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- Title
Scn1a haploinsufficiency in the prefrontal cortex leads to cognitive impairment and depressive phenotype.
- Authors
Riga, Maurizio S; Pérez-Fernández, Mercedes; Miquel-Rio, Lluis; Paz, Verónica; Campa, Leticia; Martínez-Losa, Magdalena; Esteban, Francisco J; Callado, Luis F; Meana, Javier; Artigas, Francesc; Bortolozzi, Analía; Álvarez-Dolado, Manuel
- Abstract
Altered development and function of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) during adolescence is implicated in the origin of mental disorders. Deficits in the GABAergic system prominently contribute to these alterations. Nav1.1 is a voltage-gated Na channel critical for normal GABAergic activity. Here, we studied the role of Nav1.1 in PFC function and its potential relationship with the aetiology of mental disorders. Dysfunction of Nav1.1 activity in the medial PFC (mPFC) of adolescent mice enhanced the local excitation/inhibition ratio, resulting in epileptic activity, cognitive deficits and depressive-like behaviour in adulthood, along with a gene expression profile linked to major depressive disorder (MDD). Additionally, it reduced extracellular serotonin concentration in the dorsal raphe nucleus and brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in the hippocampus, two MDD-related brain areas beyond the PFC. We also observed alterations in oscillatory activity and impaired hippocampal-mPFC coherence during sleep. Finally, we found reduced expression levels of SCN1A , the gene encoding Nav1.1, in post-mortem PFC samples from human MDD subjects. Collectively, our results provide a novel mechanistic framework linking adolescence-specific alterations in Nav1.1 function in the PFC to the pathogenesis of epilepsy and comorbidities such as cognitive impairment and depressive disorders.
- Subjects
BRAIN-derived neurotrophic factor; GENE expression profiling; COGNITION disorders; PREFRONTAL cortex; MENTAL illness
- Publication
Brain: A Journal of Neurology, 2024, Vol 147, Issue 12, p4169
- ISSN
0006-8950
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1093/brain/awae167