Multidimensional Genetic Analysis of Repeated Seizures in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel Reveals a Novel Epileptogenesis Susceptibility Locus

Epilepsy has many causes and comorbidities affecting as many as 4% of people in their lifetime. Both idiopathic and symptomatic epilepsies are highly heritable, but genetic factors are difficult to characterize among humans due to complex disease etiologies. Rodent genetic studies have been critical...

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Main Authors: Russell J. Ferland, Jason Smith, Dominick Papandrea, Jessica Gracias, Leah Hains, Sridhar B. Kadiyala, Brittany O’Brien, Eun Yong Kang, Barbara S. Beyer, Bruce J. Herron
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Published: Oxford University Press 2017-08-01
Series:G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
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Online Access:http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.117.042234
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author Russell J. Ferland
Jason Smith
Dominick Papandrea
Jessica Gracias
Leah Hains
Sridhar B. Kadiyala
Brittany O’Brien
Eun Yong Kang
Barbara S. Beyer
Bruce J. Herron
author_facet Russell J. Ferland
Jason Smith
Dominick Papandrea
Jessica Gracias
Leah Hains
Sridhar B. Kadiyala
Brittany O’Brien
Eun Yong Kang
Barbara S. Beyer
Bruce J. Herron
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description Epilepsy has many causes and comorbidities affecting as many as 4% of people in their lifetime. Both idiopathic and symptomatic epilepsies are highly heritable, but genetic factors are difficult to characterize among humans due to complex disease etiologies. Rodent genetic studies have been critical to the discovery of seizure susceptibility loci, including Kcnj10 mutations identified in both mouse and human cohorts. However, genetic analyses of epilepsy phenotypes in mice to date have been carried out as acute studies in seizure-naive animals or in Mendelian models of epilepsy, while humans with epilepsy have a history of recurrent seizures that also modify brain physiology. We have applied a repeated seizure model to a genetic reference population, following seizure susceptibility over a 36-d period. Initial differences in generalized seizure threshold among the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel (HMDP) were associated with a well-characterized seizure susceptibility locus found in mice: Seizure susceptibility 1. Remarkably, Szs1 influence diminished as subsequent induced seizures had diminishing latencies in certain HMDP strains. Administration of eight seizures, followed by an incubation period and an induced retest seizure, revealed novel associations within the calmodulin-binding transcription activator 1, Camta1. Using systems genetics, we have identified four candidate genes that are differentially expressed between seizure-sensitive and -resistant strains close to our novel Epileptogenesis susceptibility factor 1 (Esf1) locus that may act individually or as a coordinated response to the neuronal stress of seizures.
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spelling doaj.art-a85a4023da234e46a944f86c73039b252022-12-21T17:34:32ZengOxford University PressG3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics2160-18362017-08-01782545255810.1534/g3.117.04223412Multidimensional Genetic Analysis of Repeated Seizures in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel Reveals a Novel Epileptogenesis Susceptibility LocusRussell J. FerlandJason SmithDominick PapandreaJessica GraciasLeah HainsSridhar B. KadiyalaBrittany O’BrienEun Yong KangBarbara S. BeyerBruce J. HerronEpilepsy has many causes and comorbidities affecting as many as 4% of people in their lifetime. Both idiopathic and symptomatic epilepsies are highly heritable, but genetic factors are difficult to characterize among humans due to complex disease etiologies. Rodent genetic studies have been critical to the discovery of seizure susceptibility loci, including Kcnj10 mutations identified in both mouse and human cohorts. However, genetic analyses of epilepsy phenotypes in mice to date have been carried out as acute studies in seizure-naive animals or in Mendelian models of epilepsy, while humans with epilepsy have a history of recurrent seizures that also modify brain physiology. We have applied a repeated seizure model to a genetic reference population, following seizure susceptibility over a 36-d period. Initial differences in generalized seizure threshold among the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel (HMDP) were associated with a well-characterized seizure susceptibility locus found in mice: Seizure susceptibility 1. Remarkably, Szs1 influence diminished as subsequent induced seizures had diminishing latencies in certain HMDP strains. Administration of eight seizures, followed by an incubation period and an induced retest seizure, revealed novel associations within the calmodulin-binding transcription activator 1, Camta1. Using systems genetics, we have identified four candidate genes that are differentially expressed between seizure-sensitive and -resistant strains close to our novel Epileptogenesis susceptibility factor 1 (Esf1) locus that may act individually or as a coordinated response to the neuronal stress of seizures.http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.117.042234geneticsepilepsypreclinical modelneuronal plasticitycomplex traits
spellingShingle Russell J. Ferland
Jason Smith
Dominick Papandrea
Jessica Gracias
Leah Hains
Sridhar B. Kadiyala
Brittany O’Brien
Eun Yong Kang
Barbara S. Beyer
Bruce J. Herron
Multidimensional Genetic Analysis of Repeated Seizures in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel Reveals a Novel Epileptogenesis Susceptibility Locus
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
genetics
epilepsy
preclinical model
neuronal plasticity
complex traits
title Multidimensional Genetic Analysis of Repeated Seizures in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel Reveals a Novel Epileptogenesis Susceptibility Locus
title_full Multidimensional Genetic Analysis of Repeated Seizures in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel Reveals a Novel Epileptogenesis Susceptibility Locus
title_fullStr Multidimensional Genetic Analysis of Repeated Seizures in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel Reveals a Novel Epileptogenesis Susceptibility Locus
title_full_unstemmed Multidimensional Genetic Analysis of Repeated Seizures in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel Reveals a Novel Epileptogenesis Susceptibility Locus
title_short Multidimensional Genetic Analysis of Repeated Seizures in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel Reveals a Novel Epileptogenesis Susceptibility Locus
title_sort multidimensional genetic analysis of repeated seizures in the hybrid mouse diversity panel reveals a novel epileptogenesis susceptibility locus
topic genetics
epilepsy
preclinical model
neuronal plasticity
complex traits
url http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.117.042234
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