Article ; Online: miR-9a-5p expression is decreased in the hippocampus of rats resistant to lamotrigine: A behavioural, molecular and bioinformatics assessment.
2023 Volume 227, Page(s) 109425
Abstract: The major obstacle in developing new treatment strategies for refractory epilepsy is the complexity and poor understanding of its mechanisms. Utilizing the model of lamotrigine-resistant seizures, we evaluated whether changes in the expression of sodium ... ...
| Abstract | The major obstacle in developing new treatment strategies for refractory epilepsy is the complexity and poor understanding of its mechanisms. Utilizing the model of lamotrigine-resistant seizures, we evaluated whether changes in the expression of sodium channel subunits are responsible for the diminished responsiveness to lamotrigine (LTG) and if miRNAs, may also be associated. Male rats were administered LTG (5 mg/kg) before each stimulation during kindling acquisition. Challenge stimulation following LTG exposure (30 mg/kg) was performed to confirm resistance in fully kindled rats. RT-PCR was used to measure the mRNA levels of sodium channel subunits (SCN1A, SCN2A, and SCN3A) and miRNAs (miR-155-5p, miR-30b-5p, miR-137-3p, miR-342-5p, miR-301a-3p, miR-212-3p, miR-9a-5p, and miR-133a-3p). Western blot analysis was utilized to measure Nav1.2 protein, and bioinformatics tools were used to perform target prediction and enrichment analysis for miR-9a-5p, the only affected miRNA according to the responsiveness to LTG. Amygdala kindling seizures downregulated Nav1.2, miR-137-3p, miR-342-5p, miR-155-5p, and miR-9a-5p as well as upregulated miR-212-3p. miR-9a-5p was the only molecule decreased in rats resistant to LTG. The bioinformatic assessment and disease enrichment analysis revealed that miR-9a-5p targets expressed with high confidence in the hippocampus are the most significantly associated with epilepsy. Due to the miR-9a-5p dysregulation, major pathways affected are neurotrophic processes, neurotransmission, inflammatory response, cell proliferation and apoptosis. Interaction network analysis identified LTG target SCN2A as interacting with highest number of genes regulated by miR-9-5p. Further studies are needed to propose specific genes and miRNAs responsible for diminished responsiveness to LTG. miR-9a-5p targets, like KCNA4, KCNA2, CACNB2, SCN4B, KCNC1, should receive special attention in them. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Rats ; Male ; Animals ; Lamotrigine ; Anticonvulsants/therapeutic use ; MicroRNAs/metabolism ; Seizures/drug therapy ; Hippocampus/metabolism ; Computational Biology ; NAV1.3 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel/metabolism ; Calcium Channels, L-Type/metabolism |
| Chemical Substances | Lamotrigine (U3H27498KS) ; Anticonvulsants ; MicroRNAs ; Scn3a protein, rat ; NAV1.3 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel ; Cacnb2 protein, rat ; Calcium Channels, L-Type ; MIRN137 microRNA, rat ; MIRN155 microRNA, rat ; MIRN9 microRNA, rat |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-01-25 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 218272-5 |
| ISSN | 1873-7064 ; 0028-3908 |
| ISSN (online) | 1873-7064 |
| ISSN | 0028-3908 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2023.109425 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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