Accession Number:

AD1028420

Title:

Altered Astrocyte-Neuron Interactions and Epileptogenesis in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Disorder

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,01 Jun 2012,31 May 2016

Corporate Author:

Columbia University New York United States

Personal Author(s):

• Sulzer,David
• Goldman,James

Report Date:

2016-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

The original goals were to explore potential mechanisms underlying epileptogenesis in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex TSC disease, with a focus on altered astrocyte-neuronal interactions caused by astrocyte-specific TSC deficiency. Astrocytes may contribute to abnormal neuronal excitability through mechanisms including glutamate uptake, potassium buffering and other means that alter expression and function of synaptic receptors for glutamate, or by altering the number of synapses. We chose to use a mouse GFAP mGFAP promoter sequence directing expression of a Cre-recombinase in most astrocytes and a subpopulation of the adult stem cells in the subventricular zone. We unexpectedly found, however, that there are indeed recombinant neurons that are derived from mGFAPcre expressing progenitors and are deficient for TSC1. We have compared directly and in the same brain region the effect of neuronal-intrinsic mTOR activation on the morphology and physiological functions of wild-type and recombinant neurons, as well as the effects of Tsc1-deficient astrocytes on neuronal morphology and neuronal activity associated with seizures.

Descriptors:

• stem cells
• brain
• glutamates
• neuroglia
• aspartic acid
• pathology
• recombinases
• sclerosis
• epilepsy
• membrane potentials
• neurons
• gene expression
• interactions

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE