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<p>Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a prevalent neurological disorder often preceded by an initial precipitating event, followed by a latent phase, and culminating in chronic epilepsy with recurrent seizures. The molecular and cellular mechanisms driving this transformation remain incompletely understood. Here, we applied Visium-based spatial transcriptomics to coronal brain sections from lithium-pilocarpine-induced <i>status epilepticus</i> (SE) rats and controls (n = 16) to map transcriptional dynamics across epileptogenesis. Spatial clustering accurately defined anatomically relevant regions and canonical markers in controls. Comparative analyses revealed extensive SE-associated transcriptional alterations spanning latent and chronic phases across all examined regions. Notably, spatial profiling demonstrated that microglial activation and reactive astrogliosis extended well beyond the hippocampus, encompassing white matter tracts and multiple thalamic nuclei during the latent phase. Cell-type deconvolution further identified pronounced regional shifts in astrocyte functional subtypes within these reactive zones. These findings uncover the spatial heterogeneity of epileptogenic processes, highlighting previously underappreciated thalamic and white matter involvement. The identification of region-specific glial responses and astrocyte subtype transitions provides new mechanistic insights into epileptogenesis and underscores the need for region- and cell-type–targeted strategies to inform therapeutic interventions in TLE.</p>

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Spatiotemporal transcriptomic mapping reveals region-specific glial activation and astrocyte shifts in epileptogenesis beyond the hippocampus

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    2026年1月15日

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  • Adrien Dufour,
  • Christophe Le Priol,
  • Baptiste Porte,
  • Ronan Jouanard,
  • Julien Maurizio,
  • Anne-Elodie Receveur,
  • Stéphane Auvin,
  • Juliette Van Steenwinckel,
  • Pierre Gressens,
  • Andrée Delahaye-Duriez

摘要

Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a prevalent neurological disorder often preceded by an initial precipitating event, followed by a latent phase, and culminating in chronic epilepsy with recurrent seizures. The molecular and cellular mechanisms driving this transformation remain incompletely understood. Here, we applied Visium-based spatial transcriptomics to coronal brain sections from lithium-pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE) rats and controls (n = 16) to map transcriptional dynamics across epileptogenesis. Spatial clustering accurately defined anatomically relevant regions and canonical markers in controls. Comparative analyses revealed extensive SE-associated transcriptional alterations spanning latent and chronic phases across all examined regions. Notably, spatial profiling demonstrated that microglial activation and reactive astrogliosis extended well beyond the hippocampus, encompassing white matter tracts and multiple thalamic nuclei during the latent phase. Cell-type deconvolution further identified pronounced regional shifts in astrocyte functional subtypes within these reactive zones. These findings uncover the spatial heterogeneity of epileptogenic processes, highlighting previously underappreciated thalamic and white matter involvement. The identification of region-specific glial responses and astrocyte subtype transitions provides new mechanistic insights into epileptogenesis and underscores the need for region- and cell-type–targeted strategies to inform therapeutic interventions in TLE.