CDB25:0003733 HMGB1 — TLR4

Experimentally validated in Mixed species; Orthology-inferred in Human, Mouse, Rat, Frog, Zebrafish, Chicken, Macaque, Pig, Dog, Cow, Horse, Marmoset, Sheep

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Toll-like receptor 4 and high-mobility group box-1 are involved in ictogenesis and can be targeted to reduce seizures.

Nature medicine, 2010; PubMed, Rattus norvegicus Hmgb1 — Mus Musculus Tlr4
ABSTRACT: Brain inflammation is a major factor in epilepsy, but the impact of specific inflammatory mediators on neuronal excitability is incompletely understood. Using models of acute and chronic seizures in C57BL/6 mice, we discovered a proconvulsant pathway involving high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) release from neurons and glia and its interaction with Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), a key receptor of innate immunity. Antagonists of HMGB1 and TLR4 retard seizure precipitation and decrease acute and chronic seizure recurrence. TLR4-defective C3H/HeJ mice are resistant to kainate-induced seizures. The proconvulsant effects of HMGB1, like those of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), are partly mediated by ifenprodil-sensitive N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. Increased expression of HMGB1 and TLR4 in human epileptogenic tissue, like that observed in the mouse model of chronic seizures, suggests a role for the HMGB1-TLR4 axis in human epilepsy. Thus, HMGB1-TLR4 signaling may contribute to generating and perpetuating seizures in humans and might be targeted to attain anticonvulsant effects in epilepsies that are currently resistant to drugs.
Basic Information on HMGB1
Ligand Name: high mobility group box 1
Other Symbols: HMG1, HMG3, SBP-1, DKFZp686A04236
Ligand Location: secreted based on hpa, perplexity, uniprot, cell membrane based on uniprot
HGNC Gene Symbol Report: HMGB1
GeneCards: HMGB1
HGNC Gene Group: High mobility group
Basic Information on TLR4
Receptor Name: toll like receptor 4
Other Symbols: hToll, CD284, TLR-4, ARMD10
Receptor Location: cell membrane based on hpa, perplexity, uniprot
HGNC Gene Symbol Report: TLR4
GeneCards: TLR4