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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) constitute a recently discovered family of excitatory cation channels, structurally related to the superfamily of degenerin/epithelial sodium channels. ASIC1b and ASIC3 are highly expressed in primary sensory neurons and are thought to play a role in pain transmission related to acidosis. ASIC1a, ASIC2a, and ASIC2b are also distributed in the central nervous system where their function remains unclear. We investigated here the regulation of their expression during status epilepticus (SE), a condition in which neuronal overexcitation leads to acidosis. In animals treated with pilocarpine (380 mg/kg) to induce SE, we observed a marked decrease of ASIC2b mRNA levels in all hippocampal areas and of ASIC1a mRNA levels in the CA1-2 fields. These changes were also observed after protective treatment from neuronal cell death with diazepam (10 mg/kg) and pentobarbital (30 mg/kg). These findings suggest a key role of channels containing ASIC1a and ASIC2b subunits in both normal and pathological activity of hippocampus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0969-9961
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
45-58
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Convulsants, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-DNA Probes, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Epilepsy, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Ion Channels, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Muscarinic Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Pilocarpine, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11162239-Sodium Channels
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Regional and subunit-specific downregulation of acid-sensing ion channels in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A2B4, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't