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SPECIFIC IMBALANCE OF EXCITATORY/INHIBITORY SIGNALING
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ESTABLISHES SEIZURE ONSET PATTERN IN TEMPORAL LOBE
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EPILEPSY
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Massimo Avoli1,2,*, Marco de Curtis3, Vadym Gnatkovsky3, Jean Gotman1, Rüdiger Köhling4,
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Maxime Lévesque1, Frédéric Manseau5, Zahra Shiri1, Sylvain Williams5
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Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and of
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Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, H3A 2B4 Québec, Canada; 2Facoltà di Medicina e
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Odontoiatria, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy; 3Epilepsy Unit, Fondazione
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Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milano, Italy; 4Oscar-Langendorff-Institute of
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Physiology, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany; 5Douglas Mental
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Health University Institute, McGill University, Montréal, H4H 1R3 Québec, Canada.
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Running title: Mechanisms of seizure onset Number of characters in title and running head: 140 Number of words in abstract: 217 Number of words in body of manuscript: 3 677 Number of figures: 5 * Corresponding Author:
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Abstract
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Low-voltage fast (LVF) and hypersynchronous (HYP) patterns are the seizure onset patterns
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most frequently observed in intracranial EEG recordings from mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
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(MTLE) patients. Both patterns also occur in models of MTLE in vivo and in vitro, and these
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studies have highlighted the predominant involvement of distinct neuronal network/neu-
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rotransmitter receptor signaling in each of them. First, LVF onset seizures in epileptic rodents
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can originate from several limbic structures, frequently spread, and are associated with high
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frequency oscillations (HFOs) in the ripple band (80-200 Hz), while HYP onset seizures initiate
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in the hippocampus, and tend to remain focal with predominant fast ripples (250-500 Hz).
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Second, in vitro intracellular recordings from principal cells in limbic areas indicate that
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pharmacologically induced, seizure-like discharges with LVF onset are initiated by a
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synchronous inhibitory event or by a hyperpolarizing IPSPs barrage; in contrast, HYP onset is
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associated with a progressive impairement of inhibition and concomitant unrestrained enhance-
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ment of excitation. Finally, in vitro optogenetic experiments show that under comparable
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experimental conditions (i.e., 4-aminopyridine application), the initiation of LVF or HYP onset
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seizures depends on the preponderant involvement of interneuronal or principal cell networks,
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respectively. Overall, these data may provide insight to delineate better therapeutic targets in
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the treatment of patients presenting with MTLE and, perhaps, with other epileptic disorders as
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well.
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New and noteworthy
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We review here the mechanisms leading to two seizure onset EEG patterns that occur in mesial
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temporal lobe epilepsy. Based on data obtained in epileptic patients and in animal models, we
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propose that the initiation of low-voltage fast onset and hypersynchronous onset seizures
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depend on the involvement of GABAergic interneuron and of principal (glutamatergic) networks,
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respectively, which in both cases rest on functional GABAA receptor signaling.
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Background
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The EEG activity recorded during focal seizures in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
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(MTLE) is characterized by different levels of detail, depending on the recording approach used.
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Standard scalp electrode recordings may reveal, at the onset of a seizure, flattening of the EEG
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signals localized in the temporal lobe that is at times associated with the appearance of low
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amplitude, fast rhythms (Gloor, 1975; Fisher et al., 1992; see also de Curtis and Gnatkovsky,
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2009). However, this straightforward diagnostic tool is not ideal for identifying the exact seizure
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initiation area that resides in mesial cortical structures such as the hippocampus or the
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amygdala; in addition, many seizures in MTLE do not show this pattern: some show other
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patterns, and many only show artefacts at onset. In contrast, intracranial EEG recordings
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obtained from deep limbic regions - which are the gold standard in presurgical evaluation of
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pharmacoresistant epileptic patients who are candidates for surgery - can lead to a more
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precise identification of the brain structures involved in seizure initiation while revealing in detail
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the features of discharge onset (Lieb et al., 1976; Pacia and Ebersole, 1997).
