kosin Medical Collage
Deparment of Microbiology, Kemyung University School of Medicine*
Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine** |
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| Abstract |
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Kindling, induced by repeated subconvulsive electrical or chemical stimulations, leads to progressive and permanent amplification of seizure activity, resulting in permanent brain changes. It is a good animal model of epilepsy and neural plasticity. C-fos has been proposed as the gene responsible for turning on molecular events for these permanent brain changes underlying epilepsy and neural plasticity. But the role of c-fos in the development of kindling is controversial. This study was undertaken to investigate the role of c-fos mRNA in the plastic changes underlying kindling. Among 66 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats, 29 rats were kindled by repeated administrations of subconvulsive doses (IS-25 mg/kg) of pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) , 25 rats experienced convulsions induced by a single injection of convulsive dose(30-60 mg/kg) of PTZ, and 12 rats experienced convulsions by a single electroconvulsive shock (ECS) , Twelve control rats received normal saline only. Animals were sacrificed at various seizure stages. C-fos mRNA levels in the hippocampus were quantified using slot-blot hybridization analysis. In the experiment of PTZ kindling, c-fos mRNA expression 30 min after convulsion was elevated about 2-4 times at stage 1, 2 and 5, but wasn't increased at stage 3 and 4, compared with controls. C-fos mRNA expression 60 min after convulsion was elevated about 2 times at stage 1 and 5, but wasn't increased at stage 2, 3 and 4. In the experiment of PTZ-induced seizures, c-fos mRNA expression 30 min after convulsion was elevated 2.5, 2.2 and 6 times stage 1-2, 3-4, and 5, respectively. C-fos mRNA expression 60 min after convulsion was elevated 3.6 times at stage 3-4, but wasn't increased at stage 2 and 5. In the experiment of ECB-induced seizures, c-fos mRNA expression 1 min after mild convulsion was elevated 3,3 times, but wasn't increased generalized tonic-clonic seizure. C-fos mRNA expression 60 min after convulsion wasn't increased at any stage of convulsion. These results show that c-fos mRNA levels have no meaningful relationship with the stages of PTZ kindling, and PTZ or ECS-induced seizures, and that c-fos mRNA does not seem to play the crucial role in turning on a molecular program underlying kindling. |
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