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Volume 17, Number 23,
Issue of December 1, 1997
pp. 8927-8936
Knock-Out Mice Reveal a Critical Antiepileptic Role for
Neuropeptide Y
Received June 3, 1997; revised Sept. 9, 1997; accepted Sept. 11, 1997.
Scott C. Baraban1,
Gunther Hollopeter3,
Jay C. Erickson3,
Philip A. Schwartzkroin1, 2, and
Richard D. Palmiter3
Departments of 1 Neurological Surgery,
2 Physiology/Biophysics, and 3 Biochemistry,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington 98195
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) inhibits excitatory synaptic transmission in
the hippocampus and is implicated in control of limbic seizures. In the
present study, we examined hippocampal function and the response to
pharmacologically induced seizures in mutant mice lacking this peptide.
In slice electrophysiology studies, no change in normal hippocampal
function was observed in NPY-deficient mice compared with normal
wild-type littermates. Kainic acid (KA) produced limbic seizures at a
comparable latency and concentration in NPY-deficient mice compared
with littermates. However, KA-induced seizures progressed uncontrollably and ultimately produced death in 93% of NPY-deficient mice, whereas death was rarely observed in wild-type littermates. Intracerebroventricular NPY infusion, before KA administration, prevented death in NPY-deficient mice. These results suggest a critical
role for endogenous NPY in seizure control.
Key words:
anticonvulsant;
homologous recombination;
electrophysiology;
epilepsy;
mouse;
hippocampus;
neuropeptide Y
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