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Hippocampal low-frequency stimulation prevents seizure generation in a mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

  1. Enya Paschen  Is a corresponding author
  2. Claudio Elgueta
  3. Katharina Heining
  4. Diego M Vieira
  5. Piret Kleis
  6. Catarina Orcinha
  7. Ute Häussler
  8. Marlene Bartos
  9. Ulrich Egert
  10. Philipp Janz
  11. Carola A Haas  Is a corresponding author
  1. Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Germany
  2. University of Freiburg, Germany
  3. Faculty of Engineering, University of Freiburg, Germany
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54518
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  1. Enya Paschen
  2. Claudio Elgueta
  3. Katharina Heining
  4. Diego M Vieira
  5. Piret Kleis
  6. Catarina Orcinha
  7. Ute Häussler
  8. Marlene Bartos
  9. Ulrich Egert
  10. Philipp Janz
  11. Carola A Haas
(2020)
Hippocampal low-frequency stimulation prevents seizure generation in a mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
eLife 9:e54518.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54518
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Abstract

Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is the most common form of focal, pharmacoresistant epilepsy in adults and is often associated with hippocampal sclerosis. Here, we established the efficacy of optogenetic and electrical low-frequency stimulation (LFS) in interfering with seizure generation in a mouse model of MTLE. Specifically, we applied LFS in the sclerotic hippocampus to study the effects on spontaneous subclinical and evoked generalized seizures. We found that stimulation at 1 Hz for one hour resulted in an almost complete suppression of spontaneous seizures in both hippocampi. This seizure-suppressive action during daily stimulation remained stable over several weeks. Furthermore, LFS for 30 min before a pro-convulsive stimulus successfully prevented seizure generalization. Finally, acute slice experiments revealed a reduced efficacy of perforant path transmission onto granule cells upon LFS. Taken together, our results suggest that hippocampal LFS constitutes a promising approach for seizure control in MTLE.

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The LFP dataset is available on Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/uk94m/. The source code files for the seizure detection algorithm is accessible at Zenodo (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4110614). The source code for the seizure detection algorithm (Heining et al., 2019) was developed using previously published LFP data (Froriep et al., 2012; Janz et al., 2017b).

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  1. Enya Paschen

    Experimental Epilepsy Research, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

  2. Claudio Elgueta

    Institute for Physiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  3. Katharina Heining

    Laboratory for Biomicrotechnology, Dept. of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  4. Diego M Vieira

    Biomicrotechnology, Dept. of Microsystems Engineering - IMTEK, Faculty of Engineering, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  5. Piret Kleis

    Experimental Epilepsy Research, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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  6. Catarina Orcinha

    Experimental Epilepsy Research, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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  7. Ute Häussler

    Experimental Epilepsy Research, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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  8. Marlene Bartos

    Institute for Physiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  9. Ulrich Egert

    Biomicrotechnology, Dept. of Microsystems Engineering - IMTEK, Faculty of Engineering, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  10. Philipp Janz

    Experimental Epilepsy Research, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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  11. Carola A Haas

    Experimental Epilepsy Research, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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    carola.haas@uniklinik-freiburg.de
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Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (EXC 1086)

  • Ute Häussler
  • Marlene Bartos
  • Ulrich Egert
  • Carola A Haas

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (HA 1443/11-1)

  • Carola A Haas

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All animal procedures were carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the European Community's Council Directive of 22 September 2010 (2010/63/EU) and were approved by the regional council (Regierungspräsidium Freiburg).

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  1. John R Huguenard, Stanford University School of Medicine, United States

Publication history

  1. Received: December 17, 2019
  2. Accepted: December 13, 2020
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: December 22, 2020 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: January 11, 2021 (version 2)

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© 2020, Paschen et al.

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.

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  1. Enya Paschen
  2. Claudio Elgueta
  3. Katharina Heining
  4. Diego M Vieira
  5. Piret Kleis
  6. Catarina Orcinha
  7. Ute Häussler
  8. Marlene Bartos
  9. Ulrich Egert
  10. Philipp Janz
  11. Carola A Haas
(2020)
Hippocampal low-frequency stimulation prevents seizure generation in a mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
eLife 9:e54518.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54518

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