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Int Immunopharmacol ; 8(2): 197-9, 2008 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18182226

ABSTRACT

Kinins may play a relevant role in epilepsy. In the present study, we evaluated the hippocampal expression of the remaining kinin receptor in B1 (B1KO) and B2 (B2KO) knockout mice strains during the development of pilocarpine epilepsy model. After pilocarpine injection, animals had their behavior parameters monitored to determine different phases of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) progression. Hippocampal mRNA expression was evaluated using specific primers for kinin receptors by Real Time-PCR. B1KO hippocampus from acute, silent and chronic phases showed no differences in B2 receptor mRNA expression when compared to control. An increased B1 receptor mRNA expression in treated B2KO hippocampus (0.97+/-0.12, acute; 0.86+/-0.09, silent; and 0.94+/-0.11, chronic phase; p<0,001) when compared to control (0.12+/-0.03) was observed. Behavioral and neurochemistry parameters suggest that kinin B1 receptor is fundamental to development of epilepsy on pilocarpine-induced model.


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Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/etiology , Receptor, Bradykinin B1/physiology , Animals , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Knockout , RNA, Messenger/analysis , Receptor, Bradykinin B1/genetics , Receptor, Bradykinin B2/genetics , Receptor, Bradykinin B2/physiology
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Brain Res Bull ; 50(4): 229-39, 1999 Nov 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10582521

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Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans are elements of matrix. In the nervous system, glycosaminoglycans modulate neurite outgrowth and are co-receptors for growth factors playing a crucial role in cell differentiation and synaptogenesis. The receptor of protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (RPTPbeta) is a chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan which plays an important role in neural morphogenesis and axon guidance mechanisms. Pilocarpine-treated rats present status epilepticus, which is followed by a seizure-free period (silent), by a period of spontaneous recurrent seizures (chronic), and the hippocampus of these animals exhibits cell loss and mossy fiber sprouting. Thus, the synthesis of heparan sulphate and chondroitin sulphate and the time course of RPTPbeta immunoreactivity were studied in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex during these phases of pilocarpine-induced epilepsy. The results showed decreased synthesis of heparan sulphate during the acute phase and an increased synthesis of chondroitin sulphate during the silent period in the cortex and hippocampus. In control rats RPTPbeta immunoreactivity was detected only in glial cells. After 6 h of status epilepticus the RPTPbeta immunoreactivity was no longer detectable in the glial cells in both tissues and intense staining became evident in the matrix, surrounding CA3 and dentate gyrus and piriform cortex neurones. In the silent and chronic periods RPTPbeta immunoreactivity was mainly detected in neuronal somata and fibers of neurones of hippocampus and cortex. These changes show a selective variation of synthesis and expression of glycosaminoglycans and RPTPbeta in relation to epilepsy suggesting a molecular interplay between glia and neurones during seizures.


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Cerebral Cortex/metabolism , Epilepsy/metabolism , Glycosaminoglycans/biosynthesis , Hippocampus/metabolism , Pilocarpine/toxicity , Proteoglycans/biosynthesis , Animals , Chondroitin Sulfates/biosynthesis , Epilepsy/chemically induced , Heparitin Sulfate/biosynthesis , Male , Nerve Tissue Proteins/analysis , Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/analysis , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Reaction Time/physiology , Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5 , Status Epilepticus/metabolism
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