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- The study investigates the role of GIPC1 in epilepsy, revealing that it is downregulated in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients and mice with kainic acid-induced epilepsy.
- After increasing GIPC1 levels, researchers observed a reduction in seizure severity and frequency, suggesting its protective effects against epilepsy.
- GIPC1 was found to interact with metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7), and antagonizing mGluR7 led to worsened seizures, indicating that GIPC1 may influence epilepsy through mGluR7 pathways.
Article Abstract
Aims: It has been reported that the G-alpha interacting protein (GAIP) interacting protein, C terminus 1 (GIPC1/GIPC) engages in vesicular trafficking, receptor transport and expression, and endocytosis. However, its role in epilepsy is unclear. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to explore the role of GIPC1 in epilepsy and its possible underlying mechanism.
Methods: The expression patterns of GIPC1 in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and in mice with kainic acid (KA)-induced epilepsy were detected. Behavioral video monitoring and hippocampal local field potential (LFP) recordings were carried out to determine the role of GIPC1 in epileptogenesis after overexpression of GIPC1. Coimmunoprecipitation (Co-IP) assay and high-resolution immunofluorescence staining were conducted to investigate the relationship between GIPC1 and metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7). In addition, the expression of mGluR7 after overexpression of GIPC1 was measured, and behavioral video monitoring and LFP recordings after antagonism of mGluR7 were performed to explore the possible mechanism mediated by GIPC1.
Results: GIPC1 was downregulated in the brain tissues of patients with TLE and mice with KA-induced epilepsy. After overexpression of GIPC1, prolonged latency period, decreased epileptic seizures and reduced seizure severity in behavioral analyses, and fewer and shorter abnormal brain discharges in LFP recordings of KA-induced epileptic mice were observed. The result of the Co-IP assay showed the interaction between GIPC1 and mGluR7, and the high-resolution immunofluorescence staining also showed the colocalization of these two proteins. Additionally, along with GIPC1 overexpression, the total and cell membrane expression levels of mGluR7 were also increased. And after antagonism of mGluR7, increased epileptic seizures and aggravated seizure severity in behavioral analyses and more and longer abnormal brain discharges in LFP recordings were observed.
Conclusion: GIPC1 regulates epileptogenesis by interacting with mGluR7 and increasing its expression.
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