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Spatio-Temporal and Cell Type-Specific Expression of Nrf2 Following an Acute Epileptic Seizure in Rats

Version 1 : Received: 7 October 2022 / Approved: 20 October 2022 / Online: 20 October 2022 (08:29:58 CEST)

How to cite: Sandouka, S.; Saadi, A.; Olowe, R.; Singh, P.K.; Shekh-Ahmad, T. Spatio-Temporal and Cell Type-Specific Expression of Nrf2 Following an Acute Epileptic Seizure in Rats. Preprints 2022, 2022100300. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0300.v1 Sandouka, S.; Saadi, A.; Olowe, R.; Singh, P.K.; Shekh-Ahmad, T. Spatio-Temporal and Cell Type-Specific Expression of Nrf2 Following an Acute Epileptic Seizure in Rats. Preprints 2022, 2022100300. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0300.v1

Abstract

The modulation of Nrf2 activity has been reported to be implicated in the pathology of various neurological disorders, including epilepsy. Previous studies have demonstrated that Nrf2 is activated in the post-status epilepticus rat model, however, the spatio-temporal, as well as cell type-specific expression of Nrf2 following brief epileptic seizures remains unclear. Here, we evaluated how an acute epileptic seizure affected the expression of Nrf2 and its downstream genes in the cortex and the hippocampus up to 1-week following the induced seizure. We found that after a pentylenetetrazol-induced seizure, Nrf2 significantly increased at 24 h at the mRNA level and 3 to 6 h at the protein level in the cortex. In the hippocampus, the Nrf2 mRNA level peaked at 3 h after the seizure, and no significant changes were observed in the protein level. Interestingly, the mRNA level of Nrf2 downstream genes peaked at 3-6 h after seizure in both the cortex and the hippocampus. A significant increase in the expression of Nrf2 was observed in the neuronal population of CA1 and CA3 regions of the hippocampus, as well as in the cortex. Moreover, we observed no change in the co-localization of Nrf2 with astrocytes neither in the cortex nor in CA1 and CA3. Our results revealed that following a brief acute epileptic seizure, the expression of Nrf2 and its downstream genes is transiently increased and peaked at early timepoints after seizure predominantly in the hippocampus, and this expression is restricted to the neuronal population.

Keywords

Nrf2; Oxidative stress; Antioxidants; Pentylenetetrazol; Epilepsy; Seizure

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology

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