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Transgenic overexpression of furin increases epileptic susceptibility.

ABSTRACT: The proprotein convertase Furin plays crucial roles in the pathology of many diseases. However, the specific role of furin in epilepsy remains unclear. In our study, furin protein was increased in the temporal neocortex of epileptic patients and in the hippocampus and cortex of epileptic mice. The furin transgenic (TG) mice showed increased susceptibility to epilepsy and heightened epileptic activity compared with wild-type (WT) mice. Conversely, lentivirus-mediated knockdown of furin restrained epileptic activity. Using whole-cell patch clamp, furin knockdown and overexpression influenced neuronal inhibitory by regulating postsynaptic gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor (GABA_AR)-mediated synaptic transmission. Importantly, furin influenced the expression of GABA_AR ?2/3 membrane and total protein in epileptic mice by changing transcription level of GABA_AR ?2/3, not the protein degradation. These results reveal that furin may regulate GABA_AR-mediated inhibitory synaptic transmission by altering the transcription of GABA_AR ?2/3 subunits in epilepsy; this finding could provide new insight into epilepsy prevention and treatment.

SUBMITTER: Yang Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6193048 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transgenic overexpression of furin increases epileptic susceptibility.

Yang Yi Y He Miaoqing M Tian Xin X Guo Yi Y Liu Feng F Li Yun Y Zhang Haiqing H Lu Xi X Xu Demei D Zhou Ruijiao R Ma Yuanlin Y Wang Wei W Chen Guojun G Hu Yida Y Wang Xuefeng X

Cell death & disease 20181017 11

The proprotein convertase Furin plays crucial roles in the pathology of many diseases. However, the specific role of furin in epilepsy remains unclear. In our study, furin protein was increased in the temporal neocortex of epileptic patients and in the hippocampus and cortex of epileptic mice. The furin transgenic (TG) mice showed increased susceptibility to epilepsy and heightened epileptic activity compared with wild-type (WT) mice. Conversely, lentivirus-mediated knockdown of furin restrained ...[more]

PMID: 30333479

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Transgenic overexpression of furin increases epileptic susceptibility.

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Transgenic overexpression of furin increases epileptic susceptibility.

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