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Histone modifications in status epilepticus induced by Kainate

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dc.contributor.authorTaniura, H.es
dc.contributor.authorSng, J.C.G.es
dc.contributor.authorYoneda, Y.
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-30T12:03:03Z
dc.date.available2011-06-30T12:03:03Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractAnimal models of epilepsy have allowed the determination of the basic molecular and cellular mechanisms of epileptogenesis. Generalized limbic seizures and subsequent status epilepticus can be induced by either pilocarpine, the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist or kainate, the glutamate receptor agonist. There has been increasing interest that chromatin remodeling might play a critical role in gene regulation even in non-dividing cells such as neurons. One form of chromatin remodeling is histone aminoterminal modification that can generate synergistic or antagonistic affinities for the interactions of transcriptional factors, in turn causing changes in gene activity. Two widely studied histone modification processes are histone acetylation and phosphorylation. While histone hyperacetylation indicates an increase in gene activity, its hypoacetylation marks gene repression. Both states are controlled by a dynamic interplay of histone acetyltransferase (HAT) and histone deacetylase (HDAC). We have found the upregulation of acetylation and phosphorylation of histones, coupled with status epilepticus after kainate administration. c-fos and c-jun mRNA have been sequentially induced in response to kainate, in different hippocampal subpopulations starting from the dentate gyrus and spreading to the cornus ammonis regions well correlated with the spatiotemporal distribution of histone H4 hyperacetylation. Both histone modifications are associated with the c-fos gene promoter after kainate stimulation, while only histone acetylation with the c-jun gene. Pretreatment with curcumin, which has a HAT inhibitory activity specific for CBP/p300, attenuates histone modifications, IEGs expression and also the severity of status epilepticus after kainate treatment. Histone modifications may have a crucial role in the development of epilepsy induced by kainate.es
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dc.identifier.issn0213-3911es
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/22672
dc.languageenges
dc.publisherMurcia : F. Hernándezes
dc.relation.ispartofHistology and histopathologyes
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses
dc.subjectKainatees
dc.subjectStatus epilepticuses
dc.subject.otherCDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::61 - Medicina::615 - Farmacología. Terapéutica. Toxicología. Radiologíaes
dc.titleHistone modifications in status epilepticus induced by Kainatees
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Histology and histopathology Vol.21, nº 7 (2006)