Journal
EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY
Volume 332, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113388
Keywords
CDKL5; Epilepsy; Epileptic spasms; Neurodevelopmental disorders
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- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) at CHOP/PENN [U54HD086984, R01NS102731, T32GM007170, F30NS100433]
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CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD) is a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by early-onset epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, cortical visual impairment and motor disabilities. Epilepsy is a central feature of CDD, with most patients having intractable seizures, but seizure frequency and severity can vary. Clinical reports demonstrate a diversity in seizure semiology and electrographic features, with no pattern diagnostic of CDD. Although animal models of CDD have shown evidence of hyperexcitability, spontaneous seizures have not been previously reported. Here, we present the first systematic study of spontaneous seizures in mouse models of CDD. Epileptic spasms, the most frequent and persistent seizure type in CDD patients, were recapitulated in two mouse models of CDD carrying heterozygous mutations, Cdkl5(R59X) and Cdkl5(KO). Spasm-like events were present in a significant proportion of aged heterozygous female mice carrying either of the two Cdkl5 mutations with significant variability in seizure burden. Electrographically, spasms were most frequently associated with generalized slow-wave activity and tended to occur in clusters during sleep. CDD mice also showed interictal and background abnormalities, characterized by high-amplitude spiking and altered power in multiple frequency bands. These data demonstrate that aged female heterozygous Cdkl5 mice recapitulate multiple features of epilepsy in CDD and can serve to complement existing models of epileptic spasms in future mechanistic and translational studies.
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