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Expression of 4E-BP1 in juvenile mice alleviates mTOR-induced neuronal dysfunction and epilepsy
Nguyen LH, Xu Y, Mahadeo T, Zhang L, Lin TV, Born HA, Anderson AE, Bordey A. Expression of 4E-BP1 in juvenile mice alleviates mTOR-induced neuronal dysfunction and epilepsy. Brain 2021, 145: 1310-1325. PMID: 34849602, PMCID: PMC9128821, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awab390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFocal malformationsCortical developmentJuvenile miceCortical spectral activitySpontaneous seizure frequencyIrregular firing patternNovel therapeutic opportunitiesNeuronal cytomegalySeizure frequencyEpilepsy onsetNeuronal abnormalitiesElectrophysiological alterationsIntractable epilepsyNeuronal dysfunctionJuvenile brainMouse modelMTOR pathwayTherapeutic opportunitiesMalformationsFiring patternsEpilepsyAberrant expressionNeurodevelopmental disordersMTOR effectorsMice
2024
The mTOR pathway genes MTOR, Rheb, Depdc5, Pten, and Tsc1 have convergent and divergent impacts on cortical neuron development and function
Nguyen L, Xu Y, Nair M, Bordey A. The mTOR pathway genes MTOR, Rheb, Depdc5, Pten, and Tsc1 have convergent and divergent impacts on cortical neuron development and function. ELife 2024, 12: rp91010. PMID: 38411613, PMCID: PMC10942629, DOI: 10.7554/elife.91010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMouse medial prefrontal cortexMedial prefrontal cortexFocal malformations of cortical developmentMalformations of cortical developmentExcitatory synaptic activityExcitatory synaptic transmissionCortical neuron developmentPyramidal neuron morphologyMechanisms of hyperexcitabilityResponse to therapeutic interventionsMTORC1 signalingGene-specific mechanismsPrefrontal cortexFocal malformationsBrain somatic mutationsMTOR complex 1Membrane excitabilityBiallelic inactivationClinical manifestationsGene mutationsNetwork hyperexcitabilitySynaptic transmissionSynaptic activityIntractable epilepsyRepressor geneThe mTOR pathway genes MTOR, Rheb, Depdc5, Pten, and Tsc1 have convergent and divergent impacts on cortical neuron development and function
Nguyen L, Xu Y, Nair M, Bordey A. The mTOR pathway genes MTOR, Rheb, Depdc5, Pten, and Tsc1 have convergent and divergent impacts on cortical neuron development and function. ELife 2024, 12 DOI: 10.7554/elife.91010.3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMouse medial prefrontal cortexMedial prefrontal cortexFocal malformations of cortical developmentMalformations of cortical developmentExcitatory synaptic activityExcitatory synaptic transmissionCortical neuron developmentPyramidal neuron morphologyMechanisms of hyperexcitabilityResponse to therapeutic interventionsMTORC1 signalingGene-specific mechanismsPrefrontal cortexFocal malformationsBrain somatic mutationsMTOR complex 1Membrane excitabilityBiallelic inactivationClinical manifestationsGene mutationsNetwork hyperexcitabilitySynaptic transmissionSynaptic activityIntractable epilepsyRepressor gene
2019
Hypervascularization in mTOR‐dependent focal and global cortical malformations displays differential rapamycin sensitivity
Zhang L, Huang T, Teaw S, Bordey A. Hypervascularization in mTOR‐dependent focal and global cortical malformations displays differential rapamycin sensitivity. Epilepsia 2019, 60: 1255-1265. PMID: 31125447, PMCID: PMC6558978, DOI: 10.1111/epi.15969.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood vesselsRapamycin treatmentVessel densityVessel abnormalitiesPostnatal day 14 miceAbsence of seizuresWild-type miceConditional transgenic miceTuberous sclerosis complexTypes of MCDDay 14 miceMCD modelFocal MCDMTOR blockersDysplastic neuronsFunctional outcomeEpilepsy treatmentSomatosensory cortexYoung miceFocal malformationsCortical developmentJuvenile miceTotal vessel lengthAnimal modelsTransgenic mice