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EPILEPSY RESEARCH
Volume 84, Issue 2-3, Pages 110-119Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.01.003
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ACEA; Cannabinoid CB1 receptor; Nitric oxide; Pentylenetetrazole; Clonic seizure threshold; Mice
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Cannabinoid system plays a pivotal rote in the seizure threshold modulation which is mainly mediated through activation of the cannabinoid CB, receptor. There is also several evidence of interaction between cannabinoid system and other neurotransmitters including nitric oxide (NO) system. Using model of clonic seizure induced by pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) in mate NMRI mice, we investigated whether NO is involved in the effects of cannabinoids on the seizure threshold. Injection of the selective cannabinoid CB, agonist ACEA (2 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly (P < 0.01) increased the seizure threshold which was prevented (P < 0.001) by pretreatment with the selective CB, antagonist AM251 (1 mg/kg, i.p.). The NO precursor L-arginine (50 and 100 mg/kg, i.p.) potentiated the anticonvulsant effects of the sub-effective dose of ACEA (1 mg/kg, i.p.). Pretreatment with non-effective doses of the non-specific NOS inhibitor L-NAME (15 and 30 mg/kg, i.p.) and the specific neuronal NOS inhibitor 7-NI (40 and 80 mg/kg, i.p.) but not the inducible NOS inhibitor aminoguanidine (10, 50 and 100 mg/kg, i.p.) prevented the anticonvulsant effect of ACEA (2 mg/kg, i.p.). Co-administration of non-effective dose of AM251 (0.5 mg/kg) with both low and per se non-effective doses of L-NAME (1 mg/kg, i.p.) and 7-NI (10 mg/kg, i.p.) had significant (P < 0.01) effect in preventing the anticonvulsant effect of ACEA (2 mg/kg, i.p.). Our findings demonstrated that central NO system could be involved in the anticonvulsant properties of the specific cannabinoid CB, agonist ACEA, emphasizing on the interaction between two systems in the seizure modulation. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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