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  • Reductions in Hydrogen Sulfide and Changes in Mitochondrial Quality Control Proteins Are Evident in the Early Phases of the Corneally Kindled Mouse Model of Epilepsy.

Reductions in Hydrogen Sulfide and Changes in Mitochondrial Quality Control Proteins Are Evident in the Early Phases of the Corneally Kindled Mouse Model of Epilepsy.

International journal of molecular sciences (2022-02-16)
Christi Cho, Maxwell Zeigler, Stephanie Mizuno, Richard S Morrison, Rheem A Totah, Melissa Barker-Haliski
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Epilepsy is a heterogenous neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures, mitochondrial stress, and neurodegeneration. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a gasotransmitter that promotes mitochondrial function and biogenesis, elicits neuromodulation and neuroprotection, and may acutely suppress seizures. A major gap in knowledge remains in understanding the role of mitochondrial dysfunction and progressive changes in H2S levels following acute seizures or during epileptogenesis. We thus sought to quantify changes in H2S and its methylated metabolite (MeSH) via LC-MS/MS following acute maximal electroshock and 6 Hz 44 mA seizures in mice, as well as in the early phases of the corneally kindled mouse model of chronic seizures. Plasma H2S was acutely reduced after a maximal electroshock seizure. H2S or MeSH levels and expressions of related genes in whole brain homogenates from corneally kindled mice were not altered. However, plasma H2S levels were significantly lower during kindling, but not after established kindling. Moreover, we demonstrated a time-dependent increase in expression of mitochondrial membrane integrity-related proteins, OPA1, MFN2, Drp1, and Mff during kindling, which did not correlate with changes in gene expression. Taken together, short-term reductions in plasma H2S could be a novel biomarker for seizures. Future studies should further define the role of H2S and mitochondrial stress in epilepsy.

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Anti-Histone Deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) antibody, Mouse monoclonal, clone HDAC2-62, purified from hybridoma cell culture