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Organellular imaging in vivo reveals a depletion of endoplasmic reticular calcium during post-ictal cortical spreading depolarization

Stern, M. A.; Cole, E. R.; Gutekunst, C.-A.; Yang, J. J.; Berglund, K.; Gross, R. E.

2024-09-24 neuroscience
10.1101/2024.09.21.614252 bioRxiv
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AO_SCPLOWBSTRACTC_SCPLOWDuring cortical spreading depolarization (CSD), neurons exhibit a dramatic increase in cytosolic calcium, which may be integral to CSD-mediated seizure termination. This calcium increase greatly exceeds that during seizures, suggesting the calcium source may not be solely extracellular. Thus, we sought to determine if the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the largest intracellular calcium store, is involved. We developed a two-photon calcium imaging paradigm to simultaneously record the cytosol and ER during seizures in awake mice. Paired with direct current recording, we reveal that CSD can manifest as a slow post-ictal cytosolic calcium wave with a concomitant depletion of ER calcium that is spatiotemporally consistent with a calcium-induced calcium release. Importantly, we observed both naturally occurring and electrically induced CSD suppressed post-ictal epileptiform activity. Collectively, this work links ER dynamics to CSD, which serves as an innate process for seizure suppression and a potential mechanism underlying therapeutic electrical stimulation for epilepsy.

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