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Seizures in MTLE patients studied with intracranial electrodes have variable EEG
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features, but evidence published during the last two decades indicate that two specific seizure
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onset patterns may predominate in temporal lobe (limbic) structures (Spencer and Pappas,
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1992; Spanedda et al., 1997; Wendling et al., 2005; Ogren et al., 2009; Perucca et al., 2014;
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Singh et al., 2015). The most frequent onset pattern is characterized by “low-voltage fast” (LVF)
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activity in the gamma range, at times initiated by a single (also termed “sentinel’) spike (Fig. 1A,
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asterisk in the left panel); the second onset pattern- referred to as “hypersynchronous” (HYP) -
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is associated with an initial series of large amplitude spikes that occur at a frequeny of approx. 1
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Hz (Fig. 1A, asterisks in the right panel) and can also reappear during the initial part of the
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seizure (Fig. 1A, arrow heads in the right panel). As illustrated in Fig. 1A, LVF as well as HYP
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onset seizures evolve into a phase of sustained oscillatory activity (also defined as “tonic”) and
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then into bursting, rhythmic (“clonic”) discharges; in both cases, termination of seizure discharge
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is followed by a period of spontaneous electrical activity suppression that is termed “post-ictal
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depression”.
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The clinical evidence for two distinct seizure onset patterns has been confirmed in
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animal models of MTLE and of epileptiform synchronization in both in vivo (Fig. 1B) (Bragin et
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al., 2005; Lévesque et al., 2012; Grasse et al., 2013; Salami et al., 2015; Toyoda et al., 2015)
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and in vitro preparations (Fig. 1C) (Avoli et al., 1996; Lopantsev and avoli, 1998a and b;
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Derchansky et al., 2008; Zhang et al., 2012; Boido et al., 2014; Köhling et al., 2016; see for
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review Avoli and de Curtis, 2011). Moreover, these fundamental studies have provided evidence
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suggesting that specific neuronal networks may contribute to LVF and HYP seizure onset
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patterns. In this review, we will briefly analyze evidence obtained in patients suffering from
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MTLE; these clinical studies suggest that LVF and HYP seizure onset patterns may reflect
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different epileptic conditions along with different degrees of brain damage, at least in MTLE.
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Then, we will consider experimental data obtained in vivo from the pilocarpine model of MTLE
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as well as in normal, control rodents following acute, diverse convulsive pharmacological
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manipulations. Next, we will summarize in vitro experiments indicating the predominant
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involvement of GABAA receptor signaling in initiating LVF seizure-like discharges and the
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dynamic changes in inhibition that accompany the onset of HYP seizure-like activity. Finally, we
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will analyze recent optogenetic in vitro findings; these results strongly suggest that the initiation
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of LVF and HYP onset seizures depends on the preponderant involvement of (GABAergic)
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interneuron and of principal (glutamatergic) cell networks, respectively, which in both cases rest
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on an operational GABAA receptor signaling.
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Seizure onset patterns in the clinical context
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Long-term, intracranial depth recordings obtained during pre-surgical stereo-EEG monitoring
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have revealed that LVF seizure onset represents the most common pattern of ictal discharge
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initiation. Indeed, it occurs across several neocortical focal epilepsies and is not restricted to
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MTLE (Gotman et al., 1995; Gnatkovsky et al., 2011; Perucca et al., 2014; Wu et al., 2014;
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Singh et al., 2015). In addition, MTLE patients presenting with LVF onset seizures show diffuse
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neuronal loss that can comprise the CA2/CA4 regions (Velasco et al., 2000; Ogren et al., 2009).
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This pattern is also more frequent in patients showing amygdala atrophy in addition to
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hippocampal atrophy as well as in patients with normal mesial temporal structures (Spanedda et
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al., 1997).
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In contrast, the HYP onset pattern is most often, if not solely, observed in MTLE with
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hippocampal sclerosis and it has never been reported in neocortical focal epilepsies (Spencer et
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al., 1992; Velasco et al., 2000; Ogren et al., 2009; Perucca et al., 2014). Magnetic resonance
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imaging studies and histopathological evaluation of post-surgical specimens have also
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demonstrated that MTLE patients presenting with HYP onset seizures present with cell loss in
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all hippocampal areas with the exception of the CA2 subfield and the presubiculum (Spencer et
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al., 1992; Velasco et al., 2000). In addition, Ogren et al. (2009) have proposed that HYP onset
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seizures occur only in MTLE patients presenting with pronounced but restricted hippocampal
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atrophy. Overall, evidence obtained in epileptic patients indicate that these two seizure onset
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patterns often reflect different histopathological conditions, which in turn suggests the
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involvement of different types of neuronal networks and presumably a specific contribution of
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ligand-gated mechanisms.
