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NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages 62-74Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.05.045
Keywords
Antiepileptic drugs; Bumetanide; Diuretics; Epileptogenesis; Extracellular space; Furosemide; Phenobarbital; Prodrugs
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- Letten Foundation
- Academy of Finland
- Sigrid Juselius Foundation
- Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Bonn, Germany) [Lo 274/11]
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In cortical and hippocampal neurons, cation-chloride cotransporters (CCCs) control the reversal potential (E-GABA) of GABA(A) receptor-mediated current and voltage responses and, consequently, they modulate the efficacy of GABAergic inhibition. Two members of the CCC family, KCC2 (the major neuron-specific K-Cl cotransporter; KCC isoform 2) and NKCC1 (the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter isoform 1 which is expressed in both neurons and glial cells) have attracted much interest in studies on GABAergic signaling under both normal and pathophysiological conditions, such as epilepsy. There is tentative evidence that loop diuretic compounds such as furosemide and bumetanide may have clinically relevant antiepileptic actions, especially when administered in combination with conventional GABA-mimetic drugs such as phenobarbital. Furosemide is a non-selective inhibitor of CCCs while at low concentrations bumetanide is selective for NKCCs. Search for novel antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) is highly motivated especially for the treatment of neonatal seizures which are often resistant to, or even aggravated by conventional AEDs. This review shows that the antiepileptic effects of loop diuretics described in the pertinent literature are based on widely heterogeneous mechanisms ranging from actions on both neuronal NKCC1 and KCC2 to modulation of the brain extracellular volume fraction. A promising strategy for the development of novel CCC-blocking AEDs is based on prodrugs that are activated following their passage across the blood brain barrier. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'New Targets and Approaches to the Treatment of Epilepsy'. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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