Seizures induce hippocampal subregion dependent enhancements in microglia/macrophage phagocytosis and cytokine release that may contribute to the development of epilepsy. As a model of hyperactive mTOR induced epilepsy, neuronal subset specific phosphatase and tensin homolog (NS-Pten) knockout (KO) mice exhibit hyperactive mTOR signaling in the hippocampus, seizures that progress with age, and enhanced hippocampal microglia/macrophage activation. However, it is unknown where microglia/macrophages are most active within the hippocampus of NS-Pten KO mice. We quantified the density of IBA1 positive microglia/macrophages in the CA1, CA2/3, and dentate gyrus of NS-Pten KO and wildtype (WT) male and female mice at 4, 10, and 15 weeks of age. NS-Pten KO mice exhibited an overall increase in the number of IBA1 positive microglia/macrophages in each subregion and in the entire hippocampus. After accounting for differences in size, the whole hippocampus of NS-Pten KO mice still exhibited an increased density of IBA1 positive microglia/macrophages. Subregion analyses showed that this increase was restricted to the dentate gyrus of both male and female NS-Pten KO mice and to the CA1 of male NS-Pten KO mice. These data suggest enhanced microglia/macrophage activity may occur in the NS-Pten KO mice in a hippocampal subregion and sex-dependent manner. Future work should seek to determine whether these region-specific increases in microgliosis play a role in the progression of epilepsy in this model.
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