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Seizure onset patterns in in vivo animal models of epilepsy and of epileptiform
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synchronization Bragin et al. (2005) were first in reporting that in the “local” kainic acid model of MTLE, rats
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generate spontaneous seizures characterized by both LVF and HYP onset patterns; in these
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experiments, EEG recordings were obtained with depth electrodes positioned in several limbic
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structures. These researchers also found that HYP onset seizures initiate most often from the
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hippocampus ipsilateral to the original kainic acid injection and that they are rarely accompanied
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by behavioral symptoms; therefore, these data suggest that these seizures remained focal. On
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the contrary, LVF onset seizures occurring in these experiments originated from the
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hippocampus and from the entorhinal cortex, and they frequently propagated to other limbic and
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extralimbic areas (Bragin et al., 2005).
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Similar results have been later obtained in the pilocarpine model of MTLE by Lévesque
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et al. (2012) who found that the majority of HYP onset seizures originated from the hippocampal
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CA3 region, while LVF onset seizures initiated in this hippocampal subfield as well as in the
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entorhinal cortex or even outside the hippocampal formation (Fig. 1B). An additional crucial
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difference between LVF and HYP seizures in the pilocarpine model rests on their association
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with specific types of pathological high frequency oscillations (HFOs) at 80-500 Hz, which have
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been arbitrarily categorized into ripples (80-200 Hz) and fast ripples (250-500 Hz) (Fig. 2A)
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according to the original proposal made by Bragin et al. (1999). HFOs - which can only be
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extracted by amplifying the appropriately filtered EEG signal - have been recorded from patients
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presenting with MTLE and in animal models mimicking this neurological condition, and they
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have been proposed to represent better biomarkers than interictal spikes for identifying seizure
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onset zones in focal epileptic disorders (Jacobs et al., 2008, 2010; see also Jacobs et al. 2012;
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Staba, 2012).
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Excitatory and inhibitory synaptic interactions along with intrinsic membrane
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oscillations, gap junctions and ephaptic coupling have been considered to underlie physiological
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(Buzsáki and Chrobak, 1995; Ylinen et al., 1995; Buzsáki, 2015) as well as pathological
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(Jefferys et al., 2012a, 2012b) HFOs, and the contribution of these mechanisms to the
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generation of HFOs is under active examination. In addition, it has been reported that HFOs
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with similar frequency ranges can differ considerably in their physiological mechanisms (Jefferys
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et al., 2012a, 2012b). However, a convenient – though reductionist and, perhaps, simplistic -
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view is that pathologic HFOs in the ripple band mainly represent population IPSPs generated by
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principal neurons that are entrained by synchronously active interneuron networks; in contrast,
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HFOs in the fast ripple band could be supported by the synchronous firing of abnormally active
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principal cells (Foffani et al., 2007), and could be independent of inhibitory neurotransmission
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(cf., Jefferys et al., 2012a). However, data obtained in some studies (e.g., D’Antuono et al.,
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2005; Bragin et al., 2011) have suggested that pathological ripples and fast ripples are both
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produced by pyramidal cell action potentials.
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As shown in Fig. 2B and C, HFO occurrence during pre-ictal and ictal periods in
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pilocarpine-treated epileptic rats markedly differ between LVF and HYP onset seizures. During
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both pre-ictal and ictal period, LVF seizures were associated with a preponderant increase in
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ripple occurrence, while HYP seizures were mostly characterized by increased occurrence of
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fast ripples (Lévesque et al., 2012). Similar results had also been previously reported in kainic
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acid- treated epileptic rats (Bragin et al., 2005). Therefore, according to what was summarized
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in the previous paragraph, evidence obtained to date suggest that distinct transmitter signaling
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(and underlying neuronal network activity) predominate during LVF and HYP seizures recorded
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from epileptic animals; specifically, LVF onset should be mirrored by increased interneuron
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(GABAergic cell) activity while excitatory (glutamatergic) cells should be the main actors in the
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initiation of HYP onset seizures (Lévesque et al., 2012).
