Sublayer- and cell-type-specific neurodegenerative transcriptional trajectories in hippocampal sclerosis

Hippocampal sclerosis, the major neuropathological hallmark of temporal lobe epilepsy, is characterized by different patterns of neuronal loss. The mechanisms of cell-type-specific vulnerability and their progression and histopathological classification remain controversial. Using single-cell electr...

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Autores: Cid Ledesma, Elena, Marquez-Galera, Angel, Valero, Manuel, Gal, Beatriz, Medeiros, DanielC., Navarrón, Carmen M., Ballesteros-Esteban, Luis, Reig-Viader, R., Morales, Aixa V., Fernández-Lamo, Iván, Gómez-Domínguez, Daniel, Sato, Masaaki, Hayashi, Yasunori, Bayés, Àlex, Barco, Ángel, López-Atalaya, José P., Menéndez de la Prida, Liset
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/258814
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/258814
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:In vivo recordings
Calbindin
Single-nucleus
RNAseq
Single-cell
Fast ripples
Sharp-wave ripples
RNAscope
Epilepsy
Temporal lobe epilepsy
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Sumario:Hippocampal sclerosis, the major neuropathological hallmark of temporal lobe epilepsy, is characterized by different patterns of neuronal loss. The mechanisms of cell-type-specific vulnerability and their progression and histopathological classification remain controversial. Using single-cell electrophysiology in vivo and immediate-early gene expression, we reveal that superficial CA1 pyramidal neurons are overactive in epileptic rodents. Bulk tissue and single-nucleus expression profiling disclose sublayer-specific transcriptomic signatures and robust microglial pro-inflammatory responses. Transcripts regulating neuronal processes such as voltage channels, synaptic signaling, and cell adhesion are deregulated differently by epilepsy across sublayers, whereas neurodegenerative signatures primarily involve superficial cells. Pseudotime analysis of gene expression in single nuclei and in situ validation reveal separated trajectories from health to epilepsy across cell types and identify a subset of superficial cells undergoing a later stage in neurodegeneration. Our findings indicate that sublayer- and cell-type-specific changes associated with selective CA1 neuronal damage contribute to progression of hippocampal sclerosis.