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ArticleThe international journal of neuropsychopharmacology2023

Inhibitory Neurons in Nucleus Tractus Solitarius Are Involved in Decrease of Heart Rate Variability and Development of Depression-Like Behaviors in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.

Guliqiemu Aimaier, Kun Qian, Huateng Cao, Weifeng Peng, Zhe Zhang, Jianhua Ma, Jing Ding, Xin Wang

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Article in The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Guliqiemu AimaierDepartment of Neurology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Kun QianDepartment of Information and Intelligence Development, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Huateng CaoInstitute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Primate Neurobiology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Weifeng PengDepartment of Neurology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Zhe ZhangInstitute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Primate Neurobiology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Jianhua MaDepartment of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Jing DingDepartment of Neurology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xin WangDepartment of Neurology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University · CNZhongshan Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNFudan University · CNShanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Technology · CNState Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology

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Abstract

backgroundDiminished heart rate variability (HRV) has been observed in epilepsy, especially in epilepsy with depressive disorders. However, the underlying mechanism remains elusive.

methodsWe studied HRV, spontaneous recurrent seizures, and depression-like behaviors in different phases of pilocarpine-induced temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in mice. Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis was used to identify various nerve cell subsets in TLE mice with and without depression. Differentially expressed gene (DEG) analysis was performed in epilepsy, depression, and HRV central control-related brain areas.

resultsWe found decreased HRV parameters in TLE mice, and alterations were positively correlated with the severity of depression-like behaviors. The severity of depression-like behaviors was correlated with the frequency of spontaneous recurrent seizure. Characteristic expression of mitochondria-related genes was significantly elevated in mice with depression in glial cells, and the enrichment analysis of those DEGs showed an enriched GABAergic synapse pathway in the HRV central control-related brain area. Furthermore, inhibitory neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius, which is an HRV central control-related brain area, were specifically expressed in TLE mice combined with depression compared with those in mice without depression. A significantly enriched long-term depression pathway in DEGs from inhibitory neurons was found.

conclusionsOur study reported correlations between HRV and epilepsy-depression comorbidity in different phases of TLE. More importantly, we found that HRV central control-related inhibitory neurons are involved in the development of depression in TLE, providing new insights into epilepsy comorbid with depression.

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EpilepsyEpilepsy, Temporal LobeAnimalsDepressionHeart RateMiceNeuronsSeizuresSolitary NucleusDepressive disordersheart rate variabilitynucleus tractus solitariussingle-cell RNA sequencingtemporal lobe epilepsy

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