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This hypothesis is supported by a recent study in which multiunit activity recordings
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were obtained during spontaneous seizures in awake epileptic animals treated with kainic acid
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(Grasse et al., 2013). These investigators discovered that LVF seizures are associated with
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increased interneuron activity at onset followed by intense firing generated by principal cells. No
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in vivo study has yet investigated the activity of interneurons and principal cells during HYP
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onset seizures in animal models of MTLE, although this aspect has been addressed in the feline
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neocortex in an in vivo acute preparation (Timofeev et al., 2002; Grenier et al., 2003).
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The hypothesis that the inititation of LVF onset seizures mainly rests on GABAergic
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function has been further tested in vivo by Salami et al. (2015); they induced seizures in normal,
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control rats - which were chronically implanted with depth electrodes - through the systemic
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injection of the K+ channel blocker 4-aminopyridine, which is known to enhance both
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glutamatergic and GABAergic transmission (Buckle and Haas, 1982; Rutecki et al., 1987;
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Perreault and Avoli, 1991), or the GABAA receptor antagonist picrotoxin (De Groat et al., 1972).
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These experiments have shown that 4-aminopyridine causes seizures with LVF onset in the
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majority of cases, while seizures induced by picrotoxin are consistently characterized by HYP
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onset. In addition, HFO analysis revealed that 4-aminopyridine-induced LVF seizures are
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associated with higher ripple rates compared to fast ripples, whereas picrotoxin-induced
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seizures contained significantly higher rates of fast ripples compared to ripples (Salami et al.,
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2015).
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Seizure onset patterns in in vitro models of epileptiform synchronization
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Electrograhic activity closely resembling the ictal discharges recorded in epileptic patients and in
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in vivo animal models can also be reproduced in several in vitro preparations such as the brain
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slice (Fig. 1C), the isolated hippocampus, and the guinea pig whole brain (see for review: Avoli
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and Jefferys, 2016; de Curtis et al., 2015; de Curtis and Avoli, 2016). In these studies, both LVF
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and HYP onset seizure-like discharges can be recorded from several limbic and extralimbic
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areas, and to review in detail these data is beyond the goal of this paper. However, a few
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remarks should be made. First, long-lasting periods of epileptiform synchronization, resembling
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ictal discharges, are rarely observed during pharmacological manipulations that fully antagonize
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GABAA receptor signaling, at least when employing adult brain tissue (see for review: Avoli and
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de Curtis, 2011; Avoli and Jefferys, 2016). Second, HYP onset ictal discharges are commonly
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seen when cortical tissue is perfused with medium containing low Mg2+ (Derchansky et al.,
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2008; Zhang et al., 2012) but are less frequently recorded during bath application of 4-
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aminopyridine (Lopantsev and Avoli, 1998b; Avoli et al., 2013) with the notable exception of
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experiments carried out in the perirhinal cortex (Biagini et al., 2013; Köhling et al., 2016). In fact,
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as reviewed in detail by Avoli and de Curtis (2011), this K+ channel blocker readily and most
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often induces ictal discharges that closely resemble an LVF seizure onset in several limbic and
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extralimbic structures (Figs. 1C and 3A & B).
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LVF seizure-like discharges recorded in vitro during application of 4-aminopyridine
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have been extensively studied in our laboratories, employing both rodent brain slices and the
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guinea pig whole brain preparation. When intracellularly recorded from principal (glutamatergic)
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cells of the entorhinal cortex in a brain slice preparation, the LVF onset coincides with a
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depolarization that is associated with few if any action potentials and becomes hyperpolarizing
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when the neuron membrane potential is brought to values less negative than -60 mV with
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steady injection of depolarizing current (Lopantsev and Avoli, 1998a) (Fig. 3A). Therefore, the
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LVF onset of 4-aminopyridine-induced ictal discharges appears to be associated with a robust
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synchronous inhibitory event; this view is supported by studies in which powerful interneuron
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discharges could be recorded at the onset of these ictal discharges (Ziburkus et al., 2006; de
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Curtis et al., 2015; Uva et al., 2015; Lévesque et al., 2016) as well as by the ability of GABAA
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receptor antagonists to abolish this event along with ictal discharge occurrence (Avoli et al.,
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1996; Lopantsev and Avoli, 1998a). It should be noticed that short-lasting depolarizations with
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similar pharmacological and electrophysiological (e.g., few action potentials and reversal
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potentials) characteristics are associated with the interictal-like discharges (Fig. 3A, arrow) that
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occur in vitro in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex during 4-aminopyridine treatement (Avoli
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et al., 1996; Lopantsev and Avoli, 1998; Uva et al., 2009).
