Qiu Li-Feng, Hao Yan-Hong, Li Qing-Zhang, Xiong Zhi-Qi
Northeast Agriculture University, Harbin 150030, China.
Neurosci Bull. 2008 Oct;24(5):338-44. doi: 10.1007/s12264-008-1221-0.
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is one of the most prevalent mental retardations. It is mainly caused by the loss of fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). FMRP is an RNA binding protein and can regulate the translation of its binding RNA, thus regulate several signaling pathways. Many FXS patients show high susceptibility to epilepsy. Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder which is characterized by the recurrent appearance of spontaneous seizures due to neuronal hyperactivity in the brain. Both the abnormal activation of several signaling pathway and morphological abnormality that are caused by the loss of FMRP can lead to a high susceptibility to epilepsy. Combining with the research progresses on both FXS and epilepsy, we outlined the possible mechanisms of high susceptibility to epilepsy in FXS and tried to give a prospect on the future research on the mechanism of epilepsy that happened in other mental retardations.
脆性X综合征(FXS)是最常见的智力障碍之一。它主要由脆性X智力低下蛋白(FMRP)缺失引起。FMRP是一种RNA结合蛋白,能够调节其结合RNA的翻译,进而调控多个信号通路。许多FXS患者对癫痫高度易感。癫痫是一种慢性神经系统疾病,其特征是由于大脑中神经元活动过度而反复出现自发性癫痫发作。FMRP缺失导致的多个信号通路异常激活和形态异常都可导致对癫痫的高度易感性。结合FXS和癫痫的研究进展,我们概述了FXS中癫痫高度易感性的可能机制,并试图对未来其他智力障碍中癫痫发生机制的研究进行展望。