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- Title
Antioxidant, Anticonvulsive and Neuroprotective Effects of Dapsone and Phenobarbital Against Kainic Acid-Induced Damage in Rats.
- Authors
Diaz-Ruiz, Araceli; Mendez-Armenta, Marisela; Galván-Arzate, Sonia; Manjarrez, Joaquín; Nava-Ruiz, Concepción; Santander, Iván; Balderas, Gustavo; Ríos, Camilo
- Abstract
Excitotoxicity due to glutamate receptors (GluRs) overactivation is a leading mechanism of oxidative damage and neuronal death in various diseases. We have shown that dapsone (DDS) was able to reduce both neurotoxicity and seizures associated to the administration of kainic acid (KA), an agonist acting on AMPA/KA receptors (GluK1-GluK5). Recently, it has been shown that phenobarbital (PB) is also able to reduce epileptic activity evoked by that receptor. In the present study, we tested the antioxidative, anticonvulsive and neuroprotective effects of DDS and PB administered alone or in combination upon KA toxicity to rats. Results showed that KA increased lipid peroxidation and diminished reduced glutathione (GSH), 24 h after KA administration and both drugs in combination or individually inhibited these events. Likewise, KA promotes mortality and this event was antagonized by effect of both treatments. Additionally, the behavioral evaluation showed that DDS and PB administered alone or in combination decreased the number of limbic seizures and reduced the percentage of animals showing tonic-clonic seizures versus the control group, which was administered only with KA. Finally, our study demonstrated that all of the treatments prevented the neuronal death of the pyramidal cell layer of hippocampal CA-3. In conclusion, the treatment with DDS and PB administrated alone or in combination exerted antioxidant, anticonvulsive and neuroprotective effects against the neurotoxicity induced by KA in rats, but their effects were not additive. Thus, it may be good options of treatment in diseases such as epilepsy and status epilepicus, administered separately.
- Subjects
ANTIOXIDANTS; NEUROPROTECTIVE agents; DAPSONE; KAINIC acid; PHENOBARBITAL; LABORATORY rats
- Publication
Neurochemical Research, 2013, Vol 38, Issue 9, p1819
- ISSN
0364-3190
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11064-013-1087-z