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It has also been demonstrated that the negative shift of the local field potential
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observed at the onset of an LVF seizure correlates with elevations in [K+]o (Fig. 3B) that rest on
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excessive GABAergic signaling (Avoli et al., 1996; reviewed by Avoli and de Curtis, 2011; Avoli
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et al., 2013; de Curtis and Avoli, 2016), leading to intracellular Cl- accumulation and subsequent
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activity of the KCC2 co-transporter that extrudes both Cl- and K+ from the intraneuronal
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compartment (Viitanen et al., 2010). Such increases in [K+]o should depolarize neighbouring
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neurons thus causing hyperexcitability as suggested by the occurrence of small amplitude,
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presumably ectopic spikes (Lopantsev and Avoli, 1998a; Trombin et al., 2011; Kaila et al., 2014;
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but also see Avoli et al., 1998). In addition, an elevation in [K+]o supports the emergence of
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neuronal network resonance, thus generating oscillatory patterns in the beta-gamma range
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(Bartos et al., 2007) (see also next paragraph), and should cause a positive shift of the
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membrane reversal of the GABAA receptor mediated inhibitory postsynaptic potential therefore
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weakening inhibition (Jensen et al., 1993). The notion that elevations in [K+]o increase neuronal
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excitability and cause seizure activity has been firmly established over the last few decades in
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both in vivo (Zuckermann and Glaser, 1968) and in vitro (Traynelis and Dingledine, 1988)
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preparations. Moreover, the role played by KCC2 activity in LVF onset seizure initiation and
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maintainance is supported by recent evidence showing that ictal discharges induced by 4-
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aminopyridine are abolished or facilitated by inhibiting or enhancing the activity of this co-
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transporter, respectively (Hamidi and Avoli, 2015).
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As illustrated in Fig. 3C, LVF ictal discharge in the entorhinal cortex of the isolated
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guinea pig brain can also be induced by a short lasting arterial perfusion of bicuculline, a
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pharmacological procedure that reduces inhibition efficacy only by approx. 30%, as also
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suggested by the ability of piriform or entorhinal cortical cells to generate a robust inhibitory
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post-synaptic potential following electrical activation of the lateral olfactory tract under this
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experimental condition (Fig. 3D). In this specific in vitro model of ictogenesis, LVF seizures are
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initiated by fast field oscillations in the beta-gamma range that are mirrored by intracellular
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hyperpolarizing potentials becoming of smaller amplitude as seizure progresses (Gnatkovsky et
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al., 2008) (Fig.3C). In addition, similar to what was observed in the experiments performed with
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4-aminopyridine, these LVF onset events corresponded to elevation in [K+]o along with the
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occurrence of ectopic action potentials (Gnatkovsky et al., 2008; Trombin et al., 2011).
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As already mentioned, HYP onset ictal discharges have been analyzed in cortical
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tissue bathed with medium containing low Mg2+ (Derchansky et al., 2008; Zhang et al., 2012),
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an experimental manipulation that is known to weaken GABAA receptor signaling over time
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(Whittington et al., 1995). Interestingly, maintained GABAA receptor-mediated activity was
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initially reported by Derchansky et al. (2008) during the transition to HYP seizure activity in the
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isolated immature mouse hippocampus; however, further experiments carried out in the same
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laboratory have shown that HYP seizure onset is characterized by “exhaustion of presynaptic
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release of GABA, and unopposed increase in glutamatergic excitation” (Zhang et al., 2012).
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More recently, we have reported that ictal discharges with HYP onset features can also occur in
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the perirhinal cortex in brain slices superfused with 4-aminopyridine medium (Fig. 3E) (Biagini et
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al., 2013; Köhling et al., 2015).
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By employing intracellular recordings from principal cells of the perirhinal cortex we
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have found that the recurrent field spikes typical of a HYP onset are characterized by
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intracellular depolarizations associated with action potential bursting as well as that the post-
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burst hyperpolarizations (presumably caused by activation of post-synaptic GABAA receptors)
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gradually decrease in amplitude (Fig. 3E, arrowheads), a phenomenon that is characterized by
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a gradual positive shift in their reversal potential (Köhling et al., 2015). In addition, these
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changes were accompanied by a progressive increase in the associated transient elevations in
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[K+]o (Fig. 3F, arrowheads). While these data are in line with the conclusions proposed by Zhang
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et al. (2012), who identified a progressive impairment of inhibition at HYP onset with
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concomitant unrestrained enhancement of excitation, they also reveal an additional mechanism
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of inhibition weakening that may rest on progressively larger accumulations in [K+]o due to the
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postsynaptic activation of GABAA receptors.
