Temporal profile of connexin 43 mRNA expression in a tetanus toxin-induced seizure disorder

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 23-37

  Elisevich, Kost ^a   Rempel, Sandra A ^a   Smith, Brien ^a   Hirst, Kathryn ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GAP JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEIZURE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNEXIN 43; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEIZURES; TETANUS TOXIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032965372     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02815114     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Charles A. C., Naus C. C., Zhu D., Kidder G. M., Dirksen E. R., and Sanderson M. J. (1992) Intercellular calcium signaling via gap junctions in glioma cells. J. Cell Biol. 118, 195-201.
2. Chomeczynski P. and Sacchi N. (1987) Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction. Anal. Biochem. 162, 156-159.
3. Cornell-Bell A. H., Finkbeiner S. M., Cooper M. S., and Smith S. J. (1990) Glutamate induces calcium waves in cultured astrocytes: long-range glial signaling. Science 247, 470-473.
4. Dani J. W., Chernjavsky A., and Smith S. J. (1992) Neuronal activity triggers calcium waves in hippocampal astrocyte networks. Neuron 8, 429-440.
5. Dermietzel R. and Spray D. C. (1993) Gap junctions in the brain: where, what type, how many and why? Trends Neurosci. 16, 186-192.
6. Dermietzel R., Traub O., Hwang T. K., Beyer E., Bennett M. V. L., Spray D. C., et al. (1989) Differential expression of three gap junction proteins in developing and mature brain tissue. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86, 10,148-10,152.
7. De Zeeuw C. I., Wentzel P., and Mugnaini E. (1993) Fine structure of the dorsal cap of the inferior olive and its GABAergic and non-GABAergic input from the nucleus prepositus hypoglossi in rat and rabbit. J. Comp. Neurol. 327, 63-82.
8. Dudek F. E., Snow R. W., and Taylor C. (1986) Role of electrical interactions in synchronization of epileptiform bursts. Adv. Neurol. 44, 593-617.
9. Elisevich K., Rempel S. A., Smith B., and Allar N. (1997) Connexin 43 mRNA expression in two experimental models of epilepsy. Mol. Chem. Neuropathol. 32, 75-88.
10. Enkvist M. O. K. and McCarthy K. D. (1992) Activation of protein kinase C blocks astroglial gap junction communication and inhibits the spread of calcium waves. J. Neurochem. 59, 519-526.
11. Feinberg A. P. and Vogelstein B. (1984) Addendum: "A technique for radiolabeling DNA restriction endonuclease fragments to a high specific activity." Anal. Biochem. 137, 266-267.
12. Finkbeiner S. M. (1992) Calcium waves in astrocytes - filling in the gaps. Neuron 8, 1101-1108.
13. Glotzner F. L. (1973) Membrane properties of neuroglia in epileptogenic gliosis. Brain Res. 55, 154-171.
14. Haas H. L. and Jefferys J. G. R. (1984) Low calcium field burst discharges in CA1 pyramidal neurones in rat hippocampal slices. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 354, 185-201.
15. Hawkins C. A. and Mellanby J. H. (1987) Limbic epilepsy induced by tetanus toxin: a longitudinal electroencephalographic study. Epllepsia 28, 431-444.
16. Jefferys J. G. R. (1995) Letter to the editor. Trends Neurosci. 18, 520-521.
17. Jefferys J. G. R. and Haas H. L. (1982) Synchronized bursting of CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells in the absence of synaptic transmission. Nature 300, 448-450.
18. Jefferys J. G. R. and Williams S. F. (1987) Physiological and behavioural consequences of seizures induced in the rat by intrahippocampal tetanus toxin. Brain 110, 517-532.
19. Konnerth A., Heinemann U., and Yaari Y. (1984) Slow transmission of neural activity in hippocampal area CA1 and in absence of active chemical synapses. Nature 307, 69-71.
20. Lee S. C. and Krasne F. B. (1993) Ultrastructure of the circuit providing input to the crayfish lateral giant neurons. J. Comp. Neurol. 327, 271-288.
21. MacVicar B. A. and Dudek F. E. (1981) Electrotonic coupling between pyramidal cells: a direct demonstration in rat hippocampal slices. Science 213, 782-785.
