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. 2023 Dec;83(8):703-714.
doi: 10.1002/jdn.10298. Epub 2023 Sep 1.

Postnatal development of the hippocampal GABAergic system in rats genetically prone to audiogenic seizures

Andrey P Ivlev  1 , Alexandra A Naumova  1
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Postnatal development of the hippocampal GABAergic system in rats genetically prone to audiogenic seizures

Andrey P Ivlev et al. Int J Dev Neurosci. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

Epileptogenesis can be associated with altered genetic control of the GABAergic system. Here we analyzed Krushinsky-Molodkina (KM) rats genetically prone to audiogenic epilepsy. KM rats express fully formed audiogenic seizures (AGSs) not early, then they reach 3 months. At the age of 1-2 months, KM rats either do not express AGS or demonstrate an incomplete pattern of seizure. Such long-term development of AGS susceptibility makes KM rats an especially convenient model to investigate the mechanisms and dynamics of the development of inherited epilepsy. The analysis of the GABAergic system of the hippocampus of KM rats was done during postnatal development at the 15th, 60th, and 120th postnatal days. Wistar rats of corresponding ages were used as a control. In the hippocampus of KM pups, we observed a decrease in the expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 (GAD67) and parvalbumin (PV), which points to a decrease in the activity of GABAergic neurons. Analysis of the 2-month-old KM rats showed an increase in GAD67 and PV expression while synapsin I and vesicular GABA transporter (VGAT) were decreased. In adult KM rats, the expression of GAD67, PV, and synapsin I was upregulated. Altogether, the obtained data indicate significant alterations in GABAergic transmission in the hippocampus of audiogenic KM rats during the first postnatal months.

Keywords: GABA; Krushinsky-Molodkina rats; audiogenic seizures; hippocampus; postnatal ontogenesis.

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