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Epilepsy, amyloid-β, and D1 dopamine receptors: a possible pathogenetic link?

Costa, Cinzia, Parnetti, Lucilla, D'Amelio, Marcello, Tozzi, Alessandro, Tantucci, Michela, Romigi, Andrea, Siliquini, Sabrina, Cavallucci, Virve +7 more·2016·Neurobiology of Aging

Abstract

Experimental and clinical observations indicate that amyloid-β 1-42 (Aβ 1-42) peptide not only represents a major actor in neurodegenerative mechanisms but also induce hyperexcitation in individual neurons and neural circuits. In this abnormal excitability, possibly leading to seizures, the D1 dopamine (DA) receptors may play a role. Cerebrospinal fluid levels of Aβ 1-42 were measured in patients with late-onset epilepsy of unknown etiology. Moreover, the effect of amyloid peptide on the hippocampal epileptic threshold and synaptic plasticity and its link to D1 receptor function were tested in experimental mouse model of cerebral amyloidosis and in acute model of Aβ 1-42-induced neurotoxicity. Among 272 evaluated epileptic patients, aged >55 years, 35 suffered from late-onset epilepsy of unknown etiology. In these subjects, cerebrospinal fluid Aβ 1-42 levels were measured. The effects of Aβ 1-42, amyloid oligomers, and D1 receptor modulation on epileptic threshold were analyzed by electrophysiological recordings in the dentate gyrus of mice hippocampal slices. We found that Aβ 1-42 levels were significantly decreased in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with late-onset epilepsy of unknown etiology with respect to controls suggesting the cerebral deposition of this peptide in these patients. Aβ 1-42 enhanced epileptic activity in mice through a mechanism involving increased surface expression of D1 receptor, and this effect was mimicked by D1 receptor stimulation and blocked by SCH 23390, a D1 receptor antagonist. Aβ 1-42 may contribute to the pathophysiology of late-onset epilepsy of unknown origin. Our preclinical findings indicate that the D1 receptor is involved in mediating the epileptic effects of Aβ 1-42. This novel link between Aβ 1-42 and D1 receptor signaling might represent a potential therapeutic target.

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Authors
Costa, C., Parnetti, L., D'Amelio, M., Tozzi, A., Tantucci, M., Romigi, A., Siliquini, S., Cavallucci, V., Di Filippo, M., Mazzocchetti, P., Liguori, C., Nobili, A., Eusebi, P., Mercuri, N. B., & Calabresi, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Perugia (IT)
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
  • Fondazione Santa Lucia (IT)
  • Università Campus Bio-Medico (IT)
Corresponding author
Costa, Cinzia
Venue
Neurobiology of Aging
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-12
Volume
48
Pages
161-171
ISSN
0197-4580 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2517151712
Cited by
94
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 7
FWCI
7.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neurobiology of Aging (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Progetto di Ricerca di Interesse Nazionale
  • Progetti del Ministero della Salute (GR-2010-2315007)
  • Minister of Health (GR-2011-02351457)
  • Alzheimer's Association, United States (NIRG-11-204588)
  • Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia ((2014.0258.021))
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
amyloid-beta 42, dopamine D1 receptor, late-onset epilepsy, cerebrospinal fluid amyloid-beta, cerebral amyloidosis, dentate gyrus, synaptic plasticity, amyloid oligomers, neurotoxicity, SCH 23390, therapeutic target
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Benzazepines, Disease Models, Animal, Epilepsy, Female, Humans, Male, Mice, Transgenic, Middle Aged, Peptide Fragments, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Receptors, Dopamine D1

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