22. Mellanby J., Strawbridge P., Collingridge G. I., George G., Rands G., Stroud C., et al. (1981) Behavioural correlates of an experimental hippocampal epileptiform syndrome in rats. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. 44, 1084-1093.
23. Micevych P. E. and Abelson L. J. (1991) Distribution of mRNAs coding for liver and heart gap junction proteins in the rat central nervous system. J. Comp. Neurol. 305, 96-118.
24. Nagy J. G., Yamamoto T., Shiosaka S., Dewar K. M., Whittaker M. E., and Hertzberg E. L. (1988) Immunohistochemical localization of gap junction protein in CNS: a preliminary account, in Modern Cell Biology, vol. 7 (Hertzberg E. L. and Johnson R. G., eds.), pp. 375-389, Wiley Liss, New York.
25. Nagy J. I., Ochalski P. A., Li J., and Hertzberg E. L. (1997) Evidence for the co-localization of another connexin with connexin-43 at astrocytic gap junctions in rat brain. Neuroscience 78, 533-548.
26. Naus C. C. G., Bechberger J., and Paul D. L. (1991) Gap junction gene expression in human seizure disorder. Exp. Neurol. 111, 198-203.
27. Ochalski P. A., Frankenstein U. N., Hertzberg E. L., and Nagy J. I. (1997) Connexin 43 in rat spinal cord: localization in astrocytes and identification of heterotypic astrooligodendrocytic gap junctions. Neuroscience 76, 931-945.
28. Paul D. L. (1986) Molecular cloning of cDNA for rat liver gap junction protein. J. Cell. Biol. 103, 123-134.
29. Paxinos G. and Watson C. (1986). The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, 2nd ed. Academic, Orlando, FL.
30. Pereda A. E. and Faber D. S. (1996) Activity-dependent short-term enhancement of intercellular coupling. J. Neurosci. 16, 983-992.
31. Perez-Velazquez J. L., Valiante T. A., and Carlen P. L. (1994) Modulation of gap junctional mechanisms during calcium-free induced field burst activity: A possible role for electrotonic coupling in epileptogenesis. J. Neurosci. 14, 4308-4317.
32. Taylor C. P. and Dudek F. E. (1982) Synchronous neural afterdischarges in rat hippocampal slices without active chemical synapses. Science 218, 810-812.
33. Taylor C. P. and Dudek F. E. (1984) Synchronization without active chemical synapses during hippocampal afterdischarges. J. Neurophysiol. 52, 145-155.
34. Traub R. D. and Jefferys J. G. R. (1994) Are there unifying principles underlying the generation of epileptic afterdischarges in vitro? Prog. Brain Res. 102, 383-394.
35. Traub R. D. and Miles R. (1991) Neuronal Networks in the Hippocampus. Cambridge University Press, New York.
36. Traub R. D., Dudek F. E., Snow R. W., and Knowles W. D. (1985) Computer simulations indicate that electrical field effects contribute to the shape of the epileptiform field potential. Neuroscience 15, 947-958.
37. Traub R. D. and Wong R. K. S. (1983) Synaptic mechanisms underlying interictal spike initiation in a hippocampal network. Neurology 33, 257-266.
38. Valiante T. A., Perez-Velazquez J. L., Jahromi S. S., and Carlen P. L. (1995) Coupling potentials in CA1 neurons during calcium-free induced field burst activity. J. Neurosci. 15, 6946-6956.
39. Venance L., Piomelli D., Glowinski J., and Giaume C. (1995) Inhibition by anandamide of gap junctions and intercellular calcium signalling in striatal astrocytes. Nature 376, 590-593.
40. Wong R. K. S., Traub R. D., and Miles R. (1986) Cellular basis of neuronal synchrony in epilepsy, in Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies. Molecular and Cellular Approaches. Advances in Neurology, vol. 44 (Delgado-Escueta A. V., Ward A. A., Woodbury D. M., and Porter R. J., eds.), pp. 583-592, Raven, New York.
41. Yamamoto T., Hertzberg E., and Nagy J. (1991) Subsurface cisterns in a-motoneurons of the rat and cat: Immunohistochemical detection with antibodies against connexin 32. Synapse 8, 119-136.
42. Yang X. D., Korn H., and Faber D. S. (1990) Long-term potentiation of electrotonic coupling at mixed synapses. Nature 348, 542-545.