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Optogenetic approaches reveal the involvement of specific neuronal networks
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in different seizure onset patterns
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LVF onset has recently been confirmed with optogenetic techniques in the entorhinal cortex
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during 4-aminopyridine treatment (Shiri et al., 2015a; Yekhlef et al., 2015). It was shown in
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these studies that optogenetic stimulation of parvalbumin- or somatostatin-positive interneurons
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can initiate ictal LVF onset events similar to those occurring spontaneously (Fig 4A). In addition,
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as illustrated in the expanded traces of Fig. 4Aa (arrows), the onset of an ictal discharge
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induced by optogenetic stimulation of parvalbumin-positive cells presented with the typical
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pattern consisting of one or two interictal-like transients leading to fast, beta-gamma activity
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marking the beginning of the tonic phase. Interestingly, Shiri et al. (2015a) found that during
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both spontaneous and stimulated LVF discharges, ripples rates predominated at ictal onset (Fig.
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However, as shown in Fig. 4B, LVF ictal events that occurred spontaneously during 4-
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aminopyridine application virtually switched to HYP onset events when the calcium/calmodulin-
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dependent protein kinase II-positive principal cells were optogenetically stimulated in the
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entorhinal cortex (Shiri et al., 2016). Specifically, the onset of ictal discharges triggered by
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principal cell activation was characterized by repeated field spikes, thus closely resembling a
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HYP onset pattern. In addition, these optogenetically induced HYP onset ictal events were
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found to be associated with higher fast ripple rates at onset (Fig. 4Bb). Therefore, these
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optogenetic experiments demonstrate that under identical conditions (i.e., during application of
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4-aminopyridine), activation of each specific cell population can generate ictal discharges with a
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different onset pattern: LVF onset events, similar to those occurring spontaneoulsly, depended
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on the optogenetic activation of interneuronal networks while HYP onset discharges rest on the
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optogenetic activation of glutamatergic principal cells.
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The studies reviewed here underscore the concept that the “excessive” activity of interneurons
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(and the resulting activation of postsynaptic GABAA receptors) can be sufficient to disrupt the
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excitation/inhibition balance within forebrain neuronal networks thus leading to ictal activity
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(Avoli and de Curtis 2011; de Curtis and Avoli, 2016). This conclusion is in line with in vivo data
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obtained from epileptic patients (Truccolo et al., 2011; Schevon et al., 2012) and animal models
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(Grasse et al., 2013; Toyoda et al., 2015), in which seizure onset was shown to be associated
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with sustained firing of interneurons or with depressed or consistent firing activity of principal
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cells.
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We also propose that different types of neuronal networks (i.e., interneurons and
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principal, glutamatergic cells) and thus different neurotransmitter receptor signaling,
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predominate in MTLE at the onset of LVF and HYP ictal discharges. As summarized in the
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diagrams shown in Fig. 5, two different sets of cellular events/interactions are indeed likely to be
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at work during these two focal seizure onset patterns. Moreover, in light of the evidence
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obtained in human epileptic patients (Spencer et al., 1992; Velasco et al., 2000; Ogren et al.
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2009) as well as of the structure-dependent (Köhling et al. 2015) and optogenetic (Shiri et al,
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2016) findings identified in vitro, it is reasonable to hypothesize that the preponderant
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involvement of interneuronal or principal cell networks in LVF and HYP onset seizures,
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respectively, may reflect some distinctive features in network connectivity and/or in brain state
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excitability.
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The evidence reviewed here may provide insight to delineate better therapeutic targets
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in the treatment of patients presenting with MTLE, and suggest that (theoretically) seizure onset
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patterns and associated HFOs should be taken into consideration in order to implement optimal
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pharmacological therapies. However, this last aspect may suffer a practical drawback since both
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types of seizure onset can also coexist in the same experimental condition both in vivo
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(Lévesque et al., 2012) and in vitro (Köhling et al., 2016) as well as in patients with MTLE (B.
