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Epilepsy Res
2008 Oct 01;812-3:188-97. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.05.011.
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GABA(A) receptor properties in catastrophic infantile epilepsy.
Jansen LA
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Peugh LD
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Ojemann JG
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Catastrophic epilepsy due to cortical dysplasia is often intractable to anticonvulsant treatment. Many of the medications used unsuccessfully in treating this disorder are thought to exert at least a portion of their action through enhancement of inhibitory GABA(A) neurotransmission. In the present study, GABA(A) receptor properties in resected braintissue from four infants with infantile spasms and intractable epilepsy due to cortical dysplasia were measured to determine if this clinical resistance to pharmacologic treatment correlates with alterations in receptor function. Results from epileptic cortex were compared with those from autopsy control samples. To perform these studies, we utilized the technique of injection of braincellular membrane preparations into the Xenopus oocyte, which results in the incorporation of human GABA(A) receptors in their native configuration into the oocyteplasma membrane. Two-electrode voltage-clamp electrophysiology analysis was then performed to assess GABA(A) receptor pharmacologic properties. The intrinsic properties of affinity, reversal potential, current decay, and current rundown were unchanged in the epileptic infants. Current enhancement by benzodiazepines was also unaltered, as was the response to barbiturates. However, a significant decrease was found in the degree of GABA(A) current enhancement by neurosteroids in the epileptic infants, along with an increase in current inhibition by zinc. These findings may contribute to the mechanisms of intractability in catastrophic infantile epilepsy due to cortical dysplasia, and suggest alternative therapeutic approaches.
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