Nature Communications (Aug 2017)

CDYL suppresses epileptogenesis in mice through repression of axonal Nav1.6 sodium channel expression

  • Yongqing Liu,
  • Shirong Lai,
  • Weining Ma,
  • Wei Ke,
  • Chan Zhang,
  • Shumeng Liu,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Fei Pei,
  • Shaoyi Li,
  • Ming Yi,
  • Yousheng Shu,
  • Yongfeng Shang,
  • Jing Liang,
  • Zhuo Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00368-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Alterations in intrinsic plasticity are important in epilepsy. Here the authors show that the epigenetic factor CDYL regulates the gene expression of the voltage gated sodium channel, Nav1.6, which contributes to seizures in a rat model of epilepsy.