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Frauscher, F. Dubeau and J. Gotman, personal communication). Finally, it should be
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emphasized that the findings summarized in this review focus on determinants of seizure onset
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types (i.e., on the mechanisms underlying ictogenesis), not on epileptogenesis. Therefore, the
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impact of different seizure onset patterns on the development of MTLE remains to be defined.
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Acknowledgements
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The original work reviewed here was supported by the CIHR (Grants 8109 and 74609 to MA,
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143208 to JG, and 119340 to SW), CURE (MA), the Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lombardia
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(2014-15 to MdC), the Italian Health Ministry (Ricerca Corrente 2014; grants RF-2010-2304417
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and RF-2007-GR141 to MdC), the Savoy Foundation (MA), and the Telethon Foundation (grant
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GGP12265 to MdC). We thank Drs. M. Barbarosie, R. Benini, G. Biagini, M. D’Antuono, P. de
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Guzman, S. Hamidi, V. Lopantsev, J. Louvel, R. Pumain, P. Salami and L. Uva as well as Ms. I.
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Kurcewicz for contributing to some of the original experiments that were reported in this review.
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Figure 1 - Electrographic features of LVF and HYP seizure onsets in humans (A) as well
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as in in vivo (B) and in vitro (C) experimental models. Traces shown in A were obtained
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from hippocampal recordings performed during pre-surgical intracranial monitoring with depth
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macro-electrodes in a patient with a focal cortical dysplasia of the temporal lobe (left trace) and
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in a patient with malformation (i.e., altered rotation) of the hippocampus that was associated
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with hippocampal sclerosis verified on magnetic resonance and histological examinations (right
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trace). The asterisk in the LVF sample identifies the single, “sentinel’ spike that can occur at
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onset, while asterisks in the HYP sample highlight the initial series of large amplitude spikes at
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approx. 1 Hz; note in this case that spikes at a similar frequency (indicated by arrow-heads)
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reappear during the initial part of the seizure. Traces in B were recorded from the CA3 area of
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the hippocampus in a pilocarpine-treated epileptic rat; note that both types of seizure onsets
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could be recorded from the same animal; asterisks identify specific EEG events as described for
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the recordings shown in panel A. Traces in C were obtained from experiments performed with
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rat brain slices maintained in vitro and bathed in medium containing 4-aminopyridine; the LVF
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seizure-like onset shown on the left was recorded from the medial entorhinal cortex while the
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HYP seizure on the right was obtained from the perirhinal cortex; these in vitro recordings were
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perfomed with DC amplifiers and thus seizure-like discharges are associated with robust
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negative-going shifts. Traces shown in A were kindly provided by Dr. Stefano Francione and Dr.
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Laura Tassi of the Claudio Munari Epilepsy Surgery Center, Milano, Italy.
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Figure 2 - Analysis of HFOs occurring before and during LVF and HYP seizures in
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pilocarpine-treated epileptic rats. A: The left panel shows recordings from the CA3 region of
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a pilocarpine-treated rat during an LVF seizure. The signal is shown in the wideband, ripple (80-
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200 Hz) and fast ripple (250-500 Hz) frequency ranges. Note the occurrence of a ripple (boxed
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dotted portion of the trace) with no co-occurrence of a fast ripple. The right panel shows
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recording from CA3 during an HYP seizure in a pilocarpine-treated animal. Note in this case the
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occurrence of a fast ripple (boxed dotted portion of the trace). B: Temporal distribution of HFOs
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recorded during 18 LVF seizures in pilocarpine-treated animals. Note that ripples predominate
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over fast ripples, especially after seizure onset. C: Temporal distribution of HFOs recorded
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during 21 HYP seizures in pilocarpine-treated animals. Note the high occurrence of fast ripples
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compared to ripples. Rates of ripples and fast ripples were compared using non-parametric
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Wilcoxon signed rank tests followed by Bonferroni-Holm corrections for multiple comparisons (*
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p < 0.05). Data shown in this figure were obtained during the experiments published by
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Lévesque et al. (2012)
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Figure 3 - Field, [K+]o, and intracellular recordings obtained in vitro during LVF onset
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seizure-like dischargers. A: Simultaneous field (Field) and intracellular (-68 mV) recordings
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obtained from the entorhinal cortex of a rat brain slice during bath application of 4-
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aminopyridine; in this and following panels the dotted lines indicate the resting membrane
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potential of the neuron recorded intracellularly. Traces shown in the insert were obtained from a
