Gene Expression Analysis Identifies Cholesterol Metabolism Dysregulation in Hippocampus of Phenytoin-Resistant Pentylenetetrazol-Kindled Epileptic Mice

Autor: Sridhar Amalakanti, Nitin Khandelwal, N. V. Sundarachary, Unis Ahmad Bhat, Arvind Kumar, Madhavi B. Mylavarapu, Sumana Chakravarty
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: NeuroMolecular Medicine. 23:485-490
ISSN: 1559-1174
1535-1084
DOI: 10.1007/s12017-021-08648-0
Popis: Pharmaco-resistant Epilepsy has been a major challenge for medical interventions in controlling seizures. To date, up to 33% of the patients with epilepsy do not show adequate response to anti-epileptic drugs even after prolonged combinatorial drug usage. Using microarray, this study explores the changes in hippocampal gene expression in the phenytoin-resistant pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-kindled mouse model of epilepsy. Our results from mRNA microarray analysis show distinct gene expression profiles in the hippocampus of phenytoin-resistant and sensitive mice. Pathway enrichment analysis showed differential expression of genes involved in cholesterol biosynthesis in phenytoin-resistant and sensitive mice.
Databáze: OpenAIRE