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ArticleJournal of molecular neuroscience : MN2015

Association of Alpha-Soluble NSF Attachment Protein with Epileptic Seizure.

Zhiqin Xi, Wanni Deng, Liang Wang, Fei Xiao, Jie Li, Zhihua Wang, Xin Wang, Xiujuan Mi, Na Wang, Xuefeng Wang

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Article in Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhiqin XiDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Wanni DengThe General Medicine of Pinghu Branch, The Chongqing Three Gorges Central Hospital, Chongqing, 404000, China.
Liang WangDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Fei XiaoDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Jie LiDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Zhihua WangDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Xin WangDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Xiujuan MiDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Na WangDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Xuefeng WangDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China. xfyp@126.com.
Chongqing Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · CNChongqing Three Gorges Central Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpha-soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF) attachment protein (αSNAP) is a ubiquitous and indispensable component of membrane fusion machinery. There is accumulating evidence that mild alterations of αSNAP expression may be associated with specific pathological conditions in several neurological disorders. This study aimed to assess αSNAP expression in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients and pilocarpine-induced rat model and to determine whether altered αSNAP expression leads to increased susceptibility to seizures. The expression of αSNAP was assessed in the temporal lobe from patients with TLE and pilocarpine-induced epileptic rats. In addition, αSNAP expression was silenced by lentivirus pLKD-CMV-GFP-U6-NAPA (primer: GGAAGCATGCGAGATCTATGC) in animals. At day 7, the animals were kindled by pilocarpine and then the time of latency to seizure and the incidence of chronic idiopathic epilepsy seizures were assessed. The immunoreactivity to alpha-SNAP was utilized to measure expression of this protein in the animal. By immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, and western blotting, we found significantly lower αSNAP levels in patients with TLE. αSNAP expression showed no obvious change in pilocarpine-induced epileptic rats, from 6 h to 3 days after seizure, compared with the control group, in the acute stage; however, αSNAP levels were significantly lower in the chronic phase (day 7, months 1 and 2) in epileptic rats. Importantly, behavioral data revealed that αSNAP-small interfering RNA (siRNA) could decrease the time of latency to seizure and increase the incidence of chronic idiopathic epilepsy seizures compared with the control group. αSNAP is mainly expressed in the neuron brain tissue of patients with TLE and epileptic animals. Our findings suggest that decreasing αSNAP levels may increase epilepsy susceptibility, providing a new strategy for the treatment of this disease.

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AdolescentAdultAnimalsCerebral CortexChildDown-RegulationEpilepsyEpilepsy, Temporal LobeFemaleHippocampusHumansMaleMiddle AgedNerve Tissue ProteinsPilocarpineRatsNerve Tissue ProteinsPilocarpineRNA, Small InterferingSoluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment ProteinsEpilepsyIntractableNSFSynapse

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