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different neuron during active depolarization with intracellular current from a resting membrane
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potential at approx. - 62 mV. B: Field and [K+]o activities recorded during application of 4-
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aminopyridine from the deep layers of the rat entorhnal cortex; the dotted line indicates the [K+]o
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base level. C: Simultaneous field (Field) and intracellular (-65 mV) recordings obtained from a
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principal cell in the entorhinal cortex during the perfusion of 50 µM bicuculline for 3 minutes in
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the in vitro isolated guinea pig brain. The spectrogram on the top illustrates the fast activity at
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around 20 Hz at the onset of the seizure-like event. The fast activity occurring at the onset of the
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seizure-like discharge is expanded in the insert where the principal cell was depolarized by
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intracellular injection of steady current. D: Field and intracellular recordings of the response
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induced by lateral olfactory tract stimulation in an entorhinal cortex neuron with a resting
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membrane potential of -60 mV. Note that the brief IPSPs that correlate to the fast activity
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oscillations have reversal potentials similar to what is seen with the lateral olfactory tract-evoked
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IPSP, E: Simultaneous field and intracellular recordings from a principal cell in the perirhinal
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cortex of a rat brain slice during bath application of 4-aminopyridine; note that ictal discharge
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onset is characterized by preictal spiking acceleration as well as that both interictal (arrow) and
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“preictal” discharges consist of depolarizations with action potential bursts followed by a
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hyperpolarizing potential that progressively decreases in amplitude (arrow heads) and coincides
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with more intense action potential bursting. F: Simultaneous field and [K+]o recordings obtained
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in the deep layers of the perirhinal cortex during 4-aminopyridine application. Note the
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progressive increases in [K+]o that accompany the preictal spikes up to ictal discharge initiation
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that coincides with values larger than 6.3 mM. Data shown in this figure were obtained during
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experiments that have been published by Avoli et al. (1996, 2013), Biagini et al. (2013);
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Gnatkovsky et al. (2008); Köhling et al. (2016); Lopantsev and Avoli (1998a and b); Trombin et
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al. (2011); and Uva et al. (2015).
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ictal discharges respectively. A: In a, LVF onset ictal discharges occurring spontaneously
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during bath application of 4-aminopyridine (top) and during parvalbumin positive-interneuron
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light stimulation (bottom); one event under each condition is further expanded to reveal the
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onset pattern. Stimuli were 1 s long and delivered at 0.2 Hz for 30 s. Note that in both
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spontaneous and stimulated events, the ictal discharge is preceded by one or two negative-
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going interictal field potentials (arrows). In b, plots of the average rate of ripples and fast ripples
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occurring during spontaneous (top) and optogenetically stimulated (bottom) ictal discharges (n =
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10 events were used for both plots). Note that ripple rates are significantly higher than fast ripple
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rates at the onset of both LVF discharges (* p < 0.01). B: In a, spontaneous LVF ictal
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discharges occurring during bath application of 4-aminopyridine are shown in the top panel
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while those induced by optogenetic stimulation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase
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II-principal cells are illustrated in the bottom; light pulses were 20 ms long and were delivered at
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2 Hz for 30 s; note that this procedure triggers ictal discharges preceded by repeated spiking
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(arrows), a pattern that is characteristic of HYP onset events. In b, plots of the average rate of
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ripples and fast ripples occurring during spontaneous (top) and optogenetically stimulated
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(bottom) ictal discharges; note that the stimulated HYP events are characterized by higher fast
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ripple rates at onset 10 events were used for both plots (* p < 0.01). Data shown in this figure
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were obtained from the experiments published by Shiri et al. (2015, 2016).
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seizure onset. Experimental evidence taken into account for providing the mechanisms
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involved in LVF seizure onset was provided in the following studies: Avoli et al., 1996;
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Barbarosie et al., 2000; Gnatkovsky et al., 2008; Trombin et al., 2011; Grasse et al., 2013;
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Lévesque et al., 2016; Lopantsev et al., 1998a; Uva et al., 2015; Ziburkus et al., 2006. Data
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identifying the mechanisms leading to HYP seizure onset originate from the following studies:
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Lopantsev and Avoli, 1998b; Derchanski et al., 2006; Zhang et al., 2012; Köhling et al., 2016.
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