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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2017

Dysregulation of zinc/lipid metabolism‑associated genes in the rat hippocampus and cerebral cortex in early adulthood following recurrent neonatal seizures.

Zhen-Hong Li, Li-Li Li, Mei-Fang Jin, Xu-Qin Chen, Qi Sun, Hong Ni

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Zhen-Hong LiNeurology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China.
Li-Li LiNeurology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China.
Mei-Fang JinNeurology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China.
Xu-Qin ChenNeurology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China.
Qi SunNeurology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China.
Hong NiNeurology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China.

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Although it has been established that recurrent or prolonged clinical seizures during infancy may cause lifelong brain damage, the underlying molecular mechanism is still not well elucidated. The present study, to the best of our knowledge, is the first to investigate the expression of twenty zinc (Zn)/lipid metabolism‑associated genes in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of rats following recurrent neonatal seizures. In the current study, 6‑day‑old Sprague‑Dawley rats were randomly divided into control (CONT) and recurrent neonatal seizure (RS) groups. On postnatal day 35 (P35), mossy fiber sprouting and gene expression were assessed by Timm staining and reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction, respectively. Of the twenty genes investigated, seven were significantly downregulated, while four were significantly upregulated in the RS group compared with CONT rats, which was observed in the hippocampus but not in the cerebral cortex. Meanwhile, aberrant mossy fiber sprouting was observed in the supragranular region of the dentate gyrus and Cornu Ammonis 3 subfield of the hippocampus in the RS group. In addition, linear correlation analysis identified significant associations between the expression of certain genes in the hippocampus, which accounted for 40% of the total fifty‑five gene pairs among the eleven regulated genes. However, only eight gene pairs in the cerebral cortex exhibited significant positive associations, which accounted for 14.5% of the total. The results of the present study indicated the importance of hippocampal Zn/lipid metabolism‑associated genes in recurrent neonatal seizure‑induced aberrant mossy fiber sprouting, which may aid the identification of novel potential targets during epileptogenesis.

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AnimalsCerebral CortexDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression RegulationHippocampusImmunohistochemistryLipid MetabolismMossy Fibers, HippocampalRatsSeizuresZincZinc

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PMCPMC5647039

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