Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Inflammatory Response and Glia Activation in Developing Rat Hippocampus after Status Epilepticus. |
| Authors: |
Ravizza, Teresa, Rizzi, Massimo, Perego, Carlo, Richichi, Cristina, Velísk&#xU+01D2;vá, Jana, Moshé, Solomon L., de Simoni, M. Grazia, Vezzani, Annamaria |
| Source: |
Epilepsia (Series 4). Jul2005 Supplement 5, Vol. 46, p113-117. 5p. |
| Subjects: |
Microglia, Astrocytes, Cytokines, Neuroglia, Tumor necrosis factors, Amino acids |
| Abstract: |
Purpose: We investigated the activation of microglia and astrocytes, induction of cytokines, and hippocampal neuronal damage, 4 and 24 h after kainic acid–induced status epilepticus (SE) in postnatal day (PN) 9, 15, and 21 rats. Methods: Limbic seizures were induced by systemic injection of kainic acid. Glia activation and neuronal cell loss were studied by using immunocytochemistry and Western blot. Cytokine expression was analyzed by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) followed by Southern blot quantification. Results: After SE onset, hippocampal glia activation, cytokine expression, and neuronal damage are all age-dependent phenomena. In the hippocampus, neuronal injury occurs only when cytokines are induced in glia, and cytokine synthesis precedes the appearance of degenerating neurons. Neuronal injury is more pronounced when interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) are produced in addition to IL-1β. Conclusions: This study shows that cytokine induction in rat brain after sustained seizures is age dependent, and it is associated with the appearance of cell injury. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
