Intergenerational Transmission of Enhanced Seizure Susceptibility after Febrile Seizures.
Intergenerational Transmission of Enhanced Seizure Susceptibility after Febrile Seizures.
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高热惊厥后癫痫易感性增强的代际传递
DOI:
10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.02.006
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发表时间:
2017-03
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影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Chen Z
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作者:
Wu D;Feng B;Dai Y;Wu X;Chen B;Xu C;Tang Y;Wang K;Zhang S;Wang S;Luo B;Chen Z
Environmental exposure early in development plays a role in susceptibility to disease in later life. Here, we demonstrate that prolonged febrile seizures induced by exposure of rat pups to a hyperthermic environment enhance seizure susceptibility not only in these hyperthermia-treated rats but also in their future offspring, even if the offspring never experience febrile seizures. This transgenerational transmission was intensity-dependent and was mainly from mothers to their offspring. The transmission was associated with DNA methylation. Thus, our study supports a “Lamarckian”-like mechanism of pathogenesis and the crucial role of epigenetic factors in neurological conditions. FS induced enhanced seizure susceptibility was transgenerational transmitted. The transgenerational transmission was FS-intensity dependent. The transgenerational transmission was mainly from mothers to their offspring. The transmission was associated with DNA methylation. Environmental experience during developmental period plays a critical role. Whether the enhanced seizure susceptibility induced by early life FS transmitted to their unaffected offspring and the underlie characteristic of this transgenerational transmission Here, we used a well-established FS models showed that prolonged febrile seizures enhance seizure susceptibility not only in these hyperthermia-treated rats but also in their future non-FS offspring. This transgenerational transmission was intensity-dependent and was mainly from mothers to their offspring, and was associated with DNA methylation.